The Don’t judge a book by its covers project is a unique project which will be implemented in 2 communities in Romania and UK. The project is being implemented by two organisations, partners in this trans-national project: Youth with a Global Vision, UK and A.R.T. Fusion Association, Romania.
The aim of the project is to bring young people closer of accepting diversity using a unique and interactive non-formal method, HUMAN LIBRARY. The objectives: empowering 1 organizations from UK to use HUMAN LIBRARY method in working with young people topics related to diversity, in 7 months;and develop a toolkit for dissemination and multiplication the HUMAN LIBRARY method at international European level, to use it directly in activities with young people on issues of prejudice.
The target group: young people with prejudice against people from other ethnic, faith, social background, people with disabilities etc. The duration of the project is comprised during 7 months and we plan to involve 240 direct beneficiaries (books, readers and volunteers) and 1100 indirect beneficiaries. The theme of the project is DIVERSITY and social inclusion.
The project will develop the following main activities: ART Fusion will deliver a training in Human Library method for Youth with a Global Vision Organisation, preparing the Living Library documentation, preparing activities of the Human Library event, the implementation of 2 Human Library events simoultaneous in London and Bucharest, creating a Human Library toolkit and follow up activities, offering consultancy, monitoring and evaluation.

You can follow the news about the project on the blog of the project: http://donotjudgeabookbyitscovers.blogspot.com/

Don’t judge a book by its covers is a project funded by European Commision, through Youth in Action Programme, Action 1.2.

YOUTH VISION PROJECT – Funded by Awards For All
The Vision Identity Purpose Project is an exciting new piece of work that will offer specialist support relating to specific and complicated issues that disaffected young people are facing. We recognise that many of the young people that we work with look down on them demonstrating low self-esteem, lack of confidence and de-motivation. Youth Vision empowers young people to look up and aspire to leadership and to look out for one another through positive peer-to-peer support.
Youth Vision will run for 6 hours a week from our accessible centre base for 6 months and will evidence more than 500-recorded contacts with more than 30 different disadvantaged young people aged 11-17 by 2 qualified sessional youth workers and 4 trained volunteers.
We will deliver workshops that support issues around healthy living, building positive relationships, confidence, self-esteem, career progression routes and employability skills. Workshops will also include sessions on personal safety, bullying prevention, health and nutrition, first aid and personal hygiene. Young people will feel valued and gain social awareness and citizenship through fun learning and team based activities.
The project will address de-motivation and social isolation by offering mentoring and positive activities that will stimulate, educate and support. We recognise the potential within young people and Youth Vision will also include motivational leadership development covering interpersonal skills, communication skills, public speaking, becoming your own life coach, volunteering opportunities, inculcating a culture of hard work, excellence and civic responsibility.
We recognise that the influence of peers can be positive or negative. Youth Vision will also deliver peer mentoring training which will provide a minimum of 15 young people with the skills and experience to become effective peer mentors and we will aim to match them with other young people. This will cover aspects of mentoring including good and safe practice around mentoring, boundaries, active listening, questioning, handling difficult behaviour.