Partners

The Team

Meet our partners

Meet the Act2Empower partners from across Europe, collaborating to prevent gender-based violence and empower young people through theatre and creative approaches.

FrauFam is a non-profit intercultural organisation based in Germany that supports women, children, young people, and families, especially those with migration and refugee backgrounds.

Since 2019, the organisation has been working to strengthen the personal, social, civic, linguistic, and creative skills of women and young people through non-formal education, social work, intercultural activities, and community-building initiatives. FrauFam promotes inclusion, empowerment, women’s rights, human rights, and sustainable development, while creating safe and supportive spaces for migrants and vulnerable groups.

The organisation also supports young people in developing leadership skills, overcoming disadvantages, and becoming active participants in challenging stereotypes and promoting social change. Within Act2Empower, FrauFam contributes its strong expertise in inclusion, intercultural empowerment, and grassroots support for vulnerable women and youth

EDINET is a research and training organisation based in Nicosia, Cyprus, dedicated to promoting youth wellbeing, resilience, emotional health, and empowerment through education, training, and research. The organisation develops programmes and workshops focused on stress management, emotional literacy, resilience-building, and trauma-informed practices for young people and professionals working with youth.

EDINET integrates creative and participatory approaches such as storytelling, theatre techniques, and non-formal education into its activities, helping young people build confidence, emotional awareness, and social skills. It also implements gender equality initiatives, awareness campaigns, and educational activities that address stereotypes and promote healthy relationships.

Through collaboration with youth centres and youth workers across Cyprus, EDINET creates safe spaces for self-expression, intercultural dialogue, and personal growth. In Act2Empower, EDINET contributes its expertise in resilience, wellbeing, training development, evaluation, and trauma-informed educational approaches.

ECHO Playback Theatre is a social cooperative enterprise based in Thessaloniki, Greece, that uses Playback Theatre and therapeutic arts as tools for social innovation, education, inclusion, and empowerment.

Since 2015, the organisation has implemented performances, experiential workshops, and training activities combining psychodrama, dance movement therapy, storytelling, photography, and improvisational theatre. ECHO works extensively with vulnerable groups, including abused women, refugees, migrants, young people, and individuals facing social exclusion or mental health challenges. Through artistic and participatory methods, the organisation creates safe spaces for dialogue, healing, emotional expression, and resilience-building.

ECHO also develops programmes addressing domestic violence, bullying, discrimination, and psychosocial wellbeing, while training educators, youth workers, caregivers, and professionals in arts-based approaches for communication and empowerment.

Within Act2Empower, ECHO contributes its expertise in applied theatre, participatory drama methods, psychosocial support, and community engagement to support GBV prevention and survivor empowerment.