The Supervisory Board in Sölvesborg Municipality today has 86 good men, but there is also a certain buffer. The good men in Sölvesborg can have anything from one to seven heads.

- A good man has seven assignments, and the majority has one to two assignments, the manager Ida Svensson says in an email to SVT News Blekinge.

It is primarily adults with intellectual disabilities, mental disabilities, age impairment, serious illness or dementia who may sometimes need the support of a good man in the municipality of Sölvesborg.

- The assignments as a good man have changed over the years and it has become particularly difficult to support certain principals who have severe problems linked to a mental disability or a neuropsychiatric diagnosis, says Ida Svensson.

Great need in Ronneby

Ronneby municipality today has about 150 people who are good man, manager or deputy for any other person in the municipality. There the Supervisory Board has a great need for more people who want to take on assignments as a good man or manager.

- Our wish is for more people to report their interest, so that we can make a quick change and be able to propose a deputy to the district court more quickly when organizing, says Louise Larsson, who is an administrator at the Supervisory Board in Ronneby municipality.

Normally, a deputy in Ronneby has between one to three assignments.

- In Ronneby, both the young and the elderly have a health condition that causes a need for help. At present Ronneby does not have so many unaccompanied children, Louise Larsson continues.

Let good man campaign in social media

During the week, Karlshamn municipality let one of their good men manage the municipality's Instagram account, as a way to inspire the municipality's residents to report their interest. “Your help is needed! Make a difference for a fellow human being, ”writes the municipality in its social media.

The good man Johanna is responsible for six main men and thinks it is an interesting and rewarding assignment.

- Hope I have inspired many to take the step of becoming a good man, she writes in her last post on Karlshamns municipality's account which she was responsible for during the week.