Hekate Conscious Ageing Foundation Participates in the “Caring Communities” Interreg Project The Hekate Conscious Ageing Foundation (HCAF) is proud to be part of the international collaboration in the “Caring Communities” Interreg project, with the Hungarian National Association of Local Authorities (TÖOSZ) as a key partner. This initiative focuses on creating sustainable, supportive environments for olderContinue reading “Caring Europe, Caring Communities; Partners connecting…”
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Community-Based Answers to Conscious Ageing
Join us for an informative discussion on the vital role communities play in supporting Conscious Ageing and re-enforcing intergenerational co-creation. We’ll explore de challenges our communities are facing today and the opportunities that the demographic change brings us. Key Topics: – The benefits of community-driven approaches to ageing. – Conscious Ageing as an engine toContinue reading “Community-Based Answers to Conscious Ageing”
Bridging Generations: Advancing Conscious Ageing in Communities
When we founded the Hekate Conscious Ageing Foundation, our primary mission was clear: to create positive social change. This mission has driven our ongoing efforts to explore and create opportunities related to conscious ageing and conscious living for individuals, organizations, and communities. We are committed to making a positive impact. In recent years, we haveContinue reading “Bridging Generations: Advancing Conscious Ageing in Communities”
Fostering Mental Health and Well-being with Social Permaculture: The Social Peas Project of Hekate Conscious Ageing Foundation
Between 2021 and 2024 the Hekate Conscious Ageing Foundation (HCAF) together with the Erasmus+ project partners has made significant strides in addressing social isolation and mental health among ageing and elderly individuals through its social permaculture project called Social Peas. By integrating principles of permaculture, the project has successfully created a multifaceted approach to enhancingContinue reading “Fostering Mental Health and Well-being with Social Permaculture: The Social Peas Project of Hekate Conscious Ageing Foundation”
Roots in the Garden and in Our Lives
We are often captivated by nature’s visible beauty, whether it’s a blossoming flower or the grand canopy of a noble oak. When asked to visualize a tree, most of us picture its trunk and canopy, but rarely do we consider its hidden, underground root system. Yet it’s the roots that anchor the tree, absorb waterContinue reading “Roots in the Garden and in Our Lives”
Community check – this how well we are digitally
In Hekate we’re strongly focusing on the digital aspects of the different areas of life, too. We approach ageing, mental health, work, personal fulfilment, social life and community, and even sustainability through our digital lenses. Why? Because we do live in a digital era that requires us to intentionally and critically reflect on and actContinue reading “Community check – this how well we are digitally”
When a project won’t just end…
We started our DigInclude project 2 years ago. While it’s coming to its official end, we are far from really ending it. It is just impossible not to carry with a different meaning of work – and life, too. It is impossible not to build on all the learnings we experienced, and not to leaveContinue reading “When a project won’t just end…”
How to support mental health with (social) permaculture (online event)
We are currently facing turbulent times marked by numerous crises, including those related to care, climate, housing, ecology, and mental health.
Hekate Garden in Janoshida, Hungary
Our foundation and the Municipality of Janoshida (in Hungary) started a strategic cooperation in 2020. It is a complex, care and permaculture-based village development process. The title of the cooperation is JANOSHIDA2030 (see link for more info). Part of this cooperation is the development of an educational and community space for promoting (social) permaculture asContinue reading “Hekate Garden in Janoshida, Hungary”
Empowering through training: bridging the digital gaps with the UnfOlding project
In our rapidly advancing digital age, where technology permeates nearly every aspect of our lives, it is crucial to address the digital divide that persists among vulnerable and/or ageing adults. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected through digital platforms, those who are not digitally literate risk being left behind. It is also important to recogniseContinue reading “Empowering through training: bridging the digital gaps with the UnfOlding project “
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