Locate NEWSletter
Issue 1
January 2014
COMMUNICATE-COMMUNITY
Welcome to the LOCATE newsletter!
LOCATE means “local media for
sustainable community action in Europe”,
that is, giving people at risk of social
exclusion an opportunity to make their
voice heard by using all kinds of media.
Everyday we are overwhelmed by a mass
of news items that we listen to on the
radio, watch on TV, receive on our
smartphones or that we simply find when
surfing the internet. It seems that we are
listening to the same news over and over
again:
political
troubles,
financial
scandals, tragedies all over the world, etc.
But, what normal people have to say? Do
we know about the everyday problems or
successes of people around us? Do we
know what “forgotten” people live in their
daily lifes (their hopes, fears, problems,
challenges)?
We know that unemployed people,
people with mental issues, people
living in rural areas, migrants, people
with low incomes, people with any
dissability… all of them have important
things to say, but it seems like the
world doesn’t want to give them an
opportunity to express themselves.
LOCATE wants to give them tools to be
an active and sustainable part of the
society as a community. We are
stronger if we work together, we
should take advantage of being part of
a community and feel proud about it.
Todays’ knowledge society offers us a lot
of instruments to reach people all over
the world: blogs, radio, TV, photos, videos,
social networks like Facebook, Twitter,
LinkedIn, Instagram, Youtube, etc.
LOCATE wants to use a mix of these
media to empower people at risk of social
exclusion within their communities: to
help them understood and interact with
other groups of people with similar
problems, interests, characteristics, aims,
etc.
Community Learning Ambassadors will be
choosen from within the community. They
will be specifically trained to lead the
learning process in their communities,
empowering the rest of their members
using peer education and support. These
community reporters will talk about their
daily lifes using the most appropriate
media. Several workshops and local
events will be organized and the work of
the participants will be published on an
on-line platform so anybody can access
them.
This project has been funded with support of the Lifelong Learning
Programme, Grundtvig sub-programme, from the European
Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author,
and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which
may be made of the information contained therein.
Locate NEWSletter
Issue 1
January 2014
COMMUNICATE-COMMUNITY
Who are we?
News from Leeds, UK
LOCATE project is led jointly by WEA (The
Workers’ Educational Association of the
Region-Yorksire&Humber) and by The
MRS
Consultancy,
both
British
organizations. Asset Techonology from
Greece, Consorzio ABN from Italy, PROISNV (Pactul Regional Nord-Vest pentru
Ocupare si incluziune sociala) from
Romania and Fundación INTRAS from
Spain are the other partners working to
create this inclusive model to empower
adults from disadvantage communities.
Sustaining quality learning and an active
role in our community are our raison
d’être.
The first activity for the LOCATE project
was the kick-off meeting that the
consortium held in Leeds, UK, on 19 and
20th November 2013. Partners met at the
headquarters of WEA and had the
opportunity to discuss and plan the main
activities that we are going to perform
within the project. Also, we agreed on the
logo that will represent this initiative and
which will be the flag of the community
reporters that are going to be engaged.
This project has been funded with support of the Lifelong Learning
Programme, Grundtvig sub-programme, from the European
Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author,
and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which
may be made of the information contained therein.
Locate NEWSletter
Issue 1
January 2014
COMMUNICATE-COMMUNITY
What’s coming up?
LOCATE website is coming very soon! We will inform you as soon as
it is ready; there you will find updated information about the partners
and our activities.
2014 will find Community Learning Ambassadors selected for each
community participating in LOCATE. It will also see as the design and
delivery of the training course that will empower them to be able to
lead their communities. Work done by the participants will be
published by the middle of 2014, but we will give more information
about it in the next issue of the LOCATE newsletter
.
This project has been funded with support of the Lifelong Learning
Programme, Grundtvig sub-programme, from the European
Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author,
and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which
may be made of the information contained therein.