Uplift!
The Uplift! project brought together Jump! training, ECVET, the MoU assessment, and networking.
Project Lead:
Rebecca Reid, Becky Little
Assessment: Barbara Jones
Facilitation support: Emily Workman
2021-2022, Todmorden and online
Uplift was a group process where we aimed to nurture confidence, ability and creative training approaches and encourage one another to share what we’ve learnt more widely.
Earth building is playing a practical and positive role in community regeneration, environmental awareness and sustainability, health and wellbeing, skills training and creativity.
EBUKI used its reach as a national organisation to bring together a group of individuals doing vital community work. With Uplift we aimed to support people who are reaching out, communicating and sharing the benefits of earth building with the widest range of people.
The Uplift group was formed of EBUKI Members from around the UK working in diverse urban and rural contexts. The trainers involved have a range of experience, some have more experience of working within community settings and others more experience of earth building skills.
Members of the group work with community partner organisations supporting people of all ages, ethnicities, states of health, neuro diversities, educational backgrounds, sexualities and genders.
The project aimed for those involved to strengthen and expand their earth building skills and develop their expertise as trainers for positive social impact.
Outdoor play activities…
Social Impact trainers that are using earth as a material are all working independently in the UK without obvious access to a strong network or appropriate peer support.
Uplift held an in-person train-the-trainers events in Todmorden.
The group is now self organising, having monthly zoom meetings to share their work with each other, and have also finalised the MoU for implementation of ECVET training through EBUKI.
Clay plaster mix workshop
Meditative dorodango-making
Assessment process…
Many more images are on the Uplift drive.
For more information including the latest exciting news and developments see:
The European hypotheses ECVET page
This project content overlaps with the PIRATE project, JUMP Project, TT Social Impact, ERASMUS+
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Social Impact trainers using earth as a material are all working independently, without obvious access to appropriate peer support
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The forming of an earth building social impact trainers peer support group.
Share some Jump approaches with a wider group of social impact trainers.
Finalise the MoU for the implementation of ECVET training through EBUKI.
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12 participants, an assessor, funding from Prince's Foundation and Tudor Trust
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One in-person train-the-trainers event in Todmorden, plus a series of 6 monthly follow-ups on zoom
Monthly Zoom meetings now ongoing, group is self-organising
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Understanding of what is needed to offer appropriate support to this group
Rejuvenated energy amongst the group to support their ability to keep giving to social impact trainings
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The group participants to feel more supported and connected
EBUKI to have sign-off to be able to issue ECVET qualifications
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MoU signed
Feedback form completed by the group describing the difference it has made
The legacy of the activity in how well the group self-organises once finished