Позитивные изменения. Том 1, №1 (2021). Positive changes. Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)
Company Founder: Anton Kuchumov (Founder, Project coordinator)
Target Audience: Parents with children, Youths, Primary students, Secondary school students, Students, Working youths, Unemployed, Adults 30–45 years old
Turnover: ~1,000,000 rubles
Investments Required: 5,000,000 rubles a year.
Impact Assessment Methods: Feedback from participants and experts, overview of implemented projects, publications in media outlets and critical reviews from government agencies.
Telephone: +7(905)528–15–15
E-mail: info@workout.su
Website: workout.su
PROBLEM TO BE ADDRESSED
We educate people about physical activity and healthy lifestyles, filling in the gaps left by school and university. We provide information, starting with a review of basic exercises with your own body weight that you can do from the comfort of your own apartment, compiling a diet, and ending with an overview of the hormonal system and its impact on the body’s organization. At the same time many related topics are addressed, including those related to the time management, motivation, etc.
SOLUTIONS USED
Website workout.su, mobile application SOTKA (for iOS and Android devices), activity in social media – for example, Street Workout on our YouTube channel has over 100,000 subscribers already.
ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS
2012: Winner of Neva Quill contest in the category of Online Media.
2013: the winner of Take Up a Sport! contest for the best project on the promotion of physical culture and sports from the RF Ministry of Sports in the category of the Best Youth Project on Street Sports. 2014: Good Impulse award of Our Future Foundation in the category For the Best Youth Project in Social Entrepreneurship.
2018: Citizen Initiative national award of Kudrin Foundation for support of citizen initiatives, I degree winner of Moscow Oblast Governor award Our Moscow Region.
RAISED RESOURCES IN ONE YEAR
We managed to create a model of project monetization which would be consistent with our principles (one of which is ‘knowledge, but not goods'). Thanks to this, we could gather over $10,000 from the project participants and alumni of our educational programs.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE CURRENT YEAR?
We considerably expanded the functionality of our educational application.
DIRECT RESULTS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR
You can follow the development of our project and its statistics on the website 100.workout.su, since we make all this information publicly available.
SOCIAL EFFECTS ACHIEVED IN THE CURRENT YEAR
This year, over 15,000 persons have became alumni of SOTKA, our gratuitous educational and training programme. It is our major attainment.
SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL IMPACT
Our projects has a significant and positive social and economical impact on the citizens of our country. Feedback from participants and experts, overview of implemented projects, publications in media outlets and critical reviews from government agencies.
HEADQUARTERS SPACE OF FREEDOM, CREATIVITY AND INTERACTION
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HEADQUARTERS is the space for artistic freedom, freedom of speech, responsible conduct and new interaction. Our full name is “the headquarters of people who care”. HEADQUARTERS is created for generation of groups of an idea-focused like-minded persons, project evaluation, involvement of citizens, as well as for making group decisions. A meeting can be arranged while having lunch at the Vecherom Stulya cafe, buying gifts with “Artefacts” brand printing and exchanging books. Book exchange is the largest in our town.
PROBLEM TO BE ADDRESSED
There is a need for a resource platform for cooperation of city enthusiasts, general coordination, and the generation of ideas.
SOLUTIONS USED
Social, cultural, town projects published on the website rywok.ru.
Scope of Activity: Area development
Region: Smolensk Oblast
Year of Foundation: 2011
Company Founder: Denis Nikitas (Filling the space with meaning, Curator)
Target Audience: Youths, Volunteers, Nonprofit organization proponents, Adults 30–45 years old
Turnover: 5 million rubles a year
Investments Required: We want to buy out the room we lease at 25 million rubles
Impact Assessment Methods: Feedback of visitors and activists
Address: Smolensk, Marshala Zhukova Street, 9
Telephone: +7(950)694–00–87
E-mail: shtab@rywok.ru
Website: shtab.rywok.ru
ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS
The best award for us is to be relevant for the local community, which is expressed, among other things, in money the guests leave in the cafe and bookstore.
RAISED RESOURCES IN ONE YEAR
The main raised funds are from the benefactor of Rachevka is Life project.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE CURRENT YEAR?
HEADQUARTERS is the integration point of the activists of the project Rachevskaya Initiative and the implementer of the History of Smolyani and their houses project.
FINANCIAL STABILITY MODEL
The model consists of the following:
• city cafe,
• bookstore,
• hall subleasing,
• ticket sale.
DIRECT RESULTS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR
Cafes radically changed their menus, changed their teams. More books are now in sale – we achieved the position of 200 titles.
SOCIAL EFFECTS ACHIEVED IN THE CURRENT YEAR
We changed our attitude to small town rivers, developed a concept of public garden improvement behind the Oktyabr cinema, demonstrated that the town consists of people.
SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL IMPACT
HEADQUARTERS is the main social and cultural civil entity in the town.
VESTA SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES INCLUDING MENTAL DISABILITIES WE MAKE LIFE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ENTERTAINING AND EXCITING!
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The objective of the Vesta social project is rehabilitation, socialization and abilitation of disabled persons of juvenile age by arranging leisure, recreation and rehabilitation of special people, assistance in self-fulfillment and making a proactive strategy, improvement of social security. The focus of all works of the Center is to help young people with health restrains so that they would not feel alone and away from life. They have an opportunity to be in a cosy and comfortable homelike environment during the day, talk to each other, exercise, walk in fresh air, eat tasty food, and attend cultural events.
Scope of Activity: Education
Region: Khanty-Mansijsk Autonomous District
Year of Foundation: 2017
Company Founder: Natalya Mitrofanova (Manager, Director General)
Target Audience: Disabled people, Physically impaired people, Socially vulnerable citizens, Youths
Turnover: 4,109,000 rubles
Investments Required: For development and implementation of new technologies, we need a building of 500 square m. To buy such building, we need 15,000,000 rubles
Impact Assessment Methods: Methods statistical data, sociological polls, social and psychological examinations of disabled people
Effectiveness criteria:
A) reduced number of disability cases from childhood and in the course of life;
B) strengthening of material and technical base for rehabilitation and intervention programmes;
C) advanced training of employees in the field of social services for disabled people;
D) a positive trend on the “rehabilitation and employment of disabled people” indicator compared to the previous year;
E) a positive trend on the “satisfaction with cultural and leisure activities" indicator.
Address: Yugorsk, Mendeleeva street, 29a
Telephone: +7(646)755–44–00
E-mail: ano.vs2018@mail.ru
PROBLEM TO BE ADDRESSED
A person with a mental impairment and their family members are usually left alone with their problems upon reaching the age of majority. The lack of socialization, limited mobility, limited access to cultural, recreational and sports facilities, difficulties in social communication – all this affects their lives, creates psychological issues and causes a desperate situation. The inability to solve numerous daily problems, including issues of employment, without the support of a tutor eliminates a disabled person’s life prospects.
SOLUTIONS USED
The creation of the center allowed to settle emphasized problems partially and relieve their severity: development of communication skills; participation in cultural and sports events which allow to be involved in public life and take full part in it, thus creating a tolerant, adequate attitude to impaired people in the society, development of a sense of belonging; social and household rehabilitation in a specially created model of a living module, thus allowing to generate and develop social and household skills; relief of psychological tension; normalization of mental state with the help of systemic work of a psychologist: mental diagnostics, therapy, trainings, classes in the sensory room; work with a tutor which helps to enhance professional skills for employment in future.
ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS
The winner of the Best Social Project of the Year – 2020, the nation-wide contest of projects in social entrepreneurship, in the category the Best Social Entrepreneurship Project in the area of support and rehabilitation of people with disabilities; the winner of Person of the Year – 2020 contest in the Project of the Year category. Victory in Presidential Grants contest in 2019.
RAISED RESOURCES IN ONE YEAR
Victory in Presidential Grants contest.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE CURRENT YEAR?
We opened Vesta center in Pionersky, KhMAO-Ugra. We launched new lines: social taxi services, home care, school of foster parents. We implemented Magical World, a project on creation of sensory room.
DIRECT RESULTS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR
Magical World project on creation of sensory room was implemented for people (particularly for children) with disabilities.
SOCIAL EFFECTS ACHIEVED IN THE CURRENT YEAR
Change of the degree of negative impact of constraints on the level of life opportunities and increase of social success level, as a result. Satisfaction of beneficiaries, legal representatives (feedback, questionnaires). Satisfaction of social partners by interaction with Autonomous Nonprofit Organization of social services for citizens "Believe in Yourself!" Developed systems-practices of effective interaction in inclusive environment conditions. Improved quality of inclusive interaction via the development of communicative competences among specialists and volunteers in the course of joint creative work with the target audience.
SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL IMPACT
Expansion of the active business – we plan to establish new branches both in KhMAO-Ugra and beyond (Moscow Oblast). Development of tertiary industry – implementation of new technologies, creation of new jobs – we plant to arrange production for disabled people.
FUN STORE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL INITIATIVES AND PEOPLE FROM A DEPRIVED BACKGROUND
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The foundation has grown from the same-name network of charity shops. Now the foundation implements three ambitious charitable programmes. Our mission is to help people who have fallen on hard times. Thousands of people across Russia need little support – some people do not have decent clothes, some cannot buy windows for their fire-damaged house. And some people live in a nursing home for the elderly and dream of a simple cosy blanket. In other words, the programmes of our foundation are focused on the resource support for people in difficult circumstances. We help victims of the fire, large and low-income families. Apart from this, we created an environment for socialization of elderly people and persons under care of social institutions.
Scope of Activity: Services
Region: Moscow and Moscow Region
Year of Foundation: 2012
Company Founder: Ekaterina Berman (Founder and mastermind, Director General)
Target Audience: Youths, Working youths, Volunteers, Nonprofit organization proponents, Adults 30–60 years old, Nonprofit organizations
Investments Required: We need a regular donor to ensure financial support for fire victims. In addition, we need funds to buy a truck which we could use to transport large scopes of clothes, as well as packages to the nearest regions, rather than spend huge money for shipment.
Impact Assessment Methods: The most indicative method of evaluation of social impact is the increased number of people under care, increased amount of aid, as well as recognition of the foundation in the society.
Address: Moscow, Maly Sukharevsky Lane, 7
Telephone: +7(968)878–31–58
E-mail: info@lavkafond.ru
Website: lavkaradostej.ru/
PROBLEM TO BE ADDRESSED
Helping the victims of fires, helping people living below the poverty line, helping multi-child families, supporting charities, and socializing the senior generation.
SOLUTIONS USED
Fun Store foundation helps fire victims to recover their affected homes. To do this, we solicit for contributions in our charity shops where one can buy things for charitable donations. Apart from this, we arrange door-to-door contributions for families on our web-site lavkafond.ru. For fire victims, as well as for large and low income families, we arranged a system of humanitarian aid – door-to-door dispatch of necessary seasonal clothing, as well as shipments with all things necessary for school and with New Year's gifts for the whole family.
In the framework of settling the socialization challenge for elderly citizens, we arrange stitchcraft master classes for elderly people and people which are under care of social institutions. In addition to art therapy courses at master classes, elderly people make things which we then hand over to those in need of help. Hand-made articles are sent to prematurely born infants, elderly people, homeless people. Thanks to this, participants of master classes feel that they are needed and help themselves. In the framework of settling the problem of help to charitable organizations, we send large shipments with humanitarian aid. Apart from this, our foundation implemented a project of monetary grant help to projects of nonprofit organizations in 2019–2020.
ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS
Conferral of the status Golden Standard of the annual report in the framework of Reference Point, the annual contest of annual reports.
RAISED RESOURCES IN ONE YEAR
• Private charitable donations in charity shops
• Private charitable donations on the website lavkafond.ru
• Presidential Grants
• Grants of the Mayor of Moscow
• Grant from the Ministry of Culture
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE CURRENT YEAR?
Implemented an assistant project for doctors who fought for the life of Covid-19 patients in the midst of pandemic, amounted to over 12 mln. rubles. We purchased personal protective equipment for doctors, anti-decubitus cosmetics, arranged hot meals for doctors in the red zone.
We developed and implemented the door-to-door system for fire victims, over 100 families received charity support during the year.
We held hundreds of master classes, including online, sew masks for volunteers, knitted blankets for the elderly and special stocks for prematurely born infants.
In our charity shops, we accepted tons of unneeded clothes, sorted it out, handed over a part of it to distressed people, and another part – back to charity shops where people could purchase it for donations, thus helping fire victims.
FINANCIAL STABILITY MODEL
Now we raise the majority of charitable donations through our charity shops. During the pandemic and impelled closing of shops we understood that it was necessary to develop an online donation system. Now we develop an online fundraising system, including with the help of experts from the charity sector.
SOCIAL EFFECTS ACHIEVED IN THE CURRENT YEAR
This year, we mainstreamed the problem of assistance for fire victims. Our foundation have become well-known, therefore victims know where to address. The important social effect of this year is steady integration of charity in life of Moscow. In addition to our implemented charter activities we developed the Grandmother’s Blanket project with the support of Labor and Social Security Department of Moscow, our master classes were included in the Moscow Longevity system.
SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL IMPACT
We develop an idea of integration of charity in a person’s everyday life, create infrastructure for nonmonetary charity, and endeavour to shatter a concept of the elitist image of a benefactor.
CLEAN GAMES INTERREGIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND PATRIOTIC EDUCATION. WE ENDEAVOUR TO INVOLVE WIDE PUBLIC IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, INTRODUCE IT TO THE CULTURE OF CAREFUL ATTITUDE TO ENVIRONMENT
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Clean Games organization was established in 2018. The Clean Games, a team competition in cleaning up natural sites and segregation of waste, one of the organization’s largest projects, was originally implemented as part of the Interregional Non-Governmental Organization "Games of the Future". We are involved in carrying out environmental events both in online and offline formats and spreading the methods of preparing and holding Clean Games competitions through a nonprofit franchise. We endeavour to involve wide public in environmental issues, introduce it to the culture of careful attitude to environment.
Scope of Activity: Ecology
Region: St. Petersburg and Oblast
Year of Foundation: 2018
Company Founder: Dmitry Ioffe (Matters of partnerships, cooperation with business and government authorities, Chairman of the Board) Vladimir Ioffe (Administrative issues, Technical Director)
Target Audience: Parents with children, Youths, Secondary school students, Students, Working youths, Volunteers, Nonprofit organization proponents, Adults 30–60 years old, Nonprofit organizations
Turnover: As of August 26, 2020, 15,416,554 rubles have been raised in the current year. Revenue of the organization is 1,240,610 rubles.
Address: 198504, St. Petersburg, Peterhof, Shakhmatova st., 14, apt. 24
Telephone: +7(921)320–55–20
E-mail: dima@cleangames.ru
Website: cleangames.org/
PROBLEM TO BE ADDRESSED
The environmental measures taken by the Interregional Non-Governmental Organization Clean Games and supported by the non-profit franchise organization are intended to engage all levels of the population in constructive environmental activities, promote the ideas of environmental volunteer services, and form a sustainably minded life style for the population.
SOLUTIONS USED
One of our projects is Clean Games – team competitions on cleaning the natural areas from litters and waste separation. It is a prize game where participants seek artefacts, solve environmental puzzles, gather and separate litters and get points for these activities. One game can include 100–200 persons which gather 2–5 tons of litters.
The important tool to draw attention to the environment issues is distribution of the method for preparation and conducting of Clean Games using a non-profit franchise. The organization takes applications from potential organizers across Russia and abroad, signs a non-commercial agreement, provides the method, tools (web-site, brand book, templates of design layouts, official letters to the authorities and sponsors), provides information support and assists in interaction with the executive bodies of the state authorities via partners.
