The ALADDIN project addresses the development of basic language, communication and entrepreneurial skills of disadvantaged young adults thanks to intergenerational workshops provided by retired senior volunteers at risk of exclusion through storytelling technics. ALADDIN thus has a double objective: - the development of competences and basic skills for inclusion and personal fulfillment in disadvantaged youngsters. - and the valorization of the competences of seniors and the acquisitions of new ones: training competences based on storytelling techniques To reach these objectives we wish to: - Show how we can use intergenerational storytelling activities for the development of key competences for young people in disadvantaged situations - In collaboration with retired senior volunteers develop and test educational materials based on storytelling adapted for • language teaching for migrants with low language skills • developing entrepreneurial skills for migrant and minority members with low educational level • enhancing social and communication skills and increasing motivation to learn for young people with poor school performance; economic obstacles, or with limited social skills - Do extensive promotion and exploitation of the online resource materials amongst senior organisations, volunteer organisations, migrant and minority organisations, adult educators/trainers, organisations involved in intergenerational work, community workers. Number and profile of participants: The consortium consists of 5 partners (from Hungary, France, UK, Spain, Netherlands): some of them have experience in intergenerational work and/or working with senior volunteers, some of them in storytelling, some in interculturality. We will bring out our “complementary added value” and develop a theoretical background and methodology for using stories and storytelling techniques in cooperative intergenerational work with senior citizens and disadvantaged youth. Impact: The desired impact for the young target group (beyond the development of the specific skills targeted by the thematic groups) is the increase of their cultural competences, communication skills, self-confidence, social skills and as a consequence the improvement of their social inclusion. Besides getting equipped with practical skills on how to organise such workshops and with training skills using storytelling methods, we expect an impact on senior volunteers' self-esteem (enforcing the feeling of being useful), and a break-down or prevention of their social isolation. Both the old and the young could feel empowered by being members of a group where people are encouraged to share their experience, values, strengths, life stories and where they learn from each other. Participant organisations - though they already have sound experience in at least one of the domains of the project - all will acquire new competencies, resources and networks. Stakeholders will gain access to a methodology and concrete techniques they can replicate / further develop in order to organise different types of intergenerational activities. Long term sustainability: Beyond the benefits of provoking intergenerational exchange, the participation of senior volunteers can become an extra resource in terms of the sustainability of the methodology as running such groups do not require drawing in financial resources to cover trainers’ costs. Impact: The desired impact for the young target group (beyond the development of the specific skills targeted by the thematic groups) is the increase of their cultural competences, communication skills, self-confidence, social skills and as a consequence the improvement of their social inclusion. Besides getting equipped with practical skills on how to organise such workshops and with training skills using storytelling methods, we expect an impact on senior volunteers' self-esteem (enforcing the feeling of being useful), and a break-down or prevention of their social isolation. Both the old and the young could feel empowered by being members of a group where people are encouraged to share their experience, values, strengths, life stories and where they learn from each other. Participant organisations - though they already have sound experience in at least one of the domains of the project - all will acquire new competencies, resources and networks. Stakeholders will gain access to a methodology and concrete techniques they can replicate / further develop in order to organise different types of intergenerational activities.