On Wednesday, the inauguration meeting of the Council for Social Assistance of the 9th term was held. One of the participants was the Deputy Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Iwona Michałek. In addition, a letter from Minister Marlena Maląg addressed to members of the new Council was read.

‘Our efforts have recently focused on protecting Poles’ health and life and on rescuing Polish economy. After 100 days of fighting the epidemic, we can say that solutions supporting entrepreneurs are effective. 100 billion zlotys have already been set aside for the protection of around 5 million jobs,’ says the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Marlena Maląg.

Dear Fathers,

Today is Father’s Day. It is a great opportunity to thank all fathers for their educational effort and to remind them about the rights of men bringing up children.

On 1st July, the receipt of applications for the Good Start programme starts. The programme provides one-off support of PLN 300 to all schoolchildren starting the school year. Altogether, it will cover 4.5 million schoolchildren. Below you will find answers to primary questions about the programme.

The Sejm passed an amendment of the act assuming that persons born in 1953 who had been negatively affected by the introduction of new pension calculation rules in 2013 would have an opportunity to recalculate their pensions and recover decreased benefits. These changes will be favourable for around 74,000 persons. In a majority of cases, the average monthly pension will rise by PLN 202. Now the bill will proceed to the Senate.

Currently in Poland, every fourth child is attending a nursery. Compared to 2015, the rate of children at nurseries has increased by 93.5% and the number of nursing places has increased by nearly 100,000. - Supporting the development of networks of early childhood care institutions is extremely important. This allows parents to better reconcile family and professional life, without worrying about who will take care of their child. It is particularly pleasing to see that the institutions are also being set up in places where there have not been any such places so far," says Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

On Friday, the Deputy Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Paweł Wdówik visited Kraków, where he signed with the governor of the Małopolska province an agreement for the implementation of two programmes dedicated to disabled persons and their caregivers. ‘Our priority is to improve disabled persons’ lives,’ assured Paweł Wdówik.

The call for proposals under the “Good Start” programme begins on June 1st A subsidy of PLN 300 will be granted for a school starter kit for each child who attends school - regardless of income. - Just like in previous years, applications may be easily and quickly submitted on-line. Especially today, in the time of an epidemic, I strongly encourage you to use that method - says Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

Within the last five years we have been implementing a wide-spectrum pro-family policy - granting support to families, investing in families, creating “Poland plus”, a family-friendly Poland - said Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy during a conference summarising the social programmes implemented by the Ministry held on Wednesday. The call for proposals for Non-Governmental Organisations under the “Family First!” programme was announced for the first time during the conference.