DNEVNA SOBA
Living Room

V sklopu enoletnega solidarnostnega projekta »Dnevna soba in informacijska točka za mlade kreativce« smo si prizadevali vzpostaviti mladinski center oziroma dnevno sobo, kjer smo skozi odprto mladinsko delo promovirali aktivno participacijo lokalne mladine. Skozi naše aktivnosti smo širili strpnost do različnih ranljivih skupin, mladim približali prostovoljno delo, promovirali odprto mladinsko delo, se dotaknili tem vključevanja LGBTQ+ skupnosti, romske skupnosti, starejše populacije in kulturne raznolikosti. Pobuda naslavljala vključevanje ranljivih skupin mladih v lokalno, regionalno in mednarodno okolje, nudi varen prostor, kjer se mladi lahko srečujejo in dobijo pomoč ali pridejo samo na druženje. Predvsem pa je sama ureditev prostorov pripomogla k oživitvi mestnega središča in celotne stavbe, kjer se nahaja novonastali mladinski center oziroma Dnevna soba. Prostor je prav tako pripomogel k aktivni participaciji mladih pri pripravi mednarodnih mladinskih projektov, saj le ti sedaj imajo prostor in lokacijo, ki jim ponuja možnost priprave mednarodnih aktivnosti. V sklopu projekta smo naši člani v prostorih v popoldanskih urah pripravljali različne tematske delavnice, ki so potekale skozi celotno trajanje projekta. Tematske delavnice so zajemale (spoznavanje programov Erasmus+, Evropska Solidarnostna Enota itd), kuharske delavnice (v prostorih smo uredili tudi majhno kuhinjo, ki jo lahko uporabimo za pripravo preprostih obrokov), filmske večere, bralne urice, ustvarjalne delavnice, medgeneracijsko druženje itd.

As part of a year-long project, we worked to set up a Living room and information point for young creatives, where we promoted the active participation of local youth through open youth work. Through our activities, we have spread tolerance towards different vulnerable groups, introduced young people to volunteering, promoted open youth work, touched upon the themes of inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community, the Roma community, the elderly population and cultural diversity. The initiative addressed the inclusion of vulnerable groups of young people in local, regional and international settings, offering a safe space where young people can meet and get help or just come to socialise. Above all, the design of the premises itself has helped to revitalise the city centre and the whole building, which houses the newly created Youth Centre or Living room.

The space has also contributed to the active participation of young people in the preparation of international youth projects, as they now have a space and a location that offers them the opportunity to prepare international activities. As part of the project, our members organised various thematic workshops in the room in the afternoons, which ran throughout the duration of the project. The thematic workshops included (learning about Erasmus+, European Solidarity Unit, etc.), cooking workshops (we also set up a small kitchen in the premises that can be used to prepare simple meals), movie nights, reading sessions, creative workshops, intergenerational socialising, etc.

Največji rezultati oziroma učinki so predvsem, da smo mladi razvili svoje osebne kompetence in da smo gradili na svoji samozavesti. Obenem pa smo si prizadevali vzpodbuditi mlade k aktivnejši participaciji ter prostovoljnemu delu skozi odprto mladinsko delo, katero jim je ponudilo večjo možnost vključevanja in odločanja. S projektom smo podpirali aktivno participacijo mladih pri tovrstnih projektih. Mladim smo ponujali čim več novih izkušenj in jim pokazali naj pokažejo zanimanje za tovrstne projekte. Predvsem mladim s socialnimi ovirami in mladim z geografskimi ovirami smo ponujali možnost vključevanja in sprejemanja v družbo. Glavni učinek projekta je predvsem, da naša dnevna soba in informacijska točka postaneta središče za pripravo mednarodnih projektov za mlade v Murski Soboti. Obenem pa je naš velik učinek pri promociji odprtega mladinskega dela ter naših aktivnosti s katerimi smo lokalnemu okolju želeli pokazati, da nam je mar za mlade in lokalno skupnost. Z aktivnostmi in samim projektom smo spodbujali k aktivnemu državljanstvu, k aktivni participaciji v različne mednarodne projekte v sklopu programa EVROPSKA SOLIDARNOSTNA ENOTA, želeli smo vzpodbuditi aktivno sodelovanje na področju mladine in ozaveščanje z delom z mladimi. Vzpodbuditi smo želeli, da so mladi lahko in bodo slišani. Naš največji rezultat pa je vzpostavitev novega mladinskega centra v središču Murske Sobote, kateri je prvi tovrstni mladinski center v Pomurju, ki promovira in deluje na principu odprtega mladinskega dela. Zanimivost le tega pa je tudi, da je bil v celoti oblikovan skozi projekt in s pomočjo lokalne mladine.

The most important results or impacts are that young people have developed their personal competences and built their self-confidence. At the same time, we have tried to encourage young people to participate more actively and to volunteer through open youth work, which has offered them more opportunities for involvement and decision-making. The project supported young people’s active participation in such projects. We offered young people as many new experiences as possible and encouraged them to show interest in such projects. In particular, we offered young people with social barriers and young people with geographical barriers the opportunity to integrate and be accepted into society. The main impact of the project is that our living room and information point have become a hub for the preparation of international projects for young people in Murska Sobota. At the same time, our major impact has been in promoting open youth work and our activities to show the local environment that we care about young people and the local community. Through our activities and the project itself, we encouraged active citizenship, active participation in various international projects within the framework of the European Solidarity Corps programme, we wanted to encourage active youth participation and awareness raising through youth work. We wanted to encourage young people to be heard. Our biggest result is the creation of a new youth centre in the centre of Murska Sobota, which is the first youth centre of its kind in Pomurje to promote and operate on the principle of open youth work. What is also interesting is that it has been created entirely through the project and with the help of local youth.