Time for Tea Erasmus Project

Project Title

Time for Tea

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy) ; Reaching the policy level/dialogue with decision makers; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Time for Tea is an educational programme for schools and youth groups, which uses tea to give young people a voice on issues that matter to them. It encourages global learning, creative thinking and social action. It is simple, fun and accessible to people of any age, background or ability, anywhere in the world. It involves a simple step-by-step series of activities which can be led by teachers, youth workers or young people themselves.

This is a cross-sector KA2 strategic partnership for innovation (youth and schools) which promotes global learning, creative thinking and social action by young people. Thematically, it relates to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It encourages youth advocacy and intergenerational dialogue (including with policy-makers) with an emphasis on those who usually have difficulty in finding a voice. Impact on young people involved in the wider project includes development of key skills and competences for employability, including communication, teamwork and organisation. The project also inspires teachers and youth workers, and contributes to their continuing professional development, by introducing them to non-formal methodologies which liberates their thinking and demonstrates the practical and educational importance of genuine youth empowerment.

The project is based on a recent Erasmus+ KA1 project which piloted the Time for Tea methodology in 18 programme and neighbouring partner countries, involving over 2000 young people, mostly with fewer opportunities. We now have sufficient proof of concept to know that Time for Tea has global potential. It makes a reality of “empowerment” and “participation” of young people, showing how a simple cup of tea can generate social, technical and educational innovation. The project aim is to create a training and resource base to support this global outreach. The overall result will be uptake of the Time for Tea project methodology by thousands of schools and youth groups, inspiring participation and empowering a generation of young people through dialogue with policy makers at all levels. There will be potential impact on education policy in the participating countries, especially in relation to the introduction of non-formal learning. Creative and entrepreneurial skills will also be developed.

The intellectual outputs from the project will be:
IO1: Resource packs for schools: lesson plans, templates and materials to give teachers a simple off-the-shelf package to get projects started quickly
IO2: 360 degree films: virtual reality training to show “live” examples of Time for Tea in action
IO3: Time for Tea story book: a resource for primary schools to engage pupils with global issues (Sustainable Development Goals)
IO4: Handbook for inclusive practice: tools and techniques for working with young people with disabilities, special educational needs or other severe educational or social disadvantage.
IO5: Virtual Tea House: an inclusive online virtual world space for interaction between young people from different countries, cultures and educational backgrounds, where experience can be shared and ideas developed into projects.
IO6: Education policy guidelines: research into policy frameworks and evidence base for influencing these at local, regional or national level.

Additional activities include training, multiplier and dissemination events and transnational meetings.

The working language of the project will be English and therefore this will be the primary language for all outputs. However, we envisage translation into other languages, starting with the present project partner countries. All outputs will be tested in each participating country during the KA2 project, before being promoted more widely. In addition we will train a cadre of international trainers who can act as multipliers in their own countries and beyond.

The project partners have been chosen for their effective involvement in the previous KA1 pilot project as well as the specific expertise they bring to the project, as evidenced by other international projects which they have managed, including KA2 strategic partnerships.

Direct participants will include organisation staff (project managers) and technical experts; teachers and youth workers (practitioners) and trainers (multipliers). Although they themselves do not fall into the category of “fewer opportunities”, their involvement will ultimately lead to the roll-out of the wider activities (Time for Tea projects in schools and youth groups) which are principally aimed at young people who are disadvantaged educationally, socially, economically, geographically or culturally. Their numbers will run into many thousands during the course of this project.

We also expect significant impact on education policy and practice (especially through recognition of non-formal education.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 169133,2 Eur

Project Coordinator

REGIONALNE CENTRUM WOLONTARIATU & Country: PL

Project Partners

• ASSOCIAZIONE DI PROMOZIONE SOCIALE JOINT
• MOMENTUM WORLD CIC
• Drustvo Jasa
• BIDERBOST BOSCAN & ROCHIN SL