A slightly different perspective: There is no exact figure for how many young carers there are in Europe. However, according to some available statistics, 7-8% of all European children and teenagers are young carers. Despite the relevance of…
This digital toolkit showcases innovative youth-led initiatives that could act as an example for future circular economy young entrepreneurs. Its aim is to increase the knowledge capital of youth workers, youth organizations, young people, civil society organizations and other relevant…
The SYnC-partners are currently developing a Guidebook aimed to help youth workers to build their capacity to integrate in their work with youth and to promote sustainable development and circular economy and have at hand ready examples and resources so…
As part of the Storyliving project, the course on the use of storytelling for those working with young people with mental health disorders was piloted with 119 Greek, Italian, German, Spanish and Macedonian psychologists, personal assistants, carers, teachers, therapists, special…
We are pleased to release the third newsletter in the project. In particular, it presents the manual on restorative justice for youth workers and gives impressions of the training week in Sofia. You can download the newsletter here. Find more…
In the first phase of the project, the partners explored how European entrepreneurs have integrated the circular economy into their businesses and collected examples from the partner countries. Watch our conversation with 12 entrepreneurs from 5 European countries to learn…
From 28-30 November we had our very interactive training week in Sofia, Bulgaria around the DigiArts method and approach with two representatives from each partner organisation. The training was hosted by our Bulgarian partner, Happiness Academy, who facilitated the programme…
Narrative is the symbolic representation of a sequence of events, and storytelling can be defined as a form of narrative. Children typically write their stories using symbolic pictures; through these pictures they create a sequence with a plot that tells…
After a six-month “digital” phase, we finally met face to face with our SynC project partners in Athens and officially launched the project. The SYnC project aims to develop a non-formal education framework with a twofold objective: to develop behaviours…
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…
In the first months of the project, the partners will look at the framework conditions of the circular economy in their respective countries, research examples of good practice in this field and will conduct interviews with young entrepreneurs who have…
The DigiArts project has published the second newsletter! Find out more about what we are currently working on, how the project is going and how you can get involved.
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new youth project on the circular economy, which we will be running over the next 2 years with partners from Belgium, Greece, Portugal and Romania. We will develop different tools and…
Finally, our Storyliving team met in person in Athens to discuss the next steps of the project! We hadn’t been able to meet earlier in the project due to the restrictions caused by the pandemic. On the 5th and 6th…
In the first week of June, the joint training week for youth workers and young people takes place in Amadora, a suburb of Lisbon. Each partner organisation sends 3 participants – 1 youth worker and 2 young people. They will…