Social policy – support, integration, help for those in need
We have planned PLN 100 million in the regionalself-government budget to support the residents of the region as part of social policy. Under this programme, we systematically support seniors, people with disabilities, jobseekers, those experiencing domestic violence, and children from Ukraine seeking refuge from war.
This year we will allocate PLN 850,000 to implement the programme to counter domestic violence in the region. We cooperate with 140 local government units as part of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Blue Line.
As part of the programme we organise:
- training for people working in the field of countering domestic violence
- conferences, workshops and seminars on countering domestic violence for people working in educational institutions, healthcare, the justice system, local authorities and NGOs
- information campaigns about the scale of domestic violence, legal regulations and methods of preventing violence
Vocational activity establishments
There are already 10 vocational activity establishments operating in the region. The most recent one was opened in the autumn of last year in Toruń’s Bydgoskie Przedmieście district.
In addition to Toruń, such institutions also operate in Białe Błota (Bydgoszcz County), Bydgoszcz, Brodnica, Drzonowo (Chełmno County), Przyjezierze (Mogilno County), Radziejów, Tuchola, Włocławek and Wąbrzeźno. They employ a total of 486 people with disabilities.
Vocational activity establishments are a special type of business entity that allocates all earned income to the rehabilitation of employees. In 2026, we will allocate PLN 19 million for their operation.
We will allocate PLN 9.1 million to improve infrastructure serving the social and vocational rehabilitation of people with disabilities. We provide such rehabilitation in 11 newly built or modernised facilities in the region, and 1,413 people benefit from it. The value of grants for vocational and social rehabilitation of people with disabilities commissioned to foundations and NGOs in 2026 will amount to PLN 1.535 million.
The third sector
The regional self-government consistently supports non-governmental organisations. Last year, we allocated PLN 10 million for tasks commissioned to third-sector organisations. We estimate that this year the pool of funds for NGOs will also amount to PLN 10 million. Through calls for proposals, funding will be granted to 475 NGOs.
In 2026 we are also implementing the project “NGO development as the strength of Kujawy and Pomorze”, worth PLN 5.3 million, aimed at strengthening the human, organisational, technical and functional potential of non-governmental organisations.
The project’s key tasks:
- training and advisory activities – PLN 737,730
- sector meetings, professional networking and study visits – PLN 513,745
- co-financing of an Individual Development Plan for a given NGO – PLN 3,390,000
Under the project, support will be provided to 150 representatives of organisations, and development funds will be granted to 113 NGOs operating in the voivodeship.
Regional Social Welfare Centre (ROPS)
The Marshal’s Office ROPS has planned a number of key tasks for this year, aimed at supporting seniors, people living alone, those struggling with chronic illnesses, dependent persons and those facing social exclusion.
The most important ROPS tasks in 2026:
Support for seniors
- “Kujawsko-Pomorskie Telecare” project
Support for families
- “Family at the centre” project
Support for children and young people
- “Trampolina” project
- “Exclusion has no MOW-y” project
Support for staff
- “Long-term care – staff training” project
- “Coordination of a coherent social policy of Kujawy and Pomorze” project
- Social welfare staff development programme “Profesja”
- Competition “Social Worker of Kujawy and Pomorze”
Kujawsko-Pomorskie Telecare
The project is addressed to people who need support in daily functioning, among others due to age, health condition or disability, and who are not covered by permanent institutional care.
The Marshal’s Office regional home telecare programme is financed from our regional programme – the European Funds for Kujawy and Pomorze 2021-2027 (FEdKP). The cost is PLN 33 million, and the value of EU support is PLN 28 million.
As part of the project we will offer:
- telecare services
- neighbourly support services
- telemedicine services
An innovative and very important tool in the telecare system is the life bracelet. These are mobile devices that monitor vital signs and allow users to call for help when needed. In a life- or health-threatening situation, after pressing the SOS button, the programme participant connects with a paramedic in the telecentre to receive the necessary assistance. Ultimately, 3,500 people will be covered by this form of support.
Based on medical data collected and monitored using the bracelets, a telemedicine package will cover 300 residents at increased risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases.
Neighbourly support services, which include help with shopping, meal preparation, keeping homes tidy, assistance in reaching doctors and handling administrative matters, will cover 1,846 people.
Day Care Homes
Residents of 72 municipalities in Kujawsko-Pomorskie receive support in day care homes.
The Regional Sustainable Development Centre is the leader of the EU co-financed project “Kujawsko-Pomorskie Network of Day Care Homes”, worth PLN 121 million, under which 14 day care homes will be created and the quality of services in a further 20 will be improved. The project is being implemented with 34 partners.
In day care homes, residents benefit, among others, from rehabilitation, therapeutic activities, nursing and psychological services.
At the same time, we are implementing the project “Development of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Network of Day Care Homes”, whose main goal is to create another five day care homes in the municipalities of Kruszwica, Łysomice, Chełmża, Gąsawa and Bartniczka.
For families, children and young people
Over 10 years and three editions of the “Family at the centre” project, we have provided support to 22,522 people, and in the current edition – to more than 10,000 residents of the region. During this time, we established family support centres in 23 counties, which identify families’ needs and offer an appropriate support pathway.
The “Family at the centre” project offers, among others:
- family therapy
- support groups and workshops for families
- prevention of parental burnout
- workshops for children and young people
- classes to make up for educational gaps
- therapy for children in the direction of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
- preventive camps for children
- educational and therapeutic trips for families
- courses for staff of social institutions
- training for candidates to serve as foster families
The value of the current edition of the project, co-financed from FEdKP, is PLN 47 million.
The Regional Social Policy Centre in Toruń is also implementing two projects (also co-financed from FEdKP) addressed to socially excluded young people from so-called difficult environments, staying in educational and resocialisation institutions, with a total value of PLN 18,951,665 – “Trampolina 4” and “Exclusion – No MOW-y!”.
In both programmes, comprehensive support is provided to 750 children and young people, as well as 150 people from their environment. The main goal of the projects is to help young people become independent, facilitate their transition into adulthood, or enable functioning outside an educational institution.
Care for war refugees from Ukraine
Since 2022, intellectually disabled residents of an evacuated care home from Khmelnytskyi have been staying in our voivodeship. Currently, the care point at Maria Skłodowska-Curie Street in Toruń hosts 54 people, both children and adults, to whom we provide 24-hour care, meals and appropriate therapy.
Regional Support Centre
A Regional Support Centre is being created in the complex of the former psychiatric hospital at Skłodowska-Curie Street in Toruń. In 2025, we completed the redevelopment of buildings No. 2 and 3, where modern facilities were created: therapy rooms, a “discovering the world” room, sensory integration rooms, kinesiotherapy rooms, therapists’ rooms, modern office spaces, and short-term stay places. The total value of the project is PLN 22.4 million. This year, the thermal modernisation of building No. 4 of this former hospital complex will be carried out for PLN 5.23 million.
A coherent social policy
Coordinating activities in the field of social policy and developing social policy in the region are the objectives of the project “Coordination of a coherent social policy of Kujawy and Pomorze”, worth PLN 22 million and implemented from 2024 to 2028.
As part of the project, we will train 1,100 employees working in the social policy sector, and another 1,000 people will improve their qualifications. We will support 200 institutions and entities working for social inclusion, and 50% of self-government units in the region will develop and implement plans for the development and deinstitutionalisation of social services.
Beata Krzemińska
Spokesperson of the Marshal’s Office
21 January 2026 r.