The main objective is to ensure all wards have an emotionally supportive volunteer who, at the same time, promotes an awareness of the reality of people with intellectual disabilities to the society to public knowledge.
The programme of pre-guardianship in a family is addressed to those families who have decided and have formalised in their will, that in the future, Som – Fundació will be the guardian of their relative, who has been legally declared disabled. The activities organised are aimed at promoting mutual understanding between Som – Fundació, the person under guardianship and his family.
Legal consultancy services: organization and disability protection for families. Social and family counselling service.
FUTURE PROVISION IS PROTECTIONIn view of the increase in life expectancy there is an urgent need of foreseeing the future of people with learning disabilities.
A legal declaration of disability is the process by which a judge determines that a person does not have the capacity to govern himself. Therefore, it means to protect and take care of anyone who cannot take care of himself and of his property.
Representing the person who has been declared disabled at court is to guarantee his protection, manage and protect his property and to make sure that he has quality of life.
Is creating a relationship between the person, his family and the institution before guardianship, promoting mutual understanding and offering security and confidence to the person under guardianship.
MUCH MORE THAN GENEROSITY: VOLUNTEERING, AN EQUALITY RELATIONSHIP WITH PERSONS WITH INTELECTUAL DISABILITY In the face of The International Day of Volunteering, the Asociación Española de Fundaciones Tutelares (AEFT), together with the rest of the membership entities, Som – Fundació, included-, echoed the task carried out by volunteers. They also highlighted the positive impact on […]
The V Competition of Christmas Postcards 2019 has had the participation of 86 persons who have sent cards in different formats: trees made of coffee capsules, assemblies with Chritmas motives designed with cardboard and/or fabric, in formats of multiple dimensions, and with very creative drawings. Last 18 of November, the Commission of Postcards, composed by […]
Last, 30th of November, we celebrated the XV Jornada de Famílies, organised by Dincat Plena Inclusió Catalunya, with the objective of sharing information and make network amonf the families and referent professionals of the entities. The meeting was held at Fundació Catalana de l’Esplai in El Prat de Llobregat. Josep Tresserras, manager director, and Sara […]
A group of volunteers of the Associació de Voluntaris de la Caixa and of Fundació de La Caixa, who collaborate regularly with Som – Fundació, proposed to give a Christmas handicraft workshop to the persons we give support. The workshop was held last November, 28th, coinciding with the traditional monthly “berenar”, in order to try […]
La Xarxa per una Ciutadania Activa i Compromesa (XCAC) (The network for an active and compromising Citizenship”) organises the fourth edition of Àgora Ciutadana next November, 12th, at 16.30 h at Centre de Cultura i Memòria del Born. One of the objectives of the meeting is outstand the collaboration of the society and the volunteers with […]
Eulàlia Balañà, member of the Patronage of Som – Fundació, is interviewed by Xavier Solà in the programme La Nit dels Ignorants, broadcast by Catalunya Ràdio in the early morning of November, 7th. Eulàlia explains throughly the programme of Pre guardianship of the entity and the invisible ask carried out at the guardianship foundations in […]
A group of volunteers, Anna Sánchez, responsible of the Programme of Volunteers, and Josep Tresserras, manager-director of the foundation, participated in XII Meeting of Volunteers of Guardianship, celebrated in Seville from 18 to 20 of October. The meeting was organised by the Asociación Española de Fundaciones Tutelares (Spanish Association of Guardianship Foundations), and gathered more […]
Last October, 10th, there was a meeting of “Persons, Support and Empowerment” at CaixaForum, in Barcelona, to present the results of the surveys done by the users, families of Plan for the Future, volunteers, collaborator centres, professionals, and members of Patronage. The information has helped us to collect opinions and assessments about the challenges and […]
We launch a new Edition of the contest of Christmas. We invite you to participate. The details of this edition are as follows: 1. Who can participate? All the persons who are under Som — Fundació support. 2. What to present? The participants of the contest must present a photo or a drawing with a Christmas […]
The conference of self-advocates Hear our voices, organised by the European Platform of Self-Advocates, took place in Graz during 18th and September 20th. On this occasion, Sara Q. and Eduardo G., accompanied by Raul Olivera, coordinator of the social area, attended the meeting and participated in the different workshops. The main topic of the meeting […]
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