Seven new offices of the Doverie Center to open in Kazan

Seven new offices of the Doverie Center for psychological and pedagogical assistance to children and youth will open in Kazan. The offices will be located in Derbyshki, Yudino, Salavat Kupere, Privolzhsky and Sovetsky districts. This was reported to the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin at the summing-up meeting on the results of the work in 2022 by the Chairman of the Committee on Children and Youth Affairs Aliya Zagidullina.

After the opening of new offices, the total area of the center will almost double – from 1,800 square meters to 3,000 square meters. 112 million rubles have been allocated for the renovation. The number of employees of the center will increase by almost 70 people, currently 112 people are employed at the center.

In 2022, one of the main results in the sphere of youth policy was the completion of the overhaul of 10 branches of the Doverie Center. The works were carried out for a total amount of 160 million rubles. Utilities were replaced in the offices, redevelopment and general construction works were carried out according to design projects. Branches are now available for disabled people. The first branch opened after renovation in the Moskovsky district on Kulakhmetov Street. The renovated offices were visited by the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin.

Last year, 51,500 people used the services of the Doverie Center, where psychologists conducted 7,400 individual consultations. The center's helpline received almost 16,400 calls from residents of the city. 170 couples applied to the Young Family School, half of them saved their marriage. In addition, consultations were organized in two public spaces – Gorkinsko-Ometyevsky forest and in the Sosnovaya Roshcha (Pine Grove) Park in summer. In total, 119 consultations were held in three parks in two years.

Since 2022, the specialists of the Doverie Center have also been providing free psychological assistance to the families of the mobilized during face-to-face and remote consultations. Calls are received around the clock by phone: +7(843)277-00-00, a total of 2,500 calls were received from residents of the city. 210 people, family members of the mobilized, asked for a psychological assistance.

This year, it is planned to organize a psychological service to support families with children with disabilities, as well as to increase the coverage of participants of the Digital Hygiene project, which has been implemented for 5 years for specialists working with teenagers and youth in teen clubs, counselors of children's health camps of the republic of Tatarstan. In addition, the plans include the provision of services in the Tatar language.

For reference, psychological assistance is available for teenagers in person, by phone or in the community of the service in the Vkontakte social network. Assistance is also provided anonymously on the hotline: +7(843)277-00-00, +7(800)200-01-22. Children's helpline: +7(843)571-35-71.