Family support programmes

Family centres

Family centres provide opportunities for social contact between different generations, help strengthen the social roles of individuals, contribute to facilitating the reconciliation of family and professional life, and provide opportunities for the exchange of good practice and positive experiences. In addition, family centres provide educational and practical workshops on developing skills in positive parenting, carry out holiday activities for children, and organise occasional childcare.

Psychosocial assistance programmes for children, adolescents and their families

Psychosocial assistance programmes for children, adolescents and their families are intended to improve relationships and reduce the emotional distress of children and adolescents. The content of such programmes is intended to teach children, adolescents and other family members how to communicate effectively, improve relationships and form positive attachments in the family, improve their social skills and their ability to control emotions, build a positive self-image, solve problems, and reduce behavioural and emotional problems and emotional distress.

The services of family centres and psychosocial assistance programmes are free-of-charge. 

Multi-generational centres

Network of 16 multi-generational centres has been established with the aim to prevent social exclusion of families, and their family members of all generations. They offer services accessible for inhabitants throughout Slovenia, so that each region is covered. Each multigenerational centre is a consortium of local service providers that offer services in local partnership.

They offer diverse, accessible, and quality preventive programs aimed at vulnerable social groups, thus contributing to raising the quality of life of vulnerable groups and preventing slipping into social exclusion and poverty. Target groups are families / persons with low labour intensity, persons, in particular children and young people at risk of social exclusion, the elderly, especially those from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, families in which lower/poorer parental competences were detected, children and young people with special needs, migrant and refugee individuals and families, in particular children and young people from these families, Roma families, especially children and young people from these families, single-parent families and disabled people.

Projects offer free activities for social inclusion, education, intercultural and intergenerational integration. Activities are designed to be as varied as possible, interesting, focused on acquiring useful and quality skills and knowledge for the needs of work and everyday life of members of selected target groups. Users have a space for informal socializing and meetings at the facilities of multi-generational centres, where users can get information about the activities and obtain information on available services in the region. The objective of project is also to establish a network of different institutes, societies, and organizations in the region, thus strengthening the networking of public institutions, non-governmental organizations, social enterprises, and municipalities in Slovenia.