YOUnique

YOUnique

In YOUnique we are organizing and hosting international learning programs.

YOUnique je neziskovka, ve které organizujeme a hostujeme mezinárodní vzdělávací zážitkové programy: výměny mládeže, tréninkové kurzy, dobrovolnické a solidární projekty. Je to místo, kde můžeš vykročit vstříc novým zážitkům, zkušenostem a objevit tak svůj skrytý potenciál.

28/08/2024

▪️ YOUnique story ▪️

👀 Check out the story of David, another one of our YOUnique participants, who went 'Into Our Wild,' a training course dedicated to active involvement and a communal mindset. In this project, participants had the chance to connect with nature, experience community living, and engage in self-reflection by slowing down, moving, sharing, challenging themselves, and applying new insights to their own practices back home.

👉 The project was organized by Ελπιδοχώρι / Hopeland and co-funded by the European Union.

23/08/2024

▪️ Learning Opportunity ▪️

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 | Training course

🌱 Something Fresh is an advanced & highly practical training course on guiding other people. If you work with people on a daily basis and would like to improve
yourself and your ability to create & facilitate learning processes, then this might be the project for you!

🗣 While working with people, we always get challenged and we always get to learn more about ourselves – therefore, personal development goes hand in hand with
professional development. This is also the reason why this learning event is a dynamic combination of practices and experiences – experiences through which we bring to the surface the unchangeable competencies, such as:
✅ Agility & adaptability
✅ Connection & social intelligence
✅ Empathy & emotional regulation
✅ Resilience
✅ Personal leadership & ability to show up
✅ Critical reflection

👥 Call for participants from Czech Republic, Latvia, Portugal, Spain, Romania, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Iceland.
🌎 Olde Vechte Foundation, The Netherlands
📅 Preparatory visit: Online 2024
Training course: 27th October - 2nd November 2024

ℹ Info: https://bit.ly/SomethingFreshinfo
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/SomethingFreshapply
⏳ Applications till: 6th of September

📩 If you have any questions, you can message Olde Vechte Foundation or send an email to: [email protected].

🇪🇺 The programme is co-funded by the European Union.

21/08/2024

▪️ Out with YOUnique: Into Our Wild ▪️

🌿 At the beginning of summer, two YOUnique people joined the Wild training in our beloved venue Hopeland to explore embodiment, nature-based methodology and hands-on activities.

🎥 Take a walk on the wild side with the recap video made by Paula Cinīte and check our latest project, maybe the next one is for you!

ℹ️ The project was organized by Ελπιδοχώρι / Hopeland and financially supported by Erasmus+ programme.

06/08/2024

▪ Learning Opportunity ▪

𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 | Training Course

🗣️ Raise Your Impact is an 8-day experiential learning program hosted by Brno Connected, that focuses on personal development and self-awareness. It aims to empower youth workers in their role, provide space for them to explore their own attitudes in life and look for ways to bring the most positive impact in the society, through inclusion, cooperation and accountability.

👥 Call for participants from Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Greece, Estonia, Italy, Latvia and Bulgaria.
🌎 Sudislav nad Orlicí, Czechia
📅 04. – 13.09.2024

ℹ️ Info: https://bit.ly/RaiseYourImpact_Infopack
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/RaiseYourImpact_application
⏳ Applications till: Fitting participants will be approached and selected on the go. So if it’s calling you, apply asap.

📩 If you have any questions, you can message Brno Connected or send an email to: [email protected].

🇪🇺 The programme is co-funded by the European Union.

24/07/2024

▪️ YOUnique news ▪️

🗣️ We're thrilled to announce that we've been granted two new projects! And yes, we got slightly more creative with the names this time. 👀

Here’s what’s coming up:
🔥 Speaking of the Devil: A heavenly/inferno combo of improvisation and embodiment.
🌌 YOUniverse: Embodiment as a YOUniversal methodology for youth workers.

Stay tuned for more updates!

👉 Big thanks to Dům zahraniční spolupráce - DZS for their support and trust.

22/07/2024

▪️ YOUnique story ▪️

👀 Check out the story of Simona, another one of our YOUnique participants, who attended 'Ocean of Motion,' a youth exchange focused on discovering inner direction and creativity through movement & embodiment, and how to use these tools to create and initiate further impact.

👉 The project was organized by Club "The House" and financially supported by Erasmus+ programme.

16/07/2024

▪ Learning Opportunity ▪

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁 - 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 | Training Course

🗣️ This innovative training program aims to improve the quality of Erasmus+ programs and to ensure valuable experiences for participants by exploring diverse methods to create safer and more inclusive learning spaces.

Briefly, you will have the opportunity to:
✅ Enhance your personal and professional growth through an experiential learning approach, combining different methods, and peer-to-peer learning.
✅ Use case studies to share experiences, good practices, methods and tools.
✅ Explore tools and approaches on risk assessment, compassionate (non-violent) communication, conflict resolution, trigger/content warnings and more.
✅ Create a toolkit focused on addressing key safety and inclusivity needs and ensuring that a project is well prepared to prevent potential risks and challenges.
✅ Meet with other local organizations and representatives, exchanging of experiences.

👥 Call for participants from Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland and Spain
🌎 Gauja, Inčukalna nodavs, Latvia
📅 11th - 17th September 2024 (excluding travel dates)

ℹ️ Info: https://bit.ly/ProjectReset_infopack
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/ProjectReset_apply
⏳ Applications till: Fitting participants will be approached and selected on the go. So if it’s calling you, apply asap.

📩 If you have any questions, you can message Active Rainbow or send an email to: [email protected].

Partner organisations:
🇮🇹 Italy - Cassero Lgbtqia+ Center
🇬🇷 Greece - Roes Cooperativa
🇵🇱 Poland - Fundacja Po Prostu Da Się
🇪🇸 Spain - Asociación Dinámica
🇱🇻 Latvia - Active Rainbow
🇧🇬 Bulgaria - Фондация Смокиня / Smokinya Foundation

🇪🇺 The project is funded with the support of the European Commission’s Erasmus+ program, which is administered in Latvia by the Jaunatnes starptautisko programmu aģentūra.

07/07/2024

▪️ Youth Learning Opportunity ▪️

𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 | Youth exchange

🗣 In this youth exchange you will have the opportunity to discover and practice ways to connect with yourself, other people and the surrounding nature.

🌳 Over 7 days, we'll co-create a space to explore connection through mindfulness, improv, embodiment and community living. What creative spirit will you bring with you to the „strings“?

🏕️ Fair warning: Don’t expect any luxury in Treibgut. Think of it as ‚camping with a twist'. You'll need to bring your own sleeping mat, sleeping bag, pillow and essentials. But don't worry about food – the chefs Leon and Krystian will be whipping up delicious vegan meals.

👥 Call for participants from Czech Republic, Germany and Italy
🌎 Potsdam, Germany
📅 1st of September (arrival day) - 9th of September (departure day)

ℹ Info: https://bit.ly/strings-infopack
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/strings-application-form
⏳ Applications till: 16th July 2024

📩 If you have any questions, you can message Numinous Nous or send an email to: [email protected].

🇪🇺 The programme is co-funded by European Union.

04/07/2024

▪️ Youth Learning Opportunity ▪️

𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 | Youth exchange

🗣 This project aims at contributing to reconnect young people to the natural environment. Developing a connection with nature has proven to have positive effects both on physical-mental wellbeing and on the adoption of sustainable behaviours.

🌳 We will come together in a place surrunded by woods to share our experiences and re-think our relationship with nature, reflect on the duality of the human-nature concept, question conventional solutions to environmental issues and feel the benefits of a closer relationship with the natural environment.

👥 Call for participants from Czech Republic, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece
🌎 Bergolo, Italy
📅 26 August - 03 September 2024

ℹ Info: https://bit.ly/NaturalConnection_info
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/NaturalConnection_apply
⏳ Applications till: 26th July 2024

📩 If you have any questions, you can send an email to: [email protected].

🇪🇺 The programme is co-funded by European Union.

19/06/2024

▪️ Learning Opportunity ▪️

𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝘆 | Training Course

🗣 Sense your way is a training course which aims to create a special space for exploring SENSING through movement, dance, touch, somatics and voice practices.
This training course will focus on the exploration of the sensitivity of the body.

✨ We will open a space with the intention of letting the movement emerge, hatch and flourish, develop the creative potential present in each of us and experience full presence, with all the Living that composes and surrounds us.

👥 Call for participants from Czech Republic, France, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Greece and Germany
🌎 Chartrier-Ferrière, France
📅 23 Sep - 4 Oct 2024

ℹ Info: https://www.terredenuages.fr/senseyourway
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/SenseYourWay_apply
⏳ Applications till: 1st of July 2024

📩 If you have any questions, you can message Terre de Nuages or send an email to: [email protected].

🇪🇺 The programme is co-funded by European Union.

05/06/2024

▪️ Learning Opportunity ▪️

𝗧𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 | Training Course

🗣️ Taste for Life is an 8-day training program hosted by Teatro Invisibile, designed to make a meaningful impact on the mental health, body image, and self- esteem of young people by empowering youth workers with enhanced knowledge, tools, and methodologies to effectively recognize and address youth challenges.

🧘 The project enhances mental health, positive body-mind and emotional balance through holistic approaches by equipping youth workers with tools to help young people develop healthy coping mechanisms for stress and anxiety, considering the impacts of adolescence, societal ideals, and recent social crises.

👥 Call for participants from Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia, Romania, France, Germany, Spain, Poland, Latvia.
🌎 Valpore (BL) - Italy
📅 3 - 10 September 2024

ℹ Info: https://bit.ly/TasteForLife_info
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/TasteForLife_apply
⏳ Applications till: 29th of June

📩 If you have any questions, you can message Teatro Invisibile or send an email to: [email protected].

🇪🇺 The programme is co-funded by European Union.

03/06/2024

▪️ Learning Opportunity ▪️

𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 | Training Course

🗣️ Join us on an 8-day-long journey with Minds in Motion, a training course that merges theatre and embodiment techniques to empower youth workers, supporting their professional and personal growth through amplified creativity.

This training is here for you to:
✅ integrate creative art-based tools and methods for increasing resilience in your everyday work
✅ gain resources and tools about art-based practices
✅ get equipped with a diverse set of self-expression tools for more authentic connections and community development
✅ promote experiential learning to transform abstract ideas into tangible actions
✅ build collaborations and partnerships with other youth work professionals

👥 Call for participants from Erasmus+ programme countries
🌎 Hollókő, Hungary
📅 30th July - 7th August 2024

ℹ Info: https://bit.ly/MindsInMotion_info
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/MindsInMotion_apply

⏳ Applications till: Fitting participants will be approached and selected on the go. So if it’s calling you, apply asap.

📩 If you have any questions, send an email to: [email protected].

🇪🇺 The programme is co-funded by European Union.

30/05/2024

▪ Volunteering Opportunity ▪

𝗛𝘂𝗺𝘂𝘀 | Volunteering teams

🗣️ Are you interested in sustainability, hands-on activities, community building, connecting with locals, and leaving your personal mark? Are you eager to delve into various forms of green projects, including agriculture, permaculture, and eco-friendly initiatives? 🌳

Join Ελπιδοχώρι / Hopeland in Humus, a project where you will get a chance to:
🍃 Learn more about sustainable and environmentally-conscious ways of living
🍃 Develop green skills such as agriculture and permaculture through hands-on activities
🍃 Create, organize, and host your own initiatives, including workshops, volunteer actions, and other projects

🌸 During this activity, you will bring together young people and disadvantaged communities, fostering active citizenship, voluntary work, and solidarity in an intercultural environment!

👥 Call for participants from Erasmus+ programme countries between 18-30 years
🌎 Liveloula eco-farm, Seliana, Peloponnese
📅 31st of August - 1st of October 2024

ℹ️ Info: https://bit.ly/3vVPIdl
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/3UlbyQV

⏳ Applications: Fitting participants will be approached and selected on the go. So if it’s calling you, apply asap.

📩 Any unanswered questions in the infopack? Reach out to: [email protected]

🇪🇺 Humus is an ESC programme approved and co-funded by the European Education & Culture Executive Agency.

#Ελπιδοχώρι

27/05/2024

▪️ Youth Learning Opportunity ▪️

𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁 | Youth exchange

🗣 Breathe Out welcomes a sense of belonging and community building. It is all about slowing down, recharging, and getting ready to take action – either inside or outside.

🌱 Through this project, we would like to create a recharging and inclusive learning experience for you. How? By exploring what nature has to offer to support the group process.

👥 Call for participants from Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Latvia, Portugal, Greece, Spain and Romania.
🌎 Ommen, the Netherlands
📅 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁: 11th-14th of July
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 29th-8th of August/September

ℹ Info: https://bit.ly/BreathOut_info
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/BreatheOut_apply
⏳ Applications till: Fitting participants will be approached and selected on the go. So if it’s calling you, apply asap.

📩 If you have any questions, you can message Impact or send an email to: [email protected].

🇪🇺 The programme is co-funded and supported by the Erasmus+.

📷 Photo credit: Valia Marinova

23/05/2024

▪ Volunteering Opportunity ▪

𝗞𝗘𝗡 ~ 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 | Individual long-term volunteering

🗣️ Ever dreamed of spending 6 months in Romania's gem? Join KEN to promote social inclusion and diversity through nonformal activities and workshops! 🤝

✅ With this project, you will have the chance to spread the values of the European Union, such as social inclusion, active participation, solidarity, diversity, volunteering, sustainability, and the participation of people with fewer opportunities, among youngsters from the regions of Brasov and Bacau, Romania. You will visit schools and help organize projects, festivals, and activities for the local community, based on your experience and skills.

👥 Call for participants from Erasmus+ programme countries between 18-30 year
🌎 Brasov, Romania
📅 16 June - 15 Dec 2024

ℹ️ Info: https://bit.ly/KENvolunteering_Info
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/KENvolunteering_apply
⏳ Applications till: Fitting participants will be approached and selected on the go. So if it’s calling you, apply asap.

📩 If you have any questions, send an email to: [email protected].

👉 The project is organized by Copiii în Sânul Familiei co-funded and supported by European Union and European Solidarity Corps.

21/05/2024

▪️ Project outcomes: ImproMoves ▪️

~ Follow-up booklet ~

🗣️The mission in YOUnique projects is to enjoy the process, while making a real difference in our communities. After each project, our participants follow up with concrete actions in their countries, and we are documenting every step in the booklet.

👉 Dive into the impact of our latest project, ImproMoves, and see the inspiring events that unfolded afterwards: bit.ly/ImproMoves_followUp

✨ ImproMoves was a project combining improvisation & embodiment methodologies with the aim to improve entrepreneurial skills. It was created by YOUnique and the training course happened in September 2023.

🇪🇺 The project is co-funded by the European Union and Dům zahraniční spolupráce - DZS.

16/05/2024

▪️ Learning Opportunity ▪️

𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 | Training Course

🧘 Yoga in YouthWork is aiming to introduce yoga philosophy and methodology into European youth work, explore, provide, exchange and develop innovative theories and educational approaches that youth workers can use in order to improve their work with marginalized youth that is subject to prejudices.

In this project you will get a chance to:
✅ Deconstruct the out-dated limiting attitudes towards youth work and yoga
✅ Increase the capacities, motivation and wellbeing of youth workers
✅ Spread the new innovative practices among youth workers around Europe and implement new activities targeting young people that they work with
✅ Develop sustainable daily practice of yoga or any other daily routine that will be practiced by the youth workers

👥 Call for participants from Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus, Lithuania, Italy, Portugal, Spain, France and Slovakia.
🌎 Slovakia
📅 19.6 - 27.6.2024

ℹ Info: https://bit.ly/YogaInYouthWork_info
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/YogaInYouthWork_apply
⏳ Applications till: Fitting participants will be approached and selected on the go. So if it’s calling you, apply asap.

📩 If you have any questions, send an email to: [email protected].

🇪🇺 The programme is co-funded by European Union.

06/05/2024

▪ Volunteering Opportunity ▪

𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 | Volunteering teams

🗣️ Are you ready to be part of a vibrant eco-community and engage in meaningful actions on sustainability and beyond?

Ελπιδοχώρι / Hopeland is looking for motivated participants interested in:
🌱 Doing practical work: eco-building, gardening, taking care of animals, and more
🤝 Connecting with local individuals and communities in the surrounding area
✨ Taking initiative and letting their passion shine while contributing to the vision of the organization
🫶 Discovering new approaches to taking care of themselves and the people around them

👥 Call for participants from Erasmus+ programme countries between 18-30 year.
🌎 Hopeland, Argos, Greece
📅 18 August - 16 September 2024

ℹ️ Info: bit.ly/EYES2024_info
➡️ Apply: bit.ly/Hopeland2024_apply
⏳ Applications till: 12th of May

☀️Cannot make it? Is Greece too hot for you in summer? Then maybe the next opportunity is for you: 29 Oct - 29 Nov 2024 bit.ly/NewEra2024_info

📩 Any unanswered questions in the infopack? Reach out to: [email protected]

🇪🇺 The Eyes Wide Open project is co-funded and supported by the European Solidarity Corps Greece and the Erasmus+ Youth Greece.

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01/05/2024

▪️ Learning Opportunity ▪️

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 | Training Course

🗣 Heartful Leader is a 7-day training program hosted by Društvo Metta (Slovenia), designed for youth workers, trainers, and educators dedicated to fostering the potential of young individuals. Its basic objective is to provide creative tools and intuitive insights on how to establish empathic, magnetic and meaningful pedagogical relationships with youth in times of generational crisis and educational paradigm transition.

👥 Call for participants from the Czech Republic, Italy, Austria, Romania, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia.
🌎 Metta farm, Slovenia
📅 24. June - 2. July 2024

ℹ Info: https://bit.ly/HeartfulLeader_info
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/HeartfulLeader_apply
⏳ Applications till: 9th May 2024

📩 If you have any questions, send an email to: [email protected].

🇪🇺 The programme is co-funded by European Union.

16/04/2024

▪️ Learning Opportunity ▪️

𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 | Training for Youth Trainers

🗣 Seeds for Growth is a training course hosted by Brno Connected, designed for those who want to grow and improve themselves in their work with young people. It aims to support you in increasing your trainer competences, getting comfortable in the trainer role, learning new tools and techniques, creating space for collecting inspiration from others and exchanging practices. At the same time it addresses the topic of well-being and self-care in order to prevent burnout among youth workers.

👥 Call for participants from the the Czech Republic, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Romania, Croatia Greece or Poland.
🌎 Sudislav nad Orlicí, Czech Republic
📅 27.05. – 05.06.2024

ℹ Info: https://bit.ly/SeedsForGrowthInfopack
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/SeedsForGrowthApplication
⏳ Applications till: Participants are selected and confirmed continuously.

📩 If you have any questions, you can message Brno Connected or send an email to: [email protected].

🇪🇺 The programme is co-funded by European Union.

08/04/2024

▪️ Learning Opportunity ▪️

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 | Training Course

🗣 Wild Dreamers is an 8-day training program hosted by Teatro Invisibile, designed for youth workers, trainers, and educators dedicated to fostering the potential of young individuals. It provides the ground to explore novel methodologies and insights relevant to personal development and youth work, alongside a reconnection with nature and an embrace of mindfulness practices.

🌿 The project aims to integrate nature-infused mindfulness techniques into youth work, acknowledging their capacity to augment vitality, creativity, and holistic well-being. By equipping youth workers with these tools, the initiative aims to involve young people from diverse backgrounds and advocate for a sustainable educational paradigm.

👥 Call for participants from Italy, Slovenia, France, Germany, Spain, Poland, Latvia, Greece & Portugal.
🌎 Valpore (BL) - Italy
📅 21 - 28 June 2024

ℹ Info: https://bit.ly/WildDreamers_info
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/WildDreamers_apply
⏳ Applications till: Fitting participants will be approached and selected on the go. So if it’s calling you, apply asap.

📩 If you have any questions, you can message Teatro Invisibile or send an email to: [email protected].

🇪🇺 The programme is co-funded and supported by the Erasmus+.

03/04/2024

▪️ YOUnique people: the core team ▪️

🗣️ Have you ever wondered who are people behind the YOUnique scene? The founders, creators, trainers, cooks, project managers? Where can you find and meet them? With our new “YOUnique people” series, this mystery is slowly going to be revealed.

💭 𝗜𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗮: “If there's something I genuinely love , it's deep conversations about life. I also try to enjoy the little things and be present in every moment. I believe that everything has its meaning and teaches us something or moves us forward. I'm a big nature lover, fascinated by sunsets and sunrises, and I believe that if you keep your heart open, life will offer you more than you can imagine.”

✨ Izi is our project coordinator, the mastermind behind the curtains. She's our matchmaker, choosing the participants for each project with an eye for synergy and a passion for impact.

🌿 At YOUnique you will meet her behind the emails, ready to offer the most heartfelt response with open arms. And when she does not do the above, she loves singing, spending time in nature, hanging out with friends and family and reading books.

👉 Keep watching this space for more amazing YOUnique people coming your way! We can't wait to share their stories with you.

27/03/2024

▪️ Learning Opportunity ▪️

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱 | Mobility for Youth Workers

🗣 Into our Wild is 8 days long training dedicated to active involvement & communal mindset. The project is open to youth workers who want to come closer to nature, the community way of living, and themselves by slowing down, moving, sharing, challenging themselves and applying the new insights to their own practice back home.

💃 We will be dancing between self-expression and the natural world, on the score of what interconnects us with each other and with the bigger frame.

🌿 The participants will be invited to tap into the day-to-day life of Hopeland's community through embodiment, hands-on and nature-based activities.

👥 The project is open for all EU residents.
🌎 Hopeland, Argos, Greece
📅 29 May - 7 June 2024 (arrival & departure incl)

ℹ Info: bit.ly/IntoOurWild_info
➡️ Apply: bit.ly/IntoOurWild_apply

⏳ Applications till: 7th of April 2024

📩 If you have any questions, you can message Ελπιδοχώρι / Hopeland or send an email to: [email protected]

🇪🇺 The program is co-financed by the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission and supported by the Erasmus+ Youth Greece.

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22/03/2024

▪️ Learning Opportunity ▪️

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝘆𝘁𝗵𝘀 | Training Course

🗣 New Myths is a 6 days (+2 travel days) Training Course for 24 youth workers of 12 countries from Europe and abroad. There is an essential connection between mythology and identity that facilitates our understanding of personal, social spiritual realities.

📚 The project aims to deepen this interrelation by approaching myths and the heroe's journey, using narrative and oral techniques, mindfulness, movement, ceremonies in nature and group dynamics. For this, participants will be compelled to explore local or national myths, giving them a new meaning. The theory and methods used in the training will allow them to build up new approaches to social and collective identity for working with youngsters.

👥 Call for participants from Czech Republic, Spain, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Armenia or North Macedonia
🌎 Sanilles, Catalunya, Spain
📅 21-28 june 2024

ℹ Info: https://bit.ly/NewMyths_info
➡️ Apply: https://bit.ly/NewMyths_apply
⏳ Applications till: 8th April 2024

📩 If you have any questions, you can message Proyecto Nagual or send an email to:
[email protected].

🇪🇺 The programme is co-funded and supported by the Erasmus+.

20/03/2024

▪️ YOUnique story ▪️

👀 Check out the story of Veru, another one of our YOUnique participants, who went to 'Stories act,' a training course about stories of empowerment, inclusion and acknowledgment for/about/with the LGBTQIA+/Queer community. It was a holistic learning journey offering a creative space for q***r and allied youth workers to explore storytelling as a tool to engage and work with q***r youth in their activities.

👉 The project was organized in cooperation between Active Rainbow & Olde Vechte Foundation and financially supported by Erasmus+ programme.

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