Street Academy
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Street Academy

The Transformers Movement launched the “Street Academy”, a project whose main objective is to guarantee equal access to opportunities in the development and projecti...

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    82 backers

  • 01/10/2024

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The Transformers Movement launched the “Street Academy”, a project whose main objective is to guarantee equal access to opportunities in the development and projecti...

The Transformers Movement launched the “Street Academy”, a project whose main objective is to guarantee equal access to opportunities in the development and projection of the different talents of young people, despite their different starting points.

The Academy is materialized through the opening of a physical space in the city of Porto, the first place to accelerate talents of the Transformers Movement, which is scheduled to open in December.

The Transformers Movement has worked with more than 9,100 young people at risk of social exclusion, ensuring that 60% increased their leadership and creativity skills, 58% increased their feeling of social acceptance and 44.3% reduced their school retention rate. Now, he wants to take the leap and make sure that all these young people have a place where they can invest in what they really want to do.

«Created to be an open and safe place to create, experiment, fail and learn, the Rua Academia is a space that represents the completion of the movement's cycle of transformation, with the aim of ensuring that there is a place that is home for all young people who are part of Transformers, where they know that there is room for all talents – and to explore them -, and where they will always have a team focused on designing and building personalized learning plans, which amplifies the voices of these young people and forms our new generation of leaders».

The Academy is organized into three main areas: physical space, incubation and monitoring methodology . A space open to the community and the social innovation ecosystem, an annual incubation process for up to two projects in the area of education (school success/failure is the variable that most accelerates/slows down civic and social participation) is the giveback and guarantee of union of energies with those who can learn and promote their mission, and finally the monitoring methodology for young people who go through the entire process of the transformers movement.

Between 12 and 24 months, these young people will invest and accelerate their talents, having access to the best support and places to do so. Everyone can contribute by becoming founding members of the Academy.

About the author

The Transformers Movement is a Non-Governmental Development Organization that has existed since 2010 with the mission of increasing civic and social engagement in Portugal. We work with children and young people at risk of social exclusion, isolated seniors and student and youth associations through four areas of intervention: Volunteering, Associations, Awareness and Advocacy.

Over the last 14 years we have received numerous awards, we have been recognized as a Reference Methodology for Knowledge by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, we have won the Civic Society Prize from the European Commission, our CEO ( Joana Moreira ) has been considered one of the best social entrepreneurs in the world (Ashoka Fellow ). We have already impacted thousands of young people, hundreds of seniors (through scientific impact assessments that you can see online) and this is the year to open our Academy - a home where we will be able to welcome and enhance the talents of the children and young people who are part of the community.

We already have space (Rua da Alegria, 860) but we need everything else.

Budget and due dates

The total investment value of the Rua Academia is €200,000.00 distributed according to the image above.

The amount requested in this campaign (€5,000) will be used to cover the costs of our Music Studio :
• Soundproofing
• Wall and floor covering
• Installation of recording and sound equipment
• Furniture (chairs, tables, equipment racks)

  • Invest with
    50€ or more

    Friend/the Street Academy

    - Digital Badge Friend of Academia de Rua - Invitation to exclusive Academia de Rua events

    28 backers

  • Invest with
    200€ or more

    Member of the Street Academy

    - Friendly Digital Badge of Academia de Rua - Invitation to exclusive Academia de Rua events - Use of 50 hours per year to be used in the coworking space

    3 backers

  • Invest with
    500€ or more

    Board Academy

    - Friend of Academia de Rua Digital Badge - Invitation to exclusive Academia de Rua events - Use of 50 hours per year to be used in the coworking space - Participation on the Academia board: support in strategic decisions, 2 annual alignment meetings;

    2 backers

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Mon, 07/10/2024 - 16:05

Payout completed

The raised funds have been transferred to the campaign owner

01/10/2024

Campaign ended

The campaign successfully raised the initial target

Fri, 27/09/2024 - 19:36

100% reached

WE DID IT! We met our initial target but the fundraising can continue

Wed, 18/09/2024 - 11:27

50% reached

We've just achieved half the target! The glass is now more full than empty ;)

Wed, 11/09/2024 - 14:41

We're now 20

We reached the first 20 backers. Let's keep up!

Sat, 31/08/2024 - 10:35

First five backers

We've gathered the first 5 backers. Hurray!

Campaign launched

05/08/2024

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