%0 Journal Article %T Social Integration Clubs as a Form of Social and Professional Activation of Socially Excluded People %A Gierek, Piotr %J Labor et Educatio %V 2020 %R 10.4467/25439561LE.20.011.13002 %N 8 (2020) %P 135-150 %K social integration clubs, social exclusion, social activation, professional activation %@ 2353-4745 %D 2020 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/labor-et-educatio/article/social-integration-clubs-as-a-form-of-social-and-professional-activation-of-socially-excluded-people %X The presented article describes social integration clubs functioning in Poland as one of the main activating institutions. They also serve as entities of supported employment; one example is Social Integration Club in Chorzów. The clubs’ main task is social and professional activation, as well as counteracting social exclusion, which is understood as the most serious form of marginalization.