Bridge to New Beginnings 4 Ukrainian refugees

BNB4UR

Duration
01.09.2024 – 30.11.2025 (15 months)

Budget
60,000 EUR (Erasmus+ KA210-YOU)

Acronym
BNB4UR • 2024-1-PL01-KA210-YOU-000247239

Bridges of Hope — project activities photo

Project Description

The project develops and promotes tools to support education of young people from Ukraine and their integration in Poland and Romania. Main products include: a Volunteer Handbook, a set of 30 workshop scenarios, and an operational toolkit for peer education.

Work is organised in four stages: (1) selecting seven key areas (democratic life, skills & employment, language, adaptation, ecology, IT competences, EU values), (2) creating the handbook, (3) developing the scenarios, and (4) producing the operational materials. Activities are tested and iterated during integration workshops in Poland and Romania.

Target Groups

Young Volunteers (16–30)

Active in migrant support centres. They deliver peer education, facilitate integration and participation, and receive practical tools for working with refugee peers.

Young Refugees from Ukraine

Beneficiaries of activities: improved adaptation, language, social and civic competences, and easier access to services and information.

Institutions & Support Organisations

Migrant centres and social/educational/psychological institutions benefit from ready-to-use materials that can be scaled in daily work.

Results

Volunteer Handbook

Online compendium (3 languages) on first contact, trust-building, needs assessment, and running integration activities.

30 Workshop Scenarios

Ready-to-use, engaging and adaptable to diverse groups; support peer education and social inclusion.

Operational Toolkit

Templates, tools and worksheets facilitating planning, delivery and evaluation.

Intervention Area

Supporting youth systems in responding to the consequences of the war in Ukraine (Erasmus+ Youth priority).

Reception and integration of refugees; non-formal education aligned with EU values.

Fostering civic engagement, entrepreneurship and participation among young people.

Developing language, digital, social and intercultural competences.

Partnership

Coordinator: Social Innovation Cluster Foundation (Poland)

Gliwice, PL • Experience in projects for migrants: legal and psychological aid, language courses, non-formal education.

Partner: ASOCIAȚIA SE POATE (Romania)

Chiajna, RO • Youth organisation co-creating the results (handbook, scenarios) and integration activities.

Handbook

Volunteer Handbook

The handbook was created as a practical support tool for volunteers. It offers clear guidance for everyday work with people with migration and refugee experience—especially on building first contact and delivering integration-focused activities. It is available in three languages: Polish, English, and Romanian.

Polish English Romanian

Operational Materials

The operational materials developed within the “Bridge to New Beginnings 4 Ukrainian refugees” project are a practical set of tools designed to support young volunteers working with Ukrainian refugees. Their main purpose is to enhance the effectiveness of educational and integration activities carried out through peer-to-peer education. This toolkit was co-created by volunteers during international integration workshops in Poland and Romania, based on the identified needs of beneficiaries and the lived experience of working with young migrants.

Available in 3 languages: Polish, English and Romanian.

Operational Materials