Partners
Peshkar
Who are we?
Originally formed in 1991 as a community theatre project for Oldham’s Asian community, Peshkar has evolved into the UK’s leading participatory arts organisation targeting young people who are deemed hard to reach or socially disadvantaged.
An Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation with regular support from Oldham Council, Peshkar works across multi-platforms utilising the full range of arts forms, acting as conduit for young people from the margins of society to better access a cultural offer or using the arts as an intervention in the lives of young people to better enhance their life chances on a personal and professional level.
How do we work?
Our work is underpinned by a commitment to excellence in participatory arts practice framed around our core values of ‘participation,’ ‘inspiration,’ ‘innovation’ and ‘progression.’ We expect the young people that we work with to be inspired by our innovative policy and practice to the extent that they will progress to a higher level of engagement with society through improved life chances.
We are proud of the successes we have experienced empowering disenfranchised young people through our programmes of work to make positive changes in their lives over the long term. Each strand adheres to our process driven methodology which:
- Has a thematic approach.
- Engages young people from our target group within the theme as ‘enquiry partners’.
- Uses a variety of traditional and non traditional engagement tools including digital media applications in the generating of content which utilises this original user voice.
- Presents this content in a variety of ways and settings.
The key driver for this process is our artistic policy that:
- Is an authentic voice using the dynamic language of modern young people.
- Is contemporary and has a resonance with today’s society.
- Connects with a wide, diverse audience.
- Can be presented on multi platforms.
- Utilises contemporary arts practice including music and multimedia.
- Is relevant to young people from hard to reach backgrounds.
Where do we work?
Based in Oldham, Peshkar continues to deliver projects across Greater Manchester and the North West and actively delivers outside the region including international work. We consider ourselves as a beacon of best practice within our field and where possible are keen to act as bridge point for shared knowledge and understanding from organisations and individuals from across the world.
ADDRESS
Peshkar Productions
Oldham Museum,
Greaves St,
Oldham,
United Kingdom
OL1 1DN
Contact info: Jim@peshkar.co.uk
David@peshkar.co.uk
Steph@peshkar.co.uk
OTB Europe
OTB EUROPE is a company whose main aim is to empower stakeholders to engage in European policy debates, build their capacity using training and innovative educational tools or to build sustainable partnerships. We are an enthusiastic, efficient, straight- forward and professional bunch driven by the motto “Old ways won’t open new doors”. We bring together different actors working on social innovation, striving to create and shape novel policies in social inclusion, social entrepreneurship, social cohesion, open digital environment, training and capacity building as well as further enhancement of the European project.
OTB EUROPE’s mission is to be a platform for think-tank transfer of expertise on European policies and educational tools and programmes along with the promotion of European values in order to fortify the European project.
OTB EUROPE’s vision is an innovative Europe where citizens have an equal access to democratic and social life for all, unified by solidarity and driven by a vigorous economy based on social values.
Contact:
+32 495 948 417
info@otbeurope.com
PANTEIO PANEPISTIMIO KOINONIKON KAI POLITIKON EPISTIMON
Panteion University is the oldest University of Social and Political Sciences in Greece. Founded in 1927, has a long record in conducting research in the social, political and economic fields. A significant part of this research is related to the social and economic development of Greece. The last two decades, there is a clear focus in knowledge and innovation transfer to SME, start-ups, and the society in general.
Panteion University is one of the leading academic communities in Greece with a strong reputation, since it laid the foundations for disciplines like sociology, international relations, regional development, human rights, migration, and media studies. Its Environmental Protection Program is included in the Academic Impact List of the United Nations. Our University consists of four faculties and nine academic departments and offers twelve postgraduate programs with about twenty-nine specializations.
The faculty and research staff consists of 233 members, assisted by 107 administrative employees. Panteion University promotes and manages European/international research cooperation projects through the Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) and presently the International Credit Mobility Erasmus+ is carrying out comprehensive actions to improve exchange and mutual knowledge between professors and scientists from different laboratories.
CONTACT INFO: Dr. Ioannis Skarpelos, Professor
EMAIL: gskarp@panteion.gr
Asociación Caminos
Innovative methods in education and social work
The activities of the non-profit association Caminos founded in 2014 are dedicated to the field of education. Main objectives include fostering exchange and communication, improving individual opportunities for development and supporting the social inclusion of targets at risk.
“Caminos” should indicate the importance of finding new paths to reach our goals, to discover individual resources and opportunities to overcome the actual challenges together.
Contact info: office@asoccaminos.org
Mindshift Talent Advisory
Mindshift is a start-up HR Consultancy established in 2017 in Lisbon, with a strong focus on digital-based solutions. Mindshift operates both, at national and international markets, in the following core areas of business: #upskilling paths: coaching, training and mentoring tailored programmes; #competences assessment centres; #career management and personal development; #attraction, selection and onboarding of young talent; # trainees programmes; #preparation of workforce for digital transformation; #social media campaings.
Mindshift is strongly committed with principles of Social Responsibility and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, bringing together a team of staff with various backgrounds and professional experience.
FB: www.facebook.com/mindshift.talent.advisory
LI: www.linkedin.com/company/mindshift-talentadvisory
Contact: geral@mindshift.pt
Xenios Polis - Culture, Science & Action (XPCSA)
Xenios Polis is a private research institution (NGO), based in Lavrio, Athens. The general purpose of XPCSA is the organization and implementation concerning social welfare, education and culture programs. The key pillars of XPCSA activation are: vulnerable social groups, promoting gender equality, media literature and education, digital culture/ heritage, environmental protection, promote the connection between culture, education and digital media. XPCSA also lays emphasis on the digital literacy, the promotion of digital tools and the practical coalition of culturally different populations, conflict resolutions, intolerance and discrimination combat.
Address: 1 Athens-Lavrion Av., Lavrion, Athens, 19500, Greece
Tel: +30 22920 69188
E-mail: info@xeniospolis.gr
FB: Xenios Polis
Center for Social Innovation Ltd
CSI employs professionals with over 50 years of collective experiences in the fields of Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Education, System Rationalization, Information & Communication Technologies, Global Health Process – Life Sciences, Business Forensic Intervention, Youth Development & Motivation, and Resource Realignment with Goals and Objectives. Members of our Founding Team worked in three continents and collaborated with organizations and individuals from various countries. The Team enlists their experiences to support the identification of systemic problems and development and implementation of smart and sustainable solutions to difficult social problems.
Our Team focuses on developing and introducing solutions for systemic social, education and economic problems. These solutions are developed through various layers of interaction with stakeholders. We believe that quality of life improves when the process of social innovation is leveraged to attain social justice, solve systemic problems and develop solutions that may provide opportunities for individuals and organizations.
Contact info: info@csicy.com
Center for Intercultural Dialogue (CID)
Center for Intercultural Dialogue (CID) is a civil society organization working to promote intercultural acceptance and active citizenship through capacity building processes, non-formal education and youth work provision.
Our mission is to ensure sustainable community development by creating opportunities for quality engagement of civil society, advancing learning opportunities, and active involvement of young people and other citizens.
CID develops its activity on local, national, regional and international levels. We run a fully functional youth center in Kumanovo, North Macedonia, and we offer support to the local volunteers in developing and implementing their own projects.
Contact info: info@cid.mk
OTB Europe
OTB EUROPE is a company whose main aim is to empower stakeholders to engage in European policy debates, build their capacity using training and innovative educational tools or to build sustainable partnerships. We are an enthusiastic, efficient, straight- forward and professional bunch driven by the motto “Old ways won’t open new doors”. We bring together different actors working on social innovation, striving to create and shape novel policies in social inclusion, social entrepreneurship, social cohesion, open digital environment, training and capacity building as well as further enhancement of the European project.
OTB EUROPE’s mission is to be a platform for think-tank transfer of expertise on European policies and educational tools and programmes along with the promotion of European values in order to fortify the European project.
OTB EUROPE’s vision is an innovative Europe where citizens have an equal access to democratic and social life for all, unified by solidarity and driven by a vigorous economy based on social values.
Contact:
+32 495 948 417
info@otbeurope.com
PANTEIO PANEPISTIMIO KOINONIKON KAI POLITIKON EPISTIMON
Panteion University is the oldest University of Social and Political Sciences in Greece. Founded in 1927, has a long record in conducting research in the social, political and economic fields. A significant part of this research is related to the social and economic development of Greece. The last two decades, there is a clear focus in knowledge and innovation transfer to SME, start-ups, and the society in general.
Panteion University is one of the leading academic communities in Greece with a strong reputation, since it laid the foundations for disciplines like sociology, international relations, regional development, human rights, migration, and media studies. Its Environmental Protection Program is included in the Academic Impact List of the United Nations. Our University consists of four faculties and nine academic departments and offers twelve postgraduate programs with about twenty-nine specializations.
The faculty and research staff consists of 233 members, assisted by 107 administrative employees. Panteion University promotes and manages European/international research cooperation projects through the Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) and presently the International Credit Mobility Erasmus+ is carrying out comprehensive actions to improve exchange and mutual knowledge between professors and scientists from different laboratories.
CONTACT INFO: Dr. Ioannis Skarpelos, Professor
EMAIL: gskarp@panteion.gr
Asociación Caminos - Discover new possibilities
Innovative methods in education and social work
The activities of the non-profit association Caminos founded in 2014 are dedicated to the field of education. Main objectives include fostering exchange and communication, improving individual opportunities for development and supporting the social inclusion of targets at risk.
"Caminos" should indicate the importance of finding new paths to reach our goals, to discover individual resources and opportunities to overcome the actual challenges together.
Contact info: office@asoccaminos.org
Mindshift Talent Advisory
Mindshift is a start-up HR Consultancy established in 2017 in Lisbon, with a strong focus on digital-based solutions. Mindshift operates both, at national and international markets, in the following core areas of business: #upskilling paths: coaching, training and mentoring tailored programmes; #competences assessment centres; #career management and personal development; #attraction, selection and onboarding of young talent; # trainees programmes; #preparation of workforce for digital transformation; #social media campaings.
Mindshift is strongly committed with principles of Social Responsibility and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, bringing together a team of staff with various backgrounds and professional experience.
FB: www.facebook.com/mindshift.talent.advisory
LI: www.linkedin.com/company/mindshift-talentadvisory
Contact: geral@mindshift.pt
Xenios Polis - Culture, Science & Action (XPCSA)
Xenios Polis is a private research institution (NGO), based in Lavrio, Athens. The general purpose of XPCSA is the organization and implementation concerning social welfare, education and culture programs. The key pillars of XPCSA activation are: vulnerable social groups, promoting gender equality, media literature and education, digital culture/ heritage, environmental protection, promote the connection between culture, education and digital media. XPCSA also lays emphasis on the digital literacy, the promotion of digital tools and the practical coalition of culturally different populations, conflict resolutions, intolerance and discrimination combat.
Address: 1 Athens-Lavrion Av., Lavrion, Athens, 19500, Greece
Tel: +30 22920 69188
E-mail: info@xeniospolis.gr
FB: Xenios Polis
Center for Social Innovation Ltd
CSI employs professionals with over 50 years of collective experiences in the fields of Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Education, System Rationalization, Information & Communication Technologies, Global Health Process - Life Sciences, Business Forensic Intervention, Youth Development & Motivation, and Resource Realignment with Goals and Objectives. Members of our Founding Team worked in three continents and collaborated with organizations and individuals from various countries. The Team enlists their experiences to support the identification of systemic problems and development and implementation of smart and sustainable solutions to difficult social problems.
Our Team focuses on developing and introducing solutions for systemic social, education and economic problems. These solutions are developed through various layers of interaction with stakeholders. We believe that quality of life improves when the process of social innovation is leveraged to attain social justice, solve systemic problems and develop solutions that may provide opportunities for individuals and organizations.
Contact info: info@csicy.com
Peshkar
Who are we?
Originally formed in 1991 as a community theatre project for Oldham’s Asian community, Peshkar has evolved into the UK’s leading participatory arts organisation targeting young people who are deemed hard to reach or socially disadvantaged.
An Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation with regular support from Oldham Council, Peshkar works across multi-platforms utilising the full range of arts forms, acting as conduit for young people from the margins of society to better access a cultural offer or using the arts as an intervention in the lives of young people to better enhance their life chances on a personal and professional level.
How do we work?
Our work is underpinned by a commitment to excellence in participatory arts practice framed around our core values of ‘participation,’ ‘inspiration,’ ‘innovation’ and ‘progression.’ We expect the young people that we work with to be inspired by our innovative policy and practice to the extent that they will progress to a higher level of engagement with society through improved life chances.
We are proud of the successes we have experienced empowering disenfranchised young people through our programmes of work to make positive changes in their lives over the long term. Each strand adheres to our process driven methodology which:
- Has a thematic approach.
- Engages young people from our target group within the theme as ‘enquiry partners’.
- Uses a variety of traditional and non traditional engagement tools including digital media applications in the generating of content which utilises this original user voice.
- Presents this content in a variety of ways and settings.
The key driver for this process is our artistic policy that:
- Is an authentic voice using the dynamic language of modern young people.
- Is contemporary and has a resonance with today’s society.
- Connects with a wide, diverse audience.
- Can be presented on multi platforms.
- Utilises contemporary arts practice including music and multimedia.
- Is relevant to young people from hard to reach backgrounds.
Where do we work?
Based in Oldham, Peshkar continues to deliver projects across Greater Manchester and the North West and actively delivers outside the region including international work. We consider ourselves as a beacon of best practice within our field and where possible are keen to act as bridge point for shared knowledge and understanding from organisations and individuals from across the world.
ADDRESS
Peshkar Productions
Oldham Museum,
Greaves St,
Oldham,
United Kingdom
OL1 1DN
Contact info: Jim@peshkar.co.uk
David@peshkar.co.uk
Steph@peshkar.co.uk
