PROGRAMME

Friday

From 17.30 - Arrival, welcome and chance for everyone to get to know each other.

19.00 - Dinner.

Presentation about the different workshops you will take part in on Saturday.

Evening workshops.

Saturday 9.30 - Plenary session.

10.00 - First Workshop (your choice).

11.00 - Break.

11.30 - Second Workshop (your choice).

12.30 - Lunch.

14.00 - Third Workshop (your choice).

16.00 - Final Plenary Session.

Radio and Video Throughout the day we will ask you to join the video Room, where you can

share your experience through video interviews. Also showcasing the impact the experience had on you or the impact that you had on the local

community. Then you will answer to some questions on a radio.

First Session - Evaluation 10am until 11am

The first group of sessions will give you an opportunity to consider your time in an international activity. What did you gain from it? Has it made an impact on your life and your future? Each session will offer a different way to evaluate your experience. Read the descriptions below and decide which methodology you prefer to use for your evaluation.

Workshop 1

Workshop 2

Workshop 3

Workshop 4

Workshop 5

All about me - Paulette Could you explain your

experience better through creative writing or poetry? For

some people it is easier to consider what they have gained

on an international activity through creative expression

rather than writing down their evaluation. Join this workshop and listen to some rap music

created by a previous EVS volunteer about their

experience and try your hand at creating your own piece

(those who want to will have the chance to perform this at

the end of the day)

Drama- Ali & Amy Aspiration Island Youth Exchange -

Can You Be Chosen? Has your international experience helped

you become more employable? Do you stand out from the crowd now? What have you got that

others haven’t? Perhaps a better understanding of other cultures, or a new ability to promote yourself. A fictitious youth exchange will be

created in this session and participants will have the

opportunity to evaluate skills they have developed during their

international activity which make them a good candidate to be

chosen by the rest of the group.

Graffiti Art- Marcus (3a) Hyro Graff will be delivering a graphic and street art inspired expressive arts session.

This session will involve participants creating stylized "key" words

and colourful backgrounds using paint pens onto Vinyl disks (or small boards). With

support of a professional Graffiti Artist the Participants will be encouraged to use their

imagination and inject their own personality into the work.

or Framing your experience- Eva & Bob

(3b) This workshop is an artistic reflection on a picture that represents your experience, learning process or involvement in any

project. If you are interested please send us your photo by email before the 27

th of

February. We will print it in high quality ready for you to take part in a creative

framing workshop to make your souvenir as unique as you experience.

Who am I? Brand Me! - Helen Who am I? will introduce you to the key marketing tactic and a

way of thinking about presenting yourself. You will need to be prepared to work

with a partner and think about yourself and speak honestly

about yourself.

Making Meetings- Sue This will take you back in time to your memorable moment that’s

brought you here today. Youth in Action and the Lifelong learning

Programme, thinking globally and acting locally – did it make a

difference for you? Come speed dating with a difference and find

out, The clock is ticking

Bring a picture with you in a USB stick if you have it.

Second Session Celebration 11.30am until 12.30pm

This session is where we celebrate your achievements. You are amazing! It’s the chance to talk (or sing) about what you did. Make sure you make your mark, whether it is through radio broadcast we will produce or the creation of a stylised clock, perhaps a live blog…whatever your preferred method, we want to tell more people about what you

achieved through European Commission funding, so here’s the chance to find your voice and shout from the rooftops. Workshop 1

Workshop 2

Workshop 3

Workshop 4

Workshop 5

Team Slam- Paulette

Yes you are amazing so now it’s your chance to

celebrate through a poetry slam. In teams we will look back on your achievements

and celebrate them. You will work in groups to

challenge each other to look deeper and think

bigger, giving us a taste of your experiences. Again there will be a chance to perform at the end of the

day for those who are interested.

A Snapshot in time Sue & Bob

Send us a photograph which sums up your experience in a

youth project and we will enable you to tap the

magnificence that is you and help you to produce a visual,

permanent record of when you had the time of your life and

create as you celebrate

Graffiti Art- Marcus Hyro Graff will be delivering a graphic and street art inspired expressive arts session.

This session will involve participants creating stylized "key" words

and colourful backgrounds using paint pens onto Vinyl disks (or small boards). With support of a professional Graffiti

Artist the Participants will be encouraged to use their imagination and inject their

own personality into the work.

Radio Workshop- Abel Come and enter the world of radio!! You will be able to have a shout in

what happens within this show and ask questions and interviews!! Also learn how the world of radio works

and maybe be able to create your own shows!!!!!

Your blog, your showcase - Eva With hundreds of millions of blogs online, and thousands of new ones created every day, anyone can blog

but very few do so successfully. This workshop focuses on the

effective planning, creating and maintaining of a blog. You will

learn how to choose a topic, find your voice, use your own

skills/experiences and communicate your ideas to an

online audience in both a written and a visual perspective. You will learn how to present yourself on

the social media and make employers want YOU for who you

are.

Don’t forget to bring your photos

Third Session Recommendation 2pm until 3pm

We are on the brink of a new era, the Youth in Action Programme finishes at the end of 2013. We are yet to find out what will replace it, although there are already whisperings. In this session we will tell you what we know and let you

decide what recommendations we should take back to the European Commission. Have your voice heard. Workshop 1

Workshop 2

Workshop 3

Workshop 4

Workshop 5

Are you Dramatic?

- Ali & Amy In this session we will give you a little information on

the new programme and an overview of what exists

now. This is your chance to make a plea for the type of

programmes you believe should stay through a little role play we will create and

film for the European Commission to view

Graffiti Art- Marcus Great creative effects that can be

created with paint pens then given a small board to practice techniques

and customise in a similar fashion to earlier sessions with the difference

that all the boards will be pieced together to spell 1 overall key word

like "future"

A Prezi for you- Eva & Sue This session will show you an

innovative way of using Prezi to showcase your achievements to

potential employers, and really send out your message very loud and clear in a way to grab everyone’s attention and help to get you where you want to be. Just a little something to say, ‘wow you did great and stand out

from the crowd!’

Youth Initiatives - Bob This may be your last chance to take part in a Youth Initiatives

Project. Do you know what it is? Are you interested in creating

one? This session is your chance to find out about this EC funded

programme delivered by the British Council and discover how

to apply.

Who am I? - Youth initiative pitch - Helen

Maybe you already know about Youth Initiatives and are ready to apply. We

have developed this short but effective workshop to get you thinking about how to best present your youth initiative to the EU! Our primary objective for this

course is to show you examples of good and bad brand campaigns to enrich your

understanding of marketing communications. We then go on to

undertake an exercise to uncover what's great about your business idea and how

best to let those at the EU know! Feel free to bring along your

laptop