Reference number:
2024-3-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000288788
Project duration:
01.05.2025-30.04.2026
Ambitions without borders
The project is aimed at people between 15 and 30 years old, living, studying, or working in Łódź and Łódź voivodeship, and at youth from smaller towns and villages that often face limited opportunities to grow. The project focuses on supporting the participants to discover their passions, build self-esteem and develop competencies that will have a true impact on their professional and personal future. The project creates space to grow by offering tools to better plan their future and actively participate in international initiatives. Joint actions, workshops, meetings with a psychologist and Erasmus+ programmes will enable the participants to get valuable knowledge and broaden their perspectives on self-development.
Activities to be undertaken in the project:
- Introduction and integrating session –introduction to the project and planning the SMART goals.
- Workshop: “Volunteering without borders” and “Why is it worth trying?” – an overview of volunteering and non-formal education forms, and their values.
- Meeting online with a mentor/psychologist: “About breaking the barriers” – supporting in fighting the limitations, and building self-esteem.
- Online workshop: Free tools and courses to learn English – an overview of available platforms and apps, and language practice.
- “Open Cafe” language café – conversations with people of different nationalities to develop linguistic competencies.
- “Cooking and meeting” – online cooking and language meeting – joint cooking of national dishes and language practice.
- Training: “Auto-presentation and project formalities” – how to efficiently fill out an application form for Erasmus+ projects.
- Webinar: “I was there – now your turn!” – a meeting with Erasmus+ projects participants, sharing experiences.
- “Forest cleaning and picnicking” – environmental action combined with integration and the promotion of pro-environmental attitudes.
- Summary meeting with a coach – reflection on achieved project goals and their effects.
A guide in the form of an infographic: Key steps to a successful international trip.
What we do during the project:
- We engage participants in solidarity activities, and we increase social activity on a local level.
- We develop entrepreneurship skills.
- We promote volunteering and e-volunteering ideas.
- We popularise knowledge on European Union initiatives aimed at the youth and we encourage them to actively participate in them.
- We increase the language skills of participants (mostly English language communication).
- We introduce participants to the idea of non-formal education and its benefits.
- We overcome intercultural, intergenerational and social divides.
- We help participants to get to know themselves better, develop their self-esteem and self-reliance.
Partnerstwa
LEVEL UP Association
Łódź, Poland
The project is funded by the European Union under the European Solidarity Corps programme.
