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Creative Potential
Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The “Creative Potential" training course gathers together 29 young people, youth workers, volunteers, trainers and youth field professionals from 8 different countries.The project focuses on developing the competences needed to become a social entrepreneur and to share the tools for creating, implementing and running innovative social enterprise projects while also providing experiential methods to promote and facilitate Youth Empowerment, Active Citizenship, Engagement, Entrepreneurship and Healthy Living.The world is becoming more challenging every day, especially for young people. There are record levels of youth unemployment and many young people feel a sense of anxiety or hopelessness about their future. It is important to implement effective and transferable methods which encourage positive attitudes, mental and physical health, and which support young people in accessing their creativity and vitality. By helping young people to identify and develop their skills, qualities and entrepreneurial ideas we can create a more positive future for them as individuals and for the communities they live and work in. Social entrepreneurship and enterprises offer a route to inner resilience & initiative that can transform people and communities and drive profound and lasting change.While there is the focus on career, employability and the job market, we are clear that this course will work on multiple levels. The competences developed will support youth workers to work with a range of needs and abilities and provide tools which to help young people in a range of ways including: (1) starting a social enterprise, community project or other group/organisation; (2) engaging and thriving in their own lives and communities; (3) taking initiative, developing creativity and entrepreneurism - whatever their circumstances and abilities. The training was designed with the following Objectives:Introduce Social Entrepreneurship and its role in personal empowerment, social change and creating resilient communities.Provide a learning journey and practical tools for taking creative, innovative social enterprise business ideas into practical action and delivery.Support participants to identify and strengthen the qualities needed to be a social entrepreneur e.g. creativity, innovation, passion, motivation, leadership, interpersonal skills, project management, communication, a strong sense of citizenship and problem solving abilities.Offer a framework and set of resources which provide ongoing support to participants in developing, or helping others to develop, social enterprises and social entrepreneurship.Nurture the innate sense of initiative and entrepreneurship that relates to all aspects of a healthy life including Employability.Improve knowledge about the Erasmus+ Youth Programme as a tool for improving the quality and enhancing the international dimension of youth work.We have employed a wide range of creative and innovative non-formal methods and tools in the programme, designed specifically to catch the attention of and engage with young people which include coaching, mentoring, positive feedback culture, visual arts, theatre, dragon dreaming, resource mapping, backcasting, dynamic self governance, mindfulness, outdoor & nature based, nature connection, case study, study visit, small & large group work, music, role-play, simulations, individual reflection, and learning styles and body and movement work.Overall the sessions will use a non-formal and informal experiential education approach. Participants will learn by doing. The range of non-formal learning methods includes large & small group work, individual time, discussions, games, reflection. Exercises will be utilised which ensure a wide variety of learning styles and preferences are met. The TC will stimulate creativity, communication and active participation. In order for the learning to land we will embed reflection and evaluation into each session.The project will take place in Forres, Scotland, UK. It is an 8 day training course with 24 participants and 5 trainers/facilitators/experts/project coordinator and logistics assistants from the following countries: UK, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

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