Empowering adults with disabilities across Europe through creative recycling and art therapy
Five activities across Austria, Türkiye, Poland and Romania — from waste classification to flower-making workshops — building cognitive skills, environmental awareness, and social inclusion.
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The backbone of the entire project. KICK Austria coordinates monthly online partner meetings, quality-monitoring reports, website hosting, social media promotion, and risk-prevention systems throughout the 20-month period.
🇦🇹 KICK — Quality Monitor
KPIs, evaluation, risk
🇹🇷 ARTİKA — Dissemination Lead
Website, EPALE, social
🇵🇱 GAMA — Survey Coord.
Pre/post surveys
🇷🇴 AZIE — Risk Prevention Chair
Risk plan, EPALE publishing
Impaired adults and educators from all four partners gather in Buzau for six days covering greenhouse gases, waste classification and safety. AZIE Romania hosts, and participants begin designing flowers from collected waste materials.
Theoretical Framework & Awareness
Greenhouse gases · waste classification · flower-making & mental development
Mental Development & Material Selection
Cognitive effects of creative recycling · introduction to flower-making from waste
Classification & Environmental Safety
Recyclable vs. non-recyclable waste · safe waste collection with local participants
Design & Evaluation
Flower design in creative groups · presentation, feedback & satisfaction surveys
Fundacja GAMA hosts 30 adults with disabilities and 20 trainers from partner countries for six intensive days shaping at least ten flower designs from waste materials, exhibited to 40+ family members.
Sketch Review & Waste Collection
Review flower-making sketches · symbolic waste collection with adults
Group Formation & Flower Production
Working groups formed by ability · cutting, gluing, shaping flowers from waste
Documentation & Family Participation
Step-by-step documentation · 10+ designs · exhibition for families
AZIE (Romania) leads production of a 120+ page multilingual digital guide covering recycling, waste classification and flower-making, while each partner hosts a national multiplier event reaching 120 educators.
120+ pages · TR, PL, RO, DE, EN
Adult educators & social inclusion coordinators
Art therapists & disability organisations
Vocational rehabilitation centres
Adult education institutions & EPALE contacts
Partners will reunite in Dornbirn for the project's closing meeting. KICK hosts this final gathering where all activities are reviewed, objectives assessed, and the formal Erasmus+ report is collectively prepared.
Empowering adults with disabilities together across Europe.
Aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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