🇪🇸🎥 Crossroads of Media and Youth Work – Empowering Youth Workers Through Media Education in Spain! 🌍💡📸

How can media shape the future of youth work? 🎬
The Erasmus+ Seminar “Crossroads of Media and Youth Work” invites passionate youth workers, educators, and trainers to Benalmádena, Spain 🇪🇸, to explore how media tools, creative communication, and digital literacy can transform youth engagement!

This European learning space brings together professionals from across the continent 🇪🇺 to exchange best practices, develop innovative methods, and co-create new media-based educational approaches.

📌 Program Overview

Project Type: Erasmus+ Seminar
Title: Crossroads of Media and Youth Work
Location: 🇪🇸 Benalmádena, Spain
Organizer: Life Zone Group (Estonia 🇪🇪)
Working Language: English 🇬🇧
Participants: 22 Youth Workers, Trainers, and Project Managers
Accessibility: Venue and activities fully accessible ♿
Application Deadline: ⏰ 2 November 2025
Selection Date: 📅 3 November 2025
Official Link: SALTO Training Calendar – Apply Here

🎯 About the Seminar

The Crossroads of Media and Youth Work is a 5-day international seminar that unites youth professionals to reflect, inspire, and connect around the shared goal of improving youth work through media education.

In today’s media-driven world, young people learn, create, and express themselves through digital tools. This seminar provides a platform to explore how media can empower youth, encourage critical thinking, and strengthen participation in social change.

🎬 Objectives

The programme aims to:
💡 Share innovative tools and good practices in media education within youth work.
🤝 Facilitate peer learning and exchange among European organisations.
📸 Reflect on how media can foster inclusion, creativity, and empowerment.
🌍 Build long-term partnerships and cooperation projects.
🧩 Co-create ideas to improve media-based youth initiatives.

📚 Learning Journey

Participants will engage in a dynamic non-formal learning process, combining:
🎭 Interactive workshops & simulations
💬 Peer exchanges & inspirational case studies
🧠 Creative co-creation labs
📷 Study visits & real-world examples in Spain
🌆 Cultural evenings & networking activities

Each participant will contribute their own experience, tool, or success story in using media for youth work — creating an open exchange of knowledge and inspiration across Europe. 🌍💪

👥 Who Can Apply

This seminar is for youth professionals who:
✅ Have experience linking media education and youth work.
✅ Wish to share a methodology, tool, or good practice.
✅ Are motivated to learn, collaborate, and innovate.
✅ Are open to future European partnerships and cooperation.

Recommended profiles:

Youth Workers
Trainers & Educators
Youth Project Managers
NGO Representatives

🏛️ Organizer

Life Zone Group (Estonia 🇪🇪)
An experienced youth NGO that has been connecting media and youth work since 2009. They design and lead creative training courses, film-based youth projects, and non-formal education activities that help young people develop digital literacy, storytelling, and communication skills.

📩 Contact Person: Anna Webster
🌐 Website: www.lifezonegroup.com
📞 Phone: +372 5381 3951
✉️ Email: info@lifezonegroup.com

💰 Costs & Funding (Erasmus+)

✅ Participation Fee: None
✅ Accommodation & Meals: Fully covered (triple rooms, full board, and coffee breaks)
✅ Programme: Full seminar sessions, materials, and follow-up mentorship
✅ Travel Reimbursement: Covered according to Erasmus+ distance band rules ✈️

All costs are co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme 🇪🇺.