Project supported by the Bristish Council and the Youth in Action programme of the European Commission.
PRESENTATION OF YOUTH IN EUROPE:
This Project will enable Everything Possible to send 30 young people from fewer opportunities backgrounds on short term (1 Month) individual and group EVS experiences with our international partners in Poland, Italy, Georgia, Malta. It will also allow us to send on pre identified young person for a 2 month experience with a partner in Spain. We believe that it is important to build on existing partnerships, in order to create a strong working relationship through which a young person can grow, but also that it is equally important to invest in new partners. That is why three of the partners in this project (In Italy- Associazione culturale Link, Malta- National Cat Society, and Poland- Semper Avanti) are organizations we have worked with for in the past and have developed a strong and steady partnership. The other organizations in this project are relatively new to us as partners, (Associazione TDM 2000 in Italy,Youth Association Droni in Georgia and Asociacion Culturale En Construccion in Spain). Through the various activities these partners offer, we aim to empower young people with new skills, confidence and experience of new cultures.
The main themes offered collectively by these partners are: Education through Sport and outdoor activities, and media/youth information. Other activities include- animal welfare, environmental conservation and activities with children.
PROMOTION:
- NEW YEAR NEW START, 25th January 2012 (LEEDS):
The 25th January 2012, Everything is Possible was a the event ''New Year, New Start'', organised by Europe Direct and the Leeds Library. During this day we met around 50 young people and social workers and presented our 'YOUTH IN EUROPE' EVS projects, and acknowledged the support of the British Council and the Youth in Action programme of the European Commission.
Regarding the promotion of this event, the Probation Service’s ‘Community Payback’ scheme has finished leaflets door to door in an area that covers approximately 6,500 households, according to the Leeds Library. Local schools have been provided with leaflets for their pupils to take home. Library members, for some of whom we have emails, have been emailed. Previous users of the Library’s Jobseekers advice service as well as local community groups have been emailed. The event's webpage has had over 1100 hits so far.
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| Raphael presenting our EVS projects. |
- OPEN DAY - European Opportunities Abroad, 8th May 2012 (LEEDS):70 young people.
There are many international opportunities funded by the European Commission (Volunteering, Training, Workshop, etc), but few are known by the public. For this reason, Everything is Possible and Europe Direct decided to celebrate the European Day by sharing these international opportunities during an Open Day on the 9th May at the Leeds Central Library.
We prepared an open market from 13.00 to 19.00 where people discovered, European opportunities abroad. Everything is Possible volunteering and training projects were discuss with the public. Former volunteers were there as well to share their experience.
We also ran two info sessions during which we presented volunteering and training projects overseas, using testimonies written by volunteer who undertook a project through YOUTH IN EUROPE.
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| Logo of Inclusion For All |
Around 70 young people came during this day and nearly 30 expressed an interest to learn more about the volunteering and training projects.
Coming Wednesday 16th May, Everything is Possible with the support of Leeds Direct organised at the Leeds Central Library a second session with 20 of this young people interested by a short term projects. The following weekend we organised another meeting for those who want to do a long term project.
