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Active Retiring - Body and Mind

2023-2-RO01-KA210-ADU-0001846772023Small-scale partnerships in adult educationongoing
Countries: RO|BG · Grant: €30,000
Inter-regional cooperationActive ageingPhysical and mental health, well-being

Objectives

By implementing the ARBM project, we wanted to achieve the three objectives: improving the physical condition of 70 people over the age of 40, following various outdoor and indoor sports activities. The target group of the project, consisting of 60 people over 40 years, to develop their communication skills in English, up to the level of basic communication. Developing an international partnership between two organizations that can use the skills acquired during their military career in joint volunteer projects

Background

We have applied for this project to support older people in general and military pensioners in particular to maintain an active life after retirement that will ensure them robust physical and mental health. Through the activities in the project, we thought that seniors will find an organized framework for socialization, movement and activities in the middle of nature according to age. We thought about the following needs that we identified among the members of the two organizations: Maintaining good physical and mental health for people who were part of the army and police and who tend to become sedentary in retirement.-Learning English to facilitate communication between people with common interests but from different countries in the context of free movement in the EU space, and the necessity to develop an international communication and socialization models in the context of the rapid evolution of communication through socialization platforms and the use of digital technology using English language. Learning to use digital means of communication between retired people from different countries, in accordance with the national priority "Addressing the digital transformation" The need to combat loneliness, isolation and depression

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