The objectives of this project were: • To introduce into youth work 2 innovative methodologies, based on storytelling and music that can be used for the inclusion of youth • To equip youth workers with professional competences (knowledge, skills & attitudes) for using the 2 methodologies in order to foster the social inclusion of youth • To increase the capacity of youth organizations to work transnationally and to better address the local/national needs for social inclusion • To disseminate the project results among youth NGOs, stakeholders, youth workers and to the general public
For the last few years, we were inspired by how Singing fosters Social Inclusion and the Sense of Belonging and how Storytelling Empowers and Transforms youth. That gave us the urge to create this very project, which brought forth into youth work 2 innovative, qualitative and scarcely used enchanting methods, Singing and Storytelling. While we were writing and preparing the application of this project, we had a vision in our heads that we wanted to implement, a vision of an inspiring, enchanting and impactful ways to work with youth and of course, a vision of supporting thoroughly, methodically and holistically youth workers to do so. The needs we addressed through this project were: For YOUTH: • social inclusion • empowerment • acquirement skills & competence • creativity For YOUTH WORKERS: • new innovative methods to use in their work • more engaging methods to use with youth • more effective and impactful methods to foster social inclusion • methods that can be used in online learning activities too.