Leonardo Mobility
2013 Call – Project Summaries
June 2013
Introduction
This document contains short summaries of the 2013 Leonardo Mobility projects which are being represented at the Start-Up Seminar. The intention is to make it possible for you to identify projects relevant to your organisation, we hope this will provide you with an opportunity to exchange best practices and make invaluable contacts within your sector.
To make it easier to find similar projects, at the start of the guide is a 2013 Project Index which lists projects grouped by vocational field. You can then find the project summaries listed alphabetically by organisation name. It is recommended that you consult this document prior to the 2013 Start- Up Seminar in order to maximise its potential and enable you to make the most out of your day.
In addition to this document, a full project directory will be available on our website from July which will show all projects funded under the Leonardo Mobility 2013 call for proposals.
2013 Projects Index
This list, organised by sector, includes all organisations funded under the 2013 call for proposals.
Please note: Projects in bold type have had one or more Previous LdV Mobility Projects.
Administrative and Clerical
KBM Training and Recruitment Ltd.
Leicester City Council
Tellus Group Ltd.
Animals, Plants and Land
Askham Bryan College
Bicton College
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise
Easton and Otley College
South Staffordshire College
The Re-Org Trust
Walford and North Shropshire College
Arts, Crafts and Design
Birmingham Metropolitan College
Central College Nottingham
North West Kent College
Business and Management
The Training Partnership Ltd.
University of Wolverhampton
Venture into Business & Education Ltd. T/A Business & Education South Yorkshire
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Child Care and Early Years
Bolton at Home
Colchester Institute
Northampton College
Siawns Teg Limited
UK Language Courses
Construction
Bolton at Home
Burton and South Derbyshire College
Central College Nottingham
Central Sussex College
Construction Industry Training Board trading as CITB-Construction Skills NI
DSC Regen
Morthyng Group Limited
STAND International
UK Petra Consortium
Culture and Heritage
Language Link
Red Ochre Enterprises Ltd.
The VAR Initiative Limited
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Education and Training
Chichester College
Colchester Institute
Northampton College
Environmental Sciences and Sustainability
Change Agents UK
Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
DSC Regen
Groundwork West Midlands
Quarriers
Rey Europe
Hair and Beauty
Birmingham Metropolitan College
Greenwich Community College
ISA Training Limited
Health and Social Care
Bhagavat Educational Trust
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
City College Plymouth
Donisthorpe Hall
Siawns Teg Limited
The Manchester College
Titan Partnership Ltd.
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Hospitality and Catering
Accentuate (North East) Limited
City College Plymouth
City of Wolverhampton College
Destination Europe
Gateshead College
Northern Ireland Trade Union Education and Social Centre
Rey Europe Limited
Siawns Teg Limited
Information Communication Technology
BCTG
Ashram Housing Association Ltd.
Media and Photography
Birmingham Ormiston Academy
Capacity London
The Training Partnership Ltd.
Motor Vehicle, Engineering and Manufacturing
Accentuate (North East) Limited
Aston University Engineering Academy
BCTG
Central College Nottingham
City of Wolverhampton College
Gower College Swansea
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Inova Consultancy
North West Kent College
Petroc
Rey Europe Limited
Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology
South and City College Birmingham
Tresham College of Further and Higher Education
University of Wolverhampton
Walford and North Shropshire College
Performing Arts and Music
Language Link
Morthyng Group Limited
Public Arts Limited
Sampad South Asian Arts
Ulfah Arts
Public Services
BCTG
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk
Phoenix House Ltd. trading as Phoenix Futures
Retail Sales and Customer Service
BCTG
Morthyng Group Limited
UK Petra Consortium
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Science and Research
Gower College Swansea
DSC Regen Limited
Security
Skills for Security
Sport
FootballCV Academy Limited
Ilkeston Football Club
Lawn Tennis Association
New College Pontefract
North Herefordshire College
North West Regional College
Oldham Athletic Football Club
Petroc
Rhyl Football in the Community
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (formerly Filton College)
The Corporation of Newcastle College
The Scottish Football Association Limited
UK Language Courses
University of Gloucestershire
Wigan and Leigh College
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Tourism
Accentuate (North East) Limited
Language Link
New College Pontefract
Northern Ireland Trade Union Education and Social Centre
Royal Spa English
South Staffordshire College
St Bede’s RC Grammar School
Stockton Sixth Form College
Urban Lynx
Volunteering
Capacity London
Various
Birmingham City Council
Bury College
CollegesWales/ ColegauCymru
Cumbernauld College
Derby College
European Training Services
Leeds City College
Lincoln College
Newt Employment Ltd.
Shetland Islands Council
Southern Regional College
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The Association of Colleges in the Eastern Region (ACER)
The United Euro Bridge
University College Birmingham
University of Wolverhampton
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2013 Project Summaries for organisations attending the Start-up Seminar event This list, organised alphabetically, includes all organisations registered to attend the event.
Accentuate (North East) Limited
Graduate Employment Opportunities are Greater in Europe 2
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This proposal focuses on sending unemployed and underemployed university graduates, in either engineering or hospitality and tourism, currently residing in the North East of England, to a company in one of five European countries, to complete a thirteen week placement. The partners are intermediary organisations in Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic who have links to companies in either the tourism and hospitality sector, or in engineering and/or technology companies and can source the work placements. The purpose of the project is to tackle growing unemployment in the UK graduate market by equipping young qualified people with new skills and work experience in another European country.
Project Representative: Stewart Deas
Ashram Housing Association LTD
The A Fund Project: Entrepreneurial skills for Young Entrepreneurs in Europe
PLM New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary This proposal is to send unemployed young people aged 18-30 from the Black Minority and Ethnic Community (BME) in Birmingham to undertake a thirteen week placement in The Netherlands. The objectives include providing transferable work skills, promoting an understanding of European business practices and culture, and improving employability. The partner in The Netherlands, The Hub, will source placements from within their network of enterprises. Participants will develop their marketing, social media, web, leadership, communication and financial literacy skills. Validation will be through Europass and accreditation will also include working towards Business Administration or Enterprise NVQ level 2 and an NVQ level 1 in employability.
Project Representative: Edward Evans
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Askham Bryan College
Integration of Agriculture and Forestry in production of essential Bio-fuels
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Askham Bryan College intends to send students aged 16-19 studying level 2 and 3 extended diplomas or advanced apprenticeships in agriculture, environment and conservation, and sustainable development programmes, on a placement to Norway for seventeen days. Placements will be based on their partner's (Stebakk Videregaende Skole) farm or local farms. Value added includes understanding on how weather conditions affect what is farmed through a cold winter, and how domestic livestock are housed. Europass will be used to validate the experience alongside ECVET to recognise learning outcomes achieved while on placement.
Project Representative: Sue Weatherald
Ashram Housing Association LTD
The A Fund Project: Entrepreneurial skills for Young Entrepreneurs in Europe
PLM New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary This proposal is to send unemployed young people aged 18-30 from the Black Minority and Ethnic Community (BME) in Birmingham to undertake a thirteen week placement in The Netherlands. The objectives include providing transferable work skills, promoting an understanding of European business practices and culture, and improving employability. The partner in The Netherlands, The Hub, will source placements from within their network of enterprises. Participants will develop their marketing, social media, web, leadership, communication and financial literacy skills. Validation will be through Europass and accreditation will also include working towards Business Administration or Enterprise NVQ level 2 and an NVQ level 1 in employability.
Project Representative: Edward Evans
Aston University Engineering Academy
Engineering Futures
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary This proposal is focused on sending participants enrolled on BTEC level 3 courses in Engineering, on a two-week work placement to a mechanical engineering company or workshop in Austria. The applicant organisation is Aston University Engineering Academy in Birmingham, a University Technical College. Its host partner is HTL Modling, a technical Education and Vocational training School in Austria. The objective of the placement is to enhance students' linguistic skills in German, increase their understanding of the Austrian culture and its working environment, and to start to provide students with a global outlook in a global industry. Learning outcomes will be validated against the BTEC level 3, language will also be accredited at NVQ level 1 in addition to Europass.
Project Representative: Adam McIvor
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BCTG
The Black Country European Apprenticeship Mobility Extension Project
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary BCTG, a training provider based in the West Midlands, plans to send apprentices aged 16-18, enrolled on either Intermediate or Advanced Apprenticeship Level 2 or 3 in Engineering, Customer Care, Business Administration, Retail or ICT, on a two week work placement organised by Networz Academy, an education and training centre in Germany, or Internsplus, an intermediary organisation which sources work placements, based in Dublin. The proposal aims to support the participants' training courses, provide additional work experience, and improve motivation and confidence. One participant will have a disability and need 24 hour support.
Project Representative: Sue Baker
Bhagavat Educational Trust
Living and Learning Abroad
PLM New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary This project is set up to send participants supported by accompanying staff on two week placements to a range of seven partners. The target group consists of various disadvantaged groups including the unemployed, offenders and ex-offenders, educational underachievers, people in or leaving care and mentally challenged young people. Their work experience placements will take place in local orphanages in the partner countries, where the participants will undertake a range of activities. The expected outcomes will be for the participants to gain or further develop vocational skills that will enable them to engage in employment, training or volunteering on their return to the UK.
Project Representative: Paul Baron
Bicton College
Spanish Arboriculture Work Placement
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary Bicton College, a vocational school in Devon, aims to send Level 3 Extended Diploma Forestry and arboriculture students for a two week placement to Spain to be hosted by Alcaparain Sociedad Limitada and Parque Ardales, a recreational campsite within a national park in Malaga. Participants will have the opportunity of working with trees and shrubs not available in the UK such as olive and almond plantations, learn how to manage delicate ecosystems, native and invasive species and pests of the Mediterranean. Additionally participants will help to restore heritage features such as lime kilns and resin ovens. Europass documents will be used to validate both the work placement and the language skills. Participants will also be provided with employer references.
Project Representative: Andrea Rye
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Birmingham City Council
Advancing Birmingham's Vocational Skills
VETPRO Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Birmingham City Council intends to send professional trainers involved in addressing barriers to learning and employment on one week work placements to their partner, Arbetsmarknadsforvalningen, in Sweden, which was set up by the City of Stockholm with the aim of increasing the number of unemployed people progressing to employment. The aim of the project is to improve the quality of vocational training services in Birmingham in relation to the engagement of people with barriers to training and employment. This will be achieved by undertaking visits to organisations across Stockholm who are leading in this area. During the visits, participants will be observing, partaking in question and answer sessions as well as being involved in discussions.
Project Representative: Adrian Banham
Birmingham Metropolitan College
Art & Craft in Vocational Education
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This proposal focuses on sending participants enrolled on Level 3 Extended Diplomas in Art and Design, to spend three weeks on a work placement in either Prague, Czech Republic or Lausanne,Switzerland. The hosting organisations include the College of Fashion Design in Prague and the School of Graphic Arts in French-Speaking Switzerland in Lausanne. The objectives of the work placements include providing students with opportunities to learn new skills, to experience a new labour market, to develop confidence, to overcome barriers in learning and speaking a new language, and to experience a new culture. The work produced will be entered into the students portfolios and included in an exhibition of their work within the college.
Project Representative: Graham Burquest
Birmingham Ormiston Academy
Malta Location Shoot and Post-Production Processing
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary Birmingham Ormiston Academy (BOA) intends to send BTEC Level 3 Creative Arts and Media students aged 16-18 to Malta for a two week placement. St. Martins Institute of Technology as the partner will arrange the work programmes for each flow to be a mixture of underpinning knowledge introducing them to health and safety, introducing Malta, and the history of film making in Malta, location technical training, to on location work shooting film, transcribing interviews, offline editing, online editing to final production and presenting final productions. Accompanying staff will include someone from the industry alongside the member of staff from BOA. Validation will be through Europass and accrediting the experience against the BTEC.
Project Representative: Nathan Dodzo
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Bolton at Home
Building Better Futures
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary Bolton at Home, a housing association and registered charity, is working with students enrolled on a bespoke entry Level NVQ developed by Bolton College. As part of this qualification, Bolton at home has applied to send participants on a placement to Romania midway through the NVQ, to a Romanian partner organisation that works with a Roma community. Participants will undertake two types of programme: childcare/teaching assistants; and construction (repair and maintenance), with the objectives to develop self esteem and confidence, exposure to a new language and culture, as well as improving employment prospects. Work plans will be assessed against the NVQs being followed by the participants. Europass will also be used.
Project Representative: Shauna Morton
Burton and South Derbyshire College
Sustainable Methods in Danish Building and Roof Construction
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary The project aims to send students aged 16-24 on Level 2 or Level 3 apprenticeships in Construction Building on a work placement to Copenhagen Technical College in Denmark for three weeks. The objectives are enhancing employability prospects; developing innovative approaches to the wood trade; developing an awareness of other cultures and lifestyles; and increasing participants' self esteem. Participants will log their progress onto the college's virtual learning platform throughout the placement. Their achievements in Denmark will be verified against their UK qualification, an employability unit as well as Europass.
Project Representative: Sarah Drew
Bury College
Tenerife International Management Experience
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Bury College aims to send students aged 19+, enrolled in courses in either Hospitality, Events Management and Business and Tourism, on a 6-week work placement to the FU international Academy, a vocational training organisation and accredited language school, in Tenerife, Spain. The focus of the project is on enhancing language competence in Spanish, and providing placements in hotels that will improve vocational skills and competencies that reflect training needs. The programme of six weeks is split between two weeks language and four weeks work placement with employers. The experience will be assessed against the UK qualification on return. Language is validated through a language certificate and an employer reference will also be provided.
Project Representative: William McGillivray
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Capacity London Limited
Digital Creative Media
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Capacity London Limited, a training and enterprise provider, aims to provide University graduates with a thirteen week placement in the Digital and Creative industries at either Third Sector International, an international regeneration consultancy in Spain; or Eurohouse, an Non- Governmental Organisation, which focuses on developing European funded projects and promotions across Estonia. Participants will be graduates of computing, audio visual techniques and media production and design. The objectives of the proposed project include: enhancing language skills; improving opportunities for finding employment in the digital media sector, including enhancing awareness about career options and pathways; and improving soft skills.
Project Representative: Chris Mason
Capacity London Limited
International Development and Cooperation
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Capacity London Limited, a training and enterprise provider, aims to send participants who are University graduates of development studies; sociology and cultural studies; foreign languages; economics; and humanities to either CMS Consultores, a Spanish consultancy specialising in development, ONLUS, a social co-operative in Italy, or The Polish Environmental Partnership Foundation in Krakow, Poland. Placements will be for thirteen weeks with participants working in organisations that are supporting immigration services, human rights, environmental sustainability, healthcare, and education in four core areas of policy research, fund raising, campaigning and volunteer management.
Project Representative: Chris Mason
Central College Nottingham
WELDING WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This proposal focuses on sending apprentices, from Central College Nottingham, enrolled on City and Guild Level 3 courses in Welding, on a two week placement to a vocational training provider in Germany. The work placement is focused on developing skills in innovative welding techniques involving advanced robotics and laser technologies and in acquiring a certificate in 'Welding with Laser Technologies'. The overall aims of the proposed project are to develop skills in welding which will enhance career prospects; develop language skills; and to forge links for future collaboration on new welding projects. The participants will be working alongside German apprentices, focusing on robotics in week one, and on laser welding in week two.
Project Representative: Ussman Zafar
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Central College Nottingham
Construction Mobility to the Czech Republic
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This project will focus on the construction, building and civil engineering sector and provide a two week placement for apprentices to gain experience not available in the UK, within the Czech rail and tunnelling construction industry which is identified as a growth employment sector in the UK. Central College Nottingham will work with one partner organisation in the Czech Republic with good links to industry. During the placement the students will complete units towards their City and Guilds NVQ Level 2 (QCF) qualification in Maintenance Operations. The expected outcomes are that students will have gained new theoretical and practical knowledge, qualifications improving their employability prospects, as well as enhancing their personal development.
Project Representative: Ussman Zafar
Central Sussex College
Sustainable building for the future
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary Central Sussex College will work with three German partner organisations to provide a two week work placement for UK students with local companies focussing on the building and civil engineering sector. The participants will be Level 2 and 3 apprentices in a range of construction trades and the placement will provide evidence towards their qualifications as well as use Europass. The expected outcomes are that students will gain theoretical and practical knowledge and language skills in new environmental technologies required by the sustainable building sector, and evidence towards their qualifications, giving them a competitive advantage. The placement will improve participants' employability and mobility prospects and enhance their personal development.
Project Representative: Dean Wynter
Change Agents UK
Green Graduates for Sustainable Futures
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Change Agents UK, a national charity promoting sustainability, with a particular emphasis on supporting young people to become agents of change for the sector. The charity will work with 17 partner organisations, including companies from Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Romania, Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. Some of the partners have collaborated previously on successful Leonardo projects. The project will focus on the environmental protection sector and provide placements of either three or six months for unemployed/ under-employed UK graduates.
Project Representative: Jasmine Kubski
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Chartered Institution of Wastes Management On site training and work experience to improve Health Safety & Environment performance for employees in the UK Waste & Resource Management Industry PLM New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary Chartered Institution of Wastes Management; the professional body representing waste professionals in the UK will work with one partner organisation from Denmarkthe City of Copenhagen's Environment Department. The project will focus on the occupational health and safety and engineering sectors and provide two week work placements for 30 potential or current employees coming from a range of professional backgrounds such as administration and operations from local authorities and companies working in waste and resource management in the UK. The aim of the work placements is to learn from European best practice around recycling processes and moving the industry away from landfill disposal.
Project Representative: Derek Greedy
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Broadening Horizons in Vocational learning
VETPRO New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary The Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust will work with one European partner; a hospital based in Germany. The project aims to send two VET professionals working in mental health and learning disabilities on a one week work experience visit to learn from their German counterparts. The participants will transfer this learning back to the UK; using it to enhance the internal vocational learning and development service for staff employed by the Trust. The project will enable participants to develop personally and professionally; identifying new ways of working and initiating change within their organisation. The intended outcomes will be validated in formal reports and logged as continuing professional development achievements.
Project Representative: Jane Tomlison
Chichester College
New Horizons for Learning and Transnational Cooperation
VETPRO New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary The proposal is to provide senior professionals from a wide range of subject areas at the Chichester College to each benefit from a one week work/training placement with partners in either Netherlands, Denmark or Finland. Chichester College, a further education college from the UK, will work with two vocational training centres from Finland and Denmark and a vocational/ technical secondary school from the Netherlands. The participants will be mentored by the college's Professional Development manager. The project will enable participants to develop personally and professionally; identifying new ways of working and initiating change within their organisation.
Project Representative: Sheila Thorpe
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City College Plymouth
Cross Cultural Reality Exchange - Care
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This proposal aims to provide second year NVQ-level 3 students in healthcare subjects with two week work placements in France. Placements are to be arranged and managed through the host- partner, a state-funded vocational school. The students will be assessed against UK NVQ criteria while in their work placements and will also receive Europass certification. The project will enable participants to develop personally and professionally by working alongside French practitioners in a range of settings including nurseries, residential homes and day care settings. Participants will also gain a certificate in French to increase their mobility to work in Europe in the future. Most participants will be from disadvantaged areas and aged 17-20.
Project Representative: Fiona Horrell
City College Plymouth
Its NEET to Work
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary City College Plymouth project aims to send participants, who are NEET (not in education, employment or training), and from disadvantaged areas, on training and vocational placements of twenty-two weeks duration, in the hotel, restaurant and catering sector. The project will enable participants to develop personally and professionally by working alongside practitioners in a range of settings. Participants will gain a Level 2 qualification in European Hospitality-Work Experience in Europe, Europass and a language certificate. Participants will also receive a written reference from their placement employer. The project will continue to support participants to find employment on their return to the UK.
Project Representative: Fiona Horrell
City of Wolverhampton College
Wolverhampton Abroad!
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary City of Wolverhampton College aims to send participants from across the creative, motor vehicle and hospitality/catering sectors to undertake two-week work placements in Germany, Spain or Italy. Participants are to be accompanied by UK tutors who will assess their work against their UK VET frameworks. The students will be studying towards full time Level 2 and 3 vocational courses in these sectors. The project will enable participants to develop personally and professionally by working alongside practitioners in their chosen sector and gain evidence towards their UK qualifications.Participants will also gain a Europass certificate to help increase their mobility to work in Europe in the future.
Project Representative: Lucy Smith
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Colchester Institute Comparison of communication methods and education systems of children and young people in England and Spain. IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary Colchester Institute, a state funded vocational education and training provider in the East of England; will work with a Spanish intermediary organisation that has extensive experience in delivering Leonardo projects. The project will focus on the child care and youth services sector and provide a three week internship for UK students. The work placements have already been arranged with the local authority through the intermediary partner and will take place in a variety of childcare settings. The participants will all be working towards a CACHE Level 3 Diploma and the placement will provide evidence towards their qualification and use Europass. It is expected that the placement will improve employability and mobility prospects.
Project Representative: Kiran Rafferty
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise
Widening access to horticultural expertise
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, a state funded vocational college focusing on the agri-food industry in Northern Ireland, has a successful track record in delivering LLP projects. The college will work with one partner organisation, a vocational/ technical secondary school based in the Netherlands. The project will be focused on the agriculture sector and provide a work placement of two weeks and two days duration for UK students to gain experience working in progressive horticulture businesses. Participants will be working towards a Level 3 amenity horticulture qualification thus gaining new theoretical and practical knowledge helping their employability prospects.
Project Representative: Joe Henderson
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise
Developing equine Understanding in Rural Netherlands
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, a state funded vocational college focusing on the agri-food industry in Northern Ireland. The college has a successful track record in delivering LLP projects. The college will work with one partner organisation, a vocational/ technical secondary school based in the Netherlands. The project will be focused on the agricultural sector and provide a work placement of two weeks and two days duration for UK students to gain experience working for progressive equine businesses. Work placement activity will contribute toward the award of VET units in their UK qualification as well as being accredited through Europass.
Project Representative: Joe Henderson
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College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise
Broadening the opportunities for veterinary nurses to develop skills
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise is a state funded vocational college focusing on the agri-food industry in Northern Ireland. The college will work with one partner organisation, a vocational/ technical secondary school based in Slovenia. The project will be focused on the veterinary sector and provide a work placement of two weeks and two days duration for UK students to gain experience working in various contexts, including with exotic animals in a zoo. The work placements will provide participants with the opportunity to be assessed against their UK qualifications while also achieving a Europass accreditation.
Project Representative: Joe Henderson
CollegesWales/ColegauCymru
All Wales Apprentice Mobility 3
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary A larger scale proposal to provide VET students from seven Welsh colleges with opportunities to undertake two-week work placements across France, Italy, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. Participants will be drawn from a wide variety of vocational areas such as law, business and administration, engineering, hair and beauty, computing, childcare and hospitality and will include some Modern Apprentices although the majority will be full time IVT students. Some of the proposed participants would be from disadvantaged areas. The project would enable participants to develop personally and professionally by working alongside practitioners in their respective fields. The intended outcomes are for participants to gain evidence towards their vocational qualifications.
Project Representative: Sian Holleran
Construction Industry Training Board trading as CITB-ConstructionSkills NI
Building Skills for Sustainable Construction II
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary The Northern Ireland Construction Industry Training Board proposes to send people in the labour market participants to KOMZET, a vocational training centre in Germany. The two week work placements build on a project currently being run successfully with 2012 Leonardo funding, and aim to transfer knowledge in various aspects of sustainable construction and energy efficiency to the Northern Ireland construction sector, as well as enhancing language learning and cross- border cultural understanding. Participants are experienced employed or unemployed workers and include supervisors, clerks of works and contractors. The project will also assist the Government in reaching its targets in relation to carbon reduction in the UK.
Project Representative: Gayle Beckett
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Cumbernauld College
Work Placement Opportunities for Receiving Knowledge and Skills 2013
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This project aims to send students studying level 2 courses in Childcare; Health and Social Care; Social Science; Hair and Beauty; and Travel and Hospitality on two to three week long work placements to France, Malta and Spain. Participants are drawn from an area which has high levels of unemployment and participants are at risk of disengagement from education and training. The placements will directly link to their course of training and the project aims to develop their technical and personal skills, confidence and employability. Placements will happen at the end of the academic year, with language and pedagogical preparation built into the preceding terms.
Project Representative: James O'Donnell
Derby College
Integration, Enrichment & Enterprise 2
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Derby College will send initial vocational training students enrolled on Level 2-3 courses in various vocational fields to a two or five week work placements in Estonia, Finland, Denmark, and Germany. The hosts are all training providers who have been involved previously in Leonardo and similar projects. The placements are in many vocational fields, including health and beauty; meat processing; building and civil engineering; craft skills; and computing. The aim is to develop entrepreneurial skills in a European context, extend students' cultural horizons, and improve their technical knowledge where appropriate.
Project Representative: Kadri Saat
Destination Europe
Destination France
PLM New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary Destination France, a work placement organisation based in Nottingham with experience of receiving mobility participants, proposes to send workers in the hotel and catering industries to host partners, all of whom run restaurants and associated catering businesses in Lyon, France. The project aims to send junior kitchen professionals for 26 week placements in selected partner restaurants. During their placements participants will work to an individual modular workplan, developing their skills under the supervision of qualified chefs. The project also aims to address issues such as the perceived lack of professionalism in the UK culinary sector and the lack of trained chefs.
Project Representative: Michael McBratney
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Donisthorpe Hall
European Work experience for care trainees fostering innovation
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Donisthorpe Hall aims at sending participants on a 8 week programme for 16 disadvantaged young people to facilitate their entry into employment as care assistants An intermediary partner, Education Business Partnership, will publicise the project and recruit participants and Care Malta will be responsible for all training and placement activities. The project objective is to support young people leaving education/labour market who have an interest in developing their skills in the social care sector and lead them towards formal qualification. The project will enable participants to develop life skills, improve communication and understanding of different cultural needs.
Project Representative: Chris Whitehead
DSC Regen
Construction Apprentice Skills for Europe
Project Summary
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects DSC Regen, a consultancy specialising in the development and management of employment training programmes, will send construction apprentices employed by a social enterprise in East Midlands to a partner in Andalucía in Spain, Gestion Integral de Energías Renovables. The apprentices will undertake work placements in various trades: bricklaying, painting and decorating; and will be working towards Construction Skills Level 2 Diplomas in Decorative Finishing, Trowel Occupations and Wood Occupations. During the placements the apprentices will gain practical skills related to their sector and develop their linguistic and intercultural skills which will enhance their future employment prospects.
Project Representative: Andrea Purcell
DSC Regen
Practical Skills for Sustainable Energy
Project Summary
Plm Previous LdV Mobility Projects DSC Regen, an independent regeneration agency, aims at sending participants on 13-week placements to Spain, Italy and Poland. The partnership includes two intermediary organisations (in Spain and in Italy) and one host organisation in Poland. The project will provide sustainable energy work placements for participants who are working or looking for work in the sustainable energy sector but lack practical experience or technical expertise. The aim is to enable participants to develop vocational and intercultural skills and gain work experience in order to maximise their opportunities for labour market integration and career progression
Project Representative: Andrea Purcell
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Easton and Otley College
Agricultural Benefits of CAP Environmental Reforms
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Easton and Otley College, a specialised vocational education provider on land-based subjects, will send Level 2 and 3 students/apprentices at the college on a three week placement to the Czech Republic, Sweden and Finland. The aims of the project are for participants to gain a better understanding of competitive forces in European agriculture, environmental management in different agricultural systems and a better understanding of the way that CAP is implemented. Furthermore, the project will help to raise the profile of the college and aid in its recruitment of staff and students.
Project Representative: Neil Ridley
European Training Services
European Skills Account 2013
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary European Training Services, a not for profit organisation, working in the field of trans-national mobility projects, will send college and university leavers on a 12-week placements in six European destinations including France, Italy, Spain, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic and Germany. The key focus of the project is to help recently qualified young people improve their employment prospects through a structured programme of skills acquisition in another European country. During the application and selection process, the sending and hosting organisations carefully determine the applicants' training requirements and tailor the placements to each individual's needs.
Project Representative: Maria Massarato
FootballCV Academy Limited
FootballCV Academy European Work Placement Project
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary This project aims at sending second year students of the FootballCV Academy, who are 17-19 years old and currently enrolled on a full time football training and education programme, to travel to Belgium and spend two weeks on work placement at a professional football club. The participants are currently studying towards a BTEC Level 3 Diploma or NVQ Level 3 in Achieving Excellence in Sports Performance. The project aims for each participant to learn, develop and understand technical skills and tactical awareness, specific to European football. In addition, the project also opens up potential future employment opportunities for participants at the hosting club and other European clubs.
Project Representative: Martin Harris
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Gateshead College
Bordeaux Culinary Connection
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary This project is managed by Gateshead College which is an educational institution offering catering courses. Gateshead College has links with local businesses and its focus is on modern and classic European cuisine. The host partner is a culinary training provider based in France. The duration of the placements will be two weeks. The aim of the project is for participants to gain units for their NVQ studies regarding patisserie and to experience French culture and language as well as to inspire and to raise the aspirations of the parties.
Project Representative: Nikki Lazenby
Gower College Swansea
European Science Technology Engineering and Maths 2
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Gower College Swansea propose to send full time students from a range vocational programmes up to a level 3, on three week visits with their 4 European partners. The aim of "Euro-STEM2" is to provide participants with the experience of living and working in another country with the objectives of raising their aspirations and increasing their employability prospects, motivation and confidence. The project also aims to enhance understanding of participants' vocational sectors in a European context. It is anticipated that many of the target group, who are aged 16 to 19 years will come from disadvantaged backgrounds with little or no experience of lfe outside their local area. Female applicants will be given priority in the selection process.
Project Representative: Katy Miller
Greenwich Community College
Fashion Plus
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Greenwich Community College proposes to send students undertaking Level 2 and 3 BTEC fashion programmes on a two week visit to their partner in Germany. The partner is GSECH in Hamburg, a large specialist fashion and design school with close links to employers. This partner has been chosen because of their expertise and emphasis on skills using traditional tailoring methods. The aim is to provide the participants with the opportunity to learn new skills not available in the UK, thereby increasing their employability and confidence. It is likely that many participants will come from ethnic minority groups and disadvantaged backgrounds. GSECH will organise placements in the theatre costume and fashion houses appropriate for the needs of the participants.
Project Representative: Gillian Jones
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Groundwork West Midlands
Graduate Apprentice Programme 3
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Groundwork West Midlands has applied for a follow-up project that will place unemployed graduates for four weeks with employers in Malta. The partner is Future Focus, a private training organisation with whom GWM have previously worked with, who will identify suitable employers and projects. Participants, recruited from across the UK, will work in a role of responsibility on their own identified individual projects in organisations in the environment and community sectors in Malta. The objectives are to provide the graduates with transferable work skills and experience, as well as more highly developed personal skills. By gaining project management experience in a real setting, it is expected that they will be more employable as a result.
Project Representative: Amit Dattani
Ilkeston Football Club
Ilkeston FC Academy Programme Enhancement & Exit and Progression Opportunities
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary Ilkeston Football Club Academy proposes to send 16-18 year old students on a two week placement to Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, which has experience of hosting UK teams. The objectives are to facilitate the development of European training methods; expose participants to European opportunities and develop their vocational, professional and personal skills; and to embed LLP principles into the training and development programme. The target group are full time students working towards vocational qualifications at levels 2 and 3 in Coaching and Activity Leadership. The training content consists mainly of training sessions with Mallorcan and their own coaches, football games, and the delivery of two coaching sessions to local youth teams.
Project Representative: David Mantle
Inova Consultancy
European Young Engineers of the Future
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary Inova Consultancy is an SME providing consultancy services in the area of lifelong learning. They propose to work with two partners, the Sheffield College of Further Education as the sending partner and TUV Nord, the host partner, who are a large engineering company in Germany, to send level 3 BTEC and Diploma students in engineering from the college for two week work placements. It is expected that approximately half will come from disadvantaged backgrounds. The aim is to provide practical experience in a company that uses sophisticated engineering processes with an emphasis on hybrid/green power technologies, giving the target group exposure to new possibilities, at the same timedeveloping their personal skills, language and cultural awareness.
Project Representative: Marina Larios
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ISA Training Ltd
Oyster Project 2
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary ISA Training Ltd proposes to send apprentices aged 16-24, studying vocational programmes in Hair & Beauty for a two week work placement with their partner in Cyprus. ISA is a workbased learning provider in this sector. The partner is Discovery Training (Cyprus) Limited who manage three delivery centres for Hair & Beauty programmes. The partnership has worked together on a previous project, Oyster 1. The objectives of the project are to expand the vocational skills of participants and to develop their life, employability and social skills. They will have the opportunity to gain additional soft skills qualifications.
Project Representative: Clare Jeffries
KBM Training & Recruitment Ltd
Training in Europe for the Accountancy Sector
PLM New to LdV Mobility Project Summary KBM Training & Recruitment propose to send individuals on 12 week accountancy work placements with partners in Ireland and Malta. The participants will be unemployed and belong to minority ethnic groups and will have undertaken accountancy training with KBM. The four hosting partners are the Four Seasons Hotel, Dublin; RSA insurance, Ireland; IFG Advisory Services, Dublin; and the Vassallo Group of Companies in Malta. The objectives are to provide work experience which will improve skill levels and employability, to help gain credits towards their professional qualification, and to develop awareness of European citizenship and intercultural competencies. Participants will have undertaken academic study in accountancy at a range of levels, but not had experience in the workplace and therefore experience difficulty in securing employment.
Project Representative: Emanuela Marianecci
Language Link
Culture Arts and Tourism in Europe 2
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Language link plan to send participants to Italy, Greece, Spain or Belgium for a period of 13 weeks. The project is aimed at unemployed adults interested in pursuing a career in the culture, arts or tourism sector. Participants will undertake placements in organisations relating to their chosen sector where they will gain hands on practical experience, along with the opportunity to gain an understanding of the different methods, tools, and skills that can be applied in management and marketing. The aim is to facilitate the development and acquisition of participants’ professional skills, knowledge and competencies enabling them to secure gainful employment in their chosen field or to be able set up their own micro-enterprises, be it in the UK or elsewhere in Europe.
Project Representative: Amelia Fiorillo
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Lawn Tennis Association Lawn Tennis Association Apprenticeship Enhancement & Exit and Progression Opportunities IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary The proposal intends to take Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence students (aged 16- 18) on a 14 day placement in Spain from the Lawn Tennis Association to Barcelona Total Tennis. During the placement participants will train/run coaching sessions for schools and other groups, developing their skills, knowledge and techniques of how to play on clay, as well as working on their own personal and vocational targets related to their NVQ. This project seeks to raise participants’ awareness of European job opportunities and/or other careers that may be available to them, thus facilitating exit/progression routes for participants on completion of their apprenticeship; with the ultimate aim of them being able to enter the professional tennis circuit.
Project Representative: Amandeep Takhar
Leeds City College
Capturing and Communicating Catalan Culture
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary The "Capturing and Communicating Catalan Culture" project will send first year Creative Arts students (BTEC Level 3 in Art, Photography, Performance, Acting and Musical Theatre) to their partner in Catalonia, Spain for three weeks. The aim is for the students to collectively compose and deliver a live performance in Spain at the end of the placement and on their return to the UK. The experience will allow them to put into the practice the technical skills they have learnt in their first year using state of the art technology in a different culture and climate and develop the soft skills that employers in the industry are demanding.
Project Representative: Carolyn Booth-Jones
Leeds City College The Good Life: IVT placements in Hospitality & Catering, Leisure & Sport, Travel & Tourism IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Leeds City College will build on their experience of providing students with the opportunity to undertake practical work experience in hotels, restaurants, hospitality and catering (including meat preparation) tourism, leisure and outdoor pursuits. The participants will be studying on NVQ and BTEC level courses in hospitality and catering or travel and tourism, and some will be selected from level 3 extended diploma in sport. The participants will engage in placements of between two and ten weeks in the following countries: Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Slovakia and Spain. It is expected that this project will enhance the participants' skills and increase their employment opportunities within their chosen sector.
Project Representative: Carolyn Booth-Jones
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Leeds City College
Keeping Up Appearances - IVT Placement Hair & Beatuy / Health & Care
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This project aims to provide the participants with the opportunity to undertake practical work experience in beauty therapy and health and social care. The participants will be placed in spas, hairdressing salons / nurseries, crèches and homes for the elderly to undertake three week work placements. The participants will be studying NVQ Level 2 and 3 courses, BTEC National Diploma and CACHE Levels 1, 2 and 3. It is expected that this project will enhance the participants' skills and increase their employment opportunities within their chosen sector
Project Representative: Carolyn Booth-Jones
Leeds City College
New Pastures: IVT Placements for Carpentry, Cars, Construction & IT
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This project aims to provide students with the opportunity to undertake practical work in the various sectors, including carpentry, construction, IT and motor vehicle. This project will be delivered in association with existing and new partners, covering Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece and Sweden. The partners comprise of training centres and secondary schools and these partners have been chosen because of their links with local industry. The participants will be studying level 2 and 3 courses and they will engage in up to three week placements within their chosen sectors. It is expected that this project will enhance the participants’ employment opportunities within their chosen fields.
Project Representative: Carolyn Booth-Jones
Leeds City College
Twenty-twelve and Beyond: Trainer placements across Europe
VETPRO Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Leeds City College aims to send trainers for one week placements to another European country as part of their Continual Professional Development. The project includes 12 partners from 9 countries covering a range of vocational training areas including alternative therapies; meat technology; motor vehicles; environment; food production; sport; hospitality and catering; printing; retail; business; and IT. The host organisations have been selected on the basis of their current provision and expertise. It is expected that this project will help the tutors to develop methods of delivery, assessment, evaluation and standards and increase the employability opportunities of the students.
Project Representative: Carolyn Booth-Jones
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Leicester City Council
Twinning in Action
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This application aims to send level 2 or level 3 business and adminstration apprentices from Leicester (and the nearby area) to Germany and France for four week work placements. It is intended that the work placements will offer participants opportunties to develop their skills and their language abilities. The partnership is composed of the Leicester City Council, Leicester College (intermediary organisation) and two public bodies in France and Germany who Leicester City College has worked with previously. This project intends to provide the participants with a personal and professional development opportunity within a European context, that will add value to their vocational studies and improve their prospects for future employment.
Project Representative: Sandra Rieger
Lincoln College Use of Communication Technology in Health and Social Care and Childcare and Education Settings IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Lincoln College plan to send BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma Health & Social Care or Level 3 Childcare & Education Diploma students to Germany and the Netherlands for 3 weeks.Partners, Alfa College and Richard von Weizacker College will organise work experience placements in kindergartens, rehabilitation centres and care homes. The aim is to provide participants with the opportunity to develop their vocational, foreign language and life skills, along with their personal development competencies as outlined in the units of the qualification to be assessed. This project aims to provide a development opportunity that will facilitate successful course completion and support the participants’ progress into employment or higher education and professional training.
Project Representative: Ann Stanley
Lincoln College
Developing the Global Technician
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary The project intends to send apprentices from Lincoln College who are studying towards a Level 3 NVQ in wood occupations or Level 3 NVQ diploma in engineering to a craft guild in Germany for a work placement of three weeks. It is intended that the placement will provide participants with an opportunity to develop their skills and work towards two specified units. The partnership is very experienced and has worked together in the past. Overall the project aims to provide a development opportunity that will facilitate successful course completion, which will in turn support progression into permanent employment or onto a higher level qualification in the future.
Project Representative: Ann Stanley
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Morthyng Group Limited
Euro Vocational Skills Project
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Morthyng Group Ltd plan to send young people, aged 15-25 to Belgium, The Netherlands and Spain for two weeks. The participants will be City & Guilds, Edexel or BTEC Foundation Learning Level 1 students; work experience being an integral part of their programme alongside functional/key skills. Cohorts will undertake vocational work placements in construction, retail and performing arts, organised by host partners. The objective of this project is to help equip participants with the skills that will enable them to successfully follow their chosen pathway into work, further education or apprenticeship.
Project Representative: Geoffrey Spinks
Motherwell College
Greater Learning Opportunities
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Motherwell College plan to send IVT students aged 16-25, pursuing qualifications in Hospitality; Sport and Leisure; Hair and Beauty; and Childcare to Malta or Spain for two weeks. One partner, Luxol Sports Club (St Andrews FC), will both host and arrange relevant placements for participants in childcare, hair & beauty and sports. Sunsure Management & Student Development, will organise relevant Spanish work placements from within their network of local employers for the hospitality, sport & leisure and health & beauty participants. All work placements will focus on the development of practical vocational, soft and employability skills; these being the main project objectives.
Project Representative: Karen Corrigan
New College, Pontefract
Sports Leaders, Media and Tourism
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary New College, Pontefract, plan to send IVT participants aged 16-19, undertaking BTEC Sport (NVQ2/3); BTEC Diploma Travel and Tourism (NVQ 3); and BTEC Diploma Creative Media Production to Malta for two weeks to undertake work placements in sports leadership, creative media, and travel and tourism. The aim of this project is to give participants the opportunity to gain real practical experience in their vocational area; improve their skills and knowledge; and develop their social/interpersonal skills in both a social and workplace context; thus ultimately improving their employability and chances of success in the labour market.
Project Representative: Andrew Green
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Newt Employment Ltd
Spanish Steps
Plm Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Newt Employment Ltd plan to send jobseekers referred from the Work Programme by the JobCentrePlus to Spain on 13 week work placements. The group will comprise 18 – 30 year olds who range from the recent to long-term unemployed who have a vocational qualification or a degree. Participants will undertake work experience placements directly related to their career goals. The aim of this project is to provide valuable work experience that will help facilitate the entry to stable work pathways. The project will allow participants to develop the professional and personal skills needed to manage their careers and successfully compete a competitive labour market.
Project Representative: Michael Ryan
North Hertfordshire College North Hertfordshire College Sports Academy Programme Enhancement & Exit and Progression Opportunities IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary North Hertfordshire College is targeting participants aged 16-18, taking either a BTEC Level 2 or Level 3 extended Diploma in Sport. Participants will have two weeks work placements in Italy and train at Sportilia Club sporting grounds. Activities are linked to areas of sporting performance such as strength and conditioning; technical ability; tactical awareness; and psychological preparation, and include training with other clubs, demonstration sessions and football matches with various teams. Outcomes of the project are transfer of training methods of another country, introducing students to opportunities in Europe and general personal and intercultural development.
Project Representative: David Bass
North West Kent College
Carpentry the Green Way
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary This project will send level 3 apprentices studying carpentry and joinery to Germany for two weeks to engage in practical work experience around sustainable construction. The partnership consists of NWK College and a German vocational training centre Komzet, which is a specialist in carpentry and joinery. Project outcomes include the acquisition of 'green' methods and skills which will improve their future employment opportunities both within the UK and abroad. Other objectives include developing knowledge of the German culture and language and, bettering chances of employment and strengthening the relationships between German and British employers.
Project Representative: Mark Andrews
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North West Kent College
Automotive Eco Mobility
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary North West Kent College will send apprentices enrolled in motor vehicle courses, and aged 16- 25, on a two week placement to Germany. The host partners are BBZ Arnsberg, an experienced provider of work placements and apprenticeships, and Autohaus Stamm, a Toyota car dealer offering service and maintenance of hybrid models. The aims of the project include enabling participants to learn new techniques in green automotive technologies, learn a new language, and enhance their employability. Outcomes will include importing new automotive skills to the UK, and increased interpersonal and employability skills of apprentices.
Project Representative: Mark Andrews
North West Regional College Europe for All IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary North West Regional College in Northern Ireland, will send participants on a variety of two week vocational placements hosted by Luxol, a sports Club in Malta. This project aimed at level 2 and level 3 students, aims to attract participants who would normally be reluctant to undertake a work placement abroad. Participants pursuing different courses will work at companies across the region, including in restaurants, salons etc. to open their horizons, learn about a new culture and about working in a foreign country. The college is hoping that these placements will offer participants the opportunity to gain practical skills linked to their area of study as well as ways to increase their employability.
Project Representative: Bridgita Kelly
Northampton College Comparing educational systems for early years(between Britain and Finland - who are recognised worldwide for outstanding provision) IVT New to LdV Mobility Project Summary Northampton College propose to send students from their level 3 Early Years and Childcare programmes on a two week visit to their partner in Finland. The partner is Hyria Foundation, a vocational educational institution to whom a preparatory visit has been undertaken by staff from Northampton College. The target group will be a mix of apprentices aged 16 and over on the Level 3 Diploma in Children and Young People's Welfare, and students over 18 years on the Level 3 Diploma in Childcare & Education. The objectives are to provide participants with understanding, skills and experience of alternative Early Years curriculum and practice. It is expected that the visit will develop personal and employability skills and enable participants to reflect on their practice. During the visit they will undertake workshops with Finnish students and visit work placements where they will observe and take part.
Project Representative: Paula Schofield
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Northern Ireland Trade Union Education and Social Centre
Tourism and Hospitality Training for Youth
PLM New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary Northern Ireland Trade Union Education and Social Centre aims to send young people aged 18- 30 on a 12 week placement to Spain. Participants are from extremely vulnerable backgrounds: from communities divided by sectarian violence, suffering from unemployment, lack of skills, addiction, family breakdown and generally very low social capital. They will be recruited by two partners who work with disadvantaged youth in Belfast, Antrim and Ballymena. Placements in hospitality and tourism companies will be sought by three Spanish intermediaries. The placement will equip participants with skills and confidence to gain work on return to the UK but will also broaden their horizons and provide an enriching experience that can lead to new opportunities.
Project Representative: Frank Tipping
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner For Norfolk
Safer Neighbourhood Policing
PLM New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary The project will send various ranks of police officers and civil staff to Poland for a two-week placement within the Gdansk Provincial Police Headquarters. The Polish partner has previous Leonardo experience and has partly been chosen due to the fact that Norfolk has a large Polish community. The programme will allow work shadowing alongside community police officers in several districts to compare inner and outer city police practices in areas such as community engagement, schools engagement, restorative justice, road safety, anti social behaviour, domestic\sexual violence, and Police briefings. The wider aim of the project is to enable UK police officers to better understand the Eastern European communities living in Norfolk.
Project Representative: Stephanie Stearman
Oldham Athletic Football Club
Oldham Athletic FC Apprenticeship Enhancement & Exit and Progression Opportunities
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary Oldham Athletic Football Club, a new applicant for the Leonardo Mobility programme, will send 16–18 year old apprentices enrolled in the ASE programme to Holland to train and play at the VVV-Venlo football club grounds. Placement duration is for two weeks and participants will be supported by accompanying people. The training content will consist of observation, training games, cultural visits and coaching local youth teams. The objectives of the project include transfer of skills, learning new techniques, getting exposed to another culture and language, working with top professionals in a country where sports is a means to getting a job not just in a chosen sporting discipline, but also in other vocational areas. Placements will start July/August 2014.
Project Representative: Tony Philliskirk
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Petroc
Devon-Austria Volleyball Exchange
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary PETROC, an organization stemming from the merge of North Devon College and East Devon College, will send students enrolled in the Volleyball Academy, to Graz, Austria to train at Borg Hib Liebenau for two weeks. The partner has a dedicated sports academy for volleyball and handball which is one of the leading institutions for volleyball training in Europe. Students are likely to aim to achieve a UK Level 2 coaching qualification. The main objectives of the project are to experience international level coaching, gain interpersonal skills, enhanced knowledge of rules and coaching methods and cultural understanding of a new country. Training will consist of working with primary schools in delivery of volleyball games, volleyball coaching and cultural activities.
Project Representative: Kimberley Paterson
Petroc
French and Spanish Training in Commercial Automotive Repairs
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary PETROC, resulting from the merger of North and East Devon Colleges, will send students from the field of Automotive Engineering including Foundation Courses, Level 1 and 2 awards and Apprenticeships to Spain and France. The two partner organisations provide vocational training in the field of automotive engineering and are acting partly as intermediaries as placements will take place within local garages/services centres. The content of the work placement will therefore allow the students to gain practical experience of working within vehicle repair centres.
Project Representative: Kimberley Paterson
Petroc
Supporting Tag Rugby Through initial Vocational Education II
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary PETROC, an experienced Leonardo promoter will send students who are studying a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sports Qualifications to Romania for a two-week placement. The partner Asociatia Pro Educatie si Formare is a Romanian intermediary with a wide experience in transnational programmes. The aim of the project is for the participants to introduce Tag Rugby to Romanian students and to organise a Tag Rugby festival between the schools at the end of their placement. Placement activities will contribute directly to the completion of specific course modules back in Devon. Participants will develop new skills, promote development of Tag Rugby in Romania, stimulate the cultural outlook of the participants and help expand links with EU countries for PETROC.
Project Representative: Kimberley Paterson
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Phoenix House Ltd trading as Phoenix Futures
ECEtt Leonardo Mobility UK - Training by Travel
VETPRO Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Phoenix Futures, formerly Phoenix House, an organisation with over forty years experience of working with drug and alcohol users, will send staff at various positions and seniority levels, to either Spain, Belgium, Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal, Ireland or Norway to undergo a period of intensive knowledge and skills' exchange for two weeks. The aims of the period abroad include practice sharing, gaining new skills and transferring them and disseminating best practices and knowledge in their respective teams. Partners are all large intermediaries who will source the placements. Participants will all be working at prisons, drug and alcohol services and observe/ attend seminars and discussions in a topic recognized as beneficial for their CPD and other needs.
Project Representative: Frances Gray
Public Arts Limited Trading as Beam
Arts Across Borders
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Public Arts Ltd, an architecture and learning company, will send participants in early to mid career points in arts, design or cultural management to Spain to undergo a focussed ten-week training programme. Public Arts Ltd will prioritize publicising the project widely across the Yorkshire and Humber region, but also nationally. The Spanish partner, Una Mas Una, is a cultural consultancy specialising in project management and arts projects coordination and will source key companies for the placements. Objectives include increasing employability, developing professional knowledge and intercultural skills and to increase their confidence and self-esteem. The project is also strongly linked to CPD requirements.
Project Representative: Kate Watson
Quarriers
Way 2 Work
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Quarriers, a not for profit social care organisation, will send 18-25 year olds to Holland on a nine- week placement. Participants are mostly from a homeless background, suffering from addiction, lack of skills, sometimes with experience of neglect. The sending organisation is partly acting as intermediary, as it will advertise the proposal through Scotland. The partner, Werkcenter Nederland, a private training company is very experienced in placing young people in industry and will source the placements, which is precluded by a six-week preparation programme in the UK. Types of work can include packaging, assembly production, cleaning, landscaping and postal service. The aims are to increase employability and develop essential skills.
Project Representative: Anna McTaggart
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Red Ochre Enterprises Ltd
Skills for Conservation
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Management Consultancy and Training firm, Red Ochre Enterprises Ltd and their Spanish partner, 3Si, an intermediary organisation, aim to build on their existing Leonardo Mobility project, Environmental Enterprise; Skills for Green Growth, by organising a thirteen-week work placement in the conservation sector in Andalucia Spain. It targets unemployed people aged 20-30 from across the UK, who are either graduates in Conservation subjects or non-graduates with relevant experience. The aim is to give participants enhanced practical and linguistic skills, and understanding of what is involved in running environmental enterprises. Participants will be supported on their return to the UK into employment and/or further training.
Project Representative: Martin Cooper
Rey Europe
Renewable Technology and Energy Efficiency in Italy
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary REY Europe and a consortium of four intermediary organisations and eight renewable energy firms seek to provide a thirteen-week work placement in Italy for unemployed Engineering graduates. This new partnership involves Kingston University, where participants will be selected and recruited from. Placements, which focus on solar and wind energy, aim to enable graduates to develop professional and intercultural competence, develop confidence, and to improve their employability in the sector. The project seeks to generate interest from engineers in the renewable energy technology field and thus enhance the employability of the graduates in the growing ‘green skills’ labour market.
Project Representative: Marcus Miller
Rey Europe
Marine Life Conservation Project
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary REY Europe, an experienced promoter, aims to send recent unemployed graduates with Environmental Science and Conservation degrees from three UK universities to Tenerife. They will undertake a thirteen-week placement working on a ‘research guiding' programme on whale watching boats at the Atlantic Whale Foundation. Participants will travel in two groups between September 2013 and May 2014. Placement activities involve monitoring marine life, collecting data and guiding activities with eco tourists. The aim of the project is to give unemployed graduates practical experience and skills in the environmental conservation industry, to increase their employability, soft skills, language ability and confidence.
Project Representative: Marcus Miller
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Rhyl Football in the Community
Top of YOUR LEAGUE
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Rhyl Football in the Community proposes to send participants enrolled on their 'Strikers’ programme, which aims to encourage people back into education or employment and enhance their basic skills through engagement with football, to Norway and Sweden. Participants will spend two weeks with professional football clubs which offer a range of community outreach programmes and will focus either on football coaching or the administration of football clubs. The participants are NEETs from multiple areas with a high level of social deprivation and will be supported by four accompanying people during their time overseas.
Project Representative: Tracey Jones
Royal Spa English
Train to Gain in an East and West Domain
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Royal Spa English aims to send BTEC Level two/three travel and tourism students from K College in Kent to Spain and Slovenia for three weeks, to undertake one week of language and cultural training followed by ten days of work experience in a hotel, travel agent or sports/leisure organisation. The placements will be organised in country by intermediary partners. The aims are to give participants exposure to different work environments, in industries where they will be required to have intercultural competence, and to give them a competitive edge in the labour market.
Project Representative: Daryl Jones
Sampad South Asian Arts
Sampad European Placement Programme for Digital Learning 2
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Sampad South Asian Arts, a development agency for South Asian arts, would like to send creative sector professionals from the West Midlands to leading creative sector partners in Spain, Austria and the Netherlands to learn more about digital media technologies. Placements will range from three to eight weeks and will be organised according to the level (intermediate or advanced) of participants’ professional experience with creative digital technologies. The aim is to develop the skills of participants, to enhance their awareness of sectoral trends in Europe, and to enable them to expand their professional networks.
Project Representative: Clayton Shaw
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Shetland Islands Council Developing employability skills and sharing vocational training between the Shetland Islands and Norway IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary The project involves a collaboration between the Shetland Islands Council International Team, Shetland College and a training institution in Voss, Norway. It will send students working towards SQA National Certificates or SVQs from a range of vocational courses in the creative; health and care; digital media; business; hospitality; and construction sectors, on a four-week placement. The aim is to give trainees from a small island community, where work-based training opportunities are limited, exposure to different work practices to develop their professional and personal competences.
Project Representative: Brian Spence
Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology
Shrewsbury Motor Vehicle Visit Istanbul (2)
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Level 1 and 2 motor vehicle students from Shrewsbury College of Art and Technology will undertake a two-week work placement in motor vehicle workshops in Turkey, contributing towards attainment of their City & Guilds qualifications. The partner is DETVET, a Vocational Education Association whose members include VET providers providing access to modern and high quality facilities and equipments. The project seeks to follow in the footsteps of an existing mobility project of similar aims, submitted under the 2011 Call and aims to give the participants experience of techniques and equipment not available in the UK and to develop personal and intercultural competence.
Project Representative: Stuart Thomas
Siawns Teg Limited
Powys To Europe
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Siawns Teg, a charity and an experienced promoter, is targeting young people aged 18-23, enrolled in a range of initial vocational training courses at the partner institution, Coleg Powys. They will undertake a two-week placement in Germany, Italy and Spain in a range of sectors: Health and Social Care; Childcare; Hair and Beauty; and Hotel and Catering. Intermediary organisations in each host country will support and arrange placements with identified employers. The aim is to give trainees from rurally isolated areas exposure to work placement experiences which they could not access at home, to increase their skills, motivation and employability. The project also aims to enhance the transparency of skills by using ECVET principles.
Project Representative: Jodi White
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Skills for Security
Electronic Security Systems & Guarding Sectors
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Skills for Security, the UK Sector Skills Council for the safety and security sector, wishes to send 18-30 year old Level two and three Electronic Security Systems Apprentices to specialist security partners in Denmark, Germany and Ireland to undertake work based training that will contribute towards the participants’ professional development. The placements will last for two weeks and the hosts are training institutions with strong links to employers. Participants will be accompanied by staff from UK training organisations. The aim of the project is to expose young people to different working practices and environments, thereby increasing skills and employability, developing awareness of the sector, building confidence and enhancing communication skills.
Project Representative: Ruth Oliver
South and City College Birmingham
Young Birmingham Sparks
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary South and City College Birmingham will send young people (aged 16-19) on placements with their partner, XABEC, a vocational training centre in Spain for a two-week period. Participants will be studying a range of vocational qualifications in the electrical sector, in addition to employability skills, up to level 3. The students will travel in two separate flows, accompanied by members of the college staff who will ensure that learning attained on placement will contribute towards the students’ UK qualification requirements. The aim is to give young people at a disadvantage in the labour market exposure to new working practices and living environments, to build their skills and confidence, and increase their chances of continuing in education or securing employment.
Project Representative: John Hillen
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (Formerly Filton College)
Sporting Excellence Apprenticeship. Legacy building. Tenerife (Inspiring a Generation)
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary South Gloucestershire and Stroud College are applying to send a number of Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence participants on 2-4 week placements to the FU International Academy, a vocational training organisation who will source short work placements for participants in local schools.. The project aims to ensure participants put into practice skills, experience and knowledge that they have learnt into a European environment to improve confidence, cultural awareness and communication skills to enhance employability and career longevity.
Project Representative: Lisa Godwin
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South Staffordshire College
European Vocational Value Add
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary South Staffordshire College is applying to send BTEC Level 3 Public Services, Travel & Tourism and Horticulture students on two week placements to partners in Bulgaria, Italy and France respectively. Placements will involve participants undertaking activities tailored to suit their individual courses, in Bulgaria work placements will focus on social policy aimed at Public Service students, in Italy, the focus will be on work experience relative to Travel and Tourism students and in France work placements for Horticulture students. The project aims to increase the employability and personal development of the students and in doing so equip them with the tools and appetite for lifelong learning.
Project Representative: Helen Pettit
Southern Regional College
Sustainable Construction in Europe Project
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Southern Regional College will send Level 3 BTEX Extended Diploma Construction students and Tiling apprentices on two week placements via intermediary host partners in Stockholm, Sweden, Leipzig and Germany (both partners have many years experience in hosting Leonardo participants) in order to: complete a unit of their course; introduce them to sustainability in the sector; and increase their employability skills. The project aims to enable students and apprentices to develop on both a personal and educational basis by dealing with inherent cultural and language challenges and by having work experience which is not readily available in Northern Ireland.
Project Representative: Lorraine Murphy
Southern Regional College
Mechatronics and Automation Training for Technician Engineers (2)
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Southern Regional Colleague are applying to send Level 3 BTEC Engineering students on two week placements to a number of manufacturing companies, via their vocational training school host partner, Europa-Berufsschule Welden in Bavaria, Germany. The project aims to provide students with the opportunity to experience and use Mechatronics in an industrial work place situation to progress to technical level employment or to university. The placement in Germany adds value with regards to participants gaining Mechatronics experience as this industry is in decline in Northern Ireland. In addtion to this, particpants will be able to improve upon their soft skills and ascertain an understanding of another European culture and language.
Project Representative: Lorraine Murphy
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Southern Regional College
Retail in Europe Project
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Southern Regional College is applying to send Level 3 Extended Diploma in Business students on two week placements through their intermediary partner, Federation Regionale des Maisons Familiales et Rurales, a training centre which seeks to source work placements for individuals, and in this instance, placements working with a range of retail outlets. The aim of the project is to provide work experience in France which will directly relate to their course of studies, allowing participants to complete a retail unit as part of their qualification within a work placement environment.
Project Representative: Lorraine Murphy
Southern Regional College
Childcare and Health Vocational Initiative in Lifelong Learning
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Southern Regional College will send level three childcare and health care students to Malta via their intermediary partner, St. Andrew's F.C. to work and develop their care skills during two week placements. Half of the participants will be working at placements relating to the health care sector with the remaining half in child and youth services. The aims of this project are two-fold; the placement will offer exposure to Maltese training, service delivery and care skills, as well as provide an understanding of relevant legislation/work practices. The second main aim of this project is to provide participants who come from a religiously divided community to gain life skills by developing communication, multiculturalism and boost confidence.
Project Representative: Lorraine Murphy
Southern Regional College
LETS BE (Leonardo in Europe through Sports and Beauty)
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Southern Regional College, in Northern Ireland will send a number of EQF level 3/4 participants to be Gaelic football coaches in Portugal (Move Sports SA) where activities will include practical coaching sessions and delivering coaching sessions to local children. Participants will also go to Malta (St. Andrew's FC an intermediary partner who will source placements ) to be football coaches or to undertake two week hairdressing and beauty work experience placements. The aim of the placement is to either provide the participants with exposure to European sport, training and coaching methods; or the opportunity to work in elite salons.
Project Representative: Lorraine Murphy
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St Bede's RC Grammar School
Bede's European Study Travel
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary St. Bede's RC Grammar School are applying to send Sixth Form Students studying Level 2 & 3 BTEC Travel and Tourism student as well as accompanying persons, on two week placements during April 2014 and April 2015 to their host partner, Hotel Luna Group, in Folgarida, Italy. The project aims to provide the students with a better understanding of working in a European country by working at a ski resort; and it also aims to improve their language skills, problem solving, customer relations, communication, risk assessment, budget handling and logistics.
Project Representative: Sajad Hussan
Stand International
STAND International Romania Mobility
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary STAND International, (a Scottish charity dedicated to working with marginalised groups) is applying to send disadvantaged young people and accompanying adults to their host partner, People to People – a charity based organisation in Romania. Participants will be sent on two week work placements to develop a greater understanding of the European employment market and develop theoretical and practical skills in basic building and construction. Participants will gain a number of skills including soft skills which (as the participants will be drawn from disadvantaged backgrounds including mental health and drug addiction) will benefit them and improve their ability to integrate into the job market on their return to the UK.
Project Representative: Alan Barr
Stockton Sixth Form College
OTRA VISTA 2
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Stockton Sixth Form College will send students studying towards a level 3 Travel and Tourism qualification for work placements in hotels in Spain. .The visits are for 10 weeks spread across two separate flows overduring two years. The specific objectives of the project are to allow participants to gain exposure to the world of work by undertaking a practical work placement in a carefully chosen hotel in a popular tourist area, enabling students to experience practices, methodology and skills in their area of vocational study.
Project Representative: Steve Keeling
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Tellus Group Ltd
NEt-Work for Development Cooperation
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Tellus Group Ltd are applying to send graduate students from the fields of international relations, project management and development cooperation on 3 month placements to Italy, to gain experience within the development cooperation sector. There are four Italian partners including an intermediary and three employers. Aside from allowing the participants to improve soft skills and immerse themselves into a new cultural environment, the project aims to provide the participants with first-hand experience, implementing what they have studied, developing technical skills and improving their employment opportunitiesties.
Project Representative: Roberto Greco
The Association of Colleges in the Eastern Region
ACER VETPRO 3
VETPRO Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary ACER plans to send trainers and lecturers from colleges in the East of England to undertake a one week visit to one of ten host partners. A wide range of sectors and subject areas will be represented; visits will include time spent in the host institution for discussions, exchange of information on delivery of vocational training (including the use of EQF and ECVET) and apprenticeships, work-shadowing and observations as well as visits to employers and other relevant vocational training organisations. The information gained will contribute to the continuing professional development requirements of the participants as well as having a wider impact in their colleges, and on their students through curriculum development and adopting new approaches.
Project Representative: Keith Middleton
The Corporation of Newcastle College Newcastle College Sports Academy Programme Enhancement & Exit and Progression Opportunities IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This project will provide two-week placements for students from the Sports Academy of Newcastle College. The participants will all be studying for BTEC level 2 or 3 with a focus on football. The placements will be hosted by a Sports Academy in Italy and will provide the opportunity for participants to learn skills and techniques in line with their qualification requirements as well acquiring linguistic ability and a wider cultural awareness. It is intended that this placement will lead to enhanced progression and employment opportunities in their chosen profession
Project Representative: Robert Kleiser
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The Manchester College
Single Ticket - European Module
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary This proposal targets apprentices in the health and social care sector who are studying Level 2 vocational qualifications. Apprentices from The Manchester College, many from disadvantaged backgrounds and deprived areas, will undertake a two-week placement in Sweden organised by the host partner, a centre for adult education with a focus on health-care professions. The placements will provide hands-on experience of the provision of health and social care in another country and will form an accredited part of the Single Ticket programme delivered by the lead partner. The placement will provide the opportunity to develop linguistic skills, cultural awareness and confidence as well as improving vocational skills and employability.
Project Representative: Paul Haunch
The Re-Org Trust
Working Outdoors @ L'Omelette Ferme
PLM New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary The target group for this proposal are young, ex-armed services personnel who face particular risks of homelessness, unemployment and involvement in crime. Both the sending partner (Re- Org Trust) and the host partner (L'Omelette Ferme in France) have considerable experience of supporting disadvantaged groups. The participants will spend two weeks on a working farm undertaking a variety of tasks (animal care, agricultural work, farm maintenance, retail, administration). They will acquire practical and transferable skills to develop confidence and improve their prospects of employment or entering formal education.
Project Representative: Angela Wood
The Scottish Football Association Limited
Work placements for Apprentice Footballers : Combatting Unemployment
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This project, coordinated by the Scottish FA, will offer footballers the opportunity to visit clubs in Cyprus, Spain, Italy, Portugal or Turkey. Participation of female and disabled football players will be encouraged. It is expected that participation in this scheme will improve the employment prospects of trainees within the UK or Europe. Other benefits include improved efficiency and the physiological development of trainees. The project also aims to facilitate technology transfer between participants and the receiving clubs.
Project Representative: Tom Docherty
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The Scottish Football Association Limited
Achieving Increased Employability for Scottish Coaches Through European Mobility
VETPRO Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This proposal from the Scottish Football Association brings together Scottish football teams and associated organisations to target the development of football coaches. Participants will spend one week in a Centre of Excellence for football training based in Spain, Portugal, Turkey or Sweden. Participants are all coaches but at different levels or participating in different aspects of the game (e.g. women's football and disability football). The objectives are to expose Scottish coaches to different and innovative coaching techniques that will improve their own delivery of coaching and enhance their employment opportunities in an increasingly competitive field
Project Representative: Tom Docherty
The Scottish Football Association Limited
Improving the National Skills Base in Football via European Mobility
VETPRO Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary The Scottish Football Association propose to send football community and grassroots coaches and managers on one week visits to five partner organisations. The objectives of the project include enabling community and grassroots coaches to acquire new skills in the theory, practice and development of coaching. Participants would include those involved in women's and disability football coaching. In Germany and Holland participants will study talent and ball skills development; whilst in Finland, Norway and Sweden the emphasis will be on evaluating infrastructure and methodologies. Participants will gain an understanding of how the smaller Scandinavian countries have overcome limitations in size and population.
Project Representative: Tom Docherty
The United Euro Bridge
Achieving Goals
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary The United Euro Bridge promotes work placement opportunities in Europe and has experience of managing vocational mobility projects. This project aims to provide recent unemployed graduates with the opportunity to undertake a work placement in Italy, Netherlands, Greece, Germany and Romania. The work placements will be in a variety of different fields including media; business; finance; marketing; education; information and communication technologies; social work and counselling; leisure and tourism; and life science. It is expected that this project will enable the participants to increase transnational mobility for the purpose of acquiring new skills and competencies in order to strengthen their employability opportunities
Project Representative: Diana Cetara
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The VAR Initiative Limited
Accessing Vernacular Skills in Built Infrastructure-2
VETPRO New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary The VAR Initiative aims to send VETPRO participants who are traditional building skills trainers / demonstrators / training planners from UK colleges, companies and authorities on a nine day visit to their host partners in Romania, Iceland, Cyprus, Slovakia and Italy. The purpose of this project is to develop the participants’ skills, knowledge and confidence and to boost the effectiveness of VET through the inclusion of undertaking placements in Europe which are not accessible in the UK, such as traditional lime burning which is essential for maintaining heritage buildings
Project Representative: Katherine Banner
Titan Partnership Ltd
Health and Social Care Placements in France
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary This proposal will provide two weeks work experience placements for participants studying for a Level 3 BTEC in Health and Social Care. The participants will be from socially deprived areas of Birmingham and the placement is intended to meet specific BTEC unit requirements as well as developing soft skills, confidence, motivation and self-esteem; and improving employability. The lead partner is an educational charity partnership of education and community providers. The placements will be in France, organised by an intermediary partner, and host employers will include nurseries, retirement homes, community centres, centres for disabled people.
Project Representative: Ronnie McGovern
Tresham College of Further and Higher Education
Modern European Engineer
IVT New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary Tresham College intends to send engineering apprentices on a two week placement to Germany. The placements will be hosted by two German vocational colleges and their collaborating companies, all experienced with receiving Leonardo participants. The mobility will include placements in companies and in the host colleges’ modern workshops. The aims of this project are for the participants to develop an understanding of the modern techniques used in German industrial engineering and to increase their linguistic, communication and interpersonal skills, thus enhancing their employability prospects in the UK and in the European labour market
Project Representative: Dan Barker
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UK Language Courses
Learn 2 Lead
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary UK Language Courses have over 18 years experience in providing language, sports and leadership courses to young people. This project will provide work placements for young disadvantaged people, with an initial vocational qualification in sports studies but at risk of long- term unemployment. The project includes intermediary partners, all of who have worked together on previous projects, and will source two-week placements in Spain or Italy for participants to deliver coaching and lead sports sessions in schools and sports clubs. The period abroad will provide them with practical experience as well as developing language and other skills and qualities, such as leadership, organisation and motivation, that will enhance their employability.
Project Representative: Nathan Pearson
UK Language Courses
Tackling Unemployment
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary UK Language Courses have over 18 years experience in providing language, sports and leadership courses to young people and have links with Manchester City Football Club. This project aims to provide work placements for young, recently qualified football coaches who have a Level 2 coaching qualification but who are finding it difficult to find employment due to a lack of work experience. The participants will undertake a two-week placement in Spain with a professional football club and coaching in community sports clubs. The period abroad will provide them with practical coaching experience as well as developing language and other skills that will enhance their employability.
Project Representative: Nathan Pearson
UK Language Courses
Leaders in Language
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This proposal will provide work placements for recently qualified TEFL teachers who are facing difficulties obtaining a teaching post. The participants will undertake a four-week placement in Spain or France teaching in the host partner language schools, and in local schools and businesses. The period abroad will provide them with practical teaching experience as well as developing language and other skills that will enhance their employabilty.
Project Representative: Nathan Pearson
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Ulfah Arts Ltd
European Media Navigators 2013
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This project will provide placements in the radio and TV sector for young people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds. The participants will undertake two-week placements working as Production Assistants or Technicians in radio or TV stations in Turkey or Spain. The aim is to gain practical skills and experience, as well as transferable and personal skills, to help them progress in education and employment. The promoter is an organisation which supports social empowerment and employment opportunities via the arts and media; the host partners also work with disadvantaged groups to provide vocational training and work experience and have good local employer networks.
Project Representative: Prashant Singh
University College Birmingham
UCB Young Vocational Workers in Europe
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary This proposal will provide placements for students of BTEC or NVQ Level 3 qualifications in: Hospitality and Catering; Travel and Tourism; Sport; Hair and Beauty; and Health and Social Care. The three-week placements will be with a range of employers in Spain, France, Portugal, Denmark and Cyprus. Project partners consist of intermediary organisations such as training providers and employers, including hotels and tour operators, which will host participants. The experience will contribute towards the participants' qualifications as well as providing an opportunity to practise different techniques, acquire some language skills and develop their confidence and life skills; ultimately the aim is to improve employability for a target group facing difficulties in the labour market.
Project Representative: Beverley Lord
University of Gloucestershire
Graduate Employment through Mobility in Sport
PLM New to LdV Mobility
Project Summary The University of Gloucestershire is a new applicant to the Leonardo Programme and will partner with the Department De Education De Navarra, an experienced hosting intermediary, to place sport graduates in a Spanish work experience environment for ten weeks. The beneficiaries will have graduated from UG within the last three years (including this year) but who are unemployed. The placements will commence in June 2013 and will be complete by May 2015. This will provide them with professional and personal skills which will be invaluable to their finding employment within the Sports teaching/coaching profession on their return.
Project Representative: Gideon Capie
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University of Wolverhampton
Creating European Opportunities for Unemployed Graduates
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary The University of Wolverhampton is proposing to continue a successful project working with a Dutch Higher Education Institution. The proposal is to send unemployed graduates to undertake work experience in The Netherlands. Unemployed graduates from the engineering and business disciplines will have a 12 week placement, those from the art degree related disciplines will have an 8 week placement. The work placements will provide them with professional and personal skills which will be invaluable to finding employment within their graduate profession on their return.
Project Representative: David Edwards
University of Wolverhampton
Helping the unemployed to secure European work experience
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary The University of Wolverhampton, is an experienced Leonardo Programme sending partner and, in this project, is essentially replicating previous successful work experience exchanges, albeit in different countries and with different host partners. In this iteration, the host partner is an Italian not-for-profit association (Tempo Libero Soc Coop. Sociale ONLUS) based in Brescia and which has, amongst other departments, a unit which specialises in LLP-type exchanges. In this project, unemployed graduates spanning various degree subjects will be placed for 12 weeks in topic- relevant Italian organisations/companies (some, if not all of which have previously offered to host placements). The placements will take place over a two-year period commencing in September 2013.
Project Representative: David Edwards
University of Wolverhampton
Developing graduate employment prospects through European work placements
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary The University of Wolverhampton, is an experienced Leonardo Programme sending partner and, in this project, is building on previous successful work experience exchanges, albeit in different countries and with different host partners. In this iteration, the host partner is a Spanish SME (A M Transnational S L) based in Seville and which specialises in hosting LLP-type exchanges. In this project, unemployed graduates spanning various degree subjects will be placed for 12 weeks in relevant Spanish companies (some, if not all of which have hosted in the earlier projects). The placements will take place in 4 flows over a 2-year period commencing in September 2013.
Project Representative: David Edwards
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Urban Lynx
Vocational Eco Tourism SPAIN
PLM Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Urban Lynx is an independent regeneration consultancy with experience of working within Leonardo Mobility. They propose to send inner-city disadvantaged learners from colleges and organisations who they currently work with in order to undertake a 13 week work experience placement in the hotel and tourism sector in Seville, Spain. The host organisation specialises in various exchange programmes and will have an active role in recruitment as Skype will be used to interview possible participants. The objectives of the placement are to develop professional, personal, linguistic and intercultural skills; increase self-confidence and esteem (soft skills) and develop practical skills in relation to the hotel and tourism industry.
Project Representative: John Kester
Venture into Business & Education Ltd T/A Business & Education South Yorkshire Apprentice European Mobility Experience
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Business & Education South Yorkshire proposes to send apprentices to undertake a 2 week work experience in Belgium, Denmark, Italy, France, Bulgaria, Spain, and Germany. Each flow will have an accompanying person for the duration of the placement. All the host partners are experienced in LdV Mobility, and the French one is a holder of the Mobility Certificate. The objectives of the placement are to develop professional, personal and intercultural skills; increase self-confidence and esteem (soft skills) and develop practical skills in relation to the relevant professional training programme each beneficiary is engaged on.
Project Representative: Joyce Tinker
Walford and North Shropshire College
French Apprentice Programme
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Walford and North Shropshire College is an experienced Leonardo Mobility sending partner and will be using a new intermediary partner for this project, the Midi-Pyrenees Chamber of Craft and Small Businesses. The purpose of the project is to take motor engineering apprentices (Vehicle Maintenance and Repair and Land Based Service Engineering) to France on a two-week work experience placement. The flows will take place in March 2014 and March 2015 and both flows will be accompanied by staff who will be involved in certificating the placement.
Project Representative: Elizabeth Donald
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Wigan and Leigh College
European Football Development Programme
IVT Previous LdV Mobility Projects
Project Summary Wigan and Leigh College (WLC), will send participants aged 16 to 19 studying Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Sport on a two-week vocational training and work experience exchange to Lisbon. The host organisation is a professional football club experienced in working within LdV Mobility projects. WLC also intends to send two accompanying persons with the participants. The exchanges will take place in March 2014. The objectives of the placement are to develop professional, personal, linguistic and intercultural skills; increase self-confidence and esteem (soft skills) and develop practical skills in relation to their chosen career path.
Project Representative: Amy Atherton
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