{"id":807,"date":"2025-10-01T00:28:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/?page_id=807"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:36:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:36:02","slug":"hjalparlidasjodur","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/en\/starfsemin\/hjalparlidasjodur\/","title":{"rendered":"The Icelandic Association of the Disabled&#039;s Self-Help Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"807\" class=\"elementor elementor-807\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-536f1dc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"536f1dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a98918c e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a98918c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38aea60 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"38aea60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;dropdown&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot; 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text-decoration-color: #1D7488; text-underline-offset: 5px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hjalparlidasjodur_template_umsokn_mars2025.pdf\">Application to the Relief Fund<\/a><\/span><\/h4><h4 data-block-key=\"2fok6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-color: #1D7488; text-underline-offset: 5px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-Reglur-Hjalparlidasjodur.docx.pdf\">You can find the rules for the Sj\u00e1lfsbj\u00f6rg Aid Fund here.<\/a><\/span><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"paragraph-block -text\"><p data-block-key=\"b3euk\">The Aid Fund of Sj\u00e1lfsbj\u00f6rg, the National Federation of the Disabled, was established in 1997 with the goal of making it easier for people with disabilities to travel. The fund&#x27;s goal is to enable disabled members of Self-Help groups to travel domestically and abroad on an equal basis. The fund provides applicants with grants for <b>paramedic<\/b> (for assistants) on trips.<\/p><p data-block-key=\"fce49\">The deadline for applications to the fund is April 1st each year, and grants are awarded from the fund.\u00a0<b>once a year<\/b>\u00a0if funds permit.<\/p><p data-block-key=\"900td\">If an application is received during the year, it will wait until the aforementioned date. The foundation board&#x27;s decision on the allocation will be communicated to the grant recipients by <strong>computer<\/strong><b>mail<\/b>\u00a0no later than 7 weeks after the application deadline expires.<\/p><p data-block-key=\"80ble\">Please submit the application.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"mailto:hjalparlidasjodur@sjalfsbjorg.is\"><b>by email<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0text-decoration-color: #1D7488;<br \/>text-underline-offset: 4px;(if of any use) to the email address:<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-color: #1D7488; text-underline-offset: 4px;\">\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:hjalparlidasjodur@sjalfsbjorg.is\">hjalparlidasjodur@sjalfsbjorg.is<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p data-block-key=\"7dac\">The summer of 2005 was gone.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #d9196d;\"><b>Kjartan Jakob Hauksson<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>He went on a rowing boat tour around the country and collected pledges, which were then donated to the Self-Help Fund. The fund had become quite small at this point, and this really helped to revive it.<\/p><p data-block-key=\"4js2\">Then ran\u00a0<span style=\"color: #d9196d;\"><b>Bj\u00f6rgvin Ingi \u00d3lafsson<\/b><\/span>\u00a0\u00ed\u00a0<b>The Reykjavik Marathon<\/b>\u00a02016 in the name of the fund and returned it to the fund\u00a0<b>$356,899.<\/b>\u2013 and he also ran in 2017 and 2018.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hj\u00e1lparli\u00f0asj\u00f3\u00f0ur Sj\u00e1lfsbjargar landssambands hreyfihamla\u00f0ra Skilafrestur ums\u00f3kna er til 1. apr\u00edl \u00e1r hvert Vinsamlegast skili\u00f0 ums\u00f3kninni\u00a0me\u00f0 t\u00f6lvup\u00f3sti \u00e1 netfangi\u00f0:\u00a0hjalparlidasjodur@sjalfsbjorg.is Ums\u00f3kn til Hj\u00e1lparli\u00f0asj\u00f3\u00f0sins Reglur um hj\u00e1lparli\u00f0asj\u00f3\u00f0 Sj\u00e1lfsbjargar finnur \u00fe\u00fa h\u00e9r Hj\u00e1lparli\u00f0asj\u00f3\u00f0ur Sj\u00e1lfsbjargar landssambands hreyfihamla\u00f0ra, var stofna\u00f0ur \u00e1ri\u00f0 1997 me\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 markmi\u00f0i a\u00f0 au\u00f0velda hreyfih\u00f6mlu\u00f0um a\u00f0 fer\u00f0ast. 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