Seniors Lead - Volunteering for Senior Citizens
Seniors Lead - The National Senior Volunteer Network
Seniors Lead is a national volunteer initiative for senior citizens, operated by the IACC in partnership with the Ministry for Social Equality.
The program runs in 140 local authorities, with 17,000 senior volunteers who work to strengthen communities and social resilience.
The program’s peer training model provides professional development and practical tools for meaningful community engagement.
Program tracks include:
- Education - Volunteering in daycare centers, preschools, schools, and community centers.
- Resilience - Training facilitators to lead personal resilience workshops for seniors, participating in municipal emergency response frameworks, and recruiting volunteers for specialized missions with the Israel Police.
- Community Initiatives - Leading local social projects initiated and run by senior citizens.
- Tekuma - Strengthening the volunteer network of seniors in the southern region of Israel affected October 7.
- Arab Society - Implementing programs to promote volunteerism within Arab communities.
- Traveling Community - A network of travel clubs for seniors, led by volunteer coordinators.
- Help a Soldier - Assisting economically disadvantaged soldiers to find employment during their military service.
- Seniors Connect – Smartphone training for senior citizens, to promote digital independence.
- Hebrew Conversation Circles – Meetings between veteran Hebrew-speaking volunteers and adult immigrants to improve spoken Hebrew.
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Connecting to Community: A Festive Summer Event for French Olim in Jerusalem
The annual summer event of Mehubarim, IACC’s program for French olim, was recently held at its first stop in Jerusalem, bringing together approximately 1,200 immigrant children and parents.
The Mehubarim Program provides children and young people from French-speaking immigrant families with a supportive informal framework, helping them integrate into Israeli society and develop a stronger sense of community and belonging.
The Annual Youth Mentoring Program Conference
The annual conference of IACC’s Youth Mentoring Program was recently held with the participation of approximately 600 mentors from across Israel.
Operated on behalf of the Ministry of Education, the program provides individual and group mentoring to young people from the Haredi community during important transition periods between educational institutions.
Voices That Connect: From the Individual to the Wider Community
Coordinators from the Re’im Program, together with the program’s national director and district facilitators, recently gathered at the NINA Center in Herzliya for the program’s annual professional development conference. Re’im operates social belonging groups for teenagers and adults on the autism spectrum and people with complex learning disabilities. Through professionally facilitated group activities, the program creates opportunities to develop social relationships, strengthen personal...