The objectives of the project strategically address the impacts of COVID-19 by fostering creativity and facilitating open leisure activities in public spaces. Our aim is to train the staff of partner organizations to act as catalysts, enhancing the lives of disadvantaged adults. Specifically, the project will provide training, focused on well-being, mental health, sustainability, and environmental protection, to 80 adults across varied contexts. A non-formal learning method, rooted in circus traditions and outdoor creativity, will be developed and implemented. Furthermore, the project endeavors to promote healthy lifestyles for adults, transcending social and economic barriers, bolster the competencies of partner organizations, and establish a best practice model that is replicable and applicable at European, national, and regional levels for addressing the observed reduction in adult participation in training.
When conceptualizing this project, we found ourselves in the post-COVID-19 crisis context, a period that deeply affected our respective countries and their citizens. We were particularly struck by the mental health issues that this crisis may have potentially engendered. Thus, our objective, coinciding with the reopening of common public spaces, was to propose activities centered around circus and creativity.