🇵🇱 Erasmus+ Training Course in Poland 🎨 Art Related Methods for Inclusion in Youth Work 🤝

Description

This training offers practical tools to use art as a bridge between people, helping professionals overcome communication barriers and respond to different needs.

Our s training course is designed for youth workers and educators who want to explore the power of art as a tool for inclusion, participation, and wellbeing. Each day will focus on a different artistic approach, including music, movement and dance, visual arts, theatre, and art therapy. Participants will also explore mindfulness as a tool for wellbeing and self-awareness and visit organisations working in the fields of inclusion and diversity to learn from their experiences and good practices. Through practical, creative, and experiential activities, participants will discover how to use artistic methods to respond to diverse needs, encourage self-expression, strengthen connections, and create more inclusive learning environments for young people and people with different abilities, backgrounds, and needs.

By the end of the training, participants will be able to: Identify how different art forms can support inclusion, wellbeing, communication, and emotional expression. Apply practical artistic methods in their educational and youth work activities. Adapt creative activities to the diverse abilities, needs, and backgrounds of participants. Use music, movement, visual arts, theatre, and art-based methods to encourage participation and collaboration. Create safe, supportive spaces where everyone feels valued and empowered to express themselves. Develop inclusive activities that promote empathy, respect for diversity, and a sense of belonging. Reflect on their own facilitation practices and integrate arts-based approaches into their daily work.

Target Group Youth workers, educators, trainers, teachers and facilitators residing in the programme countries, speaking English, with at least 2 years of work experience.

FLOW OF THE TRAINING DAY The general working day of the training is the following but will be flexible to the group dynamics and we are open to making some changes during the week. 8:30‒ 9:30 Breakfast 10:00 ‒ 13:30 Morning sessions (with one break) 13:30 ‒ 15:30 Lunch break 15:30 ‒ 19:00 Afternoon sessions (break and reflection time included) 19:00 Dinner 20:30 Free time or led activities

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE PART IN THIS LEARNING OPPORTUNITY? THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: * Members or close collaborators of active Youth Organization (staff or active member, paid or not). The organization should have a valid OID number (we will sign partnership agreements with the sending organization). * Willingness and motivation to be involved in the partner organization for at least one more year after the project. * Enthusiastic youth workers who are motivated towards taking a strong lead in designing and/or facilitating meaningful learning experiences for young people on the topic of our training. * At least 2 years experience in youth work/education/psychology * Good command of the English language; * People older than 18 years and with a legal residence (proven by valid documents) in the country they are currently residing in.

IMPORTANT TO HAVE IN MIND BEFORE DECIDING TO APPLY: * If you do not provide an OID number your application will be considered ineligible. * Your organization should be based in the same country as you are currently residing in. If your situation is different you might not be eligible to participate in the course. * Double-check the eligible countries from which we can accept participants. Do not apply if you do not currently reside in one of them. * To support a positive group atmosphere and effective learning, we ask that participants refrain from consuming alcohol during the project.

Activity details

Activity type

Training Course

Activity dates

11-20 December 2026

Location

Gdańsk, Poland

Application deadline

10 November 2026

Selection date

13 November 2026

Participants

28

Recommended for

Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Volunteering mentors, Youth coaches, teachers

Working language

English

Organiser

Costs

Participation fee

No participation fee

Accommodation and food

The board and lodging for the training course are fully covered by the local organizers during the period mentioned in shared rooms and no exceptions will be made (2,3 ,4 people in one room). Food will be served as a buffet and it will accommodate allergies, medical conditions and committed life-style decisions BUT NOT personal preferences or things you are flexible with.

Travel reimbursement

Each participant is free to choose the preferred way of travelling. Due to the organizers’ policies, we strongly encourage the use of green travel, especially from the neighbouring countries to Poland. If flights are used for more than 50% of the total travel distance (roundway) the maximum budget allocated available will be from the Non-Green travel category! Use this website (https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/distance- calculator ) to find out your distance. This is the official (and only) website to be used in order to determine the distance. Write at the START, your location, from where you will start your travel and at the END,Gdańsk, Poland. You will get a km number as a result which will correspond to financial support which you may get for your travel costs. THE INDIVIDUAL MAXIMUM BUDGET FOR TRAVEL, PER PERSON, IS THE FOLLOWING: Distance Range Green Travel Cost/Non-Green Travel Cost 10 – 99 km 56 EUR/28 EUR 100 – 499 km 285 EUR/211 EUR 500 – 1999 km 417 EUR/309 EUR 2000 – 2999 km 535 EUR/395 EUR 3000 – 3999 km 785 EUR/580 EUR 4000 – 7999 km 1188 EUR/1188 EUR 8000 km or more 1735 EUR/1735 EUR The travel reimbursement will be made based on the real expenses - please keep all the tickets, receipts and invoices in a digital form.

Looking for participants from

31 countries can apply. The activity takes place in Gdańsk, Poland.