Body Shining project

“Body Shining” is the result of the interest of all 5 European partner organisations in multiplying and improving tools and capacities in the field of non-formal education with young people at risk of social exclusion, by sharing and combining resources, skills, experiences and good practices between them. non-formal education sector.

Aims

  • Reduce the act of body shaming

  • Promoting and explaining the concept of body positivity

  • Empower participants and give them tools to recognise and identify the act of body-shaming

  • Better understand social dynamics and cultural differences

  • Creating tools to value oneself and promoting the idea of the validity of every shape, colour, height, weight

  • Acquire a correct vocabulary

  • Conduct workshops and artistic campaigns

Person standing with newspaper garment in a room with tables and chairs, other people, and a doorway in the background.

Body Shining ΙΟ2 toolkit for the prevention of body-shaming is online

This toolkit was produced as part of the “Body Shining” Erasmus+ project. It aims at offering youth workers art-based training tools to facilitate their work concerning body-shaming phenomena among young people from different cultural and social backgrounds.

This book consists of a collection of methodologies developed by all 5 partner organisations. Each organisation developed and implemented 2 methodologies relating to the prevention of body-shaming phenomena in their own city. These workshops took place in Bari, Belfast, Larissa, Paris and Sofia with youth workers and youths participants either together or separately. Each organisation also implemented two methodologies, other than its own, developed by other partner organisations to check their function and potential in different settings.This toolkit was produced as part of the “Body Shining” Erasmus+ project. It aims at offering youth workers art-based training tools to facilitate their work concerning body-shaming phenomena among young people from different cultural and social backgrounds.

This book consists of a collection of methodologies developed by all 5 partner organisations. Each organisation developed and implemented 2 methodologies relating to the prevention of body-shaming phenomena in their own city. These workshops took place in Bari, Belfast, Larissa, Paris and Sofia with youth workers and youths participants either together or separately. Each organisation also implemented two methodologies, other than its own, developed by other partner organisations to check their function and potential in different settings.

Images below from the Bari workshop session. Workshops were also held in university of Atypical, photos not taken of participants in workshop.

Link to project outcome
A cluttered table with various papers, a water bottle, sunglasses, a pink bag, a cup, and a red pen. Several sheets of paper have quotes on them related to body image, such as "Your nose is so thin you could be white" and "Real women have curves."
Several people are sitting or lying on the floor in an art studio, drawing on large sheets of paper with colorful markers. Some are focused on their artwork, while others are resting or looking at their phones. There are chairs, backpacks, and art supplies around the room.
Various rocks, some with handwritten words, scattered among small pebbles and some greenery.
Colorful children's drawings displayed on the ground outdoors, some taped to rocks, featuring various characters and abstract designs.
A handwritten list on a whiteboard with ten items, some with colored marks and circles next to them. The list includes items about photography, gratitude, access needs, relaxation, photo stories, parties, self-portraits, first impressions, icebergs and incidents, and forum theater.
A wall with a large abstract drawing created with black, red, purple, blue, and orange marker or pen. The drawing features multiple human faces with eyes, a hand, and various shapes and lines, some of which are detailed and others more abstract.
A group of four women standing outdoors under trees, engaged in a discussion around a large sheet of paper with colorful sticky notes attached, in a park or garden setting with parked cars in the background.
A pebble-covered beach with a large white wooden stick inscribed with the words names and small rocks arranged in a semi-circle.
Group of women sitting cross-legged in a circle outdoors on a dirt ground, engaging in a discussion under a tree, with water bottles and notebooks nearby.
Various rocks and stones of different sizes, with some rocks containing handwritten markings or numbers.
A computer screen displaying a photo of a small animal, possibly a kitten, lying on a surface that looks like a bedsheet or blanket. The photo on the screen is black and white, and the computer interface shows a phone number, date, and time above the image.