We invited all NGOs that are active throughout Poland, and which provide psychological and social aid to children and families that are socially excluded, and/or which conduct training courses and provide training on environmental forms of working to counteract social marginalization, to participate in the competition. The aim of the competition was to select model programmes that promote social integration and provide financial support for the organizations carrying out these programmes to ensure that the good practices for counteracting social exclusion had a better chance of being achieved. We awarded five grants of PLN 20,000 each .