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ACT - Arts for Community Transformation

Training Course

27 January - 3 February 2025 | Altamura, Italy

This training aims to empower participants from various community hubs to act as cultural facilitators, equipping them with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively integrate performing arts into their local contexts.

BACKGROUND

ACT is based on two fundamental pillars of Link Association's activities in recent years. Since 2019, it has managed a Community Library that hosts a series of educational and cultural activities aimed at children, young people, and adults. The Agorateca Library was established in a revitalized space within a suburban school in the city of Altamura. The second pillar consists of initiating a process to create an educational community – COMETA – that brings together institutions, cultural, sports, and social organizations in the city, with the aim of countering and combating educational poverty.

From these two interconnected experiences, the idea emerged to create a training course for professionals working with young people and communities in public or private spaces with a strong educational and community orientation. Community spaces and their role in education of young people are therefore the focus of the training course, which aims to provide tools and techniques for social intervention through the arts.

OBJECTIVES

Participants will engage in activities that may include physical interactions, such as energizers, team-building exercises, physical theater, and dance.

One of the key objectives is to design workshops and interactive activities that utilize resources beneficial for educational communities.

Our objectives are to:

Develop a flexible framework of performing arts practices that can be adapted to various community hubs, including libraries, cultural centers, and social centers, as well as youth communities.

Empower trainers and educators to create innovative performing arts tools that foster teamwork, reflection, energization, space exploration, trust-building, and inspiration.

Support participants in building a comprehensive toolbox of resources for training and workshops, enhancing their ability to engage effectively with their communities.

Explore the use of music, sound, theatre, and movement to create activities for social inclusion.

We are committed to ensuring that all physical interactions are conducted with the highest level of respect for participants, fostering an inclusive and supportive environment.

PARTICIPANT’S PROFILE

We are looking for youth workers, trainers, educators, and youth leaders with a strong passion for the performing arts. Ideal candidates will be enthusiastic individuals from who:

- Have at least one year of experience in designing and facilitating workshops that incorporate music, dance, or theater.

- Are actively involved in a community hub, such as a library, cultural center, social center, or urban lab.

- Are eager to apply their learning and insights within their local hub.

- Possess fluency in English to ensure effective communication and collaboration.

- Are affiliated with an organization committed to community development and engagement.

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Training overview

http://trainings.salto-youth.net/12871

This Training Course is

for 30 participants

from Austria, Belgium - DE, Belgium - FL, Belgium - FR, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

and recommended for

Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Educators, Musicians, Theatre Makers, Dancers, Performing Artists

Working language(s):

English

Organiser:

Associazione LINK (Others)

Link is a youth organization founded in 2003 and based in Altamura (South of Italy). Through its activities, Link offers opportunities for non-formal education, mobility and intercultural exchange to young people, giving concrete answers to training needs, personal growth and the practice of active citizenship to young people and adults.

In recent years, Link has been focusing its work on various issues, including mental health, environmental sustainability, combating social inequality, promoting reading, etc.

The tools used revolve around forms of artistic expression (music, videomaking, etc.), but also the organization of public events, nature-based activities, role-playing and simulation exercises, and other approaches typical of nonformal education.

Contact for questions:

Emanuele

E-Mail:

Phone: +393278393352

Costs

Participation fee

NA

Accommodation and food

Accommodation and Food are covered by the Erasmus+ Programme. 

Travel reimbursement

Travels are covered though a grant received by the E+. 

Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:

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