Eos Cares is a social sustainability program within the basketball club IK Eos in Lund. Eos Cares offers the population of Lund a range of social activities, free of charge. The program also collaborates with the Municipality, and with other organizations and associations, in order to create a higher degree of social inclusion for all societal groups in the local community. Last year more than 2000 participants visited the activities of Eos Cares, and the organization receive

Eos Cares received this year's "Integration Prize" from Lund's Kommun and this didn't go unnoticed by the press. On December 19, Sydsvenskan newspaper published an article on our program's integration work, including quotes from Eos Cares' projektledare Axel Wallin and our Operativ Chef, Yaman Alloush. You can read the article below: "Bra integration: utflykter, matlagning och yoga" Hur integrerar man människor från andra länder och kulturer i Sverige på ett bra sätt? En tiot

Eos club's three awards within a week in mid-September (namely "Lunds Idrottsgilles Stora Pris 2019" to Eos Cares' projektledare Axel Wallin, Lund's finest sports prize "Lundapokalen" to IK Eos and Lund Kommun' s "Year's Integration Prize 2019" to Eos Cares) were enough to make front page news on Swedish Basketball Federation's website! Read the article, titled "Eos Lunds sociala engagemang gav hattrick i utmärkelser", HERE. #EosCares #IKEos #pris #SvenskaBasketbolförbund #S

What a wonderful Saturday evening we had at Eoshallen! Prisma Vinterfest was a huge success, the attendance exceeding all expectations! More than 300 people came with their friends and families to enjoy a variety of activities offered by Eos Cares, local social actors and Lunds Kommun. There was food from all over the world, dance, an integration prize ceremony by Lunds Kommun, poetry reading by the young "Arabiska Undervisning" students, Eos Cares giving out thank-you prese

During the Prisma Vinterfest at Eoshallen on 14/12/2019, Eos Cares was awarded this year's Integration Prize from Lund's Municipality. The prize is awarded each year to encourage efforts to promote greater integration. Winners can be companies, organizations, administrations, networks or associations in Lund municipality. Read more about this year's prize in Lund's Municipality's press release HERE. #integrationpris #lundskommun #2019 #EOSCares #integration

Eos Cares had some special guests on Saturday! External Relations Manager Matilda Ottelid and Project Leader Axel Wallin had the pleasure to welcome Växjö Ravens Basketball representatives Rene Jaramillo (chairman), Lotta Roswall Larsson (council) and Therese Jaramillo (marketing) and guide them through our program’s social work. Aspiring to become more than a basketball club, Ravens are about to start their own journey towards further engaging in social issues. Having establ

In the latest issue of LKF's magazine, "72 Kvadrat", Eos Cares and Hemmaplan are praised for their integration work. In the feature one can find interviews with Eos Cares' projektledare, Axel Wallin, the program' s volunteers and Hemmaplan's projektledare and coach, Ira Otamiri. To read the article, follow the link HERE. * LKF is one of the main collaborators of Eos Cares and Lund's Kommun in Prisma Project, a method of helping newly arrived families, children and young peop

Welcome to Prisma Winter Party - a huge festivity for the whole family! Prisma is a collaboration project between Lunds kommun and Eos Cares, which involves all of Lunds organisations and associations who work for integration and inclusion. On the 14th of December (17:00-21:00), the project is running a Winter Party, where Eoshallen is opened up for a program of activities for young people, families and kids: - Food from all over the world! All participants are invited

Välkomna till Prisma Vinterfest! - ett jättekalas för hela familjen! Prisma är ett samverkansprojekt som leds tillsammans av Lunds kommun och IK Eos Basket, och som involverar alla kommunens organisationer och föreningar som arbetar för integration och inkludering. Syfte med projektet är att utveckla och implementera en metod för inkludering av nyanlända familjer, barn och unga via meningsfulla fritidsaktiviteter. Den 14/12 kl 17.00-21.00 håller projektet en Vinterfest, där h

Sydsvenskan och HD publicerade den 28:e november 2019 en debattartikel skriven av Matilda Ottelid, Eos Cares chef för externa relationer och Irene Otamiri, projektledare för Skånes basketbollförbunds Hemmaplan. Den länkade artikeln editerades inför publicering, och här nedan kan ni läsa den längre orginalversionen. "Utforma ett ekonomiskt stöd till idrottsföreningar som tar samhällsansvar." Barnfattigdomen i Sverige är stor och den ekonomiska ojämlikheten har, enligt OECD, ök

Come to Eoshallen every Saturday between 13-15, meet people, practice your language skills and/or help others improve theirs! The idea of the event is based on the concept of the much-appreciated Café Multilingua at Lund University. The EOS Language Café is open for everyone, regardless of occupation, age and language skill level! Furthermore, at each table we will have a member of the organization, a facilitator, that is fluent in the target language and that works to create

From the first moment you meet them, you sense they have a genuine passion for what they do. What drives them is a feeling that only those who are away from home can identify with. The French Anicée Guglielmi and Alexandra Javier are the faces behind the "Parlez-vous Français? Oui!" language café that Eos Cares initiated in the beginning of October. One month after the debut, they talk about their initiative, the importance of sharing between cultures and the power of languag

Matilda Ottelid, the new External Relations Manager of Eos Cares’ “Vinnova Project”, is introducing herself by talking about her mission, the timeliness of working with integration and inclusion and the role that sports clubs can play in today’s society. How did you learn about the position and what drove you to apply for it? I saw the ad online and though it would be really exciting. I have a Master’s in Public Health and I think this is a great arena for working with health

From this week and on, children at Klostergårdsskolan in Lund will have the opportunity to practice basketball with Hemmaplan and Eos basket. The two programs join forces in Klostergården under the family initiative "Prisma". Prisma is a collaborative project between Eos Cares and Lund Municipality, as well as other important actors, such as Rädda Barnen among others, and the main goal is to help families, children and young people in Lund towards inclusion through meaningful