Fifty-five organisations and entities dealing with social assistance will receive a total of PLN 4.9 million for projects supporting the homeless. The funds have been awarded as part of the “Overcome Homelessness. Support Programme for the Homeless” competition.

Family Rights Day is celebrated on 22 October. It was established by the Sejm on 21 October 2016. The date is not accidental – on 22 October 1983, on the fifth anniversary of the inauguration of the pontificate of John Paul II, the Holy See proclaimed the "Charter of Family Rights" at the request of the Holy Father. Family Rights Day is an opportunity to emphasise the importance of the family as the foundation of Poland’s development, and to stress the need for special care for the family rights.

As part of the 3rd Demographic Congress 2021-2022 “Poland in the 21st Century – Demographic Challenges”, the Chancellery of the Prime Minister held the “Fertility Determinants” conference, attended by Minister Marlena Maląg and Deputy Minister Barbara Socha.

As part of the 3rd Demographic Congress 2021-2022 “Poland in the 21st Century – Demographic Challenges”, the Chancellery of the Prime Minister held the “Fertility Determinants” conference, attended by Minister Marlena Maląg and Deputy Minister Barbara Socha.

From March 2023, the lowest old-age pension and disability pension will amount to PLN 1,588.44. Then, these benefits are to increase by 13.8 percent, but no less than PLN 250. We seek not to make this indexation symbolic. The point is to ensure a decent life for the oldest generation, emphasised Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family and Social Policy.

The Ministry of Family and Social Policy and UNICEF have signed a memorandum on cooperation in providing help to children who have found shelter in Poland after Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

Social services really improve the quality of life of local communities, families, and people of all ages. The Ministry of Family and Social Policy has earmarked over PLN 32 million for their development as part of a grant competition. On Wednesday, representatives of local governments signed grant agreements at the Ministry headquarters.

On Thursday, 6 October, a press conference was held at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister for Digital Affairs, with the participation of the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg, Government Plenipotentiary for Cybersecurity, Janusz Cieszyński, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Family and Social Policy, Barbara Socha, President of the Family Council, Dorota Bojemska and Director of the NASK National Research Institute, Wojciech Pawlak. During the conference, the NASK report – “Teenagers in the face of digital pornography” and the draft act on the protection of minors on the internet, which requires Internet providers to implement a mechanism allowing to block access of children to pornographic content, were presented.

On 19 and 20 October, a scientific conference entitled “The conditions of fertility” will be held within the framework of the 3rd Demographic Congress 2021-2022, “Poland of the 21st century – demographic challenges”. The conference will be attended by: representatives of the ministries, Polish and foreign demographic experts and practitioners who will discuss the most important issues of demographic policy during the conference. The organisers of the event are: Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg and Government Plenipotentiary for Demographic Policy, Barbara Socha, together with President of the Government Population Council Prof. Dr. hab. Józefina Hrynkiewicz, President of the Statistics Poland, Dr Dominik Rozkrut and President of the Polish Statistical Association, Prof. Dr. hab. Waldemar Tarczyński.

As in the previous month, the unemployment rate in Poland in August was 2.6%. – informs Eurostat. Thus, Poland is again ranked second among the European Union countries with the lowest unemployment rate. Again, the first place belongs to the Czech Republic with the result of 2.4% and the last on the podium is Malta (2.9), before Germany.