Description

Flourish NGO is one of first organizations in Europe primarily working on fat activism and body liberation topics, a member of Body Liberation Network

The primary field of work is fat acceptance and body liberation in Europe. To foster inclusion and representation of different bodies we implement our vision through local and international projects in four primary directions that reflect our values – Educational experiences, Collaborations & Networking, Empowerment through visibility, Research.

We are open for various projects where body size and shape discrimination is researched, communicated, and eradicated in other ways. Primarily, towards fat bodies, but also in queer context.

Competence and Expertise Offered

– inclusive language towards different bodies
– strategic communications and inclusive branding
– needs assessment and other types of research (especially within topics of youth, inclusion and theory of participatory research methodologies)
– food and eating disorders
– strategic activism and advocacy for different bodies
– development of international networks of stakeholders
– event.project management
– development of educational methodologies and curricula

Expertise sought

The partners will primarily be assessed for their experience working in international team – we look for trustworthy and capable partners to develop ambitious ideas for betterment of bodies of all shapes and sizes. We lack following expertise:
– technical capacity for development of quality online solutions
– access to direct target audiences
– engagement of target audiences on regulary basis (e.g.volunteering)
– community management
– work with schools/universities
and other