Erasmus+ KA210-ADU · 2026–2027
Second Bloom
Migrant Women 40+ as Community Wellbeing Leaders in Europe
MediAlena roleProject Coordinator
Turning lived experience into community leadership.
About the project
Supporting migrant women 40+ as community wellbeing leaders.
Second Bloom is an Erasmus+ adult education project supporting migrant women aged 40+ in strengthening confidence, community participation and their capacity to contribute to wellbeing in their local communities.
The project brings together organisations from Finland, Greece and Denmark to co-create learning activities, pilot a training approach and develop practical resources that can remain useful beyond the project period.
Context
Why Second Bloom?
Migrant women over 40 bring lived experience, knowledge, resilience and strong community ties. Yet overlapping factors — migration, age, limited visibility, and unequal access to learning and participation opportunities — can mean these strengths go unrecognised.
Second Bloom starts from what women already bring. It creates space for them to grow as leaders and to contribute actively to wellbeing in their communities.
Objectives
What the project aims to do.
- 01
Strengthen the confidence, participation and leadership capacity of migrant women 40+.
- 02
Create accessible adult-learning opportunities connected to community wellbeing.
- 03
Co-create and pilot a practical learning approach across three European countries.
- 04
Develop transferable resources that can support future adult education and community work.
Project approach
From experience to community impact.
- 01Co-create
Learning activities are shaped around lived experience, real needs and community contexts.
- 02Learn & strengthen leadership
Accessible adult-learning activities support confidence, participation and community wellbeing.
- 03Pilot & reflect
The approach will be tested with participants and refined through feedback and evaluation.
- 04Share what works
Practical resources and learning from the project will be shared for wider use in adult education and community work.
Partnership
European partnership.
The partnership combines experience in adult education, women 40+, community work, inclusion and European cooperation.
- MediAlenaFinlandProject Coordinator
- The A40sGreeceProject Partner
- MoLDenmarkProject Partner
MediAlena in Second Bloom
Coordinating the partnership from Finland.
As Project Coordinator, MediAlena leads the overall coordination of Second Bloom, supporting planning, partner communication, implementation and delivery across the project period.
The role also connects MediAlena’s work in European cooperation, adult education, communications and social impact.
Project status
Ongoing
September 2026 – August 2027The project launched in September 2026. The partnership is currently in the early implementation phase, establishing working processes and preparing the next project activities.
What will be developed
Planned project outputs include:
- Co-created learning and training activities
- Pilot activities
- Evaluation findings
- A practical toolkit
- Dissemination and awareness materials
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Finnish National Agency for Education, EDUFI. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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