The choir evening was a really great way to get to know the locals.

Here are some Pictures:

A small village pub with a big heart

In fishing villages the pub is the heart of the community

Friendships and bonds are cemented

James after a few of the local brew

James think what a great location for a film shoot

Hannah & James

A perfect time for filming local village life

A great view in the morning during filming and fishing

Not the end

This week's project is over but it's not the end. This blog will continue next week when we hope to upload more photos and videos. And more Stargazy short term EVS projects are coming...

Here are some pictures of participants working with Malcolm, and the boats from previous projects still in good condition.

Inspection of the work done by previous Ruckenwind (Tailwind) volunteers

Moving boats is harder than it looks

As we said moving boats ....

At least we are going downhill and we can see water now...

Careful lads we can't scratch the boat - it is over 100 years old! (the boat not Malcolm lol)

Intercultural party

We ended the project with an evening of food and drink from six countries. Everyone relaxed with their old and new-found friends.

A big thank you to all our friends in Millbrook and Kingsand-Cawsand for making us so welcome. None more so than Malcolm (below right) who is the inspiration for the whole project.

Our guest blogger...

Here's Hannah, our guest blogger and enthusiastic participant. Hopefully there will be more news from her in a day or two including some video clips from the project.

Stargazy stories

Participants collected driftwood and other objects from the beach, transformed them into images of imaginary or real people, and then told the story of how their characters lives were changed by Stargazy and Ruckenwind projects. Here are some of the results.

Artistic inspiration

Bill shows us how he changes driftwood and other found objects into beautiful art works.

Sea Changes

On Thursday morning we thought about how a project like Stargazy changes lives. Andrew H explained why we use the phrase "sea change" to mean a really big change. Bill talked about how he finds driftwood which may have travelled thousands of miles across the sea, and how many stories such simple objects carry.

Choir Evening

On Wednesday evening everyone gathered at the Halfway Inn to experience a traditional Cornish male voice choir singing some of their favourite songs. A memorable evening.

Coastguard training

We learned about the work of the Coastguard - and the importance of volunteering (everyone in the Coastguard is a volunteer, but still very professional in their work). We practised using some of their equipment and rescued Leo from an accident!

The Star Gazy Experiences

24.September 2013 in Cawsand & Kingsand

On the way to Cawsand&Kingsand

The Film Crew

We started with a nice walk through Millbrook to get to know each other and talking about the symbols what the guys brought with them. The most members was involved at the Star Gazy Boat Project. This Seminar is organized by Momentum and the "Arbeiterkammer Tirol ".After that we were travelling to Cawsand&Kingsand to meet Malcolm this Situation was filmed by James S. and Andrew, he was suprised that we are so many People. We helped him the lift some boats and shot a net what some guys are going to clean tomorrow.

Wir starteten mit einen Spaziergang durch Millbrook, um die anderen Teilnehmer des Seminars näher kennen zu lernen und sprachen über ihr Symbol was die Teilnehmer mitbrachten. Die meisten Teilnehmer sind involviert im Projekt The Star Gazy Boat Project. Dieses Seminar wurde von Momentum und von der Arbeiterkammer Tirol organisiert. Nach dem Spaziergang gingen wir alle nach Cawsand&Kingsand (UK) um Malcolm zu treffen, diese aufeinandertreffen wurde von James S. und Andrew gefilmt. Malcolm war überrascht, dass so viele alte Teilnehmer des Projekts "The Star Gazy Boat Project", hier sind. Wir halfen ein Boot ins Wasser zu tragen und ein Netz auszuwerfen, das dann einige Freiwillige säubern werden.

What Is Stargazy?

Stargazy is a boat renovation project based in Cawsand, Cornwall

 

The ‘Star Gazy’ initiative has a proven potential opportunity to give a small group of young people facing significant challenges the chance to learn some new, practical skills at the same time as developing their appreciation of being citizens in a wider Europe.

 

This project came as a direct result of our past two Star Gazy Boat Projects realized in 2011.

 

The projects have made an important impact into young people's life and motivated us to go for another 2 projects. The final reason to launch Star Gazy Boat Project III and IV is, that we got 2 old boats donated. These two boats should benefit the local community but also support the learning and development of the coming volunteers.

 

The Ruckenwind methodology for engaging with young people from backgrounds of severely restricted opportunity in international work, has been developed over the last six years and now has recognition for its achievements right across the European Union.

Good Luck

I would like to wish you all good luck this week. Enjoy the UK and make the most of this beautiful experience. Please post lots of photos and keep us informed of how the week is going

Paul
Creative Director
Momentum World

Venton House

One of our great living and working places.

Welcome meeting

And a welcome meal...

Cornwall ahead

Leaving England on the ferry across Plymouth Sound. Cornwall really is another country after all.

If you don't know us by now...

... let me introduce myself (Andrew) and Leo who will be leading the programme this week. I am a director of Momentum World, and Leo is director of youth work for Arbeiterkammer Tirol as well as being an experienced Youth in Action trainer.

We have worked together on many past projects with a focus on inclusion and providing opportunity for all kinds of young people. Get a flavour of our most recent projects this summer here:

Janus Project http://janus2013.blogspot.co.uk/
First Time Europe http://firsttimeeurope.blogspot.co.uk/
Inclusion TV http://itvaustria.blogspot.co.uk/

Looking forward to the start

Looking forward to seeing old and new friends from Austria, Finland, Hungary and UK in Beautiful Cawsand on Monday. This will be totally different from any normal training course. We will learn at first hand about the amazing impact of the original Stargazy projects, and talk about how to create more like that. Expect a fun, relaxed and inspiring week with plenty of creativity and good humour.

Hello everybody,

Wishing you all a successful meeting in Cawsand this next week.

Trevor Keough - Momentum World