Breathing Space

opis organizacji

Ultimately, Breathing Space, aims to create space for young people to explore the concept of wellbeing and its connection to community, citizenship and environment. Items to support the young people to develop ideas about how we can improve our wellbeing, where those ideas will be supported to be put into practice. Through Erasmus + and ESC activity, The collaboration with our partners in Spain will enhance this experience by introducing the intercultural element and considerations for how this opportunity can further enhance our wellbeing. It also aims to foster a sense of how young people experience these themes in other parts of Europe. We aim to promote Wellbeing in a European Context contributing towards better individual health, healthier communities and ultimately a healthier Europe. In the future we hope to expand on your partners and of offer a more diverse range of opportunities with a focus on the inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities.
This is a youth led project emerging from the results of some of the young people having already participated in a TNYI and are keen to have more experiences and opportunities to contribute to positive change in their communities. We will explore how wellbeing and resilience can contribute to the active participation of youth a and how this connects to the fostering of healthier communities.
The transnational element of this project will facilitate this to happen at international level. It also creates a space for the young people to share and learn though an intercultural lens. This initiative advocates that empathy and understanding of inclusion and diversity are important . With this in mind we expect the following results:

IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE;
►Health & Wellbeing ; That we reflect, learn and develop tools for resilience that we can practice in our own personal lives.
► Active Citizenship That we create visibility of ourselves as a group of highly motivated young people who wish to make a change in our local
communities.
► Inclusive Leadership ; That we build capacity to become actors and leaders of change facilitating wellbeing workshops, events and intercultural
activities to other young people in our communities

IN SOLIDARITY WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY
►Change in our communities ; That we promote intercultural youth work and demonstrate the potential impact it can have and that in the future other young people can have similar opportunities
►All of the above aims to increase capacity of the young participants to become active leaders in their communities.
►To develop empathy and understanding of how other members of our community may be excluded and how this impacts on their wellbeing.

IN SOLIDARITY WITH QUALITY & RECOGNITION OF YOUTH WORK
►We will carefully document the process, reflections and learning outcomes that we will share and disseminate with key stakeholders in the field of youth work with particular emphasis on
► facilitating non formal methods to explore and enhance youth mindfulness and resilience
► In the context of Intercultural learning and sustainability
►In the use of reflective practice