Rainbow Youth Training Course | Scotland - KANGO

Dates: 10-17 September 2017

Venue: Glasgow, Scotland

Organizer NGO: Leap Sports

Project Description

We used the training course to:

Explore the experiences and commonalities around our own youth work practices and our reach to LGBTI+ young people.
Look specifically at the experiences of LGBTI+ young people, and consider a range of different approaches and ideologies for support and inclusion.
Consider practices in challenging hate speech amongst young people, dealing with prejudices and countering discrimination.
Conduct wider critical examination of discourse in marginalized young people within youth work practice.
Design culturally sensitive interventions.

Objectives

To provide the necessary competences to include a positive approach to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression in youth work practice.
To explore the specificities and challenges of working with LGBTI+ young people in Education settings and European activities.
To look at the difficulties that LGBTI+ young people face and how practitioners can became facilitators for positive change or growth.
To provide a framework of action and a series of tools to challenge discrimination on the basis of SOGI.
To offer a space for inquiry and personal growth of participants.
To raise awareness and acceptance of LGBTI people across the European Union
To reach citizens, foster diversity and nondiscrimination
To support key actors responsible to promote and advance equal rights for LGBTI people in the EU
To use Erasmus+ programme as a tool to carry out projects that promote LGBTI Rights, Human Rights, and equality.

A total of 30 participants from 12 countries came together for this beautiful training course and learned new things. See https://leapsports.org/ for more information.