What is “Pathways to Creative Youth Work”?

How do we become youth workers? How can we use creativity, the arts and being proactive in our youth work to work with young people? How can we become more creative in our responses to the challenges in youth work? Does your organisation have ideas for arts-based youth projects but no idea if you have the skills to do them? How can your organisation develop the skills to support staff on the next Youth Exchange? How can your organisation develop the habits that will help you to improve your youth work practice?

If these are some of the questions facing your organisation, your volunteers, young leaders and youth workers then ‘Pathways to Creative Youth Work’ could be the answer. If you know people who:

• are looking for that next step towards becoming a youth worker
• want to integrate their creative skills into their youth work
• want progression routes within your organisation
• want to gain a greater awareness of creativity and the arts in youth work
• want to experience and better understand non-formal educational methods

This long-term (two-activity) training project aims to offer a platform for developing and understanding the following:

1. the principles of generic youth work 
2. the practice of youth work specifically using the arts and creativity
3. an awareness of youth work principles and practice 
4. a pathway of accreditation and badge based learning influenced by Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, called ‘Creative Youth Work’. This will also include other opportunities including youth work competences and Youthpass. 
5. an exploration of the opportunities Erasmus+ offers to apply these competences
6. a range of experiential learning opportunities, non-formal educational approaches and a wealth of creative youth work theory and practice.

 Objectives:

• To develop a greater understanding of the transferrable creative and artistic skills applied to youth work
• To generate experiences for participants using these skills
• To explore and understand the skills, knowledge and attitudes of youth work
• To gain a greater awareness of youth work theory and practice 
• To identify and realise creative youth work experiences and opportunities 
• To follow a range of recognition pathways
• To explore the opportunities for realising their youth work potential through Erasmus+

We are looking for twelve partners from programme countries who will each identify and select participants from our identified target group including: young adults, those new to youth work, ex-beneficiaries of Erasmus+ (either youth exchanges or ESC) and young people looking to step-up a level from youth leadership.  

NOTE: Participants need to be available for both activities

Host and Organiser

Beasily is a creative organisation, founded and based in Germany. We work nationally and internationally with young people and those working creatively with young people through the arts to realise a range of music, theatre and creative engagement projects.

  Read More About Beasily 

AssoNur is our partner for the Sardinian activity to be hosted in Sardinia. The Intercultural Association NUR is a non-profit organisation engaged in the fields of non-formal education and interculturality , and promotes cultural events, training experiences and channels for the dissemination of information for young people in Sardinia. 

  Read More About AssoNur

Trainers & Facilitators

• Rebecca Schlisske. Beasily (DE)
• Buzz Bury, Think Forward (UK)
• Steve Burns, Think Forward (UK)

Logistics & Project Management

• Ollie Clubb. Beasily (DE)
• Jan Lai, ASSONUR (IT)

Costs

• The costs related to the trainings food and accommodation will be covered by the grant
• Travel costs will be reimbursed after each event and according to the Erasmus+ distance calculator max allowances (subject to satisfactory participation and completion of evaluation and administrative tasks) 
• A participation fee of €50 per activity is requested and participants are expected to be available for BOTH activities. 100€ in total.

Dates and Location

Erasmus+ Application Information

• Form ID: KA153-YOU-AEA1E338
• Action Type   KA153-YOU - Mobility of youth workers (KA153-YOU) 
• Call: 2024 / Round 3
• Project Title: Pathways to Creative Youth Work
• Project Acronym: BE-PTCYW-24
• Project Dates 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2025 - 12 Months
• National Agency of the Applicant Organisation: Germany JFE

Partner Registration

Register to become a partner in the K153 Application:

https://forms.gle/UYNtbMATk7wxW3ut8

Once we have selected partners we will be back in touch to confirm signed mandates.

We aim to have all mandates signed and completed by 15th of September

Questions & Contact

The primary contacts for the call for partners are Rebecca and Buzz. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions

buzz@beasily.com

rebecca@beasily.com