S.A.N.T.A (“Say, Act: Never This Again! – Tackling Mental Health”) is a 7-day training course that wants to explore tools and methodologies based on performative arts and personal narratives aimed at empowering young people by improving their communication skills and supporting them in the process of making their voices heard so they can open up about mental health challenges.Â
The objectives of the project are therefore as follows:
- to explore the concept of “transformational storytelling”, how to use storytelling as tool for innovation to change and self-development;
- to understand how storytelling, playback theatre and stand up comedy skills can be used as creative methods to let youth express, address and open up about mental health challenges;
- to increase youth workers’ readiness to act using the competences acquired during the project as well as confidence to apply them;
- to develop an action plan for participants to engage their youth in their organisation’s context as well as the regional and European level;
- to implement the lessons learned and action plans in the partner organisations and virtually share and evaluate the activities organised.
