ReLoved guide to upcyclig - infoletter

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ReLoved–
Creative guide to upcycling
Youth exchange
9-19 July 2015
Alsótold
Hungary
Dear Friends,
We are glad to invite You to our intercultural training
course named
ReLoved
organized by ReCreativity Social Enterprise & financed
by Erasmus +

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We invite you to take this creative adventure with us!
The 10 days long program will take place in Alsótold, Hungary in July 2015.
In this letter you will find all you need to know about its goals, program, information
about accommodation, money reimbursement and other practical issues.
We gladly answer all your questions and are looking forward to see You in Hungary!
About:
These days in Europe we face in a daily base local and global environmental issues. Our consuming
society accumulates waste material every day more and more. In our project young people looking for
uniqueness, they are interested in design and in recreating useful items (bags, accessories, musical
instruments, wallets, items used at home) from waste material. They do it in order to give them a new
life and make them sustainable. Participants share their new knowledge and theirs' countries best

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practises with kids from the close villages and when they go home in their local communities as well,
they promote practical techniques of environmental protection.
We work on global problems in a local context in a diverse group and we stimulate participants to act
together upon it, by taking actively part in the creation, and giving creative workshops to the local
community as well. Developing creativity and entrepreneurship is a common need for the target
groups of all partners. Crafts is a very practical, enjoyable way to develop creativity and
entrepreneurship, non-formal learning methods: improve creativity as a skill and as a lifestyle, can be
easily integrated with it. It allows individual talent and initiative together with a team production at the
same time. Enhance cooperation and communication within a team, not only development of common
ideas, but also balance of ideas and their realization.
Why:
Our participants will come from different kind of cultural and social backgrounds. We aim to reach
youngsters living in smaller towns and countryside with different age and different experiences. Two of
our partners are working with youngsters living with disabilities and will work in integrated group. We
accept participants with light mental and physical disabilities as well. The selection criteria will be set
up before hand with our partners and we will create the application form together. After each partner
is going to take care about the selection of the participants. They are going to prepare them as well for
the trip and the program according to the agreements what we have.
ReLoved is a 10 days long Youth Exchange
 There will be 30 participants from 6 different countries
 Young people living together for
 The program develops skills for life while working and creating together
 You will have the chance to practise all these skills during the programme

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 It provides workshops about creative methods of sustainability
 It is an opportunity to challenge yourself in a beautiful environment
 A place where you make friends with people from different countries within Europe
 An opportunity to learn how to work in an international team
 A very good chance to get inspired and inspire others!
How:
The program of the youth exchanges contains several different elements – which provides the variety
during the 10 days.
As it was mentioned above the program uses the method of „learning by experience”, which is a non-
formal learning method. The focus is on getting new experiences first and reflecting on it after all. In
the beginning of the program there will be team building activities as participants are going to work
together for 10 days.
Furthermore there will be some lectures on design theory in order participants can have a clear picture
and fresh knowledge on actual design concepts. Moreover there will be practical & techinal input from
the team and the organisers as well. (Like how to use the sewing machine, how to work with special
tools, etc). There will be input from outside – by invited guests – who are going to organise workshops
and giving presentation for inspiration.
The other important element of the program is the connection with the locals. We are going to use
workshop as a tool to make connections between the inernational group and the locals.
There was another similar project last year called RE:Creativity. Based on the results of that we
developed the program.
Check out the video of last year here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMa7CNTLEeo
Team of facilitators
The program of the course is designed and conducted by a multicultural team of experienced trainers
and assistants. Barbara Földi is going to lead the program with a group of people. Benjamin Földi is
going to be responsible for the management and logistics of the project.
We have a blog – please check it out:
http://recreativityforyou.tumblr.com/
And a Facebook Page -http://www.facebook.com/recreativityforyou#!/recreativityforyou
When:
Dates of the training course: 9-19 July 2015
We kindly ask you to follow the schedule which you can see below:

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The dates of the program for participants are the followings:
You have to arrive to Budapest by the latest at 16.00 – a common bus will take you to
the accommodation!
Arrival until 18:00 PM 9 July 2015
The program starts at 09:00 AM 10 July 2015
The program finishes 21:00 PM 18 July 2015
Departure Check out - 10:00 AM 19 July 2015
We expect you to the guesthouse accommodation: Let us know if you come 1-2 days earlier, or leave
later, we can help you to find cheap hostels in Budapest. We expect you to participate in the whole
program – meaning arrive later or leave earlier is not allowed!
For who(nation):
Country Organization Contact Person
Poland Stowarzyszenie "Nasz Łąg -
nasza wieś"
Wieslaw Lipski
w.lipski@stowlag.org.pl
Czech Republic Be International Michal Hahn
projects@beinternational.cz
Spain Asociacion Juvenil
Intercambia
Pedro Munoz
ajintercambia@gmail.com
Ireland Cope Foundation Michael Barrett
barrettm@cope-foundation.ie
Portugal Agora Aveiro Natasa Golosin
natasa.golosin@gmail.com
Italy Young Men's Christian
Association Parthenope
Luca Paolisso
luca.paolisso@gmail.com
Hungary ReCreativity Social Enterprise
Nonprofit Kft.
Földi Benjámin
re.design2012@gmail.com
For who(age):
We are going to invite participants with the age of 16 to 25 yeard old plus group leaders (above 25).
Each partner will make the selection of the participants and we inform them before hand that they
have to check the gender balance.
During the activity we involve everyone and we create activities where all participants can join
regardless on age or gender.

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Where?
Alsótold - HUNGARY
3069 Alsótold, Szabadság street 6.
What to bring?
We will provide all the materials and tools for you such as sewing machines, old clothes, and all
different kinds of recycling materials. We want you to bring your ideas! If you need any special tool
during the program, bring it, but don’t forget – we will provide as much materials as we can!
Checklist:
 enough clothes for 10 days – there is no washing machine in the house
 towel
 raincoat
 comfortable and waterproof shoes for the outdoor programs
 SLEEPING BAG!
 backpack or smaller bag for your daily equipment
Documents:
 passport or other official identification
 BILLS and TICKETS described in the attachment
 insurance (described below)
 Hungarians: TB card
There is no ATM at Alsótold, so make sure that you have enough money for a short term.

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COSTS:
ReCreativity Social Enterprise covers the following costs:
 accommodation
 food
 the costs of the programme
 100% of the travel costs of foreign participants, financed by the Erasmus+ Programme,
according to the conditions described in the attachment
Participants cover the following costs:
 In case you are coming from an other country than the partner organizations: the rest of your
travel costs from your living place to the project venue, which can be 0-100% of your travel
costs, depending on what kind of funding you are coming with
 Your own insurance
 Participant’s contribution: 50€/person. To be paid in cash in HUF or € on arrival
The procedure and the conditions of reimbursement is described below in the attachment nr.1.
Please read it carefully and if you have questions contact us in advance!
Do NOT buy your ticket until you get a confirmation letter and you are told to do so!
If you have any physical limitations, disease and/or you use medicine, please indicate it in the
application form. If you are vegetarian or have a special diet let us know, indicating what you can not,
or don’t want to eat, and also what you CAN eat, so that we can arrange suitable food for you.

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Attachment nr.1
CONDITIONS OF REIMBURSEMENT
By law and the funding rules of the Erasmus+ Programme we need to keep certain administrative
procedures. We are asking for your support and cooperation in keeping these rules.
Please make sure that you read and understand the conditions and the procedure.
Conditions of reimbursement:
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Save your original tickets and receipts, invoices and all related documents, because
you can only get reimbursement for costs you can prove with original tickets and receipts. Only the
amount written on the ticket will be reimbursed –if you want your return ticket to be reimbursed, you
have to give it to us. We cannot reimburse anything that you buy after the training.
ALL the following ORIGINAL documents will be needed:
- all your tickets and boarding passes
- invoices of buying your tickets described below
- passport or ID
- official document from the bank or travel agency stating the exchange rate from your currency to
Euro and/or HUF of the day you buy your ticket.
What is an INVOICE?
This is a document, signed and stamped by the seller.
The invoice of flight ticket must contain your name, the starting and finishing place and the date of
the journey and the price of the ticket.
Use your name from your passport, no nicknames!
For all the other tickets that you buy in Hungary you need a special invoice, called ÁFÁS SZÁMLA. It
needs to be issued for the following address as buyer: ReCreativity Social Enterprise
Budapest
1132
Visegrádi utca 52/b, II/2
HUNGARY
E-tickets:
An e-ticket is NOT an invoice! If necessary, call the airline/train company/etc and ask them to give you
a receipt/invoice with the data given above. If you buy tickets online, take care that you tick the box
indicating that you want an invoice, and you fill in the address of ReCreativity where the invoice has to
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Reimbursement will be in HUF and it will be done by bank transfer. The exact
procedure is described below. The exchange rate we will use is defined by the
National Agency of the Erasmus+ Programme.
Country Max. travel cost € (100%)
Poland 170
Czech Republic 80
Spain 270
Ireland 270
Portugal 270
Italy 170
Hungary 80