Fundacja Zaczyn
Fundacja ZACZYN
Warszawa, Poland
About
Founded in 2011, Fundacja Zaczyn is a non-governmental organisation based in Warszawa, Poland working on elderly care, health, education +2 more.
Fundacja Zaczyn is a Polish foundation with public benefit status (Organizacja Pożytku Publicznego) that works for active participation of people aged 60 and over in public life. Founded in 2011 in Poznań and active in Warsaw since 2013, it operates nationally and internationally. Its work covers volunteering programmes for older people, digital education for seniors, support for local senior councils, the Age Hub and SeniorHub research institute, the Polityka Senioralna magazine, and public campaigns against ageism. It also advocates for senior-friendly public policy, healthy ageing and the silver economy, and participates in European networks such as Age Platform Europe. The foundation does not conduct commercial activity and reinvests all its income in its social mission.
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Ogólnopolska Parada Seniorów i Piknik Pokoleń
Elderly care · Poland
Annual national public event, held since 2014, bringing together people aged 60 and over, with an accompanying social awareness campaign against ageism.
Program Wolontariatu Systematycznego
Elderly care · Poland
Volunteering programme for older people, running since 2014, that organises community and intergenerational actions.
@ktywni 60
Education · Poland
Digital education programme for people aged 60 and over, running since 2015.
Age Hub
Education · Poland
Hub of methodologists, trainers and innovators developing and implementing a digital education programme for older people at several hundred locations across Poland.
Instytut Senior Hub
Democracy & Civil society · Poland
Research institute on systemic challenges of population ageing, launched in 2020, producing research, expert reports and policy recommendations.
Wsparcie Rad Seniorów
Democracy & Civil society · Poland
Support for local senior councils, helping establish and develop them in municipalities across Poland.
Pismo Polityka Senioralna
Democracy & Civil society · Poland
Expert magazine on systemic challenges of ageing, published since 2016 and distributed free of charge.
Bezpieczny Dom Prawem Seniora
Health · Poland
Campaign on home safety for older people, addressing falls and everyday risks in the home.
Kluby Rozwoju Cyfrowego
Education · Poland
Local digital development clubs for people aged 55 and over, planned for 2026-2028 in Mazovia.
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Złote Spinacze (kampania Zrozumieć Starość)
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Promedica24, TVP, TVN Uwaga, Gmina Wołomin
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