{"id":68385,"date":"2026-04-13T13:42:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citycenterone.hr\/split\/?p=68385"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:43:13","slug":"see-you-on-the-friendship-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citycenterone.hr\/split\/en\/news\/see-you-on-the-friendship-bench\/","title":{"rendered":"SEE YOU ON THE FRIENDSHIP BENCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday,<strong> April 18,<\/strong> starting at 5 PM, we\u2019re waiting for you at the \u201cFriendship Bench\u201d educational workshop.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The international educational\u2011humanitarian project <em>Friendship Bench<\/em> was launched to prevent peer violence and promote inclusion, empathy, and tolerance among children through creative activities and play. Children are encouraged to build meaningful, healthy friendships.<\/p>\n<p>The Friendship Bench is a painted wooden bench, and the one that will be displayed in City Center one is the very bench <strong>you<\/strong> will have the chance to paint. Any child can sit on the bench if they are looking for company, want to start a new game, or join one already in progress. Sitting on the bench is a sign that the child wants contact and interaction with other children.<\/p>\n<p>Research shows that after Friendship Benches were introduced, children became more open, communicative, and empathetic. The amount of peer violence decreased, while awareness of inclusion increased. Children from sensitive groups also began joining games more often.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the educational workshop, a cheerful <strong>\u201cPaint and Juice\u201d<\/strong> workshop awaits \u2014 where little ones will create their own artworks to take home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See you on Saturday!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An educational workshop that encourages friendship, empathy, and togetherness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":68379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SEE YOU ON THE FRIENDSHIP BENCH - Split<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citycenterone.hr\/split\/news\/see-you-on-the-friendship-bench\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"hr_HR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SEE YOU ON THE FRIENDSHIP BENCH - 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