Associação Compassio
Porto, Portugal
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Founded in 2019, Associação Compassio is a non-profit association based in Porto, Portugal working on health, elderly care, mental health +2 more.
Compassio is a non-profit association based in Porto, Portugal, founded on 6 June 2019 to build more compassionate communities. It works in the areas of care, illness, ageing, social isolation and loneliness, dying, death and grief, based on compassion and beauty. Its activities include grief support groups, workshops and training for organisations and communities, community networks of compassionate care for people with illness or social isolation, the Festival do Luto, and artistic projects for older people living at home. It also offers spiritual accompaniment, retreats and courses on spirituality in health. The association is part of the national Portugal Compassivo movement and the international Compassionate Communities movement.
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Porto Compassivo
Community development · Portugal
Community project in Porto, begun in June 2019, aiming to build a community that cares for people until the end of life.
AcompanhARTE
Elderly care · Portugal
Brings artistic experiences (theatre, visual arts, music, literature) to older people living in isolation at home, with the arts community involved.
Grupos CASA
Mental health · Portugal
Community sharing groups for people going through grief, facilitated by the association.
Festival do Luto
Mental health · Portugal
Free-entry public festival in Porto that aims to talk openly about death and loss.
Em Luto Contigo
Mental health · Portugal
Movement to give voice to loss and encourage more compassionate support for people in grief, with support from BPI Fundação La Caixa.
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Elderly care · Portugal
Project creating bridges between people in situations of isolation and loneliness, resulting from the 2023 Social Laboratory of the Porto City Council's Social Innovation Centre.
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BPI Fundação La Caixa, Portugal Inovação Social, Câmara Municipal do Porto, Cruz Vermelha, Junta de Freguesia de Paranhos, Junta de Freguesia de Ramalde, União de Freguesias de Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde, Escola Superior de Educação Paula Frassinetti
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