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Crisis pantry - cultivation and sale of herbs

A - DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE

A1 - Title in original language
Kríziskamra - gyógynövénytermesztés és értékesítés

A2 - Title in English
Crisis pantry - cultivation and sale of herbs

A3 - Location of GP (national)
Hungary

A4 - Location of GP (regional)
West-Transdanubian region

A5 - Economic field of activity
Q Human health and social work activities

A6 - Ultimate purpose of GP
To create or conserve employment
To enable cross sectoral working
To improve social cohesion/inclusion

A7 - Spatial scale
Regional (large scale)

A8a - Start date
January 2010

A8b - Anticipated end date (if applicable)
ongoing

A9 - Short description of the GP
The project aims to create jobs for psychiatric people and addicts and to involve them into the employment. Therefore there are those kind of partnerships in which the entities of the for-profit sector provide significant support and participation.

A10 - Key words relating to the GP
job creation
psychiatric people and addicts
partnership
rehabilitation
social responsibility

A11 - Objectives of the GP
The main objectives of the initiative are the sustainable job creation, rehabilitation of the psychiatric people and addicts through work and increasing their income-generating capacity, as well as strengthening the social inclusion.

A12 - Activities that have taken place
• mapping partners
• creating partnerships
• creating jobs on the basis of mutual interests
• production of marketable products
• client involvement into coplex rehabilitation
• supporting the clien's integration
• providing social services (residential and day care institution)

A13 - Achievements of the GP
• signing contracts with many big employers to work for them (e.g. EPCOS)
• thanks to the financial and natural donations of the partners (e.g. Industrialists Assoctiation) the central building was built and a lavender plantation was created with a processing factory in Vásárosmiske, furthermore new jobs were created in Vásárosmiske to collect herbs
• beside this some patients took part in social employment and produce handcraft products
• a tea shop was opened in Szombathely where herbal teas and other souvenirs are sold
• an own printing house is operating in Szombathely
• almost all of the residents and clients get to work in this system – currently 100 people are employed


B - IMPACT ON SOCIETY AND ECONOMY

B1 - How has the GP impacted on the following?

B1a - Legal/financial exclusion
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
The organisation receives resources from the partnership in order to implement its objectives.

B1b - Creation or conservation of local employment
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
The organisation opened employing opportunities on many small settlements.

B1c - Adaptation to new realities
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

B1d - Cross sectoral working
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
There is a very broad partnership with the for-profit sector, in which various branches (e.g. telecommunication, etc.) appear. The largest contributor is the Industrialists Association.

B1e - Enablement of social enterpreneurship
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
The partnership also encourages the participants to appear on the market and to develop marketable products.

B1f - Amenities for local people
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
The workplaces for local residents offer job opportunity for them.

B1g - Educational opportunities
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
The trainings of each work processes are continuously.

B1h - Crisis response
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

B1i - Local financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

B1j - Local policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

B1k - National financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

B1l - National policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
Any other comments?


C - PARTNERSHIPS & GOVERNANCE

C1 - Is the governance of this GP fully inclusive?
Beneficiaries are somewhat involved in governance
Comments and learning points

C2 - How influential has this GP been on local or national decision makers?
Not known
Comments and learning points

C3 - How much partnership work has been involved?
A great deal of cross sectoral partnership working
Comments and learning points


D - PR & TRANSFERABILITY

D1 - Please describe how the GP communicated its experience and success to the public
articles, other media appearances, the organisation has their own newspaper

D2 - Please describe how the GP communicated with local or national decision makers?
The local policy makers (Social Committee and General Assembly of Municipality of Szombathely) are informed about the implemented activities by the organisation.

D3 - Are there any elements of this project that you think would transfer particularly well to other contexts?
How could the non-profit and for-profit sector cooperate for the economic, environmental and social sustainability?


E - RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY

E1a - Total annual income of GP 2011/12
60- 70 million HUF (200 000-230 000 EUR) but it is the total operational cost. In additional the salary and social security contribution (ssc) are paid by the companies for whom the organisation is working.

E1b - How is this made up?

E1c - Details of human resources
work leaders

E1d - Details of technology
production of medicinal herbs, lavender cultivation, pottery making

E1e - Details of financial investment for start-up/early stage

E1f - Details of external support
businesses bring the technology, equipments and machineries

E2 - If public funding were withdrawn, could the GP continue to exist?
yes


F - EXECUTIVE BODY AND CONTACT INFORMATION

F1 - Who set up the GP?
Faith based not-for-profit organisation

F2 - Who runs the GP?
Faith based not-for-profit organisation

F3 - Short description/comments
The operating organization's religious foundation. There are many, many volunteers support the activity.

F4 - Contact
Mrs. Tuczainé Régvári, Marietta
Diocesan Caritas in Szombathely
9700 Szombathely, Hollán E. str. 10-12.
Hungary
Telephone +36/94/318560
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http://www.karitaszszombathely.hu/
Any other contact people


G - SUPPORTING INFORMATION

G1 - Photos (between 1 & 3)
Journals BELLS http://www.karitaszszombathely.hu/index.php/harangok

G2 - E documents
Introduction of the activities: http://www.karitaszszombathely.hu/
Introduction of the 20 years old organisation: http://www.karitaszszombathely.hu/index.php/cikk/81-a-20-eves-szombathelyi-egyhazmegyei-karitaszrol
website of the Caritas: http://www.karitasz.hu/

G3 - Any other useful information
Life in the Lavender House: http://www.karitaszszombathely.hu/index.php/cikk/41-levendulahaz


 

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