Community Development Projects for Social Educators
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Community development, social education, gardening, art therapy, community garden, library renovation, mural art, social links, skills development, community engagement, local partnerships, social educators
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Two innovative project ideas for social educators: creating a community educational garden and renovating a library wall through a mural, promoting social links, skills development, and community engagement.
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[...] Ideas for project for social educator diploma work Idea of project Creation of a community educational garden space Objectives of the project: - Developing social links between community members - Developing practical skills related to gardening and taking care of nature and its environment - Developing physical and mental well-being through a therapeutic activity (gardening) Institutional impacts of the project: - The cohesion between the different members of the community could be strengthened, thanks to the establishment of links between the institution, the nearby schools, the nurseries, the daycare assistants, the professionals in the gardening sector, the trainers? - Valorisation of the institution, which can gain in recognition and notoriety if the project manages to be known outside the city, which can bring new users. [...]
[...] Partnership Institutions: - The town hall and the local community for the transmission of information and funding - The associations of landscape architects and gardening nearby - The schools of landscape architects training Communication strategies envisaged: - Internal communication: team meetings, meetings with the institution's users, display of information notes, publication on the institution's blog - External communication: public displays (in town and in establishments welcoming the public), publication on social networks, publication of an article in the local newspaper Idea of project Renovation of a library wall through a mural Objectives of the project: - Renforce the links between the members of the institution and the community - Develop skills in the field of art - Develop his imagination and creativity by expressing himself through art Institutional impacts of the project: - Enhancement of the library and the city landscape - Interest and appeal of more people towards the library - Giving the library a more attractive role and a vector of social links - Creation of new sustainable partnerships between the city's institutions Partners - Art schools - Primary schools, retirement home? [...]
