Pathways
Our Approach
Yuniya CIC sits across a cultural learning organisation, environmental education system and storytelling practice.
We believe young people should actively participate in shaping the narrative of their place, community and future.
Our approach is rooted in the belief that learning becomes deeper when it is connected to story, place, creative making, enterprise, reflection and lived experience.
How We Work
A Connected Learning Ecosystem
Storytelling as a tool for understanding systems, place and identity
Making as creative practice and cultural production
The environment as place-based and ecological learning
Participation as co-created learning shaped with communities
Cultural production as learning that becomes visible through making, documentation and shared output
Learning Pathways
We build participatory learning pathways that move from imagination and storytelling into making, reflection, systems understanding, community participation and future pathways. Our pathways are shaped through practice and designed to support long term engagement, reflection and participation.
Our Practice
Five Interconnected Pillars
Storytelling
As a tool for understanding systems, place and identity. Through story, young people explore climate, ecology, identity, memory, land, community and care through accessible and participatory experiences.
Creative Making and Enterprise
Creative practice, cultural production and enterprise as forms of learning. Making supports reflection, expression and shared participation through creative response. Through the wider ecosystem, making can move into products, publications, story-led enterprise and future pathways.
The Environment
Place-based and ecological learning rooted in lived experience. Local environments become spaces for observation, questioning, participation and creative response.
Participation
Co-created learning shaped with and by communities. Young people are contributors, makers, storytellers and active participants within the learning process.
Cultural Production
Learning that becomes visible through making, documentation and shared output. Through the wider ecosystem, learning may move into books, products, publications, digital storytelling and community-based cultural work.
We Co-Create Learning
— Yuniya CIC
Learning Philosophy
Layered Engagement
Our approach supports young people and communities to move through connected stages of:
Enter through narrative, imagination and curiosity
Engage through doing, making and contributing
Build environmental and systems awareness
Transform understanding into creative response and cultural production
Document learning, develop critical thinking and voice
Connect learning to place, people and collective futures
Connect skills to real-world futures and opportunities
Our Ecosystem
Learning Beyond The Room
Learning does not end in the room.
Ideas can move across storytelling, participation, cultural production and digital experiences through the wider ecosystem.
Through books, story-led products, digital storytelling, field notes and cultural outputs, participation can continue beyond the original learning experience.
Work With Us
Get Involved
We work with schools, cultural organisations, community groups, and partners interested in storytelling-led learning, environmental education and participatory cultural practice.
Whether through programmes, workshops or collaborative projects, we welcome opportunities to build together.