Home Organization offer Parents and Family Working in Blijdorp Gifts Left Contact BD Romania Blijdorp III Blijdorp vzw Blijdorpstraat 3 9255 Buggenhout --------------------- Tel: 052 / 39.99.90 Fax: 052 / 39.99.98 buggenhout@blijdorp.be Sitemap History The startup Blijdorp was officially started in May 1970 as a "non-profit organization Functional Rehabilitation Center for the handicapped in the Dendermonde region" and was an initiative of Dr. Hubert Malbrain, a pediatrician associated with the former St. Christiana hospital in Dendermonde. Along with a few other persons, such as Mr. Guido De Saeger and Mr. Herman Rupus he wanted to provide an answer within his own region to the great need for shelter and guidance for people with an intellectual disability. Initially started as a school for special nursery and primary education, Blijdorp has grown over the years into a facility with various forms of care. In its objective, the non-profit organization strived to provide guidance and relief to people with an intellectual disability throughout their lives. Important data 1970 Official start of the non-profit organization with a school for special nursery and primary education . 1973 Recognition as a semi-boarding school (day care for young people) within the Ministry of Health. 1973 The non-profit organization is unofficially christened "Blijdorp". 1978 Start-up of the boarding school (day and night shelter for young people). 1978 Establishment of the non-profit organization Blijdorp 2, specifically for adults with an intellectual disability, with the forms of care day center ( day supervision for adults) and home for non-workers (day and night care for adults). 1978 Start of an early and non-recognized home counseling service, which was later transferred to other organizations. 1981 The assisted living service is established. 1981 Establishment of the Intercommunale Blijdorp III with the accession of the municipalities from the region, the provincial government of East Flanders and the Socialist and Christian health insurance fund. Blijdorp III is a financing intermunicipal company for interest-free loans in favor of construction projects in Blijdorp. 1986 A school for special secondary education is also being set up in Buggenhout . 1992 The non-profit organizations Blijdorp and Blijdorp will in fact become one organization under one general policy. 1999 Blijdorp starts with sheltered housing , an intensive ambulatory service. 2003 In addition to recognition, a number of adults are given opportunities in supervised employment. 2005 The two non-profit organizations merge. The entire operation of Blijdorp, which unofficially already ran under one general policy, will now officially become one non-profit organization "Blijdorp". 2008 Trajectbegeleiding is started by the Assisted Living Service. 2009 De organisatiestructuur wordt herbekeken. Voortaan bestaat Blijdorp uit 2 inhoudelijke vestigingen; nl vestiging jongeren en vestiging volwassenen. De werking wordt georganiseerd op verschillende locaties, nl Blijdorpstraat 3 te Buggenhout, Sint-Rochusstraat 35 en Baleunisstraat 3 en 70-72 te Dendermonde. 2011 Opstart van de Dienst Inclusieve Ondersteuning. 2012 Trajectbegeleiding wordt voortaan ondergebracht in een provinciale dienst DOP en wordt niet langer aangeboden vanuit Blijdorp. Rechtstreeks Toegankelijke Hulp wordt opgestart. 2014 Start MFC (Multifunctioneel Centrum) en FAM (Flexibel Aanbod Meerderjarigen) binnen de zorgvernieuwing van het beliedsplan 2020 van Minister Vandeurzen. De locaties Blijdorp heeft in zijn beginjaren een hele omzwerving in de regio gekend. Na een aantal jaren werd de dienstverlening samengebracht op vier locaties. De vestiging jongeren bevindt zich integraal in Buggenhout. De vestiging volwassenen is gehuisvest op drie locaties in Dendermonde en Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde. Daarnaast beschikt Blijdorp over een aantal huizen en appartementen in de regio. Dit is uiteraard de historiek in een notendop. Geïnteresseerden kunnen de hele geschiedenis van het ontstaan van Blijdorp nalezen in het boek "Onderweg naar morgen". Dit is te verkrijgen voor € 15 op eenvoudig verzoek (Buggenhout@Blijdorp.be of op telefoonnummer 052/39.99.90). © Blijdorp vzw 2017