Hospitality
Our Activities
Even though the project started at a time of health emergency, the restrictions imposed by the respective governments did not prevent us from carrying out -albeit with some difficulty- the activities dedicated to Hospitality. It wasn't easy, but our tenacity rewarded us. The courses started with a bit of delay on the schedule and the groups were smaller than expected, but this did not discourage us and indeed pushed us to find alternative solutions.
Meetlab
After several difficulties related to government restrictions, Meetlab has launched relaxing gymnastics and mindfulness courses, in collaboration with the ASL TO4. The courses, lasting 1 hour, consist of 45 minutes of gentle gymnastics followed by 15 minutes of mindfulness meditation, to gain greater awareness of your body within the space that surrounds us and in the present time. Meetlab worked together with a social co-operative of Cirié, to held the courses with a group of people with disabilities -accompanied by their educators- performed by a specialist with a degree in physical education from the SUISM University of Turin, who achieved excellent results.
A great improvement has been observed both physically and mentally. Not only by the beneficiaries of these courses, but also and especially from the social workers who accompanied them through these activities. The proof of this lies in the fact that the operators have requested to continue the activity of gentle gymnastics and meditation with the boys even after the official end of the course provided by the project. The course proved to be an opportunity to develop basic motor skills under the guidance of an expert. In addition, accompanying physical activity with a meditation session helped disabled people to improve their psychophysical well-being.
Courage Foundation
Courage Foundation has identified the target group participants for soft gynnastics and meditation within HOSPITALITY project: a grop of handicapped people from two centres specialised in providing educational and support services to people with multiple disabilities, the Centre for Special Educational Support Kardjali and the Centre for Special Educational Support Plovdiv.
Courage Foudation offers included outdoor games and activities; indoor games and gymnastics and also pet and art therapy activities.
Target Groups very keen to play the games and even sometimes got over excited, screaming and laughing. Additional positive effect was that ordinary citizens, like adults and children being close to the place of activity by chance, were witnessing the activities and doing positive comments.
This contributes to the inclusion of handicapped people in society.
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Rijeka Sport
RIJEKA SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES conducts gentle gymnastics in small groups under the guidance of coaches and trainers of sports and recreational activities for people with disabilities.
Activities begun with relaxing exercises and breathing exercises, after which the coaches gradually add new exercises with a minimum load in accordance with the preferences of the participants of the activity. At the end of the activity there was a light relaxation and meditation of about 10 minutes duration.
The aim of this practice is that the participants try to adopt the habits of proper breathing and develop their ability to cope with distress and negative emotions such as anxiety, depression, and pain. Meditation is used also to improve their attentional capacity and overall sensation of calm and content, what is also proven by the experience of our users so far.
Scout Society
Scout Society organized 2 sessions of pilates for 20 participants/session. The sessions were facilitated by a pilates instructor and in order to reach the target group we collaborated with local partners such as General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child Protection Gorj and School Center for Inclusive Education Gorj.The sessions were 1 hour logo each and all to sport equipment that was needed was provided by the sport gym were the activities took place.
The staff of the institution was very open and supportive to our proposal and they were in charge to select the participants for the sessions according with their needs. As a corse, Scout Society decided together with a professional trainer that Pilates will be the right sport to be practice by our target group.
"According with the results of the questionnaires that the participants filled in at the beginning and the end of the course we can conclude that they felt happy and relax after each session, they were more aware of their emotions and were more communicative".
UISP Ciriè Settimo Chivasso APS
Unfortunately, the difficult local health situation made it very difficult for the instructors of the UISP Ciriè Settimo Chivasso Committee to constantly organize courses in the presence of mindfulness gymnastics. Courses normally resumed in the period September-November 2022, for a duration of six months.
About ten people with disabilities, accompanied by their social workers, attended each course. A social co-operative of Settimo Torinese held the most significant course with a specialist graduated in physical education who have also an adapted physical activity patent.
The results obtained were very satisfactory, as shown by the quality assessment questionnaires which were administered before and after the activities.The social workers, who accompanied the participants to the courses, were very satisfied because they have actually noticed progress and improvements in the psychophysical state of their patients.