“Body work and Gestald Therapy”

Международно обучение
“Body work and Gestald Therapy”

 

Summary:

It is a KA1 training course about body expression, movement and self-awareness for youth workers so that they can work with body exercises with young people with fewer opportunities.
Participants will enjoy different approaches for body work, such as contact, conscious movement and other disciplines coming from contemporary dance that together with Gestalt therapy will create the framework of the learning process.

The aim of this project is:
To develop youth workers’ competences in facilitating youth work activities involving the work with body and other physical activities with youngsters with fewer opportunities.

Our specific objectives are:
– To create a safe space for exchange, mutual learning, and intercultural interaction among youth workers through artistic approaches within contemporary dance.
– To raise awareness of youth workers about the health benefits of conscious movement, and choreographic theatre.
– To foster youth workers’ creativity and spontaneity so that they find new ways for self-expression.
– To develop youth workers’ knowledge, skills and attitudes regarding the current trends in contemporary dance that may benefit youth work when it comes to deal effectively with young people with fewer opportunities.
– To explore and learn how to create dance or choreographic theatre plays with groups of young people with fewer opportunities.
– To promote participants’ self-awareness about their own professional needs that have connection with them from a perspective of training style and way of facilitating learning processes.
– To provide participants with the necessary tools to effectively facilitate and cope with emotions arising in conflicts within a group.
– To foster the networking of participants’ organizations for the development of future projects together with Erasmus+ Programme.

Intercultural night:

We usually dedicate two nights to the intercultural evening presentation.
What we expect from you to present in these nights are: local or national dances, local music, games, little sweets, drinks, pictures, etc. from your countries.
Every country will prepare a short presentation of their culture, using all kinds of methods. It’s preferred a short and FUNNY presentation, such as showing pictures and commenting it, quiz, short video (either already existing or made by you), etc. (YES – use your creativity!). For the intercultural night, we ask you to prepare in advance a brief performance (singing, your traditional music, popular dances) to present your group (typical costumes are really welcomed!).
The main idea of this presentation is: What is important for a stranger to know about my country?
Any kind of presentation is granted, better not to do a power-point presentation to avoid yawning.
The Intercultural night is the “most wanted event” on the beginning of the youth exchange. It is a sort of traditional night opened to all participant audience made up of our group leaders, youth workers, facilitators, participants to the exchange. All National groups are asked to perform briefly (10 for your NGO and country/city not more, and 10 min for traditional dances and music) in order to introduce their self. Certainly, we need your enthusiasm and energy!!
For the Intercultural evening a Swedish buffet (cold buffet) will be organized. Here every country will bring traditional food dishes. The food that will be brought must be eatable without any processing (boiling, frying, etc). The dishes must also be accompanied by a brief description (their origin and ingredients, the way they are eaten…)

Participant`s profile required:

• Group size: 2 young people age 18+.
• English level ( at least Medium level speaking and writing);
• Committed to contribute to the follow up of the project;
• Be interested in developing competences and implement follow-up initiatives;
• Some priority will be given to youth belonging from minority groups or facing economic difficulties, coming from rural areas or with other disadvantaged backgrounds, as well as participants from Tryavna or the region.

Venue:

We would like to give you some information about the venue we will be living and working together.
The place we will be is called CASA DEL TRIGO (Wheat House), it is a very special place located in the municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz, a very old and monumental town in the Region of Murcia.
CASA DEL TRIGO is located 7 Km far from the town. It is in a green rural area called La Encarnación. The house is big and it is our brand new training center.
The house is not just 1 house, it is divided in three houses, and one is for about 10 people as well as for the kitchen staff that is living there. It has all you may need including a living room for spare and social moments and Internet connection. Then there’s also the main house, with two floors for about 6-7 people each. Beds are bunk type, so, 3 or 2 bunks in each room. Rooms are really big and comfortable.
No need to bring your bedding or sleeping bag, BUT PLEASE BRING YOUR TOWELS.
Working room will be also in the main house. In each floor there’s a bathroom with 2-3 showers and 1 WC. For us this house, which we created 3 years ago, is the result of an extraordinary amount of energy and passion in order to create a place for inspiration, learning, discovery and selfawareness. Because we believe in social change and we are convinced that this world will not change if we ourselves, as individuals don’t change, we promote certain habits and behaviour in our/your CASA DEL TRIGO. For instance:
1. We would ask you to keep silence after midnight and to socialize or play games in the second house where a living room is foreseen for you spare moments.
2. We would ask you to wash ecologically your dish, glass, spoon, fork and knife after each meal and leave it ready for the next meal. For that, every day we will have different teams in charge of the main washing after lunch and dinner.
Another very important issue concerning your travel to Murcia and your participation in this course is that you bring all your TICKETS, INVOICES & BOARDING PASSES to be able to reimburse those costs. Thanks in advance to everybody for your understanding and collaboration.

Working methods:

All the training will be done through the methods of non-formal education. The activities will be for example brain storming’s, plenary discussions, simulations, role plays, team building, energizers, ice breakers and many others. Non formal education we remember you that is voluntary, no hierarchical and all its methods are based on the concept of learning by doing.

What to bring with me:

• You need to bring personal hygiene stuff (like shampoo, gel, etc.)and your personal items
• There is not hairdryer at location, so you should bring it if needed
• Shower slippers
• Sport shoes that can be used for general outdoor activities
• You should bring some shoes and clothes appropriate for the weather
• Any medicine you think you will need during your stay
• Proof of medical insurance
• Your European health card
• Please bring one laptop in your team!
• Your positive energy
• Boarding Passes (Original)
• Tickets from bus, train, ferry (Original)
• The original receipt of travel agency and the e-ticket with the amount of the travel expenses
• Your Visa and original receipts of any related costs (if available)

Travel Costs:

100% of the participants‘ travel costs will be reimbursed within the valid budget sums calculated according to the official rules of Erasmus+ programme. If a sum exceeds the limit, the excess will be paid by the participants themselves. The reimbursement limit is 360€ per participant from Bulgaria.

Financial support:

Project is supported by “Erasmus+” program. Accommodation, meals, program and travel cost (based on distance) are covered from grant. There is NO participation fee. However, 15 BGN will be deductuted from the travel costs or paid to the sending organisation from each participant, in order to be covered the different taxes, related to the participation of each representative from Bulgaria (bank transfer fees, post expenses, difference in the exchange rates, etc.). In case the organisation is covering the tickets, each participant must transfer a guarantee of 100 BGN, to the organisation`s public bank accont to ensure his/her`s participation and if he/she cancels his/her`s participation, the sum will be used to cover the change of the name for the flight ticket, which has been bought already.

Insurance:

The travel insurance is not mandatory but it is highly reccommended. It costs 1 BGN/day and covers all the common injuries during projects up to 5000 Euro. Our organization is not covering insurance, it is individual, but we are going to support you to obtain a proper insurance for the duration of the project. For more information about the insurance, contact us.

YouthPass:

Every participant is individually entitled to receive a Youthpass Certificate, which confirms participation and
validates the non-formal learning (NFL) experience of Training course project. Validating the learning experiences of participants is important in itself and the document can be of benefit in terms of the educational or employment future of the participant. Through Youthpass the European Commission ensures the Training course activity is recognized as a non-formal learning experience.
(*For more information on Youthpass you may click on this page to check it online)

Applicants MUST:

1. Have a vilidе ID/International passport.
2. Possess valid European Health Card.
3. Fill in the application form and send it to: stanimir.chukov@gmail.com – APPLICATION FORM
4. Fill in and sign this Participant Agreement.
5. Check the conditions your participation will be evaluated – Final evaluation form

 

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The deadline for applying is 04. 08. 2017