Create Future

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 train...

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...

  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 pe...

  The current economic crisis has created an unprecedented situation for the workplace. As if the labour market was not confusing and daunting enough. According to the Guardian (2021), the under 35s account for 80% of the jobs lost in the past year. Shockingly, this demonstrates that young people are more vulnerable to unemployment and redundancies. Therefore, young people must prepare to be resilient, they must receive the correct support to guide them through this period of uncertainty and come out positively on the other side. Working life is vital for many people to feel a sense of identity and finding their place within society. In turn, this promotes self-worth, confidence and overall happiness This short article will demonstrate some ways in which you can be a positive part of this process and help to positively shape the working life and experience of your clients, learners or friends.  The first way that you can support them is to be a second pair of eyes! This may ta...

The Create Future – Creating support models for participation in future work life -project is an Erasmus+ funded project which focuses on the creation of a diversity toolkit for employers, career guidance professionals and support workers to enable them to use the latest coaching models to support their clients and colleagues who may be facing a particular struggle or disadvantage.  One of the main objectives at this project is to focus on international collaboration and how to take it into account in the project development process. We also strive to use design process methods in collaboration, placing emphasis on how to evolve end users in the project development work. For collaboration, the design process brings structure and supports it in the back round at various stages, such as problem definition, end-user involvement, and output formulation.  In this project, our main target group is the support staff who work with people with special learning needs or double disadvant...

On the 15th of june, we took part on the third day of our LTT1. We started with CERCINA's presentation and we have worked about the portefólios. It was a pleasant morning!

Last April, the 29th and 30th, we have participated on our first LTT. During it we have presented our organisations and discussed about the added value of developing portefolios with our students.