The World Health Organisation recently published a factsheet on the impact of care on carers’ health and well-being. Some of the highlights include: Most long-term care in Europe is provided by unpaid informal caregivers Women are overrepresented among caregivers…
What if we considered informal care as a work experience that provides many opportunities to acquire job relevant skills and transfer them to the future job? This article published on Forbes focuses on key skills that informal carers are…
And this is the last quote in our series of quotes from managers of the not-for-profit sectors about their competences and about the importance of a project such as IMAGES, which supports leaders of associations in managerial skills. If there…
Informal carers who have to combine caregiving with paid work often face income losses or have to leave the labour market entirely. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation worsened and informal carers were even more at risk of poverty…
In the first months of the project, the partners will look at the framework conditions of the circular economy in their respective countries, research examples of good practice in this field and will conduct interviews with young entrepreneurs who have…
How to detect climate fake news and misinformation? A few questions will help you fact-check, such as: Where did you find the news? Investigate the source. Who is the author of the story? Do a quick background check on…
Unpaid informal care has formed the invisible backbone of our society. There are about 100 million family carers providing about 80% of care across Europe. Without them our health and social systems would crumble but they are still far…
From 13 – 15 September 2022, Climate Box in cooperation with partners from other projects and initiatives organises the 14th REVEAL conference in Göttingen, Germany. Our motto is “Open Learning and Development Spaces for Sustainability and Community Development”. European projects…
Transversal competences can be applied to a wide variety of situations pertaining to different spheres of life (professional, social, personal). Despite the importance of transversal skills in the labour market and in social domains, they are not always sufficiently taken…
And we continue the series of quotes by managers of the not-for-profit sectors about their competences and about the importance of a project such as IMAGES, which supports leaders of associations in managerial skills. We hope you will find these…