Margit Nielsens Fond

Margit Nielsens Fond supports projects that help children and young people with disabilities live more independent and fulfilling lives. We see support as something that creates opportunities for rehabilitation, strengthens individual abilities, and gives people greater choice and participation in their own lives.

At the same time, we believe that meaningful change also requires working with society itself. Our aim is not simply to direct resources and support towards those who are most vulnerable, but to help create the conditions in which they can participate fully in society, develop their potential, and take their place alongside others. For us, inclusion is a means, not an end in itself.

The Foundation works in different ways: supporting the spread of modern rehabilitation approaches, helping to build professional teams and centres around children with disabilities, working with families, and advancing the principles of human rights and human dignity. For us, the goal is not to place a young person on a path of lifelong care from an early age, but to help build a meaningful life trajectory together with them — setting realistic goals, creating opportunities, and supporting them in achieving those goals.

We seek to learn from countries with well-developed social support systems, while making sure that good ideas do not become reduced to formal procedures. At the same time, we aim to bring the most promising practices and accumulated experience to places where support systems for people with disabilities are still less developed and access to modern approaches remains limited. This is reflected in the geography of our work — from Denmark to the countries of the Balkan region.