Spain: Diaconía presents the eighth edition of its Social Volunteer Award
The “Diaconía Awards to Social Volunteering”, launched on the 29th of March will focus, as the previous editions, to reward…
Council of Europe issues guidelines to tackle hate speech
On the 21 of March, in the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the European…
Council of Europe issues an Action Plan on Roma and Travellers’ inclusion
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers has recently issued a new “thematic action plan” for Roma and Traveller inclusion,…
Italy: “Cinemondo” Project wins an open call of the Ministry of Culture
The “Cinemondo” Project presented by Diaconia Valdese (Waldensian Diaconia) is one of the 24 winners of the open call “MigrArti…
Scotland: Out a Postnatal Depression study for the Highlands
For many people living in the Highlands and Western Isles in Scotland, the beautiful untouched nature can also be a…
Updated Toolkit for User Empowerment and Participation
A positive attitude towards user participation is ultimately an enabling factor leading to more effective outcomes in social services. In…
Principles for Quality Diaconal Social Services: a renewed commitment
Eurodiaconia has produced an update of its Principles for Quality Social Services. The principles aim to constitute a reflection on the…
Weekly editorial from our Secretary General:The light shines in the darkness
This week has been a strange one. We started the week with the Annual Convention on Inclusive Growth here in…
Call for Action: responding to the EU action plan for migrant integration
On 21 March, the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission presented its plan to launch a…
Inter-faith event at the Salvation Army’s Headquarters on refugees
On the 18 of March, an inter-faith event at the Salvation Army’s International Headquarters in London brought together Christians, Jews,…