At Cirkus la Bulle. we like to play so we decided to create a training course about that:

In recent years, the importance and the role of playing in everyday life are being redefined. Play at work is related with less fatigue, boredom, stress and burnout. Play is also positively associated with job satisfaction, sense of competence and creativity.

Social games have proven to be an effective tool to stimulate learning and create moments of deep reflection and understanding at a personal level.

A well-designed and well-facilitated game can leave an everlasting mark and change attitudes and behaviours.

With this in mind, the Power of Play project aimed at equipping youth workers with tools, framework and space to create and implement educational games which address social issues and can be applied in the particular environment of social action and youth work.

The training course “ The power of play ” was organized in Urdos, France, during the period of 28.06 – 05.07.2021, and included 20 participants and 3 team members from 10 countries (France, Slovenia, Italy, Bulgaria, Latvia, Portugal, Poland, Greece, Romania, Spain).

During the 8-days training course, we discovered how the various use of social games as a method of youth work. Our main idea was that social games are appealing and fun for everybody, making it ideal as a tool for educational work with youngsters.