Lighthouse TC

Aims & objectives

Aim: To explore, share and experience alternative approaches to life and work and identifying how these can be applied to present personal and youth work realities to aid sustainability and efficiency.

Objectives:
- To explore different aspects, possibilities and challenges of sustainable living in a youth workers daily reality.
- To share good practices and develop new ideas for sustainable youth, community and social work.
- To experience community life, close to the nature and realise its potential for sustainability, self-development, learning and training.
- To reflect and explore how to apply changes both personally and in work.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

Team:
Helena Kosková, Jan Látal (CZ), Buzz Bury (UK)

Participants:
18 participants from 13 countries

Training methods used & main activities

The training applied experiential non-formal learning methods, predominantly delivered as a group experience with time and space for personal reflection.

Outcomes of the activity

Next to specific individual learning points the essence of learning outcomes for participants was general motivation, hope and inspiration to own projects and initiatives. People got ensured in what they do by seeing others doing the same and by the fact that there is a international community of like-minded people with the same energy. Some answers mention starting a project, organisation or involvement in YiA.

http://lighthouse.skalka22.net

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

full-time trainer + logistics

I worked on this training for 5 days as a full time trainer.