The community centre successfully created a safe environment that served as a source of psychological well-being and a hub for mutual support. Language clubs facilitated Czech language acquisition. Intercultural workers assisted refugees with orientation at authorities and schools, finding doctors, or securing housing on the open market. Public and joint events fostered coexistence between the Czech and Ukrainian communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A total of 486 people used the available counseling services<\/strong>. The most frequent interventions included help with humanitarian benefits, residency issues, finding medical care and insurance, and housing assistance. Furthermore, 280 refugees received interpreting support for meetings at authorities, schools, and doctors.\u00a0<\/p>\n The community centre became a hub for mutual aid<\/strong> and a meeting point for people displaced from Ukraine and other migrants in town. Those with better Czech language skills helped interpret for others and organised community meetings. It established itself as a place where people could receive psychological support<\/strong> in difficult life situations. A psychologist was available to provide therapeutic support through individual consultations, group training, and self-help group sessions. 53 people received long-term psychological support, while another 536 people received at least one-time assistance. A low-threshold language club<\/strong> focused on everyday Czech communication operated within the centre, with over 200 people attending.\u00a0<\/p>\n Many people were also inspired to volunteer <\/strong>at the centre. The staff team and volunteers organised 19 events focused on maintaining ties between the Czech and Ukrainian communities, attended by over 300 refugees and 1 000 local residents. These included sports competitions, children’s days, neighborhood festivals, and memorial services to commemorate the war in Ukraine. For example, 8 long-term volunteers motivated another 30 refugees to join the “Clean Up the Czech Republic” (Ukli\u010fme \u010cesko<\/a>) initiative.\u00a0<\/p>\n Evaluation<\/p>\n