Four new workshops, covering employment skills, as well as a basic understanding of how to live an independent life, have been organised by the experts of the psycho-social centre in Sofia

During the workshops, young adults, who have grown up in institutions for children, deprived of parental care discussed with the team of FSCI the topic of work opportunities.

The workshops also included the opportunity to apply for different jobs. The team discussed with the young adults the most appropriate jobs for them by relying on the organisation’s direct contacts with the employers.

Apart from running these practical workshops, the Social Centre has been offering advice and guidance to twenty-three more young adults, nine of which are, as a result, accommodated in the observed “Houses of Opportunity”or have been redirected to other social services.

Thanks to the funding that the project received, FSCI was able to afford the materials used in making the soaps. Some of these soaps were distributed in several cities in Bulgaria in order to advertise the social enterprise HOPe SOAP.

The social enterprise gives young people the opportunity to fill their time with productive activities by making soaps and allows them to develop work and social skills. The enterprise also generates financial support for the House of Opportunity Programme.

Address of the Social Centre Opportunity:

Sofia,bul. “Dimitar Petkov” 75, floor 1, ap.3

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Today (December 10, 2014) at 5 p.m. FSCI is opening its Social Center Opportunity. The center is located at bul. Dimitar Petkov 75, the purple door, floor 1.

Social Center Opportunity is part of FSCI’s project “Innovative approach in matching social services with social entrepreneurship – Centre Opportunity”, funded by the program that supports NGOs in Bulgaria under the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area.

The aim of the project is to implement an integrated approach in the delivery of social services and the development of social / employment skills of care leavers and people at risk of poverty.

For more information about Social Center Opportunity click here.