"Context: The Covid-19 crisis has changed the way we live, especially for those already marginalised by disability, ill-health & social exclusion. It has accentuated isolation & inequality and has resulted in compounding mental health issues & loneliness. It has also shown that the Care Sector must find ways to adapt to keep its clients active, safe & protected. The value of Care Workers has finally been recognised. The crisis has also accentuated skills gaps.The Covid-19 pandemic has accentuated the need to use digital skills in many aspects of people's daily lives, especially to communicate when physical visiting is not possible. People with severe disabilities & others in closed communities have no other way of keeping in touch with their families and support circles. Many do not have the capacity to use digital tools themselves and rely on residential staff to enable virtual contact. Many staff do not have the skills to perform the most basic digital tasks and are consequently frustrated by their own inability to ease the suffering of their clients. The limitations of our current digital preparedness have been revealed. Currently, at least 85% of jobs require some level of digital ability, while only 56% of adults had at least basic digital skills in 2019. In the Care Sector this is much higher.This project is led by Diagrama Foundation UK and brings together partners from Belgium, France, Spain & Italy. The partners create a new training course for workers in the Social Care Sector 'Digital Facilitator of Change' and a Digital Inclusion Toolkit. The Transnational Steering Group meets at regularly & there are 4 mini-seminars. Local Focus groups drive the project at local level.Objectives:1. Create a new professional profile for workers in the Social Care Sector by creating a new needs-driven vocational training course 2.Overcome social exclusion & isolation by opening digital communication pathways3.Influence public perception of Diversity as part of life in all life contexts 4. Foster “Professional Identity” for people with disabilities/other excluded groups, celebrating 'ability' and using cornerstones of Empowerment, Real Work & Quality5.Build & mainstream a Digital inclusion Toolkit with potential to transfer to other sectorsMethodology:Learner Participants are Social Care Workers, working directly with highly disadvantaged client groups, are trained to become Digital Facilitators of Change. After initial local digital preparedness sessions participants undergo specialist transnational training modules in Belgium to cultivate deeper digital knowledge and also studies ways in which the public's perception must be changed to endorse clients' ""ability"" rather than recognise disability using Professional Identity. At Salerno University further digital knowledge is built and the course promotes the inclusive improvement of people with disabilities in working contexts in particular addressing disability in the context of diversity. Training is concluded in the UK by pooling innovation and participative learning creates the Digital Facilitator Toolkit. The partners pilot the concept of ""Micro-credentials"" (New EU Skills Agenda) issuing units for each module of training completed, led by University of Salerno. Learner Participants use their learning to facilitate digital communication channels for clients and their family networks & support circles. Working alongside occupational tutors they also promote clients' work and employment opportunities through highlighting creativity and artistic talents. This includes virtual tutor sessions and online workshops with the public invited to interact or observe. Digital tools provide virtual shops, marketing products created by talented crafts-people further aiding clients' professional recognition & pathways to work. Impact includes Social Inclusion - new digital tools for promoting communication & well-being & access to work.Results include:1 new training course, 'Digital Facilitator of Change' piloting 3 Micro-credential units preparing the course for mainstreaming to impact on other communities. 1 new European Digital Inclusion Toolkit 42 Care/Social Workers trained as Digital Facilitators of Change & Euro-Pass Certificates. Impact includes qualified, confident, empowered workers creating happier, healthier work environment20 local creative workshops are held resulting in high quality arts & crafts used & exhibited to promote clients' Professional Identity20 disadvantaged creative clients progress towards work, impact includes high levels of self esteem, empowerment and vision of new horizons, impacting on potential to find/sell work. 4 Transnational Steering Group meetings & mini-seminars promote societal change & drive diversity awareness & digital readiness initiatives.1 new Network to promote digital social inclusion 1 Evaluation Report led by Salerno University The project starts on 01.03.2021 and runs until 28.02.23"

"Summary:The ECIC brought together partners from Italy, France, Spain, Ireland & Portugal to learn together, to transfer innovation & good practice, promoting a new quality mark, ""European Community of Inclusive Culture (CIC)"" to promote cohesion through culture and the arts. The project targeted disadvantaged participants & their communities.Partners each organised a Community Learning Workshop event based on different forms of cultural and the arts. Local participants with little experience or no previous interest in the arts were inspired to attend workshops run by partners. Partners followed a common methodology but each concentrated on a different art form. The project used different arts to inspire interest in reading and literacy. Background/Context:Access to culture is a right and a responsibility. If we are to meet the challenges of the 21st Century we must harness the talent and creativity of our citizens. Without basic literacy skills people are not able to properly participate in society. (Europe2020, Lisbon Treaty) This project not only helped by teaching basic skills, it encouraged people with newly acquired writing & artistic skills to take part in focused cultural events, endorsing their place in a culturally inclusive world. Although Europe has one of the highest literacy rates in the world, adult iliteracy still grows but the subject is something of a taboo, while the implications of low literacy for the individual & society are often ignored. This project worked to empower adults with literacy problems by helping them to recognise the power of the written word, supporting them to become creative writers through focused teaching sessions. The Objectives were: 1. Create a Transnational Partnership to develop innovation & extend knowledge in the field of adult literacy, creative writing & community inclusion. Sharing teaching methodologies, marketing & event promotion skills across the partnership. 2. Help participants increase literacy skills by increasing their writing capacity. 2. Create 5 European ""Culturally Inclusive Learning Communities"", building on existing good practice. 3. Work with local organisations in each country to promote creativity & as an empowerment & inclusion tool. 4. Develop language skills to increase literacy skills of participants through joint training workshops & cultural activities. 5. Use celebrated & published writers & artists to inspire others & to demonstrate that ""everyone has a book within them!"" 6. Create 5 national members the EFFE Houses as Living Museums - each develops the national & EU ECIC Network. Numbers and profile of ParticipantsEach transnational partner hosted an event attended by at least 100 local, regional & European participants. The Methodology used:Reading needs to be fun and enjoyable so the partners used the focus of Community Learning Events to show how people struggling with low skills can be empowered within inclusive cultural communities.Participants were encourage to use simple prose, poetry & basic writing to contribute to community events. This was not only empowering, it also opens doors to further, more formal learning. This project enabled all participants, regardless of their initial skills level, to more ably express themselves by the written word. Each partner worked with a different genre and had a wider interest in the written word through promoting culture as a tool for empowerment, confidence building, community inclusion & personal achievement. Different art forms were used to assist with rehabilitation after a period of mental illness & partners wored together to exchange methodologies around teaching & training for those local people lacking basic skills. The project developed innovation with regard to life-mentoring, coaching & reading/writing, using local, relevant & fun occasions to deliver basic literacy lessons disguised through music, dance, theatre, film & festival. Results: • 1 transnational partnership Learning Platform defining good practice & methodology used to develop ""Culture Inclusive Community"" label. - 5 versions (one in each country) Anthology of first work new artists • 5 Learning Communities created - at least 100 people more able to express themselves in writing at the end of the project. • Introductions & opportunities for authors & aspiring writers to network & contribute to world literature. • New European Network ""Culture Inclusive Communities"" established through focused local cultural events, more inclusive communities promoted through the Network. • Opportunities for authors & aspiring writers to mix with publishers & critics • Raised awareness of ""Culture Inclusive Community"" as a model for sustainable rural development Impact: • Economic regeneration, tourism developed linked to cultural identity. • More than 100 people with increased skills more able to produce written works of their own."

"Book and Cook a développé des compétences en lecture et en écriture en utilisant le langage courant de la «nourriture & nutrition» comme centre de formation. Le projet ciblait les apprenants réticents, dont la plupart étaient des femmes au chômage de longue durée et des parents seuls qui avaient besoin de niveaux supplémentaires de soutien pour accéder à l'emploi et des personnes âgées isolées, tous adultes exclus de longue durée confrontés avec problèmes sociaux et économiques.L'objectif était de rendre l'apprentissage amusant afin que les apprenants non traditionnels puissent être soutenus vers l'emploi tout en développant leurs compétences en lecture et en calcul. Tout en aidant à briser le cycle des désavantages dans les ménages à faible revenu, le projet a sensibilisé aux problèmes liés à l'alimentation et a montré aux participants comment mieux nourrir leur famille.Ensemble, les partenaires ont créé une série de modules de formation. Le projet a eu un impact sur la santé et le bien-être de 60 familles. Pour briser ce cycle, les parents doivent être éduqués afin non seulement de fournir des modèles de rôle positifs, mais aussi de mieux comprendre comment produire des repas nutritifs essentiels, à faible coût et des modes de vie plus sains. Le projet en utilisant la découverte, l'autonomisation et les compétences créatives pour aider les participants à surmonter les obstacles au monde du travail.Les résultats comprenaient la production de nouvelles œuvres littéraires dans chaque pays, écrites et illustrées par les participants au projet. En utilisant et en développant des compétences qui incluent la communication, l'imagination, l'écriture, le nombre, la photographie, l'art et l'illustration ainsi que des compétences en TIC, les participants travaillent sur des publications collectives qui apportent des niveaux élevés de fierté, de réussite et d'autonomisation au niveau individuel.Les ateliers ont également identifié des compétences et des talents qui ont été encouragés par le mentorat local et l'encouragement à poursuivre la formation, le cas échéant. L'entreprise communautaire et le travail indépendant sont inclus dans les sujets couverts par des ateliers dans chaque pays. L'autonomisation était la clé du succès. Toutes les formes de communication, de lecture et d'écriture ont été encouragées avec des séances de coaching et des ateliers d'écriture spécifiques ouverts à tous. Les participants ont pris leurs propres décisions concernant le style et le contenu de leur livre communautaire. Tous ont choisi des livres de recettes illustrés et factuels basés sur la gastronomie locale traditionnelle et l'histoire culturelle.Les ateliers multinationaux des participants ont duré 5 jours et ont eu lieu au Royaume-Uni et en Roumanie avant Mars 2020. Chaque atelier a été axé sur l'employabilité. À commencer par la sensibilisation à la santé, un mode de vie sain, une alimentation saine, la préparation des aliments, les compétences culinaires, les économies et la budgétisation et les options d'emploi . Tout cela a été réalisé grâce à une formation pratique impliquant la préparation des aliments et la production de repas sains. Une fois confiants et capables de bien communiquer, les participants ont commencé leur cheminement vers l'emploi. Ils ont développé leur CV, effectué des entretiens, suivi des sessions de recherche d'emploi et participé à une formation sur la création et la gestion d'une entreprise communautaire.L'atelier Job Coaching était prévu en Belgique; les participants auraient pu repérer quelles compétences renforcer pour une meilleure accessibilité à l'emploi. La Covid-19 n'a pas permis cette ""mobility"".Une prolongation de durée du projet , pour Cas de Force majeure, a alors été demandée, et acceptée. Cet élément d'apprentissage a été fourni par le biais du package audiovisuel ICT.Ce projet a démontré, à travers des sessions pratiques, la pertinence de la lecture et de l'écriture. Il a encouragé les compétences créatives et récompensé les réalisations par l'autonomie et l'indépendance. Il a renforcé la nécessité de fournir des repas familiaux simples, nourrissants et sains dans un budget serré. Rendre l'apprentissage agréable, pertinent et ouvert à tous, au niveau local, était l'objectif général de ce projet.Avant d'être perturbées par Covid-19, 29 personnes ont été formées dans des ateliers transnationaux ;14 autres devaient participer à la session en Belgique. Par la suite, 36 personnes ont participé à une formation en ligne utilisant du matériel audiovisuel et Google Classroom. Le projet a duré 24 mois à partir du 01.09.2018 à l'origine, puis a été prolongé jusqu'au 31.12.2020 , ce qui a permis de créer un package d'apprentissage numérique pour chaque groupe partenaire."