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Youth Exchange

Youth Exchange

Youth Exchanges are 2-4 week projects for groups of young people from around Europe. Youth Exchanges provide young people with a dynamic opportunity to meet, discuss and confront various themes, whilst learning about each other's countries and cultures.

Each Youth Exchange will have the young people coming together to work under a particular theme or issue relevant to them and the exchange experience. In previous Youth Exchanges our members have been involved in, themes have included:

  • Cultural Diversity
  • Participation
  • Inclusion
  • Anti-Racism / Anti-Xenophobia
  • European Awareness

Projects should involve groups of at least 4 young people from at least 2 countries. The youngsters must come from the EU countries or from partner countries like Norway and Turkey.

All project costs are covered and particpants are asked for 30% towards any international travel costs. There can also be an advance planning visit for which all costs are covered. Applications are submitted in the host country.

ยป If you or your organisation are interested in hosting a youth exchange or taking part in one of our current projects below please contact us.

Greek Environmental Exchange - 20-29th August

Xchange Scotland have received approval for an Environmental Youth Exchange in Greece from the 20-29th August. The project will bring together 50 young people from Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Italy and Scotland with the aim of promoting European citizenship and environmental volunteering.

The project will be called CINFEL - which stands for the Coastal Initiative for Non-Formal Environmental Learning.

The main focus will be on the coastal environment. The project will involve workshops, sports and cultural activities at the beach, visits to sites of environmental interest (such as the holy Mount Athos region and Stagira, the birthplace of Aristotle), showing of films and documentaries with a relevant theme and finally, an awareness-raising campaign to the general public.

In preparation for the project, the group have so far put on a fundraising pub quiz and made a short film. Thanks to all who came along to the quiz - and we will put the film we made up here soon.

For more information please do not hesitate to contact us.

Turkish Cultural Youth Exchange - 20-25th June

Xchange Scotland is sending a group of participants to East Turkey, near the border with Syria, to take part in a cultural youth exchange. The project is being funded through the EC Youth in Action programme

The youth exchange will have include groups of young people from 4 countries in total within the Youth in Action programme. The project promises to be a very interesting learning experience for our participants travelling to the opposite corner of Europe from Scotland. Photos and reports from the project will follow...