Local Activity Centres are already operating
The “Let’s grow Jaslo!” project, for which the City of Jasło has secured nearly PLN 80 million from Swiss Funds, encompasses more than investment projects such as a new railway station or a Nursing and Care Facility. It also includes initiatives designed to encourage local communities to become more active. Jasło’s neighbourhoods are already bustling with life: residents are using new equipment to organise and take part in events that bring generations together.
What are Local Activity Centres?
Local Activity Centres (CAL) are accessible venues and programmes that encourage residents of Jasło’s neighbourhoods to take an active role in community life. They operate in neighbourhood community buildings, which are already focal points for joint activities and residents’ initiatives.
The centres form part of a wider support system closely linked to Jasło’s Social Services Centre. This connection makes it possible to identify local needs, challenges and strengths more effectively. Local Activity Centres also play an important social role, including efforts to prevent social exclusion.
Residents take action
The centres are designed to help unlock residents’ potential. With appropriate facilities and financial resources, local people can pursue their own ideas and initiatives for their neighbourhoods. Equipment supplied through “Let’s grow Jaslo!”, including outdoor tents and deckchairs, is already being used at neighbourhood events. Multimedia equipment will also be provided. The goal is to encourage as many people as possible, regardless of age, to get involved.
The centres are already bringing residents together through family picnics, small outdoor film screenings and sporting competitions for children and young people. They can also host educational activities for older people, activities engaging children and young people, and workshops on local identity. During September’s Inter-Neighbourhood Picnic, teams from Jasło’s neighbourhoods competed in a mini neighbourhood Olympics, helping to strengthen neighbourly ties.
Local Activity Centres will help make Jasło’s neighbourhoods vibrant places for cooperation, a stronger sense of belonging and more effective responses to residents’ needs.
The “Let’s grow Jaslo!” project is co-financed by Swiss Funds supporting the reduction of economic and social disparities in the European Union and by the state budget.
