Together against domestic and gender-based violence in OC Europa and Terminal BB

As part of the project Staviame Mosty Pomoci, we went out among the people to openly talk aboutviolence against women and its elimination. At the same time, we provided information on howit is possible to help victims of violence. We carried out these activities in Banská Bystrica, namely inEuropa SC in the Terminal shopping center.…

Bubnovačka spreads the importance of a bruise-free childhood

We also participated in BUBNOVAČKA, an event whose tradition dates back to 2014.The main idea of this event is to draw attention to the importance of protecting children from violence. Withinof this campaign, we presented the preventive program KOZMO and his adventures at school,through which we can better talk with children about the topics of…

Drawings of children experiencing violence – education in Lučenec

At the end of October, thanks to the project Staviame Mosty Pomoci, we completed further training – this time it was aimed at identifying specific signs in the drawings of children experiencing violence. It was two days full of interesting information that helps us in our work with victims of domestic and gender-based violence. It…

Professional education within the We Build Bridges For Help project continues

Even in the autumn months, the educational campaign of our project started again. Thanks to the cooperation with the BBSK, professional training “Screening methods for identifying violence” is taking place these days for our colleagues in Lučenec and Banská Bystrica. We thank Centrum Slniečko, n.o. and Mgr. Mariana Kováčová, PhD. for tutoring.

Workshop for intervention teams

At the end of the May, we organized a workshop for intervention teams, which was attended by staff from the prosecutor’s office, police, the the ÚPSVaR, the intervention centre and the emergency medical service. During this meeting we tried to exchange knowledge in providing protection to victims of violence, strengthen mutual cooperation and exchange knowledge.…

We discussed topics that are important to young people

We also talked about where the boundaries are between a conflict or an argument and domestic violence, what are the warning signs in the behaviour of perpetrators of violence and, last but not least, we focused on where to seek help if they or someone around them is experiencing such violence. Another pleasant discussion aimed…

With the students, we were looking for where the line between conflict and violence is.

At the beginning of April, we participated in a discussion with students at the Viliam Gaňa boarding school in Banská Bystrica. We talked about relationships and domestic violence. With a group of 10 students, we discussed what domestic and gender-based violence is, what forms of this violence we know, and we were interested in how…

The third meeting of entities that want to help victims of domestic violence

At the meeting of multi-institutional cooperation of cooperating entities – the districts of Žiar nad Hronom, Banská Štiavnica and Žarnovica, the main topic was “Cooperation of institutions in the framework of the protection of children in the context of domestic violence”. At the third meeting in a row within the territory of the Banská Bystrica…

How can helping entities cooperate with each other

In November, we completed another interesting meeting of multi-institutional cooperation of cooperating entities – now for the district of Brezno. The theme of the meeting was “Violence against women and its impact on children’s lives”. In addition to the entities of the non-profit sector, the meeting was attended by representatives of the District Prosecutor’s Office,…