On the 20th and 21st of September we met with our partners from Denmark, Greece, Portugal and Spain in Göttingen (Germany) for the first transnational meeting of the project. At this meeting, the partners had the opportunity to discuss the…
COVID has had a strong impact on our mental health, but it has been particularly hard on young people with mental illness and/or autism spectrum disorders, in many cases increasing their levels of stress, anxiety and depression. With Storyliving we…
Ecotherapy is an umbrella term that encompasses a range of practices (Chaudhury & Banerjee, 2020). Social and therapeutic horticulture includes activities such as passive appreciation of gardens, active gardening or vegetable growing. Animal assisted therapy uses domesticated animals (e.g. dogs,…
In May, the SLACC partners met for the first time in Sofia (after 6 months of only meeting online this was a real pleasure!) . Together they analysed the results of the research phase in order to derive the topics…
The MEGA project concluded at the end of January. This is the time to draw attention to the finalised MEGA gamified platform. This includes: the MEGA learning modules in all partner languages + EN. Main topics of the modules are:…
In early October during the European training the participants from the partner countries visited the neighbourhood garden Helmsgrund in Göttingen to gain practical insights into urban gardening initiatives and to learn how the project was initiated and is maintained, what…
After an intensive development phase of various training modules the partnership is now keen on gathering feedback from professionals and volunteers who provide training to migrants and refugees. The aim is to find out whether the modules actually meet the…
We reported on the training course carried out in February 2020 in Göttingen by the partners of the No Alternative Facts project. Unfortunately, participation in the course was limited to the partner organisations. But we are happy to say that…
In the current context of the influx of migrants and refugees into the European Union, the various European countries have reaffirmed year after year their desire to achieve the socio-professional inclusion of this vulnerable group. Better reception, better support and…
The project consortium has developed the training offer to enhance critical thinking and digial literacy among young adults. The programme is made up from three modules, all of which are available through and supported by the gamified platform. The modules…
In most competence development processes action-oriented and productive methods are most effective on developing critical thinking. In our project the learners – young adults – will be encouraged to describe their own experience with ‘Fake News’ in the internet in…
We had great days in Porto The course offered a comprehensive overview of approaches, tools, and instruments that can be used in career review, management and guidance for older workers. The following quotation summarises very nicely the general mood after…
Gamification in teaching has become very popular in recent years. What does this actually mean and what has it to do with our project? “Gamification is the use of game thinking and game mechanics in non-game contexts”. And instead of…
The SASSI Working On consortium is organising a 3-day training course on 17.09. to 20.09.2019 in Matosinhos The course addresses people with HR responsibility, in-house trainers, line or team managers. Central topics of the training are:
The project partners met on 21. in Vienna for their second partner meeting. The meeting was primarily dedicated to the development of the training course and the necessary resources incl. the gamified platform where all elements of the training would…