Erasmus+ Training Course “Power of Community”

This training course will explore how communities that foster safety, connection, and support can play a powerful role in the development of young people, with a strong focus on inclusion of vulnerable groups.

Participants will learn how to build such communities and how to ensure the inclusion of those at risk of marginalization. We will explore this topic through two complementary levels:

• On a micro level, participants will learn new inclusive and connection-building activities for working directly with young people, especially those from vulnerable groups, using movement-based, creative, and expressive tools.
• On a macro level, they will gain a better understanding of how to create wider support networks involving local institutions such as social services and schools, emphasizing the importance of aligning the needs of both young people and institutions

By the end of the training course, participants will:

• Understand how inclusive communities can foster safety, connection, and support for young people, especially those from vulnerable groups.
• Discover and experience inclusive tools and methods (movement-based, creative, and expressive) that can help strengthen connections and participation among youth.
• Gain insight into how wider support networks involving social services, schools, and NGOs can be created to meet the needs of young people.
• Exchange experiences and good practices in the inclusion of vulnerable youth with peers from other countries.
• Explore and reflect on real-life examples of community-based support through field visits to NGOs and institutions in Zagreb.

As part of the program, there will also be opportunities for:

• Sharing good practices in the inclusion of vulnerable youth
• Workshops to exchange inclusive tools that foster connection, using movement-based, creative, and expressive approaches – with a focus on accessibility, engagement, and overcoming participation barriers
• Field visits to local NGOs and partner institutions in Zagreb, showcasing successful models of community-based support

WHO CAN APPLY:

• Power of community is a training course aimed for youth workers, teachers, youth group leaders, trainers, educators that want to enhance their impact as a youth professional, creating a supportive and empowering environment for the young people they engage with, especially for those that are working with youth with fewer opportunities.

• If the description fits you, and you are directly working with young people, apply using the application form link on the first page of this manual.

• Selection will be made based on your experience in youth work, your motivation for the subject of the course and the amount of results sustainability (how will you use project results in your daily work). Please write us detailed description of it in the application form.

PARTICIPANTS CONTRIBUTION SHARING SESSIONS

If you already use movement-based, creative, or expressive approaches that foster connection and inclusion of young people, especially those from vulnerable groups, please mention this in your application form.

BEFORE THE TRAINING COURSE:

Please read this infopack so you are aware of the training programme and all practicalities. Also, we will have a networking part of the programme so prepare some materials presenting your organisation.

DURING THE COURSE:

Be ready to participate actively in all the sessions. Also, we will ask you to put away your phones during all sessions as we want to have a full presence of the entire group.

We are looking for participants only with the sending organisation!

There is more information in INFOPACK attached.