Who we are
The International Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers (IFS) is a global movement of more than 11000 member associations that include multi-purpose, community-based organizations across the world. We believe in empowering the people who work for social justice by connecting, inspiring and supporting an inclusive global community.
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“Let’s all be brave and creative builders of a much better and just world”
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Our Membership spans the globe offering partnership for programs and conferences that introduce you to new networking channels.
Focus Areas: Coronavirus: The impact on Neighbourhood Houses and Community Centers and more.
The IFS Helsinki Office and members have been organising online meetings as an opportunity to IFS members to share news and talk about the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on community work and plans after the crisis. There have been two meetings so far. The first online meeting took place on March 31, 2020, and the second on May 6, 2020.
The next meeting will be organised by the IFS member organisation ASKOVFONDEN of Denmark. The meeting is open to all and more details will be communicated soon. Please contact Junias Kanyinda at junias.kanyinda@setlementti.fi if you are interested in joining the meeting.
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News & Blog
Social Centers and the People: Interview with Dominique Garet of the French Federation
Interview with Dominique Garet, vice president of Fédération des Centres...
Localising the SDGs: A community led approach to global issues Webinar 1
09/09/2020
From September 2020, the Australian Neighbourhood and Community Houses...
IFS General Assembly 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic threat, the IFS General Assembly planned to take...
Upcoming events
Localising the SDGs: A community led approach to global issues Webinar 2
30/09/2020
Event description SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities will be the focus...
Locality Convention ’20 in 10 – 11 November 2020 in Birmingham
10/11/2020
Where: Birmingham, United Kingdom When: 10 - 11 November 2020...
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Community Centers and the people: interview with Dominique Garet of the Centres sociaux et socioculturels de France and IFS board member.
"Social centers operate locally and are in a territory that the inhabitants are the first to know well. It is about starting from what people are experiencing and the situations encountered in their environments."
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Here's a bit of good read for history and Jane Addams fans!
"Yet the more I study the ways in which Jane Addams supported, nurtured, and inspired the women around her, and the ways in which she drew on the spirits, intellects, and achievements of those women, the more convinced I am that Jane Addams created and existed in an otherworldly orbit. An orbit where innovation and creativity and fearless determination flourished."❤️
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The Otherworldly Orbit of Jane Addams
I grew up in Illinois where the life and legacy of Jane Addams is widely known and appreciated. Illinois School children learn about Addams and Hull-House, and she is a perennial favorite topic of …The outreach team of Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement was out there on a Day of Action sharing and caring about their community members.
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