Today, the inhabitants of Łódź are united not only by one city, but also by diversity. In Poland there is probably no person, who has not heard about the “multicultural of Łódź” or “dynamic changes taking place in the city”, especially in recent years. “Reports on the State of the City”, created by the City of Łódź Office, only reinforce that multicultural Łódź is not an element of the past, but a contemporary challenge.

According to this research, in 2018 and 2019, the number of people working in Łódź and coming from Ukraine exceeded 12% of the population. Calculations of the authors Gazeta Wyborcza article from April 21 this year, foreigners constitute “already one fifth of the population”. The fact that these data are not overstated is evidenced by the interest in this subject on the part of the City of Łódź Office, which, in order to meet the integration challenges, created the project of the Łódź Multicultural Center (ŁCW).

ŁCW is an initiative created as part of cooperation btween the Ocalenie Foundation and the OPUS Center, co-financed by the City of Łódź Office. The main idea is to show integration as a process between new and old residents of the city, in which aid tasks are equally important. ŁCW supporting foreigners in difficulties with legalizing their stay, contact with public institutions, health care, educational institutions, looking for job and flat, and activities that improve communication and integrate the environment of Łódź inhabitants.

In the Center you can take advantage of free advice of cultural assistants, lawyers and psychologists who speak foreign languages ​​(Polish, English, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarussian).

ŁCW is located at Narutowicza street 8/10. It is also possible to get an advice by phone and/or e-mail. We work from Monday to Friday. The Center also offers language courses for adults and children as well as integrating workshops, city walks, anti-discrimination activities, meetings conducted by employees of the Ocalenie Foundation and the OPUS Center.