Stiftelsen Fyrlykta
Sarpsborg, Norway
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Founded in 2011, Stiftelsen Fyrlykta is a foundation based in Sarpsborg, Norway working on children & youth, mental health, education.
Stiftelsen Fyrlykta is a Norwegian non-profit foundation (ideell stiftelse) established in 2011. It provides child welfare services for municipal child welfare services and the state agency Bufetat, including recruiting and supporting specialised foster families, emergency foster homes and respite homes. It runs family-based support programmes such as Inn med familien and Inn med ungdommen, and offers courses, supervision and training for foster parents, child welfare staff, schools and kindergartens. Headquartered in Sarpsborg, it has regional offices across Norway and describes itself as politically and religiously neutral. Any surplus is reinvested in its work with children and young people.
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Inn med familien
Children & Youth · Norway
Family-based support arrangement in which host families take in families who need close daily follow-up due to mental strain, addiction or financial difficulties.
Inn med ungdommen
Children & Youth · Norway
Support arrangement in which host families offer young people aged roughly 17-23 practical, social and emotional help in a room or small flat attached to their home.
Stø Kurs
Children & Youth · Norway
Pre-approval training course for prospective specialised foster families, covering child development, attachment theory and trauma-informed care.
Tuning in to Teens
Children & Youth · Norway
Parenting course for parents of teenagers, delivered to foster parents and parents of adolescents.
Tankevirus
Mental health · Norway
Course for young people that strengthens mental health and coping skills.
Kulturell brobygging for barn og unge i fosterhjem
Children & Youth · Norway
Initiative supporting cultural bridge-building for children and young people in foster care.
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