The Formentera Office of Social Welfare (Conselleria de Benestar Social/CBS) has started preparing the fourth plan on drugs and other addictions (2022-2025) with support from the Health and Community Foundation. Social Welfare Councillor Rafael Ramírez said the new plan was "badly needed" and insisted, "Drug use is a perennial challenge forcing us to constantly adapt policies and lines of action". In Ramirez's words, "the aim is to offer people a service that is perfectly suits to their needs from a comprehensive and people-first standpoint".
The previous plan has been in force since 2018 and is due to expire next year, "so we need to make sure the new plan is in step with the reality on the ground and that it can respond to current needs", said Ramírez, who put alcohol and drug consumption among the "common concerns of families and professionals from an array of different fields". Ramírez underscored CBS-backed initiatives like 'Don't drown in alcohol' that seek impact around the situation.
The plan covers initiatives and actions to be carried out by the various actors of the social, economic, educational and healthcare sectors, and addresses drug use in a cross-cutting manner integrating axes of inequality such as gender, cultural diversity and age.
For more than 25 years, the Health and Community Foundation has worked in research, prevention, intervention and awareness-raising around various health and social problems disproportionately affecting groups that are at risk or facing social exclusion. The non-profit is listed on the state registry of foundations and is committed to issues of social justice. It is controlled, supported and subsidised by distinct levels of the public administration that have trusted in its services for years. The contract between local government and the Health and Community Foundation has a duration of five months and is valued at €6.750,00 (VAT included).
29 October 2021
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera
The President of the Consell de Formentera and Councillor of Equality, Ana Juan, along with the President of Espai Dones, Dolores Fernández Tamargo, presented the programme of activities lined up to mark 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
A series of training sessions hosted this week by the Formentera Office of Social Welfare aim to equip kindergarten and primary school children with training to prevent child sexual abuse.
On the occasion of All Saints' Day, the last two days of October and the first of November, the Sant Francesc municipal cemetery will observe extended hours, opening from 9.00am to 9.00pm, with doors staying open through the night on from 31 October to 1 November. Normal hours –9.00am to 6.30pm– will be observed the days immediately before and after the holiday.
The Formentera Office of Social Welfare is pleased to report that enrolment runs 20 to 29 October for the 16th round of a free course seeking to promote the social and cultural integration of recent immigrants to the island. The 20-hour course course will unfold from 2 to 25 November at Formentera’s adult learning centre. The Balearic government offers those who successfully complete the course a report accrediting their effort to integrate, and instruction is tailored to help individuals who are preparing for the CCSE citizenship test.
