Use Your Hands to Move Ahead - Tailor (short term) EVS to a young person's needs

Aims of the tool

Get inspired to use practical tasks during a European Voluntary Service (EVS) to adapt the project better to the needs of young people from a socio-economic disadvantaged background.

Description of the tool

“Use Your Hands To Move Ahead” is an educational document aimed at youth workers, youth leaders, European institutions and all others who are involved with young people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

This booklet describes how short-term European Voluntary Service (EVS) projects can be used to benefit these young people and demonstrates how projects with practical tasks (building, renovation, gardening, art, music, dance, etc.) directly respond to this target group’s specific learning needs. Providing an in-depth look at the educational value of practical tasks, the booklet shows how these tasks serve to develop an individual’s social AND practical skills.

“Use Your Hands to Move Ahead” was compiled with the help of individuals and organisations who have several years of experience in carrying out EVS projects. Each one has found the methodology of practical tasks to be a positive tool for change. Their real-life examples demonstrate how the theory behind practical tasks is implemented in different organisations. By sharing their experiences, these representatives hope to inspire other organisations to develop their own EVS hosting projects. The creation of new projects with practical tasks will allow more young people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds to benefit from the EVS experience.

Also exists in other languages - download them from www.salto-youth.net/UseYourHands/.