🇵🇱 Erasmus+ Training Course in Poland 🎙️ Participatory Audio, Storytelling & Youth Work Innovation 🎧

Everyone has a story to tell. The people we work with — young people at risk, those rarely heard in mainstream media, those who believe their story is not interesting enough — they have stories too. This training course is about learning how to help them tell those stories, using nothing more than a microphone and a method built on respect.

Fundacja Autokreacja is organising Hear Me Out — How to Use Participatory Audio for Supporting Young People— a 7-day Erasmus+ training course taking place in the Baltic Sea area of Poland from 1 to 9 June 2026. The course brings together 25 youth workers from across Europe and beyond to explore participatory audio as a practical, accessible, and deeply human tool for youth work.

What Is This Training About?

Participatory Audio is a method of empowering people by supporting them to share their personal life stories through digital means of expression — audio recordings, soundscapes, and personal narratives. The philosophy is simple: everyone has a story worth telling. And many of the young people we work with have never been given the space or tools to tell theirs.

This training uses a learning by doing approach. Every participant will create their own podcast episode or short audio narrative during the course — experiencing the method from the inside before learning how to facilitate it with others. No prior experience in voice recording or audio editing is required.

What Will Participants Learn?

🎙️ How to use participatory audio and voice recording as a youth work tool

🎧 How to facilitate storytelling processes with groups of young people with fewer opportunities

🛠️ How to use simple and free digital tools — keeping the method accessible regardless of economic or cultural resources

🎓 How to become a facilitator of participatory podcasting with youth at risk

📻 How to create a complete podcast episode or short audio narrative from scratch

🤝 How to build a group process where participants feel heard, respected, and empowered to listen

Programme Structure

The training unfolds in two connected parts:

🔵 Part 1 — Learning by Doing: Each participant creates their own podcast episode or audio narrative. This hands-on process builds a genuine understanding of what the method feels like from the participant’s perspective.

🔵 Part 2 — Becoming a Facilitator: The group analyses participatory podcasting as a method and develops the skills needed to use it in their own work with young people with fewer opportunities.

Who Should Apply?

🔹 Youth workers or active volunteers working for NGOs or institutions that support young people at risk

🔹 Living in an Erasmus+ programme country or eligible partner country

🔹 Interested in exploring participatory audio and ready to use it in their work

🔹 Ready to create their own podcast episode or audio narrative during the training

🔹 Able to communicate in English — both speaking and writing

🔹 Minimum 18 years old

🔹 Newcomers to the field are welcome — no previous experience in audio or recording required. Openness and eagerness to learn are the main requirements

Training Details

📅 Dates: 01 June 2026 – 09 June 2026

📍 Location: Baltic Sea area, Poland

👥 Number of participants: 25

🗣️ Working language: English

Costs

💶 No participation fee

🍽️ All accommodation and food costs fully covered

✈️ Travel reimbursement according to Erasmus+ distance rules:

📍 10–99 km: €28 (green travel: €56)

📍 100–499 km: €211 (green travel: €285)

📍 500–1999 km: €309 (green travel: €417)

📍 2000–2999 km: €395 (green travel: €535)

📍 3000–3999 km: €580 (green travel: €785)

📍 4000–7999 km: €1,188 (green travel: €1,188)

🎓 Youthpass Certificate provided upon completion — recognising competence development for CVs, job applications, and professional profiles

💬 Want to understand how Erasmus+ training courses work and what participants are expected to do? This complete guide to Erasmus+ covers all the essentials: https://youthworkshub.org/15096/

Contact

📧 Cate — Autokreacja Foundation: autokreacja@autokreacja.org

📞 502 096 593

Eligible Countries

Erasmus+ Programme Countries: 🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇹 Italy 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇲🇹 Malta 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇱 Poland 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇷🇴 Romania 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇹🇷 Türkiye

Partner Countries Neighbouring the EU: 🇦🇱 Albania 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇮🇱 Israel 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇽🇰 Kosovo 🇱🇧 Lebanon 🇱🇾 Libya 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇵🇸 Palestine 🇷🇺 Russia 🇸🇾 Syria 🇹🇳 Tunisia 🇺🇦 Ukraine

Deadline

⏰ 10 May 2026

📋 Date of selection: 12 May 2026

🏷️ Training overview: http://trainings.salto-youth.net/14770

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