ELLA NEW LEADERS

The main goal of "ELLA New Leaders" is to develop methods, which could be used in other countries for training people with disabilities (PwD) to be the leaders of the artistic workshops.

Artistic talents and interests refer to people with disabilities in the same amount as the other people living in that country.

The difference is that people with disabilities have less chances to develop them and learn the skills.

They come from a group of people that are not often found in leading positions in the society.

People with disabilities have often been in a learning situation all their life.

They are often the ones getting supervision and help.

"ELLA new leaders" questions the norm about who has the right to be a leader.

The package will develop the methods for training the artistic talented and/or just interested people with disabilities to become the assistants of art therapists and educators in the areas of music, theatre, fine arts, writing and gain skills to lead such workshops.

The objectives of the work package are:

• to exchange experience in music, theatre and creative writing as a tool of empowerment and learning schemes for people with disabilities.

•  to compare applied techniques and models to create new ways of working with people with disabilities

•  to exchange experience in supporting people with disabilities to be a leader of art workshops

•  to create new learning possibilities for people with disabilities where they can learn from each other and their skills are put ahead of disabilities

•  to use new ways of communication between partners and people with disabilities (facebook, youtube)