Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Thanks to the workshops, almost 80% of the participants will continue their suspended secondary education; 30 young people will find a job and 20 young people will get involved in charity work.

Project Message

The performances made the participants "feel important and valuable [as] individuals who are able to offer something to others, thanks to their skills, and be appreciated by others.”
- Janusz Reichel, independent expert for the European Commission

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Maria Schejbal,
Co-ordinator of Educational Programmes
Bielskie Stowarzyszenie Artystyczne Teatr Grodzki
ul. Broniewskiego 27, 43-300 Bielsko-Biala
Bielsko-Biala, Silesian Province 43-300
Poland
0048 33 497 56 55
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Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Bielsko Artistic Association Grodzki Theatre Bielskie Stowarzyszenie Artystyczne Teatr Grodzki ul. Broniewskiego 27, 43-300 Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała, Silesian Province 43-300 Poland 0048 33 497 56 55 http://www.teatrgrodzki.pl

Learn more about Bielsko Artistic Association Grodzki Theatre and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Poland and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Poland, read the Human Development Report on Poland or the Wikipedia entry for Poland.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on May 04, 2006.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 13, 2005.

Latest Update from the Field

Project Update

By Agnieszka Ginko - The Bielsko Artistic Association - Grodzki Theatre, May 04, 2006 05:18 PM

The project started in October 2005 thanks to the grant from the European Union (European Social Fund): $ 107,780. For the last 7 months 100 disadvantaged young people have been attending 8 theatre groups and two computer arts groups once a week. The theatre workshops are held at the State Orphanage in Bielsko-Biala, the Secondary School no 7, The Catholic ‘Nadzieja’ Therapy Centre for teenage victims of addictions, three Resocialisation Centres, the Community Centre at Plac Fabryczny and the Regional Hospital in Bulowice.

The computer arts workshops are held at the premises of our Grodzki Theatre Assocation in our computer room, which is well equipped in modern technologies. The young people in these groups come from The Catholic ‘Nadzieja’ Therapy Centre for teenage victims of addictions and from the Resocialisation Centre no 1 in Bielsko-Biala. Here you can see the work of our workshop participants (computer animations and short films). They were all complete beginners at the computer arts at the beginning of the project, so their progress is considerate:

http://www.teatrgrodzki.pl/projekty/efs_warsztaty/grupy_art/grupa_01.html

http://www.teatrgrodzki.pl/projekty/efs_warsztaty/grupy_art/grupa_02.html


All the theatre groups have already performed twice in public presenting their new achievements and skills in front of large audiences of 300 people, which boosted their confidence and made them very proud of their work. The first presentation took place on 14th December in front of the Town Hall of Bielsko-Biala during the Christmas Event organised by our Assocation and ran by our Chairman (the Angel in the pictures). It was attended by the local authorities including the Mayor of the town, by teachers and educators, the families of our workshops participants and the journalists (there were very positive comments in the press after the event). You can see some photos here from the performaces in December (attached).

The second presentation of the work of our workshop groups took place on 23rd January at the local community centre Dom Zolnierza in Bielsko-Biala. It was also attended by around 300 people and each group showed a complete drama on a chosen theme. There was lots of applause, congratulations and laughter.

The next presentation of our workshop groups will take place on 10th June at the annual Festival of the Small and the Bigg organised by our Grodzki Theatre Assocation.

We would like to extend the number of disadvantaged young people benefiting from free arts workshops from 100 to 150 for which we need an extra $ 22,135.


Attachments:

• Photos of the first and second presentations!

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