Snížit Kultuře Práh
Our platform connects socially disadvantaged people with socially responsible cultural institutions and volunteers. We uphold that access to culture is a basic human right, as well as a path to cohesive, compassionate and resilient society.
Target groups
Our target groups consist of people without shelter, families and individuals at risk of poverty and losing home, people with an experience with mental illness or addiction, refugees, young people leaving foster care, people in penitentiary and post-penitentiary care and elderly people suffering from loneliness.
Goals
We strive for a systemic change in the accessibility of culture. We are currently working on a new methodology and logistics of redistribution of free entries to cultural events on a nationwide scale, as well as for our partners outside the Czech Republic (currently in Ukraine). Our web application provides the opportunity to simply and effectively deliver the information about the program and capacities of cultural institutions to the workers of social services and their clients and further connect them with volunteers who can facilitate their visit.
Media
Divadlo.cz
Matterof.art
https://matterof.art/cz/aktuality/jak-vypadaji-aktualni-snahy-o-zpristupnovani-kultury-a-umeni
Radio Wave
Svetneziskovek.cz
Česká televize
https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/12072033166-artzona/223542152010010/cast/973578/
A2
https://www.advojka.cz/archiv/2023/18/cesta-za-svym-lepsim-ja
Origins
In 2021, we attended several cultural events with the clients of the shelter home with nursing service (ADOS) in Prague. These were people without shelter in poor physical and mental condition. With the help of motivational interviews, we managed to spark their interest in visiting culture events. The significant positive effects on the clients of ADOS and their sense of self-worth, as well as the welcoming reactions of cultural institutions willing to offer free entries, strengthened our determination to further pursue this activity. We want to offer this experience to a greater number of vulnerable people by enacting a systemic change in the accessibility of culture. Since 2022 we have worked as an independent non-profit organization and have provided visits to cultural institutions to the users of various social services in Prague. We continue to expand the network of involved cultural and social organizations.
In 2023, we have received the patronage of the Government Commissioner for Human Rights.
Team
JUDr. et Mgr. Tereza Dleštíková Ph.D.
Studied Law and Latin American Studies at the Charles University in Prague. She currently works as an academic lawyer and in the non-profit sector. She focuses on restorative justice, prison system, Latin American indigenous law and sociocultural and legislative aspects of psychedelics.
Mgr. Kryštof Hanzlík.
Studied sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Charles University in Prague. He does research in the field of addictions at the Clinic of Addictology of the 1st Faculty of Medicine of the Charles University in Prague. For three years he has worked in a Housing first oriented social service, during winter he works as an outreach worker for people without shelter in the streets of Prague. He also makes music under the moniker „toen“.
Juanita Kansil.
Has a long-term focus on connecting cultures and making art and culture accessible to the wider public. As part of the Berkat initiative, she participated in the organization of charity events and assistance to victims of war, especially in Chechnya and Afghanistan. She used to run the Indonesian restaurant Javanka in Prague which became a center for cultural exchange and support for community projects. After the outbreak of war in Ukraine, she initiated the creation of Café Žinka, a women’s club for supporting refugees. Her activities also include membership in the group TisíciHRAn which focuses on author’s documentary theatre. In 2023 she received the Government Comissioner for Human Rights Award for the activities of the platform Snížit kultuře práh.
MgA. Pavel Sterec Ph.D.
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and completed his doctoral studies at the University of Applied Arts in Prague in the studio of photography. In addition to his own creative work, he is engaged in social work with people without shelter, people with the experience of mental illness and war veterans.
Partners
Contember (programming and hosting of the web application)
Seznam Grant (promotion via the Sklik system)
Government Comissioner for Human Rights (patronage of the platform)
