Training course: Stories we tell: Creative Writing

Location: Bernay en Ponthieu, France

Dates: 27 February – 12 March 2017

Number of participants: 20

Participating countries: France, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of, Portugal, Romania, Turkey

Organizer: NOMADWAYS

Apply here: application form

Deadline to apply: 30 November 2016

Date of Selection: 5 December 2016

Inquiries about this training course: Miguel: miguel@nomadways.eu

For general Inquiries and consultation: Contact Here

Costs: This project is financed by the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme. We will be able to reimburse your travel costs up to a maximum amount of:
-180€ for participants from France
-275€ for participants from Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Portugal & Romania
-360€ for participants from Turkey

We will ask you a participation fee of 50 euros, deductible from your travel reimbursment. Food and accommodation are provided for free.

Stories we tell: Creative Writing

Youth worker, trainer, social worker, clown, you’re passionate about ridicule, goofiness and openness to vulnerability? Then join us for the creative residency “Stories We Tell” in France!

Stories We Tell aims will invite artists and youth workers from various corners of Europe to meet, exchange and develop educational tools using writing, local legends & myths as a source of inspiration and encouragement for young people, calling them to pay attention to the potential of their rural cultures, surroundings and communities.

For 14 days, 21 artists and youth workers will meet in Bernay en Ponthieu in Picardie, from 27th of February to 12th of March 2017. 7 partners and 21 participants from France, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Portugal, Romania and Turkey will share personal and professional experiences and analyze the influence of the storytelling and creative writing in the identity of remote local communities. Toegther, they will write and rewrite local legends, myths, historical tales, original stories, poems, letters, essays inspired by Picardy and their own home regions.

We want this project to engage both youth workers and European writers and researchers. They will come together on the development of valorisation methods for rural areas and societies as in Somme’s Bay. Our main objective is the development of pedagogical tools using local stories, creative writing and different cultures to educate young people about the beauty and potential of their territory, wishing to turn them into active actors of their society. Take a look at our detailed description here: http://nomadways.eu/stories-we-tell-2017-france

Apply here: https://nomadways.typeform.com/to/syQb4H before the 1st of December, oh yeah!