12/31/2025 - 10/30/2026
Future Tense: Everyone Deserves a Pen-Friend
Project Details
Title: Future Tense: Everyone Deserves a Pen-Friend
Project ID: 2025-1-PL01-KA210-ADU-000350566
Project owner: Fundacja Lateral Thinking
Start date: 31/12/2025
End date: 30/10/2026
Project type: Erasmus+ KA2 – Small-scale partnerships in the adult learning sector (KA210-ADU)
Project sector: Adult education
Project themes: accessibility and inclusion; learning and language development for older adults; digital competences for older adults; cultural visits and arts-based learning
Partners
The main goal of the project is to strengthen elderly people's linguistic, digital, and creative competencies through arts-based learning and international “pen-friend” relationships, thereby promoting inclusion and active participation in European adult education.
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The project helps older learners access useful educational content by combining intuitive English language learning, basic artificial intelligence, and online tools with creative workshops that lead to collaboratively created learning materials (e.g.: lesson plans, tarot-inspired cards, and memory cards).
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The project is implemented in line with the objectives and priorities of Erasmus+ Adult Education, particularly in the areas of inclusion, digital transformation, and the promotion of high-quality, learner-centered, non-formal adult education.
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Partner organizations show strong interest in intergenerational and senior education, creative methods, and international cooperation through “pen-friend” exchanges and mobility programs. There is a need to move away from traditional, lecture-based adult education models toward experience-based approaches grounded in collaboration and intercultural learning that do not discriminate negatively based on age. The project’s objectives are realistic and clearly address the needs of both the participating organizations and the elderly target group.
Activity 1.
Methodological Workshops: Development of Art and Language Lesson Scripts for Seniors
Location: Budapest (Hungary)
Venue: Budapest Cultural Center
Date: February 1–5, 2026 (3-day workshop + 2 travel days)
Participants: 8 educators
Activity 2.
Digital Start and Creative Identity: Senior Mobility in Budapest
Locations: Budapest, Szentendre, Csobánka (Hungary)
Date: March 15–21, 2026 (5-day workshop + 2 travel days)
Participants: 30 seniors + 8 educators
Activity 3.
Evaluation and Improvement: Updating Lesson Scripts and Developing Materials for Educational Games
Location: Włocławek (Poland)
Date: April 19–23, 2026 (3-day workshop + 2 travel days)
Participants: 8 educators
Activity 4
Finalizing graphic design and educational games
Location: Remote work
Dates: April 24 – June 20, 2026
Organizer: Fundacja Lateral Thinking (in collaboration with FolkFest Cultural Association)
Outcome: Preparation and finalization of two educational games:
a) 50 sets of tarot-inspired cards
b) 50 sets of memory cards
Activity 5
Language and Art in Practice: Development and Creative Self-Expression Among Seniors in Włocławek
Location: Włocławek (Poland)
Date: June 21–27, 2026 (5-day workshop + 2 travel days)
Participants: 30 seniors + 8 educators
