Social project as a challenging journey

13/03/2024
Social project development may not always be a predictable process. Sometimes activities that seem to be effective in achieving goals do not really resonate with the target audience. Evgenia Petelchuk, Development Director of the «Anton’s right here» Foundation, told about the project within the framework of the "Acting Together" Competition and shared her experience of revising hypotheses and reassembling project components.

We're stronger together

04/03/2024
A comprehensive approach to the integration and socialization of young people with mental disabilities in the Rostov region.

Victory of Friendship. How Social Football has Enriched the Lives of Rural Schools in the Pskov Region

26/02/2024
Football3 is a type of football where victory is determined not by the number of goals, but by the ability to negotiate, establish, and adhere to rules. This form of social football, which aids in developing communication skills, is used for educational purposes and transforms the lives of children, educators, and parents. Football3 originated in Colombia in 1996 and gained popularity in Europe, but the only place in Russia where it really flourished is Pskov Region. This article recounts how it happened and the outcomes it has yielded.

Diabetes is an insidious disease, so it's important to help teens manage it.

09/02/2024
The PR manager of the CSS Foundation attended a workshop for nurses working in orphanages and interacting with adolescents with diabetes.

Today we are 5 years old!

08/02/2024

Motherhood Behind Bars: A Journey of Love in Captivity

02/02/2024
During the year Elena and Vasilisa, specialists from the foundation " Give a Hand", regularly visited three Russian penal colonies. A perinatal psychologist and a neonatologist told pregnant and recently delivered prisoners about how to be the best moms in the world, no matter what.

Professional prospects

29/01/2024
This month marked the end of the "Try a Profession in Practice" mentoring program. Thanks to this program, students with disabilities were able to make useful contacts and immerse themselves in the profession they're studying.

The project of training accompanied living "Adults".

24/01/2024

45 teenagers became more confident

17/01/2024
The 'Self-confident' Project was completed, and developed soft skills in adolescents with experience of orphanhood.

Knowing and feeling are not the same thing, are they?

11/01/2024
Of course, professionals who work with children with special needs study in detail the signs and symptoms that characterize one's condition. This provides a solid theoretical basis. However, understanding what a teenager with PTSD or a child with autism is feeling can be challenging.

Happy holidays!

25/12/2023
We wish you and your family all the best in the New Year. And interesting joint projects for all of us.

“They chose to be free and lead a full life”

12/12/2023
Zaluzhye is a small village in Pskov oblast, which is no different than many other settlements in the region. It empties out in the winter and comes alive when vacationers arrive in the summer. The modest homes mostly predate the Russian Revolution. They are made of logs trimmed with planks and are heated by stoves. But there are houses in Zaluzhye that stand out, you might say, in both form and content.

Everyone to work!

08/12/2023
All attempts to prepare children with disabilities for adulthood will fail if society does not begin to accept them. Therefore, the most vital and most challenging task is to help people with disabilities find work in the open labor market. And help companies become inclusive. CSS stands with those who are making progress towards the time when anyone can use their skills in their preferred field.

Educate and help to separate

30/11/2023
This is how we can summarize the work that Big Change is doing in Novosibirsk.

“Grownups aren’t bosses here, they’re equals.” How a museum became a “third place” for at-risk teenagers.

07/11/2023
In 2021 the “Urban Investigation” art project won the Stronger with CSS competition. The team from the Polyarny Regional Historical Museum and the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art (PERMM) wanted to make the museum a comfortable, safe and supportive place for at-risk teenagers. Here is how the process unfolded and what results it obtained.

About interaction with participants of social projects

01/11/2023
Identifying a social problem, measuring it, designing a project plan, finding financial support are just the starting points of a great work. One of the most challenging aspects of implementing social projects is the interaction with the beneficiaries and, in the case of children's projects, their guardians/parents. Nina N. Ershova, Head of the Center for Social and Psychological Assistance in Kirov, shared her experience of interaction with parents and guardians of beneficiaries.

Being fully prepared doesn’t require being problem-free

11/10/2023
Talked about Karen Pittman, the ideologue and evangelist of the Concept of Positive Youth Development.

Adaptive sports conference

10/10/2023
All our experience shows that sport is one of the most effective tools for including children with special needs in a full life. And also to create a truly inclusive society, where different people are ready to interact and through cooperation become more successful, stronger and better off.

04/10/2023

Inclusion Day

02/10/2023
Accessible education is very important for children and teenagers to grow in positive ways.

The impact of stress on our lives. Relaxation and relaxation skills

22/09/2023
To expand our audience and strengthen community connections, we decided to start organizing charity events for CSS friends and residents of the Smart Yard co-working space where our office is located.

Through thorns to sport. How basketball changed the life values of orphans

21/09/2023
LADA Charitable Foundation won the "Stronger with CSS. Sport for Development" Competition with the Cheburiada 3*3 project. We spoke to Natalia Samoilovskaya, the project's volunteer coordinator, and Inna Solyanova, the responsible volunteer, nine months later. The organizers shared the project's implementation, accomplishments, and future plans.

Happy birthday, dear David!

20/09/2023

Announcing the winners of the "Stronger with CSS. Becoming self-sufficient"

15/09/2023

International Day of Charity

05/09/2023
Dear colleagues, we congratulate you on the International Day of Charity!

Announcing the winners of the "Stronger with CSS. Acting Together."

01/09/2023
It is significant that the honor of announcing the winners of the "Stronger with CSS. Acting together" Competition fell on the Day of Knowledge. Today, experts, important adults, and institutions unite to help children (teenagers and young adults) learn more about themselves and the world around them and develop their skills for realizing their potential.

First graduate of the project and his success

23/08/2023
Fedor, a 19 years old with hearing impaired. Thanks to the help of the teachers, he successfully finished the 11th grade and passed the university entrance exams!

Business and Society portal

21/08/2023
The new strategic partnership

The "Stronger with CSS. Acting together" Competition is in full swing!

16/08/2023
Tell how the qualifying stage of the competition is held

CF "Help Needed" our new partner

14/08/2023
CSS Foundation has become an official partner of CF "Help Needed"

Adaptive sports in Magnitogorsk: from the project idea to a large development center for children with disabilities

10/08/2023
In June 2023, the project "Sport on an Equal Basis for All" of the Metallurg Charitable Foundation, implemented with the support of the CSS Foundation, came to an end. The project systematically involved children with mental disabilities in skiing, roller skating, trampolining, and adaptive physical education in order to overcome difficulties in their physical and social development.

Assisted living - a crucial element of a full life for people with disabilities

25/07/2023
We are keeping a close eye on the situation surrounding the issue of assisted living.

Portfolio of Social Competencies

19/07/2023
School is a place where a large part of a child's life takes place. It is here that the personality is formed, talents are discovered, and the vector for the pupil's future professional development is set.

Inclusive Social and Pedagogical Support Center was created in the families with many children village

07/07/2023
Summer is a good time to visit the winner of the CSS competitions, the "Family Tale" village.

Joining forces for a positive future for our children

04/07/2023
A tragic case occurred in Belgorod that exposed a huge social problem.

Fishing, tents and volleyball

27/06/2023
On June 19, our partner, the "Sport for All" Foundation, organized a sports and tourism camp for the participants of the "Volleyball for All" project, their parents and friends.

Help graduates of correctional schools fill gaps in their education move to a fundamentally new level of education

20/06/2023
"All Up" important project, the winner of our "School of Opportunities" competition, which helps graduates of correctional school move to a fundamentally new level of education, enter and graduate from educational institutions, obtain a desired profession, and build a career.

The "Feel" project will help professionals better understand their clients

13/06/2023
CSS supported еру project , which aims to increase the psychological competence of professionals working with young people with autism spectrum disorders, eating disorders, mood, self-control and experiencing PTSD.

Introductory webinar for the new competition

07/06/2023
We would like to invite you to the introductory webinar for the new competition "Stronger with CSS. Becoming self-sufficienct"!

Stronger with CSS. BECOMING SELF-SUFFICIENT

30/05/2023
From 1 June we will be accepting applications for the "Stronger with CSS. BECOMING SELF-SUFFICIENT"!

The first charity sledge hockey tournament

29/05/2023
On June 3, the first charity sledge hockey tournament "Hockey Unites" will be held in Moscow

Pskov keep winning

26/05/2023
Our joint project with the Pskov Children's Foundation "Friendship Ball: Strengthening the family" ended a year ago. But how nice and important it is to understand, that children continue to train, compete and win!

The 5th All-Russian Adaptive Hockey Festival took place in Sochi

17/05/2023
Nikiforos Parfeniotis, the sports project manager of the CSS Foundation, became the guest of honor at the 5th All-Russian Adaptive Hockey Festival.

We announce the start of the competition!

11/05/2023
With joy and pride we announce the start of accepting applications for this year's first Contest "Stronger with CSS. Acting together."

Spread your Wings!

25/04/2023
It's important to Mom! – the slogan of the project, which was supported by our foundation.

Participated in the benchmarking session

11/04/2023
We discussed social projects dedicated to the problems of youth. The focus is on how the design, management, and involvement of stakeholders in projects that were recognized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation as the best according to the results of the competition.

The International Sports Day

06/04/2023
On the International Sports Day, there was a big discussion about how to measure the effect of social sports.

Want to be together: Regions

05/04/2023
The results of the project "Want to be together: Regions" implemented by Autonomous non-profit organization of social services "Yom-Yom Inclusive Center"

Early Bird

29/03/2023
In 2022, NGO “Star Rain” implemented the project "A comprehensive early intervention program for children with autism under the age of 5" in Chelyabinsk.

NGO Pulse

29/03/2023
The project is implemented by the Center for Assessment of Public Initiatives of the National Research University Higher School of Economics with the expert support of the "Need for Help" Foundation.

Football for everyone

23/03/2023
Samara Association of people with disabilities using wheelchairs “Desnitsa Association” has been implementing the project "Football for everyone" during the year 2022

The silver standard

16/03/2023
The All-Russian Competition of Public Annual Reports of NPOs "Point of Reference"

More than Care

14/03/2023
The results of the project "More than Care" implemented by the Diakonia Center "Touch" for families raising children with mental developmental disabilities

The winners of the Competition "Stronger with CSS. School of Opportunities"

01/03/2023

The results of the "Stronger with CSS 2021" winning project "Happy at Home"

22/02/2023
The project was implemented by the Interregional Public Charity Organization supporting children "He Needs You".

International Volleyball Day in Rostov-on-Don

15/02/2023
Sports Festival, dedicated to the International Volleyball Day

Patronus lawyers are ready to answer your charity beneficiaries' questions

09/02/2023

The exhibition "Mixed feelings" opened in Murmansk

06/02/2023

CSS's meaningful contribution to the direction of Alpha-Endo program

02/02/2023
Complex help for families in difficult life situation raising children with diabetes mellitus.

Family Trust is the key to insight

31/01/2023
Training seminars for specialists in psychological and social support of crisis families in the Kaliningrad region.

Cheburiada 2023

26/01/2023
The All-Russian Basketball Sports Festival

Hockey unites

26/01/2023
Roller sledge hockey master classes in the Kostroma region

Sports New Year

23/12/2022
for children with mental disabilities and their families

Roller sledge hockey

19/12/2022
CSS and the Adaptive Hockey Federation open up new opportunities for boarding school students!

Where does Motivation start?

14/12/2022
project CSS with the Tyumen Mountaineering Federation on adaptive climbing “I can!”

Results of the interregional conference

08/12/2022
"Routes of assistance as a system of support for families raising children with autism and other mental developmental disabilities."

Volleyball for All

06/12/2022
The current section on adaptive volleyball

Stronger with CSS. School of Opportunities

01/12/2022
Finalists

29/11/2022

The premiere of the film "White Unicorn"

24/11/2022
about foster parenthood, filmed with the support of CSS

Higher, Faster, Stronger!

13/11/2022
master a class on bouldering

What Is ESG and why it’s important?

04/11/2022
“ESG–(R)Evolution”, where they were once again convinced of the importance and urgency of the ESG topic

The first festival of foster families

28/10/2022
of the Udmurt Republic-2022

Alfa-Endo Program

25/10/2022
comprehensive assistance to families with children with diabetes in difficult life situation

News from our partner

24/10/2022
- ANO «Diaconical Center Touch»

ANO «My Family»

22/10/2022
and our joint project «Exit»

Dear colleagues and friends!

20/10/2022
It is a great honor for me to become Natalia Kovalenko's successor as President of CSS Foundation.

Message from Natalia Kovalenko

17/10/2022
Dear friends, colleagues, partners!

20th anniversary conference of the Donor Forum

13/10/2022
Президент CSS Наталия Коваленко и директор по проектной деятельности Ольга Суслова посетили юбилейную, двадцатую конференцию Форума доноров, которая прошла 4 и 5 октября в Москве.

12/10/2022

News from the winners of the «Stronger with CSS»

07/10/2022
In the last days of September, a sports city tournament was held in Samara between the teams of the Football for All project

02/10/2022

“We want to be together: regions”

27/09/2022
The wide program of the Forum, which held from September 22 to 24, included a presentation of the practices of inclusive education for preschool children

21/09/2022

September, 20 is a special day for CSS

20/09/2022
because today is our founder David Russell's birthday!

News from the winners of the «Stronger with CSS»

16/09/2022
Online Adaptation and habilitation center for foster partnership

Annual Report 2021

22/08/2022
We have published CSS main achievements over the past year

10/08/2022

10/08/2022

Important information!

01/07/2022
Dear applicants of the grant program «Stronger with CSS. School of Opportunities»!

Important information

16/06/2022
Dear applicants of the grant program “Stronger with CSS. School of Opportunities”!

Our finalists!

01/06/2022
In CSS we have two favorite days: when we announce the start of grant program and when we announce the finalists

Family Center “School of Joy”

26/05/2022
Today we would like to share the news of the project “Family Center “School of Joy” of the charity center “Hesed Tikva” in Bryansk, Russia.

"My son can do everything!"

24/05/2022
Such important words, and we are happy that they are spoken by the parents of the participants of the teenage group of the Open Doors project.

The 4th All-Russian Fonbet Adaptive Hockey

04/05/2022
CSS Project Development Director Olga Suslova returned from Sochi, where the 4th All-Russian Fonbet Adaptive Hockey

Meeting of the Donor Forum PR-club

19/04/2022
Yesterday in CSS office we held a meeting of the Donor Forum PR-club, an association of large grant-giving organizations in Russia

Inspiring numbers!

14/04/2022
From the winner of the grant program "Stronger with CSS" - the Charity Foundation for the Promotion of the family device "Find a family"

News from the winners of the «Stronger with CSS» grant program

08/04/2022
The first developmental classes have started in the "It's Important for Mom" project of the "Spread Your Wings" charity foundation

“STRONGER WITH CSS. SCHOOL OF OPPORTUNITIES” grant program

17/03/2022
We share the presentation and the link to the webinar for the grant program

Our Telegram channel and VKontakte group

16/03/2022
Dear friends, colleagues and partners! We want to stay in touch with you and expand our channels of communication.

We continue to develop our new contests

16/03/2022
Another experts meeting took place this week. This time, the focus was on the topic of supporting families with children and child-parent relationships.

The Starting Point-2021

16/03/2022
CSS received the silver standard of the annual report 2020 in the "The Starting Point-2021" competition!

We have created a ВКонтакте

15/03/2022
We are waiting for everyone in our friendly CSS family, now on a new account

Assisted Accommodation and Employment

15/03/2022
Yesterday we met with experts in the field of Assisted Accommodation and Employment in the CSS office.

More than Care

08/03/2022
On International Women's Day we want to share the news of the «More than Care» project

Congratulations on the holiday of spring!

08/03/2022
Congratulations to all girls, women, mothers and grandmothers on the holiday of spring!

SCHOOL OF OPPORTUNITIES

01/03/2022
We don't just keep working. We are launching a new contest as part of our “Stronger with CSS” program

CSS continues to work

01/03/2022
Dear colleagues, partners, friends, we want to reach out to everyone whose projects are funded by the Stronger with CSS program and to those who are about to apply for the competition.

We have created a telegram channel

26/02/2022
To stay in touch in any situation, we have created a telegram channel

First webinar dedicated to the current Sports for Development competition

24/02/2022
We continue to accept applications under the “Stronger with CSS” grant program

Today we want to tell about one unusual project called "Urban Investigation"

21/02/2022
On February 19, an art residence for teenagers from the city of Polyarny, who are registered with the Commission on Juvenile Affairs, and study at schools and colleges of the city, began its work

WEBINAR FOR APPLICANTS!

17/02/2022
February 22, 2022 at 11:00 am (Moscow time)

The news everyone has been waiting for

15/02/2022
Today, February 15, we start accepting applications for the STRONGER WITH CSS. SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT».

We continue to tell you about the winning projects of our grant program

14/02/2022
“Our Children” Foundation shared impressive results for January (project "Do not spill water")

Our foundation has become a member of the Donor forum - an association of the largest grant-giving organizations operating in Russia

11/02/2022
This is the only association of foundations and companies in our country systematically engaged in charitable activities.

Stronger with CSS 2022

09/02/2022
The most frequent and popular question in our direct is, of course, the start dates for accepting applications for grants under the “Stronger with CSS” program.

Pleasant surprises from partners - this is what CSS team will remember this week!

03/02/2022
The Raul Charity Foundation came specially from St. Petersburg to our office to congratulate us on the 3rd anniversary.

CSS turned 3 years!

01/02/2022
Our team congratulates and thanks the founder of CSS foundation - David Russell! Without you, none of this would have been possible.

Support Service: Social Patronage of Families in a Difficult Life Situation

24/01/2022
We continue to tell you about the winning projects of our grant program. Today we will talk about the project "Support Service: Social Patronage of Families in a Difficult Life Situation".

The ABC of a Happy Family - Regional Schools of Conscious Parents

17/01/2022
As promised, tell in detail what joint long-term results we managed to achieve with the winners of the “Stronger with CSS” program.

Our plans for January

10/01/2022
We hope you had a great long holidays and, like CSS team, are energized for new challenges in 2022.

Some numbers and results of the year

24/12/2021
Dear friends, colleagues and partners!
Traditionally - some numbers and results of the year in our December video.

Happy birthday, Natalia Kovalenko!

22/12/2021
Today we congratulate the president of our foundation, Natalia Kovalenko, on her birthday!

CSS was included in the Top-10: The Best Missions of Russian Non-Profit Organizations

20/12/2021
At the end of the year, it is customary to share achievements, and soon we will definitely tell you about what we managed to create and bring to life in 2021. In the meantime, we are glad to share the good news: our foundation was included in the Top-10: The Best Missions of Russian Non-Profit Organizations according to the version of the Greenhouse of Social Technologies.

New Year's holidays are coming and with them all related thematic events and master classes

15/12/2021
So the guys from the Career Guidance group of Downside up charity foundation painted clay toys under the guidance of the jeweler Sergey Zamyshlyaev.

News from our partners - "Find a Family" CF

09/12/2021
Last month 140 families with 278 foster children received assistance in four support centers for foster families "Find a Family" (Krasnodar, Moscow Region-South, Moscow Region-North and Gatchina, Leningrad Region).

Partners annual meeting

06/12/2021
Our partners annual meeting took place on 30 November, for the first time offline.

One of the topics of the next "Stronger with CSS" will be sports

02/12/2021
Today CSS hosted a meeting of specialized experts in the field of sports.

Russian Taekwondo GTF Championship

26/11/2021
From November 24 to November 28, the Russian Taekwondo GTF Championship and Championship is held in Kazan.

Presentation of the book "How to organize leisure for children and adolescents with developmental disabilities"

23/11/2021
Today, within the framework of cooperation between the Naked Heart and CSS, two foundations present the book "How to organize leisure for children and adolescents with developmental disabilities".

«Stronger with CSS» charity program winners

19/11/2021
Today is a special day for the entire CSS team, as we are ready to announce the winners of the Stronger with CSS grant program to support the NGO. We want to thank each applicant - we know what a titanic work you do every day! This time, the fund's team, together with the expert council, identified 16 projects.

Sticking Together

16/11/2021
In the summer, “Our Children" foundation received our grant for Complex work with families in crisis, where there is a risk taking children to the orphanage (in the city of Smolensk and the Smolensk region).

Our team is already thinking about the charity program for NGOs 2022

11/11/2021
"Stronger with CSS" program has not ended yet this year, and our team is already thinking about the formats of the charity program for NGOs in 2022.

News from our partners

09/11/2021
News from our partners - winners of “Stronger with CSS” charity program:
In October, as part of the creation of an inclusive center for social and pedagogical support "Big Change" in Novosibirsk, a business trip took place to a regional base in this city.

We have completed interviews with potential finalists of "Stronger with CSS"

04/11/2021
The last three days have been busy - we have completed interviews with potential finalists of "Stronger with CSS" charity program.

Conference “A family raising a child with special needs. Psychological assistance in different contexts”

03/11/2021
Today we want to tell about III Conference “A family raising a child with special needs. Psychological assistance in different contexts ”, which has been held thanks to the financial support of our foundation.

Why CSS?

29/10/2021
CSS charity foundation has a very interesting name history.

The Circle project

26/10/2021
Today we want to share the results of our project “Circle. The system of comprehensive assistance to children with disabilities ”.

"Stronger with CSS 2021". Less than a month left

22/10/2021
Less than a month left before the announcement of "Stronger with CSS" winners.

The first successes of the "School of Joy" project

20/10/2021
At the beginning of September, we wrote about the start of the project "Family Center" School of Joy "of the regional Bryansk Jewish community and charitable center" Hesed Tikva ". Today we are happy to tell about the first successes of his students and share some photos.