Description
The social Creatiffcah enhance community involvement, creativity and the sense of agency of the fantastic young people in the Masovia communities of Warka, Chynów, Jasieniec and Grójec (60 boys and girls aged14-19). Our methodologies are Strategic Provocation and Action Learning. In this project young people with identify problems and needs in their community, select those which they find relevant and develop and implement social campaigns to address them. Collective idea generation, provoking out-of-the-box thinking and discovering the undiscovered, young people will experience the power of their creation; the strategic planning component will help them build an action plan and put it in practice (Action Learning).We know this will build up a strong sense of learning through play. These steps will boost the image of young people in their community as pro-active, trustworthy, creative and performing.
Summary of project results
"The project was a response to a low level of community engagement of young people in County Grójec (Masovia Province). Out of 166 projects implemented by the association over the past 8 years, only about 10 per cent have been youth projects. Social research suggests that social relations of young people living in rural areas are marked by little diversity. They lack interactions with young adults who could inspire them to grasp new life opportunities. Young people have limited knowledge and skills of using local resources. The objective of the project was to provide youth with skills that will allow them to engage in community activities in response locally diagnosed issues and needs. The project included such activities as a local needs assessment conducted by a group of 66 young people aged 14-19 and 14 social campaigns. The youth gained skills in developing social and advertising campaigns, project based group work and self-assessment of skills and personal resources. The project delivered 6 workshops attended by 66 young people; youth produced 48 photo stories (known in the project as ‚photo-assessments') about their communities; the photo stories were used as input in the social campaigns; one portfolio of social campaign ideas has been developed. Project participants included young people aged 14-19 in County Grójec."
Summary of bilateral results