Act for your Community! Training on community development

Dear Colleagues,

We are looking for partner organisations for a for a Key Action 1 training programme focusing on community development.

If you are interested in joining us as partner organisations, please complete the attached partner info and e-mail it us at youthinaction@ashacentre.org

This is a Key Action 1 project devoted to community development. As such, the course will promote and empower participants with new competencies focusing on active participation. We see our communities as a wide spectrum of people of different levels of education, experience, and age. This is why we propose an innovative approach to community development, focusing on three different pillars. The first one (first training) will focus on intergenerational dialogue and learning. Too often people representing different age groups do not work together for the benefit of the local community. We want to address this issue head-on by educating participants on intergenerational learning. The second course will focus on art. Art (whether it is theatre, or painting) is one of the most effective tools of active participation of everyone. We will promote the use of various art methodologies as tools for community development. The final element (third course) will address the issue of sustainable living, and will focus on social ecology. Social ecology is a result of interplay of various social, environmental and economic variables. We will focus on what is at the centre of social ecology – the social aspect of sustainability and living in harmony with the environment (including the nature).

All together, three courses (intergenerational dialogue, arts, social ecology) will form a framework offering an innovative educational experience aimed at the empowerment and development of our communities. All three courses will be held at the ASHA Centre in the Forest of Dean.