The FEELING OF BEAUTY project is a Cooperation Project for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices implemented in the Partnership of 3 international Organizations: RAiDO Foundation International Center for Supporting Youth and Adults from Poland (Project Coordinator); Nuoriso- ja luontomatkailukeskus Inari Oy from Finland and ASSOCIACIO CULTURAL TABALA from Spain. The main goal of the FEELING OF BEAUTY project is to jointly develop an innovative method of working on building proper/correct sense of self-worth, including a sense of own beauty through proces of photography (portrait photography sessions) and therapeutic art methods together with the process of their widespread dissemination in a group of parents with children with disabilities, adults People with disabilities. The project encourages and motivates to active citizenship and ethical behavior in relation to lifelong learning. It strengthens the development of social and intercultural competences, critical thinking and media literacy among socially excluded people with fewer opportunities. The project addresses and promotes the social and educational value of European cultural heritage, promotes equal access and social inclusion of people from disadvantaged backgrounds compared to their peers into transnational activities and mobility when access is difficult or limited. All project partners work with socially, culturally and linguistically excluded groups who are national minorities in their countries. 26 employees / staff of Partner organizations (including Deaf / Hearing Impaired people from Poland), who work on behalf of including people with fewer opportunities in their local communities, will participate in international mobilities. The project is ultimately addressed to the disadvantaged group, which are the parents of people with disabilities, with fewer opportunities, adults with disabilities. Activities in the project are the FEELING OF BEAUTY training cycle (TC in Poland for 26 people of staff organs and local TC, run by the international staff of the project for parents of people with fewer opportunities in Finland and Spain. During the TC they will acquire knowledge in psychology, photography , art therapy, make-up, bodypainting, eco-jewelry, photo processing programs. ALBUM / GUIDE FEELING OF BEAUTY containing tips and information about the FEELING OF BEAUTY method and photos from photo sessions from 3 countries is the main result of intellectual work in the project. It will be released in three language versions: English / Polish; English/ Finnish / Saami Language and English/ Spanish / Valencian, so as to reach groups with specific language needs that are involved in the project. An additional result will be calendars for 2022 presenting photos from all photo sessions in the project. Activities disseminating the results of activities are three photographic vernissages at the end of each of the TC (3 countries). At the end of the project, the cycle of INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC OPENINGS FEELING OF BEAUTY will be main activities disseminating the results of intellectual work ALBUM / GUIDE FEELING OF BEAUTY. All activities in the project are available to Deaf / Hearing impaired people from Poland. Project activities and results have long-term impact. The project deepens the positive image of other cultures, supports dialogue and intercultural meetings of people from different environments, cultures and methods / languages of communication; helps to prevent and counter prejudice, racism and any attitudes that lead to exclusion, and develops a sense of tolerance and understanding of diversity. We believe that the project will arouse interest in the group of parents of people with fewer opportunities and change the way of thinking about this group, notice them from the "more beautiful" and more attractive side. The results of research on the FEELING OF BEAUTY method collected during the course of the course will allow for the development and modification of the method, contributing to its development and work for many groups of recipients in the work of Partner organizations participating in the project.
The project was aimed at activating and paying attention to a marginalized group of people - parents of people with disabilities, who themselves support their children with disabilities on a daily basis. We wanted to activate, leave the "shadow" position using an innovative, little-known FOB Method. It is a sequence of artistic and therapeutic art workshops as well as the process of photographing participants along with publishing portraits at photo vernissages and publications in albums with individual descriptions of MY BEAUTY. The project made it possible to move from a defiant position to an active member of the general community at local, regional and international levels. The activities and results in the project, as well as their dissemination, made it possible to look at the role of a parent, people with disabilities in a different, artistic way, allowed them to "come into existence" and express their opinions and emotions. The project contributed to the widespread availability of materials by disseminating information and the results of the project in national languages used by the local communities in which the project participants live: Polish, Polish Sign Language, Valencian, Spanish, Finnish, Sami and English
Feeling of Beauty (FOB) is a pioneering/innovative project dealing with the topic of social inclusion, building proper self-confidence and a sense of beauty among marginalized and internationally less active target group - parents of people with disabilities, adults with disabilities and the staff of Partner organizations working for for people with fewer opportunities in Poland, Spain and Finland. The offer of activities / support for parents is insufficient and limited. The FOB project was supposed to change that. The project assumed: - development and verification of the innovative FOB Method in various environments and target groups - elimination / reduction of discrimination, segregation and racism of groups highly exposed to these phenomena (disability, social exclusion, national minorities, ethnic minorities) - paying attention to Parents / Mothers / Women who are a very marginalized group all over the world - made it possible to access the activities and results of the project by people using other languages (Sign / Sam / Valencian) - initiating cooperation of organizations bringing together adults with disabilities and their parents from 3 regions of Europe