Cavalcade programme series for vulnerable groups in the 18th district of Budapest
About this good practice
The programme builds on the positive practice of social inclusion through performances by well-known and popular artists and create publicity for local public services and participants of society. The series of programmes has been running since November 2022 with 5 events organised so far. An important speciality of the Cavalcade is that, in addition to well-known professional performers, elderly and disabled people in institutions of their own care also perform at each event.
The fundraising, coordinated by the Public Foundation for the Elderly and Young – owned by the District Municipality – is organised by the municipal institution responsible for the day care of the elderly and disabled (namely the Unified Social Institution).
The events are held in community venues specifically designed for similar public events in the capital. The reason for the choice of venue is to provide professional sound equipment and technical facilities for the nationally known professional performers.
The visitors of Cavalcade programme series can buy handicraft items which are made by the beneficiaries for a symbolic price thus indirectly supporting the Cavalcade.
The activity makes these disadvantaged people feel important and happy to participate in the preparation of the programme. The whole series of programmes helps to strengthen social inclusion and giving greater public visibility to disadvantaged people and to institutions working in the social field.
Resources needed
The reason for the creation of the Cavalcade programme was to overcome the isolation and loneliness caused by the covid epidemic and to emphasise the positive power of community. The main objective is to promote municipal social services to expand the theory of social inclusion.
Evidence of success
1. The number of people attending the events:
- 300 people per event
- total of approx. 1300-1500 people so far
- The programme series attract a lot of visitors – not only disadvantaged persons but healthy well-off people as well.
3. The number of participating NGOs (associations, foundations):
- 5 organisations
4. The amount of voluntary donations collected for the event:
- In total 3500-4000 euro)
- The intention of donations hasn’t decreased yet.
Potential for learning or transfer
In our opinion Cavalcade as a good practise can help to empower the social solidarity on local level, namely district, neighbourhood, settlement, micro-region.
Cavalcade has an important success rate to increase coordination level among local social services. If we look at the communication aspect of the good practice, we will get a suitable tool for amplifying the public attention.
The 18th district municipality could gather new stakeholders – for instance civil groups, well-of families in the district and last but not least for-profit actors (companies, entrepreneurs) as well.
We believe that this good practise is worth adopting because of its easy implementation and wide spread public awareness. Furthermore, the financial spectrum of the program is easy to realize and it is suitable for strengthening social solidarity.