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Empowering Young Disabled People to Take Action in Europe
Start date: Jun 17, 2014, End date: Jun 16, 2015 PROJECT  FINISHED 

Act Global feel that one of the core pillars of youth work is inclusion. During the course "Empowering Young Disabled People to Take Action in Europe" we will be demonstrating how to engage visually impaired and disabled young people into general youth work practice. We will demonstrate how they as youth workers can make their intervention more inclusive. Our course will teach best practice methodologies and equip the participants with the tools and skills to engage this client group. Our main objectives are to improve the competency of youth workers working with visually impaired and disabled young people, increase their ability to address the needs of the disadvantaged, and to promote the sharing of best practices in the sphere of youth work. We also aim to increase the self-empowerment and self-esteem of visual impaired young people, enhanced their intercultural awareness, increase motivation for taking part in future (formal/non-formal) education after the project, and to promote healthy behaviours, in particular through the promotion of the practice of outdoor activities and sports. The course will bring together 30 youth workers of various ages from across Europe that are interested in the international dimension of youth work and working with visually impaired and blind young people. We will use a range of non-formal training techniques including group discussions, role play activities etc. We will also have a practical application at the end of the course where they will be engaging with a large group of blind and visually impaired young people over the course of a weekend. Putting what skills they learned throughout the week into action. We expect that the competency of youth workers working with visually impaired and disabled young people will be improved. After some research we found that there are not enough organisations that engage visually impaired and blind young people in international projects. We hope that the skills learned in this course will provide training and support that will change this. Once participants have finished the course it is our hope that they will go on to engage with and support young disabled and visually impaired young people, with the skills they have learnt empowering them to do so. As a result, we envisage that this will lead to more disabled and visually impaired young people engaged in European youth activity.
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