CONTEXT- The COVID crisis has not only caused a lot of economic damage but also a lot of mental harm that is not as visible. People face the risk of (further) marginalization and this is especially the case for young people. - We believe in deinstitutionalization. Such policies have been successful and recognised but we want to do more. We don't want to substitute the useful work done within psychiatric clinics but to support and reinforce these services with our own. Under the current strain which the healthcare system finds itself (due to the pandemic and the generalized economic difficulties) there is an urgent need for socially oriented organizations like ours to contribute according to their abilities.OBJECTIVES- To develop participants' skills related to the intersection between creativity and therapy so as to help and empower vulnerable people. We want to foster and spread the use of such innovative practices initially between our organizations through the exchange of good practices and then use them for the betterment of our communities. - To enhance the social and creative abilities and skills of vulnerable individuals so as to improve their socieconomic activity. We want to involve them in our innovative art therapy methodologies and make them active participants in creating a network of therapists, artists and socially disadvantaged people. - To employ digital tools to further facilitate and enhance the aforementioned practices so as to increase their reach and efficiency by creating an online media through which we can communicate our work.PARTICIPANTSWe include individuals that face difficulties in their everyday lives due to some sort of mental or emotional complication that is not too severe to necessitate their hospitalization or medical prescription. We focus on young people that we deem in danger of developing addictive behaviours due to their social marginalization. We also include our own personnel comprised of trainers, psychologists, social workers, artists, therapists, managers and administrators. Their number is expected to be around 150.ACTIVITIESOur activities maintain a combination of variety and consistency and they include the following.- Teaching and training activities, transfer of skills, exchange of good practices and updating to the current developments in the multidisciplinary field of art and therapy. The topics here range from gender empowerment and intercultural understanding to youth inclusion.- Activities designed exclusively for the involvement of vulnerable people such as art workshops and educational visits to affiliated stakeholders in our communities.- Digital tools and website development that reflect, incorporate and communicate the work done throughout the project. These are essentially our most ambitious activities, aimed at the production of the digital output of this project. METHODOLOGYOur planned project management activities are the following: partnership agreement, project management system, quality and ethics management, stakeholder analysis, activity and workstream management, integration management, financial management, administrative proceedings, and transnational and online meetings. The management structure follows a centralized form based on a management board which will be comprised by the project coordinator, the financial manager, the quality and ethics manager and the dissemination and communication manager, roles that are defined clearly . RESULTS- Development of skills and competences of the participants on how to better employ creative activities in a therapeutic context so as to achieve mitigation of mental health related symptoms and the promotion of social inclusion of individuals in vulnerable socioeconomic position. - Acceleration of the use of digital means to adapt to the way creative events are designed, managed, accessed, evaluated and consumed. Creation of a virtual hub of interaction between all interested parties that want to explore “the therapy of the future”. - Establishment of a network that will stimulate European cooperation through the furthering of intercultural engagement and understanding in the participants. - Launching of an online platform that will constitute essentially a digital social entrepreneurship initiative with the double aspects of international travel and inclusivity.IMPACT- Social inclusion and improvement of the participants' psychosocial skills and reinforcement of their autonomous processes for personal and social empowerment- Improved psychological health and higher levels of confidence from the skills acquired for all participants- Improved digital skills through their active participation in the launching of an online platform that will be effectively their first contract with a digital social entrepreneurship initiative- Improved interaction between our organizations and the wider public through considerable improvements in our advocacy capabilities