What is SMARTS?

"Supporting Me About Rights To Sexuality"!

The SMARTS project aims to better identify the support needs of persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health conditions in the field of sexuality, as well as develop their skills and those of the care providers, to make supported decisions in the field of sexuality. 
The expected result will be, on the one hand, for persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health conditions to feel more empowered to make decisions with regards to their sexuality and, on the other hand, for supporters to feel better equipped and skilled to support decision making.

All the activities at a glance:

• Guidelines on supported decision making and practices in the field of sexuality for persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health conditions. These guidelines will be separately addressed to family carers and professionals.
• Awareness toolkit for persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health conditions.
• Training course for caregivers.

Funding

Erasmus+ Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices
Knowledge Alliance (KA2)
Grant agreement number: 2020-1-ES01-KA204-082783

News

Check out our 1st newsletter here!

The newsletter is also available in Greek, Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese.

Check out our 2nd newsletter here!

The newsletter is also available in Greek, Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese.

Check out our 3rd newsletter here!

The newsletter is also available in Greek, Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese.

Activities 

Online kick-off meeting

The Kick-off meeting of SMARTS project took place on-line, due to COVID-19 restrictions, on the 29th and 30th of September 2020.
In the meeting, the partners established a joint work plan, ensuring a shared vision of the project and a thorough consensus and understanding of project management tools, agreement on the plan and requirements to be used during the project. Partners set the tone for a an interesting and fruitful collaboration!

Results:

Project flyer: EN, ES, CAT, PT, EL.

Duration

From 1st September 2020 to 31 August 2023.

Project Partners

• Coordinator: Fundació Privada Astres, Spain.
• Associação para a Recuperação de Cidadãos Inadaptados de Lousã (ARCIL), Portugal.
• Idryma Prostasias Aprosarmoston Paidon I Theotokos (Theotokos Foundation), Greece.
• Social Care Training Ltd (SCT), UK.
• European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities, Belgium.

Contact details

Zoé Lardou
+32 2 233 7722
zoe.lardou@easpd.eu