The project in a few words
#ESCalate: Hype to Action was created as a response to a common challenge faced by many young people after completing a European Solidarity Corps (ESC) volunteering experience. While ex-volunteers often return highly motivated and with strong competences such as leadership, initiative, adaptability, and teamwork, they frequently struggle to translate these skills into professional opportunities or to remain actively engaged in the youth work sector.
The project aims exchange good practices on how to support ESC alumni to continue their involvement in non-formal education and youth work,
supporting their transition from volunteering to more professional or long-term roles in the field.
This TC will empower you with practical tools and mentoring methodologies through a peer-learning opportunity in which if one of you will be both the
learner and the facilitator.
Main Objectives
The TC will include 3–4 non-formal learning sessions per day and will be co-developed together with the participants.
For this reason, participants will be expected to take an ACTIVE ROLE: working in small teams, they will co-design and facilitate at least one activity during the Training Course, based on their own experience, methods, and interests. In addition, they will also have the opportunity to share their own activities/workshops, if they wish (though this is entirely optional).
To support this process, BreGal will organise a preparatory online meeting once the group is formed, in order to create the working teams, distribute tasks, and ensure everyone feels confident and prepared. Also, BreGal will provide examples and extra support if needed.
This approach will guarantee a genuine exchange of good practices and mentoring methodologies, making the training a truly peer-led and collaborative learning experience.
Who can apply?
Youth workers and aspiring youth workers, educators, teachers, youth leaders, trainers, facilitators and mentors, project managers & anyone who is supporting and mentoring (ESC) volunteers and former ESC volunteers who want to stay involved in youth work or take steps toward professionalisation in the sector, who…
- are residing in Germany (18+)
- are active in youth work or motivated to engage in it
- are interested in mentoring and facilitation
- show willingness to apply and disseminate the project results in their local contexts
- have communicative skills in English and are comfortable in an intercultural environment
- are committed to taking part actively in all phases of the training, including preparation and follow-up
- … We encourage the participation of participants with fewer opportunities. (Participants with fewer opportunities will be prioritised.)
Hosting Organisation
BreGal is an association created in March 2021 in Galicia, Spain. Their main objective is the promotion of volunteering experiences and non-formal education activities in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme, providing opportunities for young Galicians to travel abroad and live intercultural experiences, as well as for young Europeans to get to know Galicia, its society and its culture.
