Join the adventure of Solidarity Circus 2025!
Are you a passionate youth worker looking for fresh, dynamic, and engaging methods to empower young people? Do you believe in the power of creativity, movement, and performance to inspire inclusion, confidence, and active citizenship? Then Solidarity Circus 2025 is for you!
Young people today face challenges like social isolation, mental health struggles, and disengagement from civic life. As a youth worker, you play a crucial role in helping them find their voice, build their confidence, and develop the skills they need for life. But how can you make learning fun, engaging, and truly transformative?
The answer: Circus Pedagogy!
Circus pedagogy is a unique and creative way to connect with young people, boost their confidence, and foster teamwork. It is an amazing tool to promote leadership, mental well-being, and social inclusion. Our organization has successfully implemented this method in previous projects, Circus Pedagogy for Youth Work and Juggling Diversity, proving its powerful impact. Now, it’s time to take it to the next level!
📅 Dates: May 12-19, 2025 (including travel days)
📍 Location: Latvia
🎭 Final Show: May 17, 2025, at the Count of May Festival in Riga, where you will perform in front of thousands of festival visitors!
2. What Will You Gain?
The main goal of Solidarity Circus 2025 is to provide you with fresh skills, knowledge, and tools to make your youth work more engaging and impactful. This training course will give you practical, hands-on experience in using circus arts to motivate, include, and inspire young people.
Why You Should Join?
✅ Master Circus Pedagogy – Learn how to use juggling, acrobatics, and performance as a powerful youth work tool.
✅ Boost Mental Well-being – Gain new techniques to support young people’s emotional health and self-development.
✅ Develop Leadership & Communication Skills – Strengthen your ability to inspire and lead diverse youth groups.
✅ Promote Social Inclusion – Use circus arts to break barriers and connect young people from different backgrounds.
✅ Be Part of a Green Initiative – Help reduce environmental impact by using sustainable travel and eco-friendly practices.
✅ Showcase Your Talents on a Big Stage! – Perform at a huge international festival and make an unforgettable impact.
3. Who Can Join?
🌍 We are looking for 32 Youth Workers + 4 Trainers/Facilitators from:
✅ Latvia: 5 participants + 2 facilitators
✅ Poland: 5 participants + 2 trainers (professional street artists & performers)
✅ Estonia: 6 participants
✅ Ukraine: 6 participants
✅ North Macedonia: 5 participants
✅ Lithuania: 5 participants
🚀 Ideal Participants: Youth workers, youth leaders, educators, and trainers 18+ who work directly with young people, especially those from marginalized backgrounds. You don’t need prior circus experience – just motivation, openness, and a willingness to learn!
Want to know more and apply?
Read the full info-pack here and apply! Maybe you will the one who will perform on the main stage of the festival!
Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, European Commission or Latvian National Agency (Agency for International Programs for Youth) neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
