NR.: 020
DATA: 29.04.2021
TITOLO PROGETTO: “START ACTING UP: long-term blended course on applied theatre for youth participation”
RICHIESTA PROVENIENTE DA: Start Acting Up Team (Italia)
TIPOLOGIA: Training Course
ARGOMENTO: “Start Acting Up!” è un progetto che affronta ed esplora il teatro come strumento di partecipazione giovanile e veicolo di cambiamento politico e di identità sociale.
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Activity date: 14th June – 31st October 2021.
Venue place, venue country: 1st phase: online | 2nd phase: Sermugnano, Italy.
Summary: Are you involved in youth participation? Are you drawn to theatre and performing arts? Apply now and join this blended long-term learning pathway to explore how theatre can lead young people to have a political voice and be a catalyst for change!
Group size: 24 participants.
For participants from: Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain.
Target group: Youth workers, Youth leaders, Youth coaches.
Details:
“Start Acting Up!” is a long-term project addressing and exploring theatre as a tool for youth participation and a vehicle for political change and social identity. It aims to build a platform for networking, exchange of practice and identifying and understanding the opportunities for young people to be engaged positively in the political landscape and be active and responsible citizens. The project is a blended learning pathway which foresees:
• a 9-days online course combining training and contact making elements, which will run between the 14th and the 30th of June 2021;
• a local practice phase during which to implement non-formal education activities within one’s own target communities, while receiving both peer support and coaching from the training team;
• a 8-days residential course combining training and study visit elements, currently scheduled to take place in Sermugnano, a small village in central Italy, from the 24th to the 31st of October 2021 (travel days included).
Objectives
• To explore the political context and benefits of using theatre as a tool for participation, political education, awareness and for dealing with radicalisation;
• To reach a greater understanding of the cultural differences of youth participation and theatre approaches when working with young people;
• To highlight, share and showcase a range of effective approaches, practises and experiences of civic engagement with each other;
• To experiment and apply learning and inspiration through local initiatives and actions while experiencing peer and facilitated support;
• To network locally, nationally and internationally with other practitioners working with young people through theatre and performance;
• To identify collaborative opportunities for practice development of political theatre and youth participation within the framework of Erasmus+.
Who can apply?
The project is designed for youth workers, youth leaders and all those volunteers and professionals supporting theatre/performance/art based initiatives who:
• have a genuine commitment to fully participate to all the phases of the project (meaning both the online and residential course, the local practice phase, plus preparation and dissemination);
• have direct contact with a group of young people and are willing to deliver an educational activity at the local level;
• are ready and willing to explore and share intercultural differences, knowledge, skills and experiences and try new approaches;
• have a good working level of English;
• are at least 18 years old.
Costs:
Participation fee
The project foresees an on-the-spot participation fee – to be paid in cash at the end of the residential training week in Italy – on a sliding scale from 30€ to 80€. Participants will be free to choose their contribution according to their own personal financial possibilities and the value they give to the whole training programme.
Accommodation and food
The costs related to accommodation and food will be completely covered by the hosting organisation exclusively for what it concerns the residential training course (Italy, October 2021).
The first online phase of the programme does not foresee costs for accommodation and food.
Travel reimbursement
Travel costs will be covered according to the Erasmus+ standards exclusively for what it concerns the residential training course (Italy, October 2021) up to the following amounts: Italy – 180€; Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain – 275€.
Working language: English.
SCADENZA: 25th May 2021.