Creatively Engaging Education
Coyote Initiatives is a non-profit Community Interest Company based in Edinburgh & Forres, Scotland.
We specialise in creative youth and community projects using music & film, trainings in the Erasmus+ programme and creative workplace training design & delivery.
Music // Community // Education
Music // It’s at the centre of our youth and community projects, a doorway to a range of positive experiences & pathways for participants.
Community // We run relevant, hands-on, practical and effective projects & activities that benefit people and contribute to healthier communities.
Education // Creatively engaging education is what we do! From our Erasmus+ projects, to workplace training, to music & film projects in schools and 1:1 sessions, we make learning fun, relevant and engaging.
Aims
Our main aim is to improve the lives of people in our communities using the tools we have in our toolkit: Music; Film; Creativity & Training. We want to increase inclusion & decrease isolation in our communities, increase people’s confidence & wellbeing, and improve their aspirations and life chances.
We want to bring people together to work, play, celebrate and create together, and get our opportunities mainly to those who may be marginalised in our communities.
We aim to achieve this through our youth and community projects, trainings, exchanges and partnership working.
Objectives
To design & deliver inclusive music and film based creative projects for young people in the community, especially those with fewer opportunities.
To design and deliver music and film based creative projects for adults in the community, especially those who may be marginalised.
To design and deliver relevant international training courses, youth exchanges and strategic partnerships in collaboration with partners across the EU and the world.
To work in partnership with communities & organisations to create effective and relevant projects.
To promote confidence, inclusion, creativity and resilience in young people.
To increase the quality of youth work in Scotland and across Europe through training courses, strategic partnership & youth exchanges.
To get access to our projects, education & training to those with fewer opportunities who would not usually the opportunities.