TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Ohiane Uranga Pascual
The project and therefore the training process aimed at:
Empower young people with fewer opportunities to upskills themselfes.
Engage young people in a social context and help them to expand their skills and their confidence through working in a team, as well as develop self-sufficiency skill, decision-making and collaborative thinking and problem solving with other young people; so that they are more able to find their focus in life and open to new opportunities
It also aimed at raising awareness of environmental issues such as recycling and reusing camping resources.
Young people some of them with fewer opportunities. Nationalities: 4 Estonian, 5 Aruban, 5 Italian, 3 Germany, 1 Swedish, 4 Portuguese and 5 British.
Trainers & Coordinators: 3 British, 1 Portuguese and 1 Spaniard (me)
Energizers and Ice breakers (getting to know each other)
Trainer-led discussions
Small group discussions
Individual reflection
Fishbowl/ spectrum activities
Presentations
Theatrical exercise (role playing)
Interactive Workshops: morning yoga, circus, stretching, drama/ theater role play.
Brain-storming and participant suggestions
Tools to guide conversations and reflect on learning process: conversation cards from the school for life, Video Diary and Youth Pass.
We also delivered an On Arrival Training at the start of the project and Evaluation Closing session at the end.
All 27 young participants camping, coexisting and collaborating in 2 festivals (with different volunteer roles/ tasks) developed social skills, cultural awareness, their integration ability, gain a better understanding of diverse life situations and be open minded. For many of them it was the first time of acquiring a sense of "work responsibility and duty" so they developed organisational skills and time keeping, and so other employ-ability skills.
They also developed a greater understanding of environmental concerns such as recycling and food waste. Recycling: we encourage festival goers to recycle and the team takes a lot of recycling material off land-field themselves.
Salvaging; our volunteers plus local groups of volunteers works for a full day collecting camping equipment in good conditions to give to charities, community groups and food banks
Small Video on BBC about the project: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-49503732?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=49503732%26What%20happens%20to%20the%20tents%20left%20at%20Leeds%20Festival%3F%262019-08-28T17%3A14%3A47.470Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:a4e10ac5-e4d7-8344-addb-97f502c8b21c&pinned_post_asset_id=49503732&pinned_post_type=share
Facilitator, Trainer & mentor.
Receiving participants, facilitating the "getting to know each other"
Delivering OAT with the team
Take care of the well being of participants
Accompanying them in return travel from airport to training space/ project location
Orientating them on site (festivals) H&S briefing
Support them in their tasks
Mentoring role
Support the team of trainers/ mentors
Proposing/ facilitating and leading activities and interactive workshops on their free time.
Train them in recycling, “encouraging other young people to recycle"
Coordinating the "salvaging teams"
Facilitating group discussions round the fire
Engaging and facilitating engagement
Organising groups for the task related to the festival and to logistics of camping.
Evaluating the project