What is this circus?
The Q-Circo project uses circus arts as a tool for the personal and social development and professional integration of young adults in Porto and Gondomar, with the support of the PARTIS & Art for Change initiative.
Q-Circo
Q-Circo aims to contribute to the empowerment and employability of young people in NEET situations (not in employment, education or training).
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Circus arts act as a tool to promote personal and social development of tow groups of youngsters and adults in Gondomar, Porto. The participants join a project of artistic creation and personal evolution that includes a range of activities including circus arts workshops and sessions for developing personal, social and employability skills.
Project supported under the 2nd edition of the PARTIS & Art for Change initiative, promoted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the ‘la Caixa’ Foundation.
- Promoters
- Companhia Erva Daninha
- Programmes
- PARTIS & Art for Change 2022-2025
- Social Issues
- Deprivation of freedom, School failure or dropout, Social and/or geographical isolation, Unemployement
- Artistic Area
- Circus Arts
- Beneficiaries
- 53 participantsYouth16–25 years
- Date
- 2022 – 2025 (36 months)
- State
- Ongoing
- Territories
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Área Metropolitana do Porto
Gondomar, Porto