Participant support – homepage

Olika men lika is a three-year inheritance fund project. It is run by ABF Malmö in partnership with the organisation Tahrir. We mainly work in Malmö, but also in Skåne and the rest of Sweden.

We are here for those who find interacting with society on equal terms a challenge. Do you have a functional impairment and a native language other than Swedish and find it challenging dealing with authorities and organisations in Swedish society? Do you want to be understood in the language that you are most comfortable with?

Vilda blommor på en äng med olika färger — Audio description: Wildflowers in various colors on a meadow representing that we are different but equal.

Multilingual participant support

If so, we are here to offer you this support. Olika men lika offers multilingual participant support: We support you, we do things together, and we work with our participants as well as for them. We also work in several different languages because we want everyone to feel included in our daily operation.

We are here to support you if, for example:

you want to apply for support efforts but are unsure how to proceed.
you have received a decision that is difficult to interpret.
you need help with submitting an appeal.
you suspect that your child may have autism, but you don’t know where to turn for assistance or help.
you find it hard to keep up at school, but you don’t know the reason.

Meeting place

Olika men lika provides a meeting place where you can meet other people in similar situations. A place where you have the possibility to meet speakers and visitors from other organisations and authorities, participate in workshops, talk about various issues in groups, or just have a cup of coffee. Everyone is welcome, regardless of their functional impairment or the language they master!

We want those who come to our meeting place to feel both seen and included which is why we have and use our accessibility lists. We also have interpreters on site to enable communication, so that everyone can participate on equal terms. Our meeting place is a safe space, and you are welcome regardless of your gender, sexual orientation, crossgender identity or expression, age, ethnic background or belief. Get in touch with us if you want to visit, and tell us about your needs so we can make ourselves as accessible as possible!

Drop in at the meeting place

We also offer drop-in visits at our meeting place. Here, you are able to meet with one of our staff-members in the project and tell them about your situation or if you have a question. We want you to feel respected and safe during our drop-in sessions. We have professional secrecy which means that we will not share the information you give to us.

We all have the right to live a free and independent life based on our individual conditions! Get in touch with us – we are looking forward to meet you!