Create Future

The european project "Create Future" is getting into its final stage. All partners gathered in a transnational meeting held in Shefield, England, in a mixed format (presential for Inova Consultancy, Live and Esment, and online for CERCINA). During two days, the participants developed their ideas about the impact of the methods and tools developed under the project goals.

Disability inclusion is about creating an inclusive workplace where people feel welcome and safe and where they are seen, valued, and appreciated for what they bring to the table, their expertises, and experiences. Disability inclusion in the workplace means understanding and addressing the causes of all these types of exclusion.  Create Future created a toolkit for diversity where the important points we have to have in mind to have a more diverse workplace are: 1) understanding the concept of diversity, 2) being aware of the unconscious bias, 3) diversity management, 4) guidance in the workplace, and 5) the benefits of diversity.  Once these important aspects are integrated and use in the workplace, it creates an environment with diversity to successfully lead a diverse work community, make a place safe, and open for everyone without exclusions. It is important to continue educating the community, learning the best ways to change, improve, and train to be a leader and example for oth

All "Create Future" project partners met presencially in a LTT (Learning - Training - Teaching) session, held in Mallorca, Spain, from the 3rd to the 5th may. Professionals from Esment (the host organisation), Live (Finland) and Cercina (Portugal) participated in a intensive three day programme, that included work meetings and a visit to some companies that employ people with intellectual disability. These Esment partners, namely Camper and Hotel St. Régis Marriott, were invited to participate in the discussion of the Create Future's "Diversity Toolkit", giving some contributions to its guidelines.

The Erasmus+ funded “Create Future” project has organised pilot training for trainers in partner organisations.   In Finland, at the LIVE Foundation, the pilot training took place in November 2021.  At the beginning of the project, Inova (one of the partners) designed the training package to meet the needs of partner organisations to develop the capacity and methodological skills of guidance/coaching staff in guidance work.  The Pilot Training was divided into the three Coaching Models covering the following topics:  4.11.2021, 1. session: Think, Act, Reflect Questioning Technique SMART goals 17.11 2021, 2. session: Strengths-Based Coaching Self efficacy Strengths and employment  24.11.2021, 3. session: Neurolinguistic Programming Neuroplasticity Cultivating good habits  The training package was full of relevant and interesting topics that could be useful to trainers and coaches across the Live organisation. The number of participants in the live training was disappointingly low. On th

Transnational Project Meeting In November 2021, the members of the Create Future project met for the first time in Mallorca, Spain.  Amadip Esment Foundation, one of the organisations collaborating in this project, was the host for the Transnational Project meeting with the hand of the collaborating organisations such as Live Foundation, from Finland; Inova Consultancy, from the UK; and Cercina, from Portugal. The purpose of the meeting was to come together face to face and talk about the process of the project and the next steps to continue to create support models for participation in future work life.  During the three-day meeting, we had the opportunity to visit the different locations and facilities of Amadip Esment Foundation. In addition, we talked about the dissemination of the project including how we can make a greater impact on social media, communications sites, blog sites, and other communication tools. On the last day, we had the great opportunity to go live with the Port

  On 28th September, Inova Consultancy held the final ‘Training the Trainers’ session with the Create Future consortium in preparation for training sessions which are currently being piloted with the project’s primary target group: support workers, career advisors, mentors and teachers who support people with special needs or those who face a double disadvantage. The use of SMART goals and learning about using strengths to tackle weaknesses proved to be very popular amongst our facilitators in training. Not only was this session a great opportunity for training and reflection on our own practice but it also enabled us to develop further understanding within the partnership and ultimately build upon our team morale. Read below to learn more about the 3 coaching models that are currently being piloted in Finland at the LIVE foundation, with pilots soon to begin in Spain, Portugal and the UK.  Mentoring Circles ™ : Think-Reflect-Act Inova’s Circles ™ are an innovative form of personal de