Inclusion & Diversity in Youth Work

This course explores how youth work can become genuinely inclusive — moving beyond a declarative discourse on diversity towards everyday practice. Starting from the participants' own experience, we examine the common pitfalls that organisations, programmes and facilitators fall into (tokenism, surface-level or performative inclusion, assuming a space is neutral, one-size-fits-all approaches, accessibility treated as an afterthought, unconscious bias in recruitment and facilitation) and we build concrete solutions for designing learning and growth environments that value diversity. Participants work hands-on with one or two inclusion audit tools that they can apply afterwards in their own organisations and programmes. The methodology is non-formal and experiential, based on reflection, case studies and transfer to each participant's own context.

Profile of participants:
✔Aged over 18 years old
✔youth worker representing an NGO active either in E+ or ESC programme , youth project manager, youth coaches 
✔Fluent in English
✔Able to disseminate the results of the TC in social media and through their work
✔Be open-minded, motivated and ready to share experience and good energy

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