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DiverCity Activity Sheets to Support Civic Education and Encourage Civic Participation of Young Refugees in an Extracurricular Setting
20 activity sheets for youth workers to support civic education & participation of young refugees outside school. Covers sport, debate & art. Tested in 5 EU countries with 90 young people. Free to use.
Aims of the tool
The DiverCity Activity Sheets aim to support the civic education and encourage the civic participation of young refugees in extracurricular settings, using non-formal education methods. The tool pursues three interconnected goals:
First, to provide youth workers, volunteers, and facilitators with practical, ready-to-use activities that are adapted to the specific needs and vulnerabilities of young refugees living in Europe, while being inclusive enough to involve young volunteers and local youth alongside them.
Second, to empower young refugees by helping them discover opportunities to become active participants in their communities, develop self-confidence, autonomy, and new ways of expressing themselves, through sport, debate, art, cooking, photography, theatre, and more.
Third, to promote horizontal, peer-to-peer learning and social mixing between young refugees and local youth, fostering social cohesion, intercultural dialogue, and a sense of belonging in a new environment.
The tool also aims to support local non-institutional actors, youth workers, associations, cultural centres, who work with young refugees outside of school, by giving them a shared, tested, and adaptable resource base to improve their practices.
Description of the tool
Detailed description & learning outcomes:
This booklet compiles 20 activity sheets developed by the DiverCity project consortium, bringing together five European organisations from France, Greece, Italy, Poland, and Spain. The activities were tested during 7 workshops between October 2024 and January 2025, involving 90 young people and 12 youth workers across the five partner countries.
All activities are classified into three categories:
1. Outdoors & Sport Activities
Using physical movement to build trust, communication, and community: through a blindfolded Trust Walk, Cooperative Sports, and a cultural Treasure Hunt helping young refugees discover their host country.
2. Debate & Participate Activities
Developing critical thinking, debating skills, and civic knowledge: through activities such as The Imaginary Country (human rights), Privileges (inequality awareness), Europe in 4 Corners (EU values), and Attention, Social Action! (planning real civic actions).
3. Art & Culture Activities
Using creative expression for empowerment and intercultural dialogue: through Photography Storytelling, a Cooking Workshop, the intercultural simulation Albatros, and Reuse to Restart (upcycling and entrepreneurship).
Key learning outcomes:
Understanding human rights and the rights of refugees
Developing empathy, anti-discrimination awareness, and intercultural competences
Building communication, teamwork, and leadership skills
Gaining knowledge of European values and democratic processes
Developing self-confidence, self-expression, and a sense of belonging
Each activity sheet includes facilitation instructions, required materials, group size, duration, language level, and reflection questions.
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Tool overview
http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/5501
This tool is for
Target group: - Young refugees and migrants (aged 15–30) - Young volunteers - Youth workers and facilitators working in extracurricular or non-formal settings
and addresses
Social Inclusion, Intercultural Learning, European Citizenship
Behind the tool
The tool was created by
Parlement Européen des Jeunes France
in the context of
Erasmus+ KA2 – DiverCity (Project n° 2022-2-FR02-KA220-YOU-000101728)
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Soukaina Touba (on 12 March 2026)
and last modified
9 March 2026
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