Yangcheon-gu Sinwol Nuri Welfare Center Officially Opens

Yangcheon Haenuri Welfare Center 'Disability Activity Support Project' Relocates and Expands to Sinwol Center... Full-Scale Provision of Balanced Welfare Services for Disabled Residents in Sinwol-dong

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Yangcheon-gu (Mayor Kim Soo-young) has completed the pilot operation of the ‘Sinwol Nuri Welfare Center’ (101 Garogongwon-ro) to provide balanced welfare services for people with disabilities in Sinwol-dong, a welfare blind spot, and is now fully promoting community-friendly welfare services for the disabled.

Compared to other areas, Sinwol-dong has lower accessibility to welfare services for people with disabilities, narrow sidewalks making walking difficult, and a lack of mobility convenience facilities (such as disabled call taxis and low-floor buses), causing many inconveniences when traveling. Therefore, there was an urgent need for a welfare service space that residents could use within their living area.

Accordingly, the district opened the Sinwol Nuri Welfare Center in Sinwol-dong in June last year and began pilot operations.

The ‘Yangcheon Haenuri Welfare Center Sinwol Branch,’ housed within the Sinwol Nuri Welfare Center, has continuously worked to provide various welfare services to disabled residents of Sinwol-dong and to improve relationships with the local community.

Based on the operational experience of the Yangcheon Haenuri Welfare Center, the number of dedicated personnel for activity support services has been significantly increased from 2 to 4, promoting stable facility and organizational management at the Sinwol Center along with various welfare projects.

In particular, the center plans to operate programs that satisfy both local residents and people with disabilities, including ▲various support for daily life and social activities of people with severe disabilities ▲specialized activity support projects for the disabled ▲cultural and leisure programs (such as liberal arts classes, cooking classes, calligraphy, etc.) ▲health promotion programs (operating a rehabilitation exercise room for disability prevention and functional improvement) ▲facility rental and support for resident group activities using the community space (Everyone’s Meeting Place in the basement level 1) ▲barrier-free village creation projects (such as fostering citizen advocates through community organization).

The Sinwol Nuri Welfare Center includes three welfare facilities accessible to both people with disabilities and local residents: the Yangcheon Haenuri Welfare Center Sinwol Branch, Yangcheon Hope Care Center, Seoul Association of the Physically Disabled Yangcheon Branch, and the Yangcheon-gu Disabled Convenience Improvement Technical Support Center, allowing related services to be used all at once.

Kim Soo-young, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, stated, “We will actively strive to ensure that the community-friendly welfare facility, Sinwol Nuri Welfare Center, can provide various welfare services to people with disabilities in Sinwol-dong.”

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