COMANITY is a project funded under the EU’s ‘Erasmus+’ programme (2017-2019).
Its main objective is to train youth workers and volunteers for a new role in youth work – the ‘Community Animateur’.
The Community Animateur’s role will be to bridge the existing gap between young people on the margins and ‘mainstream’ institutions by acting as a “Social Mediator”.
Community Animateurs come from the community, and are trusted by their peer group.
They act as a point of mediation between young people who don’t trust ‘the system’ and the system itself. Continue reading →