InfopackYouth Exchange11-17 January

YOUTH EXCHANGE OBJECTIVES

• Fostering entrepreneurship mindset and developing entrepreneurial competences in young people.

• Raising awareness about the importance of entrepreneurship skills and increasing understanding of different European structures of business and how they can be used to tackle common problems faced across Europe

WHAT WILL THE YOUTH EXCHANGE LOOK LIKE?

A 6 night, 7 day residential commencing Mon 11th and finishing on Sun 17th January 2016.

Accommodation will be in a youth hostel in a village in the Peak District (North of England) in between the cities of Manchester and Sheffield; we will be spending some of our days here but will also be visiting Sheffield City Centre on occasion. There will be a range of sessions each day, approximately 10am-6pm.

Sessions will include visiting local social enterprises, guest speakers, group work and team-building games.

To give you some idea of how you will be spending your time, here is an example timetable of what the Youth Exchange could look like:

Mon

Introduction

Welcome party

Tue

Homework Presentations

Social Entrepreneurship

Activities

Free Time

Intercultural Evening

Wed

Skills Workshop

Sustainability Session

Team Choice

Thu

Problem Solving Workshop

Create a Social Entreprise

Games Night

Fri

Guest Speakers

Study Visits

Pub Drinks

Sat

Evaluation

Wrap Up

Farewell Party

APPLICANTS

We are recruiting young people aged 18-30 years old who are residents of either the UK, Sweden, Estonia, Romania or Turkey and who are interested in learning more about Social Entrepreneurship.

There will be 5 places per country, making 25 participants in total (including 5 youth leaders).

There is no need to have prior knowledge of Social Entrepreneurship, but you may have an idea for a social enterprise that you would like to develop.

WHAT IS REQUIRED FROM YOU

Participants will be expected to attend all sessions, to actively contribute to sessions and to share your ideas, passions and energy with the rest of the group. It would also be helpful for you to do some research before attending about social enterprises in your country, to be able to share this information with the group and collect the best ideas from across Europe.

We will also be hosting Intercultural Evenings where participants will be invited to share parts of their culture from their home country, this could include food, music, dance, images, quizzes and games. Please think about this before you arrive and if possible bring some food/drink to share with the group.

HOST ORGANISATION

Youth Discovery Ventures (YDV) is a Sheffield based social enterprise, working to support young people to lead active & engaged lives, to unleash their potential to create positive change in their personal lives and in the world around them.

YDV has run multiple non-formal learning youth programmes through the Erasmus Plus programme.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications need to be made through the corresponding country partners; these are:

• UK = YDV• Sweden = OPAD• Estonia = Seiklejate Vennaskond• Romania = Suportis• Turkey = FuturEurope

LOGISITICS

Programme dates: Jan 11-17, 2016 You MUST be able to arrive on January 11th before 3.00p.m, as we will start activities from 4 p.m. on that day.

Fees: Due to the Erasmus grant not covering the costs of the entire programme, participants are required to pay €50 each. If any of the participants are from disadvantaged backgrounds and the participation fee would be a barrier to participation, please contact us to discuss a bursary (there are up to 5 full-funded places available).

Travel reimbursement (per person) is a maximum of: Sweden: €170Romania: €270Estonia: €170Turkey: €400 + Visa costsUK: €20

Accommodation

We will be hiring an entire youth hostel just for us and we should have no more than 4 people in one room. There are also some smaller rooms that can accommodate 1-3 people. The hostel is located in Hathersage, Hope Valley, Derbyshire, S32 1EH in the Peak District, one of Britain’s biggest and most beautiful national parks. YHA Hathersage is only 700 metres from the station on the Manchester to Sheffield train line.

http://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/hathersage

Travel

Hathersage is in-between Manchester and Sheffield; it has its own train station and is accessible via train or local buses from Sheffield. Train travel in the UK is expensive and if you are looking to keep within the travel budget we would recommend travelling via coach if coming from London airports. Manchester is probably the most accessible main airport for connecting with Hathersage and is only around 1hr 30 minutes by train.

If you are travelling to London airports, we recommend you purchase advance rail connection tickets as these will be cheaper – London (airports) to Sheffield will typically be 3.5-4hr by train or coach. Coach tickets are also an option from Megabus or National Express. There is another smaller airport close to Sheffield called Doncaster Sheffield Robin Hood (DSA), which has flights from Bucharest, Riga, Antalya, Dalaman etc.

Planning train travel:http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/planjourney/searchPlanning coach travel:www.nationalexpress.com/airports.aspxwww.megabus.com

Travel from Sheffield City Centre to Hathersage Youth Hostel:By train: from Sheffield Rail station to Hathersage Rail stationBy bus: 271 or 272 to Hathersage Bridgehttp://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/timetables/sheffield/796.htm

Food and Kit list

Food: Food will be catered during the project – please provide any dietary requirements prior to arrival.

Kit list: Laptop, camera, appropriate winter clothing (the average temperature in January is 3 degrees Celsius), comfortable shoes for wet weather, towels & toiletries (these are not provided at the hostel, plug adapter (for non UK participants).

Contacts

Youth Discovery Ventures - Englandwww.youthdiscoveryventures.co.ukrachel@youthdiscoveryventures.co.uk

OPAD - Swedenwww.opad.eufrank@opad.eu

FuturEurope - Turkeyfacebook/futureuropefatih.barutcu@gmail.com

Suportis - Romaniasuportis.iasi@gmail.com

Seiklejate Vennaskond - Estoniawww.seiklejad.orghaaletaja@gmail.com