Queen Silvias’ Foundation grants support to two new and sex re-applying organisations

The grants of fall 2022, were awarded two new projects and six re-applying projects, working to ensure that children and young people have their fundamental rights met thorugh receiving psychosocial support, education, safer off and online everyday life, both in Sweden and abroad. All applications received were reviewed and…

Seminar on Children’s Mental Health from a Global Perspective with WarChild, UNICEF and the SIGHT-network

On June 1, the International Children’s Day, the SIGHT Networks for Global Child Health and Mental Health teamed up with H.M. Queen Silvia’s Foundation to address the issue of children and youths mental health alongside about 30 stakeholders. Karolinska Institutet, War Child Sweden, UNICEF Sverige and the UNICEF Innovation…

Care About the Children held a network meeting to encourage collaboration between organisations working towards the same goal.

On the fourth of May, Care About the Children organized an informal network meeting for 22 of the organisations that receive, or have previously received, financial support for their work with children and young people’s mental health. The 22 organisations that were invited work in different ways to counteract…

H.M. Queen Silvia’s Foundation grants funding for two new and five re-applying projects

Two new projects and five re-applying projects have been granted financial support for the application round of spring 2022. In addition, three organizations working with the Ukraine-crisis were granted emergency-support for their work in the region as well as in Sweden. All approved projects promote children’s psychological well-being, their…

His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen hosts a meeting on the crisis in Ukraine

On March 25th, HHMM the King and Queen of Sweden and the Crown Princess couple invited experts from swedish civil society organisations working with the Ukraine crisis to an emergency meeting the Royal Palace. The purpose of the meeting was to share experiences to encourage collaboration between the organizations…

H.M Queen Silvia’s Foundation grants financial Support to “Ukraine Aid- Children in Need” and their collaboration with Polferries

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, over three million people have had to flee their homes. Every day, hundreds of refugees travel from Gdańsk to Nynäshamn and from Świnoujście to Ystad in Sweden – and as of 24th of March, over 20 000 refugees have crossed the Baltic…

H.M. Queen Silvia’s Foundation grants Unicef and War Child support for their work for Ukrainian children

The war that has raged in Ukraine in the recent weeks has shaken Europe and the world. A total of 1.5 million civilians have been forced to flee their homes, and the UN highlights the war as the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. In all…

The Child10 Award, which CATCH is the main sponsor for, was launched on the 25th of Februari to ten organisations from Europe for their work againt trafficking and sexual exploitation of children

During the award cermony on the 25th of February, Child10 presented the 10 awarded member organizations from Europe who have been awarded for their work against trafficking and commercial sexual exploatation of children. The ceremony was attended by H.M. Queen Silvia who also gave a speech to pay tribute…

Care About the Children draws attention to Safer Internet Day together with Friends, Tele2, Skandia Ideer för Livet and Prinsparets Stiftelse.

Today, February 8, is Safer Internet Day. Prinsparets Stiftelse together with Skandia Idéer för livet, Tele2, H.M. The Queen Silvia Foundation’s Care About the Children and Friends Foundation notice the opportunities for children and young people to be creative with the help of the internet, communicate with the world…