Skills for Crisis goes Tipping Points

Our final project event took place October 31^st – November 2^nd 2025 in Salzburg, Austria. We were there as guests at “Tipping Points” event. We planned for a workshop program and discussions, and invited activists working in the field of grassroots movements for social change to engage in our final network meeting.

Whom was this for?

We had a goal to share and exchange ideas, concepts and methods with fellow educators, trainers, activists, organizers. We also wanted to use a chance of meeting offline with educators to present one of the most important outcomes of the project – our handbook.

Program

Meeting journal

Friday

On Friday we had a getting to know each other session, where we presented the project, the project partners, the project results and the handbook, which was freshly printed before the start of the event. Each participant got a copy of the handbook. You can find and order it through the link here https://skills4crisis.org/resource/handbook-s4c/

On the white sheet of paper there are mountains drawn with black pencils. There are two ig titles : part 1 and part 2, which represent a plan of the meeting. The p[lan consists of: welcome, present the project, share practical methods and insights, invitation to share, for example: a story, insights into your work and activism, skills that you learned, a method...

After short introductions we invited participants to practice some of the methods that we gathered in the handbook.

There is a picture of the person holding a sheet of paper on their legs. On the paper there is a collective method description and invitation to practice it. The person is holding a yellow stimming toy in their hands. There is also a chair visible at the top of the picture with a handbook, a notebook and a glass lying on it.

On the table there are white sheets of paper lying with the description of the methods and other stuff from the project. There are also blue paper notes lying there.

After that we shared some thoughts and ideas with the participants, thinking together of: what is crisis for us and how it effects our lives; what gives us motivation to keep on doing what we are doing; and if there is hope left.

In the picture there are some people sitting , some people standing. They are engaged in a conversation.

On the panel discussion Payal, Johannes and Franziska shared their ideas and experiences on what collapse means for them and what strategies help them to move on. Even though at the beginning the discussion was rather pessimistic, we finished on a very positive note, finding hope in mutual aid, solidarity and self-organising.

There is a wooden stage and four people are sitting on the chairs on ir engaged in a conversation. There is a big screen behind them with a presentation on it.

Saturday

On a workshop with Johannes we started with sharing our stories of solidarity. In smaller groups we talked about our behaviour strategies in crisis and then shared them all together. There was a small input from Johannes on disaster solidarity concept. And at the end we collected various skills that are important and could be useful in order to deal with crisis.

On a workshop with Fine we first had an input on Learning zone model, The polyvagal theory and Emotional wheel. After that we practiced very concrete mental health methods by doing grounding exercises and a collective journaling exercise.

Sunday

Sunday session was dedicated to collecting feedback and wishes for possible future steps. We also asked people to share their a-ha moments and inspirations from other workshops. We exchanged ideas on what it would be interesting to continue working on, we collected useful contacts of people and groups, who work on the topic on crisis in Germany, Austria and other European countries.

In the picture it is visible , that people are sitting in the circle on the chairs. One person is sitting on the floor, only legs are visible. In the middle on the floor there is a pot with a green flower. There are some handbook around it and some markers with posteds. There is a big flipchart paper with notes written on it about the mental health workshop.

In the picture there are some people sitting in a circle on the chairs and two people are standing. They hold a white flipchart paper with notes. They present the result of smaller group work. Behind them there is a screen with a black presentation screen.

Costs

All the events were free of charge.
Food and accommodation was free of charge

If you feel like you want to support the project, feel free to donate though 🙂 https://skills4crisis.org/#get-involved

* Tipping Points

This “Skills for Crisis” network event will be guests at the skill-share weekend “Tipping Points”. It offers an exciting workshop program and the opportunity to exchange ideas with committed individuals and groups. Attendees of the network can opt in to attend some of the workshops on offer, instead of the network session. All information can be found at www.tippingpoints.life