Description of organisation

The Communal Culture Center in Gródek is a municipal cultural institution. The main aim of the Cultural Center is to prepare the society for active participation in Culture and the development of culture in the Community. We want to create space for people with passion, for people of different ages and interests. We want the offer to take into account the expectations of the people and give them the opportunity to pursue their interests and personal development.
The main task of the Communal Culture Center is to promote cultural education and art education through:
- Creating conditions for the development of amateur artistic movement;
- Cultivating the tradition of multiculturalism and promoting the preservation of folklore and folk handicrafts,
- Documentation and sharing of cultural goods connected with Gródek and Podlasie Communes,
- Cooperation with our neighboring countries (especial Belorussia) in the field of cultural promotion.
Our program and offered activities include art classes and workshops, as well as exhibitions, seminars and conferences. The regular forms of our activity include vocal classes, fitness classes, plastic circles, learning to play instruments, activates for small children and hip-hop dance group. Furthermore we are the organizers of many outdoor activities: cultural and entertainment events, on local, regional and international level.
We also cooperate with other cultural institutions, associations and individual animators of cultural life. And we support the creation of innovative projects of local people and help them to present their forms and ideas at our events.

Inclusion topics

This organisation is willing to involve volunteers who face situations which make their participation in activities more difficult, from the following categories for different types of project:

• Cultural differences
• Economic obstacles
• Geographical obstacles