What is the Rede?
Rede Social is a local governance body that coordinates and bring together local stakeholders from social economy. It aims to:
- Tackle poverty and social exclusion
- Promote a coordinated social development strategy
- Encourage inclusion and social cohesion
The Council of Ministers Resolution of 18th November 1997 frames Rede Social as an active social policy programme that fosters a broad partnership work, based on the development of a collective awareness on social problems, which contributes to leveraging optimizing service providers initiatives and interventions at whitin Cascais municipality. Rede Social oversees Cascais Social Intervention, through the implementation and of a territorial strategic plan.
Strategic Goals:
- Develop an effective and dynamic partnership between public and private entities while aiming to a, coordinated social intervention between local stakeholders
- Promote integrated and systematic planning, by enhancing synergies, skills, and resources at a local level
- Ensure effective social responses and interventions within municipality
Specific goals:
- Encourage a participatory social diagnos and strategic planning
- Promote coordinated interventions at a municipal and local levels
- Foster solutions for problems faced by families and individuals in situations of poverty and social exclusion
- Provide training and qualification for agents/professionals involved in local development processes
- Promote equity within municipal coverage of social equipment and services
- Build and disseminate knowledge regarding municipality state of the art
How does it work?
Rede Social is composed by:
- Local Committee for Social Intervention (LCSI)
- Local Committee for Social Intervention Advisory Board (LCSIAB)
- Steering Committee
- Local authority networks (LANs)
- Thematic and territorial partnership networks, platforms, and consortia
The Local Committee for Social Intervention (LCSI) is composed by public and private entities that have formally joined Rede Social of Cascais. It is chaired by the Mayor of Cascais and has the following responsibilities:
- Raise awareness for social issues and promote initiatives to tackle poverty and social exclusion
- Facilitate a participatory preparation of Cascais social diagnosis, the Social Development Plan, and the annual Action Plans
- Encourage collaboration between public bodies and private entities to ensure a concerted approach in preventing and addressing social issues
- Take in consideration and address the inputs from the Local Committee for Social Intervention Advisory Board regarding the implementation of new social responses
Plenary of the Local Committee for Social Intervention
The LCSI operates in an Assembly, through a system of representation, in which the following members have seats:
- Entities that have joined the LCSI
- The local advisor for gender equality
- One representative from each Local authority network and one representative from each thematic network, without voting rights
- Representatives of Municipal Councils, without voting rights
The Local Committee for Social Intervention Advisory Board (LCSIAB) is a management body that drives Rede Social. It is composed of seven members, including mandatory representatives from Social Welfare, Cascais City Council, Local Health Units, and a non-profit entity elected by its peers in the Assembly. The remaining three members are elected through a list in the LCSI Plenary for a two-year term.
Currently, the Local Committee for Social Intervention Advisory Board consists of the following representatives:
- Cascais City Council – Helena Bonzinho
- Social Welfare Institute – Fátima Guerreiro
- Local Healthcare Units – Helena Gonçalves
- SER+ – Portuguese Association for AIDS Prevention – Ana Nunes
- São Vicente de Alcabideche Community Centre – Inês Deus
- Tires Community Centre – Sandra Afonso
- CRID – Centre for Rehabilitation and Integration of Persons with Disabilities – Ana Sofia Cavalheiro
The Steering Committee is a strategic decision-making body responsible for guiding and strategically driving Rede Social activities and initiatives, in line with the Social Development Plans and the general guidelines approved by the Local Committee for Social Intervention. It also sets strategic challenges for the LCSIAB regarding the development of Rede Social as well as the social development in Cascais.
The Steering Committee comprises the following permanent members:
- President of the Local Committee for Social Intervention – Carlos Carreiras
- Mayor deputy / Counselor responsible for social action – Frederico Pinho de Almeida
- Mayor deputy / Counselor responsible for health – Carla Semedo
- President of the Local authority network of Cascais-Estoril Union – Pedro Morais Soares
- President of the Local authority network of Parede-Carcavelos Union – Nuno Alves
- President of the Local authority network of Alcabideche – José Filipe Ribeiro
- President of the Local authority network of S. Domingos de Rana – Fernando Ferreira Marques
- Social Welfare Institute –
- Cascais Healthcare Units –
- Employment and Vocational Training Institute – Cascais Employment Centre – Manuela Tinoco
- Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Cascais – Isabel Miguéns
The following organisations are elected members of the Steering Committee:
- N.ª S.ª da Conceição de Abóboda Community Centre – Laura Côrte-Real
- São Vicente de Alcabideche Community Centre – Rogério Fangueiro
- Cercica – Cooperative for the Education and Rehabilitation of Disabled Citizens of Cascais – Rosa Neto
- Matilde Rosa Araújo Secundary School – Hélia Rodrigues
- Cascais CUF Hospital – Francisco Gorjão
The Local authority networks are composed by entities involved in the social development of each parish. They are led by their own executive board and chaired by the respective Parish Council. In Cascais, there are 4 Local authority networks:
- Local authority network of Alcabideche
- Local authority network of Carcavelos-Parede
- Local authority network of Cascais-Estoril
- Local authority network of São Domingos de Rana
The Thematic networks consist of organisations that share common intervention goals. They can be organised by specific themes (e.g., health, disability, domestic violence); services (e.g., nurseries, community centres); specific population groups (e.g., homeless, immigrants), or temporarily grouped to execute programs and projects (e.g., CLDS, DLBC).
In Cascais, there are the following thematic networks and consortia:
- Local Council for Inclusion in Cascais (CLIC)
- Child and Youth Protection Commission (CPCJ)
- Territorial Employability Group (GEMTE)
- Local Integration Group for Social Affairs (NLI)
- Cascais Active Ageing Platform
- Growing in Cascais Childcare and creche Platform
- Network to tackle Homelessness in Cascais
- Material Deprivation Support Platform
- Cascais Integration and Multicultural Platform
- Children and Youth Residential Care Platform
- Municipal Forum for Health Promotion
- Municipal Forum Against Domestic Violence
- Territorial Enhancement Network
Who are the members?
The following members are part of the Local Committee for Social Intervention:
A Chupeta- Berçário Creche e Infantário
Acácia – Associação para a Cooperação Internacional Com África
Academia dos Champs
ACES de Cascais
Addapters Enable Associação
Agrupamento de Escolas da Cidadela
Agrupamento de Escolas da Parede (Fernando Lopes Graça)
Agrupamento de Escolas de Carcavelos
Agrupamento de Escolas de Cascais
Agrupamento de Escolas de São João do Estoril
Agrupamento de Escolas Frei Gonçalo Azevedo
Agrupamento de Escolas Matilde Rosa Araújo
AMI – Centro Porta Amiga de Cascais
António Pina Marques Unipessoal, Lda. (Eu Consigo)
Ass. Hum. Dos Bombeiros V. Carcavelos e S. D. Rana
Associação Beneficência Luso Alemã
Associação Beneficência Manancial Águas Vivas
Associação Chama Jovem
Associação Criar Comunidade
Associação Coração Amarelo de Cascais
Associação das Aldeias SOS de Bicesse
Associação de Apoio Social dos Amigos da Paz de Bicesse
Associação de Apoio Social Nª Srª Assunção
Associação de Apoio Social Nª Srª das Neves de Manique de Baixo
Associação de Educação Popular Zambujal
Associação de Lares Familiares – Novo Futuro
Associação de Reabilitação e Integração Ajuda
Associação de Reformados e Idosos do Murtal
Associação de respostas Educativas e Sociais à Comunidade
Associação dos Antigos Alunos Salesianos do Estoril
Associação dos Bombeiros Voluntários dos Estoris
Associação dos Filhos e Amigos da Ilha de Jeta – AFAIJE
Associação dos Idosos e Deficientes do Penedo
Associação HELPO
Associação Humanitária de Bombeiros de Parede “Amadeu Duarte”
Associação Humanitária Bombeiros Voluntários de Alcabideche
Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Cascais
Associação Idosos Santa Iria
Associação Juvenil Rota Jovem
Associação Oficina da Compaixão
Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Vitima
Associação Ser +
Associação Social dos Idosos da Amoreira (ASIA)
Associação Turma Solidária
Associação Vida+Viva
Associação VilacomVida
Autoridade de Saúde de Cascais
BIPP – Inclusão para a Deficiência – Associação
Boa Vontade Residência Adaptada
BUS – Bens de Utilidade Social
CADIN
Câmara Municipal de Cascais
Campintegra – Associação para o Desenvolvimento Social e Ambiental
Caritas Diocesana de Lisboa – Lar da Bafureira
CASA – Centro de Apoio ao Sem-Abrigo
CASA DO ALECRIM – Alzheimer Portugal
Casa dos Rapazes
Cascais Envolvente – Gestão Social da Habitação, EM
Centro Comunitário da Paróquia da Parede
Centro Comunitário da Paróquia de Carcavelos
Centro Comunitário de Tires
Centro de Cooperação Infantil O Botãozinho
Centro Medicina de Reabilitação de Alcoitão
Centro Paroquial do Estoril
Centro Social da Paróquia Nª Sª Conceição da Abóboda
Centro Social Nossa Senhora de Fátima
Centro Social Paroquial de S. Pedro e S. João Estoril
Centro Social Paroquial S. Domingos de Rana
Centro Social Paroquial São Vicente Alcabideche
CERCICA – Cooperativa de Educação, Reabilitação e Capacitação para a Inclusão em Cascais
CHLO – Equipa de Cascais/Parede do Serviço de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental do Hospital Egas Moniz
Clube das Gaivotas da Torre
Clube de Futebol de Sassoeiros
Clube Desportivo do Arneiro
CNAD – Coop. Nac. Apoio a Deficientes – Del. Linha do Estoril
Comissão de Proteção de Crianças e Jovens de Cascais
Confiar – Associação de Reinserção Social, Portugal
Conselheira para a Igualdade – CMC
Conselho de Zona de Cascais da Sociedade de S. Vicente de Paulo
Conselho Municipal de Educação de Cascais
Conselho Municipal de Segurança
Conselho Municipal para os Assuntos da Juventude
CooperActiva-Cooperativa de Desenvolvimento Social
Cozinha com Alma
CPD – Comissão para a Pessoa com Deficiência do Concelho de Cascais
CRESCERSER – APDMF – CAT – Casa da Encosta
CRID – Centro de Reabilitação e Integração de Deficientes
Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa – Delegação da Costa do Estoril
CUF Cascais Hospital
Cuidados na Linha
Dar a Mão – Associação para Ajuda à População Reclusa
DariAcordar – Assoc. para a Recuperação do Desperdício
Diaverum
Direção Geral Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais – Equipa Lisboa Penal 4
Dress a Girl Portugal
Equipa de Tratamento do Eixo Oeiras-Cascais do CRI Lisboa Ocidental
Externato Florinda Leal
Fundação A.J.U. – Jerónimo Usera
Fundação Cascais
Fundação Champagnat – Casa da Criança de Tires
Fundação Liga – LPDM, Centro de Recursos Sociais
Fundação Manuel Violante
Fundação O Século
Fundação Pão de Açucar Auchan
Fundação Port. Estudo, Prevenção e Tratamento da Toxicodependência
GNR – Posto de Alcabideche
Grupo Musical e Desportivo 1º de Julho Alcoitão
Horizonte – Coop. de Solidariedade Social e de Ensino C.R.L.
Hotéis Real Portugal
HPP Hospital de Cascais
IDEIA – Inst. Desenv. Educativo Integrado na Acção
IEFP – Centro de Formação e Reabilitação Profissional de Alcoitão
IEFP- Centro de Emprego de Cascais
Internato de São João
Irmãs Hosp. S. Cor. Jesus- C. Psicog. Nª Srª Fátima
ISS – C. D. Seg. Social de Lisboa – Serv. Local Cascais
Jardim Infantil Branca de Neve das Irmãs da Misericórdia
Junta de Freguesia de Alcabideche
Junta de Freguesia de Cascais e Estoril
Junta de Freguesia de S. Domingos de Rana
Lar Branco Rodrigues – SCML
Lar Casa de Alapraia – APPACDM – Lisboa
Mundo a Sorrir
Nova School of Business and Economics
Novamente – Ass. de Apoio aos Traumatizados Crânio-Encefálicos e Suas Famílias
NUCLIO – Núcleo Interativo de Astronomia e Inovação em Educação
O Nosso Sonho – Coop. de Ensino e Solidariedade Social, CRL
Pensamento Binário, Lda.
Prevenir
PSP – Divisão de Cascais
Refood Cascais
Rotary Club Cascais Estoril
Rotary Club Parede Carcavelos
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Cascais
SEAcoop – Social Entrepreneurs Agency, CRL
SMP – Serviço Médico Permanente
Serviço SolSal Manique – Solidariedade Salesiana, Salesianos de Manique
Sociedade Recreativa Musical Carcavelos
TESE – Associação para o Desenvolvimento
Thorama – Cuidados de Saúde, Lda.
TorreGuia – Coop. Solidariedade Social
União de Freguesias de Carcavelos-Parede
Wave by Wave
We Care
How to become a member?
Rede Social is an independent network of organizations based on a voluntary membership of its members. Any public or private entity (whether for-profit or non-profit) can join Rede Social Cascais, but only if they meet the following requirements:
- Operate within the Municipality of Cascais (or, if not operating locally, their scope of work should be relevant to the social development of the Municipality)
- Being an active stakeholder for at least one year and collaborate (in partnership) with organizations from Rede Social Cascais
- In the case of profitable or private entities, alongside the membership request, they must explicitly state their contribution to local social development (e.g., expertise, social responsibility – internal or external, sponsorship, etc.) and demonstrate the added value their membership brings to the goals of the Social Development Plan
To request a membership in the Rede Social, organizations fill out a membership form.
Once the request is received, it will be reviewed by the Local Committee for Social Intervention Advisory Board, which will assess whether the listed requirements are met. Membership is formalised during an assembly session of the Local Committee for Social Intervention, through a vote by its members.
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