WellHome: Special VET Program on Wellbeing Interior Design to enable people facing social exclusion to create healing home environments for social housing residents
▶Summary
The WellHome project aims to: - Develop a tailored vocational training program in Wellbeing Interior Design for people with disabilities. - Introduce Wellbeing Interior Design in special employmen...
▶Objectives
The WellHome project aims to: - Develop a tailored vocational training program in Wellbeing Interior Design for people with disabilities. - Introduce Wellbeing Interior Design in special employment centers as a new service into their existing offerings. - Promote innovative solutions for organizations providing housing services to vulnerable populations to improve their clients' wellbeing. - Raise awareness about social inclusion, mental health, self-care and sustainable interior design.
▶Activities
The following activities will be implemented in the project: - Development of a tailored VET program to train people with disabilities as wellbeing interior designers. - Implementation of the program with 40 participants across 4 countries to assess its efficacy and the impact of interior design interventions on individuals' wellbeing. - Development of a campaign to share results and raise awareness about the connection between space and wellbeing, mental health, self-care and sustainability.
▶Impact
The main results of the project will be a tailor-made VET program to train people with disabilities as wellbeing interior designers, that will undergo a testing and refinement phase. The expected outcomes are: improved skills and job opportunities for programme participants; an increase in the well-being of the residents of the housing facilities that will be decorated during the implementation of the training programme; and increased awareness of the connection between space and well-being.