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Wonder Foundation, Tilburg (2026)

08/09/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 🪶

From 𝟗-𝟏𝟏 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, we are gathering in 𝐔𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧, 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐢𝐣𝐦𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧, for a weekend of poetry, storytelling, voice, movement and creative exploration.

You don’t need to call yourself a poet. You don’t need experience with writing, performing or any of the practices we’ll explore. Poetry Nest is for people who are curious to experiment, express, listen, play and discover what can happen when words meet the body, the voice and other people.

Across three days, different facilitators will invite us into their practices, with time in between for shared meals, conversations, being outside and simply being together. 🌿

📅 𝟗-𝟏𝟏 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
📍 𝐔𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧, 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐢𝐣𝐦𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧
🌱 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞
𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫.

On 𝟐𝟒 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, you will hear from us whether you are one of the humans joining this experience. 💌

🔗 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦: https://forms.gle/3VpynaAvEDnDyJPD9

𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 is part of 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐬𝐭, an Erasmus+ project created by 𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐎𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬.

Project co-funded by the European Union and supported by and

Come find your place in the Nest. 🪺

06/08/2026

One email led to a coffee. The coffee led to this photo, and hopefully to a lasting collaboration. ☕

Meeting Mai Nambooze, who works with care leavers in Uganda - Association of Care Leavers Uganda - ACLU, reminded me how much we can learn when we step outside our own context. We found ourselves asking many of the same questions, despite working in different parts of the world, and left our conversation excited to explore how our organisations can learn from and contribute to each other's work.

Some partnerships begin with a simple message... and with a lot of curiosity on the receiving end. 🌍✨

01/07/2026

🎉 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲.𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥.𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭!

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 🇧🇬 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚, 🇨🇿 𝐂𝐳𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜, 🇬🇷 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞, 🇱🇻 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐯𝐢𝐚, 🇳🇱 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 🇵🇱 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 🇷🇴 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚, 🇸🇮 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 🇪🇸 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧

What becomes possible when curiosity, imagination, playfulness and wonder are welcomed into the way we learn, facilitate and work with young people?

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲.𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥.𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 is an 8-day Erasmus+ Training Course inviting youth workers, educators, facilitators, social workers and community practitioners to explore playfulness as a professional attitude. Together, we will discover how presence, creativity and adaptability can strengthen both our personal wellbeing and our work with groups.

📍 𝐎𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬
📅 𝟗-𝟏𝟖 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 (travel days included)

✨ 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥:
• Explore how playfulness can enrich your everyday life and youth work practice.
• Reflect on how your presence shapes group dynamics and learning environments.
• Reconnect with your creativity, curiosity and capacity to respond to the unexpected.
• Experiment with experiential and non-formal methods that can be adapted to your own context.
• Grow your facilitation practice through shared learning, reflection and direct experience.

🤝 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞:
🇷🇴 Bridge to Unity | Romania
🇧🇬 Zarika Association | Bulgaria
🇱🇻 Mo(ve)ment | Latvia
🇪🇸 Talasa Association | Spain
🇸🇮 Društvo MOAVE | Slovenia
🇬🇷 Youth into Alternative Ventures | Greece
🇨🇿 ProDrama | Czech Republic
🇵🇱 Freedom Universe | Poland

📝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟏𝟓 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lRe3X9XTxrf5E0c5W7vYFcMe_lHTPAQc/view?usp=drive_link

📩 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
https://forms.gle/keBv3EZ3JScMCdTQ9

If this opportunity resonates with you, we'd love to hear your story.

𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨-𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲.𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥.𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮.🌿

Project supported by Erasmusplus Jeugd and

19/06/2026

🌿 Expanding the Nest 🌿

Our final day of Poetry Nest began by opening the nest to the local community.

A few guests accepted our invitation to join us for a creative gathering, where we explored how movement, creative writing, sharing, and reflection can support connection within groups. Together, we experienced some of the methods that had been developed, adapted, and refined throughout the exchange. Thank you to everyone who joined us and trusted the process.

The rest of the day was dedicated to bringing our own journey to a close. We completed final recordings, reflected on the learning and experiences of the past days, and took time to acknowledge what each person had contributed to this shared process.

Over the course of the exchange, we created poems, designed and tested workshops, exchanged practices, received feedback, and explored how creativity can support our work as youth workers and community builders. We also built relationships that will continue beyond this project and strengthened the collaboration between our two organisations.

As we prepare to return home, we do so with new ideas, practical tools, fresh inspiration, and a deeper understanding of how poetry, embodiment, and creative expression can enrich youth work and community engagement.

This may be the end of our time together in Greece, but it is only the beginning of what these ideas, methods, and collaborations can become in the communities we return to.

Thank you for following our journey. More will grow from this nest. 🪶

Poetry Embodiment NonFormalEducation

18/06/2026

🌿 Deepening the Nest 🌿

Over the past two days, we have continued exploring what it means to learn, create, and grow together as youth workers and community builders.

Our mornings began with movement and stretching, helping us arrive fully in our bodies before stepping into the day’s activities. From there, we participated in each other’s workshops, experiencing a wide range of creative approaches and facilitation styles. These sessions offered inspiration and the opportunity to exchange expertise, share feedback, and reflect on how these methods might be adapted and applied in our own communities.

Alongside the workshops, we dedicated time to reconnecting with the poems that have emerged throughout this journey. Through visualisation, individual writing time, and collective reflection, we listened to what these texts still needed and how they could be further developed.

An important part of the process has been imagining what happens after Poetry Nest. Together, we have been dreaming about how these workshops, methods, and creative tools can continue living beyond this temporary nest and find their place in future youth work initiatives.

We also began rehearsing and filming the first poems with our videographer. This stage has been an exploration in itself, experimenting with different settings, backgrounds, and ways of bringing the essence of each poem to life through voice, presence, and image.

Between workshops, poems, conversations, rehearsals, and shared meals, we are slowly building something that we will carry back into our communities long after this exchange comes to an end.

Project supported by Het Nederlands Jeugdinstituut and Erasmus+ Jeugd

18/06/2026

🌿 Deepening the Nest 🌿

After a day of exploration and rest, we returned to our journey together and entered the next phase of Poetry Nest: Deepening the Nest.

This phase invites us to slow down and look a little deeper, both at ourselves and at the ways we show up in our work as youth workers, facilitators, and community builders.

During the day, we participated in a session on voice and dance expression facilitated by one of our team members, who brings many years of experience in this field. Through movement, breath, and vocal exploration, we worked with the theme of gratitude, reflecting on the people, moments, and experiences that nourish us.

Gratitude is not only a personal practice. It is also a valuable tool in youth work. It helps create space for reflection, strengthens resilience, and encourages young people to recognise the resources, relationships, and small moments of support that exist in their lives.

The session offered a meaningful blend of artistic expression and personal reflection, showing how creative practices can support both individual wellbeing and professional development. It reminded us of the importance of voice, not only as a means of communication, but also as a way of being present, authentic, and available to others.

As we continue deepening the nest, we carry these reflections with us into the next part of our journey. 🪶
Project supported by Het Nederlands Jeugdinstituut and Erasmus+ Jeugd

Embodiment VoiceWork NonFormalEducation WellbeingInYouthWork

18/06/2026

🌿 Resting the Nest 🌿

The work we do matters. And just as important is how we take care of ourselves while doing it.
As youth workers, facilitators, and community builders, we often spend our energy creating spaces for others. This day was an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with ourselves, and enjoy time together outside the programme.

We explored the area around our nest, visited the Eupalinian Aqueduct, wandered through the streets of Pythagoreio, and discovered local places such as a family-run honey farm and shop.

These experiences may not always look like “work”, but they are an important part of building trust, strengthening relationships, and finding inspiration for the days ahead. Rest, curiosity, and connection are also part of sustainable youth work.

Tomorrow, we return to the nest with fresh energy, ready to continue weaving ideas, methods, and experiences together. 🪶

Project supported by Het Nederlands Jeugdinstituut and Erasmus+ Jeugd

CreativeYouthWork Embodiment SustainableYouthWork

17/06/2026

How many stories remain hidden,
while someone out there needed to hear them?

We are all full of stories.

Stories that shaped us.
Stories that changed us.
Stories that never had the space to come to life.

This gathering is an invitation to slow down and reconnect with yourself through your unique story, and to witness the stories of others.

A cozy afternoon of reflection, writing, and sharing.

Program:
• Arrival
• Connecting with yourself
• Connecting with others
• Writing your story
• Sharing your story

No writing experience is needed.
Just bring your curiosity.

📍Sint Anthoniusplaats 9, 6511 TR Nijmegen
🗓️27.06.2026
⏱️15:00–17:00

Contribution: €10

Drop a comment to register.
Or
Registration link:
https://forms.gle/9kGM8k8zMJo4aJbC6

13/06/2026

🌿 Weaving the Nest 🌿
A new day, a new opportunity for personal and professional growth.

Our day began early on the beach, patiently waiting for the sunrise. As the first light appeared over the sea, we took a moment to slow down, reflect, and welcome the day together.

Energised, we returned to our nest and began the next stage of our journey. Standing at the doorstep of Weaving the Nest, we started sharing the sessions we had designed for one another, offering our colleagues a glimpse into the practices, ideas, and creative approaches that shape our work.

Throughout the day, we explored poetry, movement, storytelling, and embodied practices, learning not only from the facilitators but also from the different perspectives and experiences present in the group.

In the afternoon, we joined forces to co-create the gathering we will soon offer to the local community, weaving together our ideas, strengths, and inspirations into a shared experience.

We ended the day around a table in a local Greek taverna, sharing food, conversations, and laughter. A reminder that learning also happens in the spaces between the sessions, where relationships deepen and community takes shape.

More weaving awaits in the upcoming days. 🪶

13/06/2026

[Poetry Nest]
🌿 Entering the Nest 🌿

The first phase of Poetry Nest has begun.
Over the past days, we have arrived from Greece and the Netherlands, settled into this beautiful corner by the sea, and started getting to know one another through the stories, experiences, values, and practices that shape our work and our lives.

Through movement, storytelling, writing, reflection, we have begun creating the foundations of the nest: trust, presence, curiosity, and care.

We have explored the space around us, shared pieces of our journeys, and mapped the learning arc that will guide us through the days ahead.

As we slowly close the chapter of Entering the Nest, we find ourselves standing at the threshold of the next phase: Building the Nest.

We are excited to discover the gifts, practices, ideas, and experiences that each person brings to this collective space, and to begin weaving them into something new together.

More to come. 🪶

Project supported by Het Nederlands Jeugdinstituut and Erasmus+ Jeugd

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