It seems like yesterday when the team behind "Gems of Youth Work" joined forces to co-create a project idea that would bring recognition and visibility to inspiring youth work stories... with a touch of creativity. However, more than two years have passed since the beginning of the project, and after an exciting and full-of-learning journey, … Continue reading Gems of Youth Work | Project end and sharing of results
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After the completion of our third (and final) season, we have created its corresponding season Story Book with all podcasts, resources and graphic recordings compiled in one document: In this booklet you will fin the following inspiring podcasts: "LARPs: How to build scenarios for educational roleplays" with Zbyszek Janczukowicz"Art in Youth Work" with Dagna Gmitrowicz"Improvisation as … Continue reading Gems of Youth Work: Digital Story Book | Season 3
Already a week has passed since we welcomed in Galicia (Spain) the coordinators of "Gems of Youth Work" for the evaluation meeting that closed the project (at least in regard to in-person meetings)! From 15th to 18th of February 2023 we met up with our colleagues from Eduera, Shokkin Group International and Coobra in order to update our dissemination actions … Continue reading Final evaluation meeting in Galicia
"This training course gave a perfect final touch to this year, as it helped me to add a tick behind one of the goals I had set for 2022... to develop my storytelling and visual communication skills. The duration of the training course was short (only three days), but since the program was intense and … Continue reading Training Course “Amplify! Stories, Visuals & Podcasts” | Experience
After the completion of our second season, we have created its corresponding season Story Book with all podcasts, resources and graphic recordings compiled in one document: In this booklet you will fin the following inspiring podcasts: "Learning with Board Games" with Javi Quilez "Advocacy, Policy Making and Lobbying: the Case of Youth Homelessness" with Carmen … Continue reading Gems of Youth Work: Digital Story Book | Season 2
After the completion of our first season, we have created its corresponding season Story Book with all podcasts, resources and graphic recordings compiled in one document: In this booklet you will fin the following inspiring podcasts: "Access for All: Open Youth Centres" with Anna Yeghoyan "Escape Rooms as a Tool for Change" with Pasquale Lanni … Continue reading Gems of Youth Work: Digital Story Book | Season 1
It feels like yesterday when representatives of Shokkin Group, Coobra, Ticket2Europe and EduEra met online for the first kickoff meeting of "Gems of Youth Work", but the truth is that nothing less that nine (!) months have passed. Luckily, this time we were able to meet in person and have a really productive weekend from … Continue reading Checking progress: “Gems of Youth Work” mid-term meeting in Bratislava (Slovakia)
What is an Open Youth Centre? Ever thought how being stuck in a room full of locks & puzzles can teach something, or how to design such an experience for social change? Ever wondered how to empower young people by playing spin the bottle with time travelling robots? These are just some of the questions … Continue reading Official launch of the first season of “Gems of Youth Work”
Activities are rolling in “Gems of Youth Work”, and in the last couple of weeks the team has been preparing intensively in order to officially take the first steps. With the project’s official visual identity confirmed, on Monday 17th of May we held a 1-hour workshop on “basics of radio interviews” with Aleksandr Žemžurov. Aleksandr, … Continue reading Basics of radio interviews | Gems of Youth Work
The beginning of a new project is always a reason for excitement, and when it is about a project on this topic and with these partners, then it simply cannot get better! 😀
“Gems of Youth Work” is a Strategic Partnership project funded by the Erasmus+ programme that aims to gather stories from trainers, youth work practitioners, organizations and active young people to share them in the form of podcasts and graphic recordings to make these stories alive, attractive and able to reach a large audience on online channels.