This cooperation partnership was established with the aim to:

1. create a toolbox that will develop resilience and help overcome traumatic experiences without having an actual access to a professional therapist;
2. nurture creativity in young minds, which is believed to be crucial for the future of Europe;
3. build upon the known benefits of creative writing:
   • catharsis & clearer thinking
   • brain activity regulation
   • better cognitive ability & memory
   • stress control
   • reaching goals & increased happiness
   • overcoming chronic pain, boost to immune system, depression, & other benefits.

1. O1. Exchange of knowledge of youth workers from the non-formal and informal education sector in the field of creative writing for young trauma survivors.
2. O2. Support the development of creative writing tools for overcoming trauma and creating resilience in the face of crisis, with a special focus on disadvantaged groups, especially young war refugees.
3. O3. Support increased access to knowledge through the development and dissemination of material and awareness-raising events and establishment of lasting links between organizations

The main activities are as follows:

1. Visit in Romania
2. Visit Poland
3. Training Course in Spain to share our experience in creative writing for trauma work.

CREATORS development to foster creative writing for work with young trauma survivors, documented in an interactive book and tested during the CREATORS Workshops.

Implementing a Dissemination Strategy containing Multiplier Events in Romania, Spain and Poland, Internal Workshops and Consultation Period to increase the project’s scope.

Youth workers will gain more tools for working with young trauma survivors, centered in the 3 areas of creative writing: identity, creativity, and emotional management. They will obtain practical insights of how to use those tools, how to best transfer them to other youth workers and young trauma survivors, who then will be able to jumpstart their trauma work without waiting for being attended by a mental health professional. Partners and the society will be better prepared for the multi crisis.

1. Youth workers participating in the project gained knowledge and skills in creative writing (identity, creativity, and emotional management), improved their language proficiency, increased intercultural contacts, learned how to apply gained tools in practice, became project ambassadors, obtained official training accreditation, gained a clearer vision of their future, and improved their motivation and attendance rates for excluded social groups they work with.
2. Third sector organizations received information, practical examples, and materials free of charge from the project, practiced gained tools during workshops, and learned how to foster creative writing for transforming personal trauma among disadvantaged youth.
3. Young trauma survivors can jumpstart their trauma work, explore applications for creative writing, create or re-create their identity, manage emotions, and problem-solve using gained tools, and are equipped to handle crises. They also gained practical experience in applying the project’s method theory.
4. Participating organizations, including CFCECAS, PASOS, and LAJA, improved their ability to handle traumatic experiences of their young service users, gained knowledge of international collaboration, increased visibility on the international arena, updated their green project management skills, and added creativity, emotional management, and creating identity to their trauma work cornerstones. Additionally, they learned how to create better digital project outputs.