๐ Key Information
Activity โญ๏ธ Title
Hip-Hop Changemakers
Activity ๐ถ Type | ๐ Dates | ๐Location
Seminar
2-8 August 2026 | Lublin, Poland
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โ๏ธWhat Is This Training About?
Erasmus+ seminar for youth workers in Lublin, Poland (2โ8 Aug 2026). Explore Hip-Hop Pedagogy through DJing, MCing, Street Dance & Graffiti workshops. Exchange NFE practices using hip-hop culture as a tool for positive youth change.
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โน๏ธ Description About The Opportunity
Hip-Hop Changemakers is a 5-day Erasmus+ seminar for youth workers and non-formal educators, taking place in Lublin, Poland (2โ8 August 2026), organised by Sempre a Frente Foundation.
The seminar brings together practitioners from the field of non-formal learning and youth work who use โ or wish to explore โ Hip-Hop culture as a pedagogical tool. Through hands-on workshops in DJing, MCing, Street Dance, and Graffiti, participants will experience all four elements of Hip-Hop from the inside, gaining practical insight into how these art forms can be applied in youth work settings to foster creativity, resilience, and positive social change.
The programme is rooted in non-formal education (NFE) methodology and peer learning. Participants will visit local hip-hop spaces and street art sites in Lublin, engage in structured experience exchanges from their home communities, and co-create a shared understanding of what Hip-Hop Pedagogy means in practice.
This activity is designed for:
Youth workers, street workers, and non-formal educators (age 23+)
Professionals or volunteers working with children, youth, or young adults
Practitioners interested in integrating Hip-Hop culture into their NFE programmes
What's included: accommodation (Hotel Mercure Lublin), full board, trainers, accident insurance, and travel cost reimbursement in line with Erasmus+ rules.
Training overview
This Seminar is
for 28 participants
from Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries 
, Partner Countries Neighbouring the EU
and recommended for
Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders
Working language(s):
English
Organiser:
Sempre a Frente Foundation (Youth NGO)
Sempre a Frente Foundation is a Polish non-governmental organisation based in Lublin, operating since 2010. The Foundation carries out programmes in the areas of prevention, psychological education, and promotion of active citizenship among young people.
Through its activities, Sempre a Frente supports children, youth, and adults in personal development and helps them acquire key social competences. The Foundation operates within the non-formal education (NFE) philosophy, encouraging young people to adopt an active social attitude and promoting social responsibility, initiative, and entrepreneurship.
The Foundation is an accredited organisation in the Erasmus+ Youth sector, with extensive experience in designing and implementing international youth mobility projects, training courses, and youth exchanges. Its work actively promotes volunteering and non-formal learning as pathways for developing competences valued by young people and the labour market.
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๐ฅ Contact
Contact for questions:
Maciej Kwiatkowski
E-Mail:
Phone: +48511060407
๐ถ Costs
Participation fee
We do not reqire any participation fee.
Accommodation and food
The organiser provides full accommodation and food at no cost to participants.
Participants will be accommodated at Hotel Mercure Lublin Centrum (Al. Racลawickie 12, Lublin) in standard twin rooms with separate single beds, shared exclusively with a participant of the same gender. The hotel offers free Wi-Fi, an on-site gym, and a restaurant.
Full board is provided throughout the entire seminar (3 meals per day). Drinking water is also provided.
Participants pay: โฌ0 for accommodation and food.
All costs are covered by the project budget, funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ programme.
Travel reimbursement
Yes. Travel costs will be reimbursed to all selected participants in accordance with the Erasmus+ unit cost rules (distance band system). Participants purchase their own tickets and are reimbursed via bank transfer within 60 working days after the project ends, upon submission of all required original travel documents.
For full details on travel reimbursement rules, eligible airports, required documents, and practical travel instructions, please refer to the attached Infopack: "Hip-Hop Changemakers โ Pedagogy of Hip-Hop Infopack".
๐ Certificate
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:
https://youthworkshub.org/15122
โ ๏ธ Important Dates
Application deadline (24h UTC): 10 July 2026
Date of selection: 13 July 2026
๐ Official Link
https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/training/hip-hop-changemakers.15039/
๐๏ธ Documents
Pedagogy_of_Hip-hop_Infopack.pdf
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