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Mindful Storytelling Tools for Youth Work

2020-2-NL02-KA105-0031052020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: NL|ES|IT|FR|BG · Grant: €21,576
Health and wellbeingYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Inclusion - equity

Objectives

Mindful Storytelling Tools for Youth Work, a 7-day Training that brought together youth workers, youth leaders and youth trainers from The Netherlands, France, Italy, Bulgaria and Spain. With this project, we introduced new tools to amplify the power of stories we tell. This project arises from over 5-year experience of partner organisations working side by side in organising activities on various creative methods of storytelling (dance, music, theatre, etc.) with a purpose to create a more inclusive society where we celebrate diversity. The main aim of this project was to strengthen professional profiles of youth workers, youth leaders and youth trainers through the introduction of MS (Mindful Storytelling) methodology (storytelling empowered by know-how from mindfulness and neuroscience), which results in a higher quality of youth work in our communities on fostering social inclusion. The training engaged the participants in the comprehensive professional development of competencies, which are in line with the European Trainer Strategy. Each day of training had a focus on one competence for reflection purposes so that the participants could understand which one they would like to emphasize and which one they would like to develop to deliver better youth work after the training. The venue was the Infinity Expedition Ship in Amsterdam, where participants were challenged to live closely together in an unusual setting led by the boat world rules. The project had the following objectives: -Strengthen competencies of the participants in creating safer spaces where non-formal education happens using MS; -Foster integration of mindfulness in the daily life of the participants; -Raise awareness about social exclusion and provide the participants with practical knowledge to support their target groups in local communities; -Help youth workers, leaders and trainers from participating organisations explore storytelling and use of mindfulness and neuroscience approaches as a new way to promote social inclusion, tolerance and respect to diversity among youth; -To reinforce the capacity and international scope of organisations active in the youth field to promote social inclusion with educational activities and initiatives to address the needs of young people; -Build capacity of participating organisations in providing quality non-formal education; -Reinforce cooperation between partner organisations and encourage further implementation of joint initiatives;

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