About the project
“All You Can Love” is a professional development activity for 24 youth workers from Italy, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Greece, Poland and Portugal which aims to equip them with the knowledge, skills and tools to deconstruct patriarchal, heteronormative, traditional relationship models and educate young people with behaviour changing, non-formal educational methodologies about plural, gender equal sexualities, relationships and affectivity from an accessible, rights-based LGBTQIA+ perspective. The PDA is an EU-wide action organized by Maghweb in the context of its lively local and national level transfeminist activist work in LGBTQIA+ and female empowerment and representation in the public space, gender equality, consent, sexual and reproductive rights, sexuality, identity and the promotion of liberating, pluralist visions of gender. The organization has become an online and offline point of reference for young people, women and non-binary people across Palermo and Italy for these issues and runs an inclusive community hub and transfeminist library in the centre of Palermo which enables citizens to: freely discuss gender and sexuality with experts and the organisation’s trained volunteers; connects citizens to free sexual health services; provides free contraception; runs workshops for junior and senior high school students about consent, gender and sexual and reproductive rights and health and hosts cultural initiatives like photography exhibitions and film screenings that dismantle all the taboos surrounding these issues.
Through a series of group-led, interactive, non-formal learner activities (simulation activities, critical debate, hands on activity invention, storysharing) over the course of the week the young people will acquire the following:
- Knowledge about: LGBTQIA+ rights protection and advocacy; non-heteronormative philosophies of love, affectivity and relationships (polyamory, polygamy), truly inclusive, accessible and rights based sexuality and relationships education.
- Tools: a concrete set of non-formal education methods and communication tools to raise awareness among young people about how to claim gender, sexualities’ rights and promote LGBTQIA+ and non-heteronormative traditional perspectives of love, sexuality, affectivity and relationships in local EU communities.
- Skills in: cross-border cooperation with other youth workers; confident and considerate self-expression; English speaking; preparing for and leading discussions and workshops; thinking critically and transmitting this skill; empathy; awareness-raising.
About the venue
Accommodation: In Palermo accommodation will be in “Hostel Via Zara“, located in via Zara, 5. It’s in the city center, very close to stations, bus stops, shops, monuments, theaters, historical markets and other points of interest. For the Hostel’s Website, click HERE. Participants will be hosted in double/triple/quadruple (up to 6 beds) bedrooms (single beds) with a shared bathroom. Blankets and sheets will be provided, altogether towels and hairdryers, but please remember to bring your own soap/shampoo. Breakfast will be consumed at the hostel, lunch and dinner in restaurant or in the hostel in case of take away food.
Locations for Activities: Activities will be held inside the workshop spaces of the BOOQ, a cooperative space managed by an association who works in the historical center of the city. Depending on weather, activities will also take place in outdoor green spaces in the center of Palermo.
Financial conditions
Accommodation, food and all materials at the project will be covered by the Erasmus+ programme. The travel costs will be reimbursed to the amount of 275 eur for participants from the Czech Republic.
Plase note that in case you are selected for the project, you will be asked to pay a membership fee of 900 CZK (or 35 EUR for payments from abroad) – we will use this contribution to cover the compensation for the trip coordinator, the costs of materials and preparation, and the complete support of the participants before, during and after the trip. Instructions for paying the membership fee will be sent to you by e-mail, along with instructions to confirm participation and other steps.
The membership fee also ensures your membership in the Youth Progress organization, free entry to all local activities and is paid once a year – if you decide to go on another project with us this calendar year, you will not have to pay it again.
Your participation in the project is fully financed by the ERASMUS+ program. However, the program does not reimburse us, the sending organization, so thank you for helping us continue to provide these great opportunities to young people. 
* In case of cancellation of participation by the participant, the contribution is non-refundable.
** In case of cancellation of the project by the organizers or due to force majeure, the contribution will be refunded to the participant’s account.
*** The membership fee may be waived in exceptional cases, e.g. if the participant faces a financial disadvantage, which will be evaluated individually by the sending organization.
The eligible participants
- are over 18 yo;
- have a good level of English;
- are youth workers, non-formal educators, schoolteachers, activists and all the people involved, interested in improvement of knowledge and skills related to the project topic.
- are motivated to use the learning and outcomes from the project in their own personal, study-related or professional aspirations.
