After a way too long pause in our local and international activities, it finally feels like it’s time to re-start our shokkiness and continue where we left it: striving for high-quality educational and development opportunities for young people in Estonia.

How was the previous year?

For sure, 2021 wasn’t an easy year. The still ongoing situation made it very hard to implement our usual training activities both at local and international level. However, it doesn’t mean nothing was done! With the support of our members and partners we:

  • ran the Hoodie Cyphers series in both summer 2020 and 2021;
  • organized two board game evenings;
  • implemented the online program Gamechangers;
  • hosted the online SGI Getaway Weekend;
  • implemented the offline training weekend “Get Involved 2.0”;
  • took part in the 2020 edition of the Youth Media Forum;
  • were awarded with “Tallinn’s Youth Organization of 2020”;
  • organized the 3-day online game festival Gamechangers Fest in March 2021;
  • hosted three international project meetings in Tallinn;
  • organized an international outdoor youth exchange in August 2021;
  • ran and sent participants to projects in France, Italy and Malta.

What will happen in 2021/22?

Next year will be characterized by plenty of long-term projects and local actions, about which you can read more in our website’s “Ongoing Activities”. Here is a taster of what we have waiting for us at the corner of 2022:

  • Training Courses for youth workers/leaders in Estonia, France, Spain, Georgia, Poland, Germany or Slovakia .
  • A new edition of the Gamechangers game development program with Baltic countries.
  • Long-term projects which include local and international training activities, testing events and conferences:

“Emplayability”:a partnership between Spain, France, Italy, Croatia and Estonia focused on creating game-based methods that allow young people to discover the topic of employability.
“Breakout Box”: a project between Estonia, Spain and Czechia that will develop and produce escape boxes that can be played by small groups of youth as well as scaled to large classrooms.
“Critical Escape”:  a local project dedicated to developing and implementing educational escape rooms on the topic of migration together with young people.
“Learn2Play”:  a partnership between Malta, Poland and Estonia specially directed at youth workers/managers/educators who would like to use educational games for soft skill development.
“Recalibur”: a project between Estonia, Italy, Slovakia, Austria and Denmark to explore ecopsychology and creative methodologies in youth work.
“Critical Thinkers”: a project between Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania aimed at developing blended online and offline educational materials on media literacy and critical thinking.

Besides, 2021 marks the 10-year anniversary of Shokkin Group, and we are planning to celebrate it in a proper way! 😉

Why should you join Shokkin Group? 

Being an official member of Shokkin Group allows you to:

  • Participate in our training weekends with an overnight stay out of Tallinn; 
  • Get priority when applying for international and local projects with limited spaces;
  • Save on participating in local projects and events getting either a discount or free entry;
  • Initiate and implement your own project/event with support of experienced members;
  • Get hands on experience in project and event management, content creation, design and much more; 
  • Receive recommendation from Shokkin representatives for future study/job; 
  • Join monthly member meetings; 
  • Get invited to social events and gatherings; 
  • Become fluent in English.

Who can apply?

The organization’s membership is open for young people from 15 to 30 and for youth leaders, volunteers, youth workers, educators without any age restrictions as long as you wish to support the organization and volunteer with us.  

How to apply? 

As simple as filling out this form and receiving a confirmation from us. 

How much does membership cost?

Our membership fee is only 15 EUR and lasts until 20.09.2022. Once you filled out the membership form, transfer the fee here:

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Do you want to know more?

We invite you to celebrate the closing of the previous cycle and the start of a new one together with us on Thursday, 9th of September at 18:00h in Kesklinna Noortekeskus. The event is open for everyone: current members, new members and anyone who is wondering what is there in Shokkin Group for them.
Let us know you are coming by clicking “attend” on the Facebook event or by contacting us directly.

You can also check the section “Membership” in our website for more details.

#StayShokkin!