PRESENTATION OF BREAKING BARRIERS:
This particular project Breaking Barriers Building Partnerships focuses specifically but not exclusively on projects including youth with fewer opportunities.
This project will mobilise 94 volunteers from 10 contries and 2 continents, supporting young people from Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Uruguay, Ecuador, French Guyana, Guadaloupe, Jamaica, Spain, Malta and the UK. Half of these will be young people with fewer opportunituies, those from minority groups, living in poverty or experiencing significant obstacles in their lives, such as time spent in prison, those with substance misuse problems and young parents.
All activities involve youth with fewer opportunities, either as the active volunteer or within the beneficiary host community. We have taken advantage of the opportunity to apply for a paralell action 3.2 project which if succesful will run in paralell to this project giving us great opportunity to increase our support for organisations working with this target group. The project will allow volunteer mobility across Europe and Latin America & the Caribbean and will introduce new partners to EVS as well as allowing Everything’s Possible to continue building relationships with existing partners. For the last ten years, Everything’s Possible staff have been co-operating with partners, through EVS, Youth and Youth in Action. Over the previous two years we have widened participation by increasing opportunities to target groups of young people with fewer opportunities, creating both sending & hosting placements under the banner of EVS.
All activities involve youth with fewer opportunities, either as the active volunteer or within the beneficiary host community. We have taken advantage of the opportunity to apply for a paralell action 3.2 project which if succesful will run in paralell to this project giving us great opportunity to increase our support for organisations working with this target group. The project will allow volunteer mobility across Europe and Latin America & the Caribbean and will introduce new partners to EVS as well as allowing Everything’s Possible to continue building relationships with existing partners. For the last ten years, Everything’s Possible staff have been co-operating with partners, through EVS, Youth and Youth in Action. Over the previous two years we have widened participation by increasing opportunities to target groups of young people with fewer opportunities, creating both sending & hosting placements under the banner of EVS.
Project supported by EACEA and the Youth in Action programme of the European Commission.
THE BREAKING BARRIERS VIDEO:
OTHER VIDEOS:
OTHER VIDEOS:
EVS Hosting Project in the UK: Work with Children:
EVS Hosting Project in the UK: Environmental project:
PROMOTION:
- PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN, January 2010 (Yorkshire): more than 2000.In January 2012, we ran a large promotion. We displayed large posters in public places (such as Libraries, Universities, Pubs), we posted some in mailboxes in student areas and send it to our local partners working with young people the most excluded. One member of our team went also middle of January on an university radio called ‘’ Bradford Community Broadcasting’’ to advertise the Open Day. We estimate that more than 2000 people have been informed
- OPEN Day, 1st February 2010 (LEEDS): more than 150 people
We organised our first open Day for this project the 1st February 2010 with the presence of our international partners from Latin America and Europe, at the Carriageworks Theater (Leeds, UK). The aim of this day was to present the EVS projects through BREAKING BARRIERS BUILDING PARTNERSHIP but also the ‘Youth in Action’ programme. We offered for young people (especially young people with fewer opportunities) and our local/national partners the opportunity to meet our international hosting partners involved. A room was dedicating to the international partners which displayed on a stand their own info documents.
In another room, the team of Everything is Possible was presenting BBBP, the European Voluntary Service, the ‘Youth in Action’ Programme and other european programmes (as the Life Long Learning Programme). We met there some of the volunteers who did after an EVS through BBBP. Europe Direct was present and distributed documents about the european programmes.
In a last room we organised every hours presentation about some specific projects with the international partner (as SKIP (Peru), Juconi (Ecuador)). It was the occasion for the partner and Everything is Possible to answer young people questions. Some of the hosting European Volunteers coordinated by Everything is Possible were there to share their experience.
Around 150 people came to this Open Day.
In January 2011, Everything is Possible ran a promotional campaign about our mobility projects through BBBP. We created a special poster that we sent to local partners (job centres, universities, social workers, libraries, volunteers centres). This campaign has been a success as 100 young people came to our Open evening the 1st February 2011 in Leeds.
- OPEN EVENING, 1st February 2011 (LEEDS): 100 people
Around 100 young people attended the 1st February our OPEN EVENING at the Leeds Central Library. During two sessions, our two Mobility Coordinators, Steve (Short Term Project) and Ash (Long Term Project) presented our mobility opportunities through BBBP and more generally the Youth in Action Programme and explained the support from the European Commission and the Bristish Council.
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| 100 young people attented our OPEN EVENING at the Leeds Central Library. |
- EUROPEAN JOB DAY, 2nd March 2011 (NEWCASTLE): 200 people
The 2nd March, Everything is Possible was at the European Job Day in Newcastle. During this day, the team informed around 200 people about both the Youth in Action and Lifelong Learning Programmes and presented our EVS opportunities through BBBP. At the end of the day around 80 persons filled a form to hear more about our projects.
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Steve, short term Programmes facilitator,
at the European Job Day in Newcastle in February 2011. |
In June July 2011, Everything is Possible ran a second promotional campaign to promote new EVS projects through BBBP. We created for that 2 documents that we sent to all our local partners (Social workers, libraries, universities, job centres, volunteer centres):
- one interactive leaflet (click on the following mini poster),
- one other printable version.
- Everything is Possible in all the media + third PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN in August 2011 (WEST YORKSHIRE): more than 2000 visits on our website in one hour.
End of August, Everything is Possible was on all the media (Radio, Newspaper, Television) in the Yorkshire to promote our salvage activities at Leeds Festival. The BBC Look North Television did two video reports and invited Clair Brown, Director of Everyhing is Possible for a live interview on their studio. It was for us an indirect way to promote our volunteering projects. It is for this reason that we create for these events a special banner on our home webpage to promote our BBBP projects:
When the BBC website and television published their reports, the traffic on our website explosed. More than 2000 people visited our website within one hour before that it litteraly crashed. We know has well that during that time, more than 100 people clicked on the banner linked to a interactive presentation leaflet of our Costa Rica and Jamaica project through BBBP. This leaflet present the logo of the Youth in Action programme of the European Commission.
- Leeds Connexion's ''Speed Networking'', 20th September 2011 (LEEDS): 100 people
Steve, our short term programmes facilitator was at the Leeds Connexion’s ‘‘Speed Networking’’ event in Leeds, in order to promote our international opportunities through BBBP and both the Youth in Action and Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission.
DISSEMINATION EVENTS:
- Your Story Event, 30th June 2011 (BIRMINGHAM): 150 people
The 30th June, Everything is Possible was invited to share its experience at the Your story Event. This conference organised by ECORYS UK and the Bristish Council was the occasion for partners and volunteers from the UK and abroad to share good practice and their experience through both the Youth in Action and Lifelong Learning Programme.
Clair Brown, co-founder of Everything is Possible first presented the activities of the organisation and our project through both the Lifelong Learning and Youth in Action programmes.
We presented as well videos showing our EVS volunteers in their project in front of 150 people.
EVS volunteers from BBBP involved: Then, she was joined by some of our young participants who have taken part in Leonardo, Grundtvig and Youth in Action projects to testify. Sam Webb who did an EVS project in Peru for over 10 months through BBP, was one of them.
The afternoon, Clair Brown sat on the panel for the Question Time.
Dissemination material:
For this event, we created and distributed 150 DVDs and booklets with Videos/Testimonies of the different projects we ran through the Lifelong Learning and Youth in Action Programmes.
- EY 2011 Volunteers event, 13th October 2011 (DURHAM): 40 professionals and 40 young people.
Everything is Possible took part in the EY 2011 Volunteers event organised by Europe Direct in North East England in Durham, on the Thursday, 13th October. During this project, Clair Brown director of everything is Possible presented the video ''BREAKING BARRIERS BUILDING PARTNERSHIP - Schoold project" as well as ''BREAKING BARRIERS BUILDING PARTNERSHIP - Environmental project". We also invited volunteers to join us.
- EUROPEAN JOB DAY, 9th November 2011 (MANCHESTER): 150 people
The 9th November 2011, Everything is Possible was at the European Job Day in Manchester (event hosted by EURES UK). During this day, the team informed around 150 people about both the Youth in Action and Lifelong Learning Programmes and presented opportunities through the European Voluntary Service and Leonardo, using testimonies, pictures and video from our volunteers which did an EVS through BREAKING BARRIERS BUILDING PARTNERSHIP. At the end of the day around 65 persons filled a form to hear more about our projects. One of our former short term volunteer joined us to share its experience.
During the day we presented different videos created for BBBP : Environmental project and Schoold project''.
We were helped by one of our EVS volunteers who share her experience to the 150 people which visited our stand.
During the day we presented different videos created for BBBP : Environmental project and Schoold project''.
We were helped by one of our EVS volunteers who share her experience to the 150 people which visited our stand.
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| Ash and Raphael were helped by one of our short term volunteer at the European Job Day in Manchester. |
The 24th November 2011, Everything is Possible staff came at the British Council London offices to support two of its volunteers who won the Your Story Prize Awards Event organised by the Bristish Council and Ecorys UK. This event was the occasion to share our experience of BREAKING BARRIERS BUILDING PARTNERSHIP.
- ''VOLUNTEERING ABROAD'' event, 5th December (LONDON): 100 people.
The 5th November 2011, Everything is Possible Short Term Coordinator was at the British Council London to present his volunteering and professional journey. He also explained the support from Everything is Possible to send the short term volunteers through BREAKING BARRIERS BUILDING PARTNERSHIP.
- Everything is Possible GREETING CARD, Dec2011-Jan2012 (WORLDWIDE DISSEMINATION): over 650 people.
To celebrate the New Year, Everything is Possible created an interactive Greeting Card, which invited people to look back at all the big EP 2011 moments and discover BREAKING BARRIERS BUILDING PARTNERSHIP.
More than 650 watched the Greeting Card. They were from
India, United Kingdom, United States, France, Italy, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Spain, Serbia, Thailand, Romania, Hungary, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Canada, Hong Kong, Philippines, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Kuwait, Malaysia, Greece, Albania, Australia, Uruguay, Slovakia, Croatia, South Africa, Brazil, Latvia, Peru, Pakistan, Czech Republic, Argentina, Indonesia, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Jordan Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic, Costa Rica, Finland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Qatar, Portugal, Taiwan, New Zealand, Malta, Armenia, Guernsey, Cyprus, Morocco, Ireland, Montenegro, Oman, Jamaica, Norway, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Austria.
TESTIMONIES:
COSTA RICA:- TESTIMONY from Alex, Long Term Volunteer in Costa Rica, click here.
- TESTIMONY from Andy, Long Term volunteer in Costa Rica, click here.
- TESTIMONY from Jacqueline, volunteer in Costa Rica (7 months), click here.
MEXICO:
- Stephanie on the TyroneHerald NEWSPAPER
PERU:
- Volunteer Blog - Beth Tew (extract from the newsletter of our Peruvian partner SKIP).
- Our UK volunteers on a new video about our partner SKIP (Peru), click here.
- Testimony from Sam, Long Term volunteer in Peru, click here.
- Testimony from Beth, Long Term volunteer in Peru, click here.
- Testimony from Liz, Long Term volunteer in Peru, click here.
- Beca, Long Term volunteer in Peru, click here.
- Alex, Long Term volunteer in Peru, click here.
- Greg, Long Term volunteer in Peru, click here.
- Danielle's testimony about her EVS in experience in SKIP (Peru), click here.
UNITED KINGDOM:
- Discover the VIDEO of our environmental project in Bradford and the testimony of Miguel, our spanish EVS volunteer, click here.
- ''Roman invades Leeds'': Article in the British Red Cross newsletter about our former long term hosting volunteer, Roman, click here.
- Tatiana, our long term hosting volunteer from Costa Rica, is in the Groundwork Newsletter, click here.
URUGUAY:
- ''6 months of EVS in Uruguay'' by John C.
LINKS to other online platforms:
- Everything is Possible Website: http://bit.ly/nUH4U4
- Everything is Possible Facebook account: http://on.fb.me/eveULJ
- Everything is Possible Twitter account: http://bit.ly/ia8W6r
- Everything is Possible Youtube channel: http://bit.ly/f8S8Es
LINKS to partners websites/documents:
- Skip (Peru): http://www.skipperu.org/en/about-skip/our-partners
- Everything is Possible Website: http://bit.ly/nUH4U4
- Everything is Possible Facebook account: http://on.fb.me/eveULJ
- Everything is Possible Twitter account: http://bit.ly/ia8W6r
- Everything is Possible Youtube channel: http://bit.ly/f8S8Es
LINKS to partners websites/documents:
- Skip (Peru): http://www.skipperu.org/en/about-skip/our-partners
- SKIP Newsletter NOV2011: http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1411095011
- SKIP Newsletter JUL2011: http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410939127
- SKIP Newsletter MAY2011: http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410878893
- SKIP Newsletter JAN2011: http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410723671
- AUDELE Blog (Uruguay): http://audeleuruguay.blogspot.com/
- ACI-CR (Costa Rica): http://www.aci.cr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81&Itemid=55&lang=en
- YouthSpace (process of validation): http://www.youthspace.org.uk/
