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Xchange Scotland Active Citizens Programme
Xchange Scotland is seeking to recruit 20 young people (18-30)
from across Scotland totake part in Active Citizens, a 4 day
training programme aimed at developing Active GlobalCitizens in
more than 35 countries across the world.
Participants shall take part in 2 residential weekends in
October and November, beforedesigning and carrying out a Social
Action Project (either themselves or with others) to becarried out
before March 2015 and then take part in an international Youth
Exchange inSummer 2015.
The programme aims to
Bring together young people in Scotland passionate about making
a difference intheir communities
Help them understand their own cultural identity and give them
skills for working withothers from different backgrounds
Help them gain the skills, contacts and experience to create
their own Social ActionProjects
Support them with mentorship and pointers towards funding to
help turn their ideasinto a reality
Build their connections to other young people in communities
across the world
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Xchange Scotland will work with a number of national and local
partners in order to recruit agroup of 20 young change-makers from
across Scotland. The group will take part in theprogramme together
and then have the chance to take part in Social Action
Projectsalongside the rest of the group.
The main selection criteria used to determine who will take part
in the programme shall be
Their desire to take part in the programme Their commitment to
taking part in the Social Action Projects Their existing
involvement in volunteering and community activity
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Active Citizens is a social leadership programme that promotes
community cohesion andimprovement through civic engagement or
volunteering and promotes intercultural dialogueand social
responsibility as key leadership competencies in the 21 st
Century.
It aims to increase the contribution of emerging community
leaders towards achievingsustainable development both locally and
globally. It also encourages peer-to-peer relationsacross cultural,
geographic and political boundaries via a lively online social
network ofparticipants, as well as international exchange
visits.
It began in 2009 and is delivered across Europe, the Middle
East, Africa and South Asia, it isdelivered by the British Council
in partnership with Civil Society organisations across theworld and
has reached more than 100000 people so far.
2014 represents the first time that the British Council has had
a national partner in Scotland,Xchange Scotland, and Glasgow will
be the first Scottish city to host an Active Citizensprogramme.
For more information please check the programme website, annual
report and short video
http://activecitizens.britishcouncil.org
http://activecitizens.britishcouncil.org/Active-Citizens-Annual-Report-2012-13.pdf
http://activecitizens.britishcouncil.org/content/active-citizens-short-film
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What does the programme consist of?
The Active Citizens programme consists of the delivery of 4 key
modules designed toaddress the issues related to bringing together
a diverse range of community members inorder to carry out social
actions within their community.
At the end of the programme Active Citizens participants are
expected to design and delivera Social Action Project (SAP). SAPs
are set up by Active Citizens, either individuals orgroups, who
want to transform the lives of their communities for the better.
SAP developerswill identify a community problem and design an
action plan to help improve or overcomethat problem.
The four key modules are:
1. Identity and Culture2. Intercultural Dialogue3. Local and
Global Communities4. Planning for Social Action
How will the programme be delivered?
The programme will be delivered over two residential weekends
somewhere in Scotland,either in Glasgow, or a more central location
such as Perthshire, depending on the locationsthat the participants
are drawn from.
These weekends will take place in late October and Mid-November
with dates beingconfirmed by the end of the first week in
September. Participants will be expected to attendboth
weekends.
There is no participation fee and Xchange Scotland shall cover
the costs of participantsboard and lodging for the duration of the
programme. We will also be able to provide some
help for participants whose travel costs amount to more than 30
for the two weekends.
What is a Social Action Project
As well as participation in both residential weekends,
participants will be expected to takepart in Social Action
Projects, either as individuals or alongside others from the
programme.Xchange Scotland shall not only help participants gain
the skills but also signpost themtowards finding any necessary
funding for their project.
Projects can be anything from a Volunteer Action Day in your
local community all the waythrough to founding a new social
enterprise. Xchange Scotland will also help arrange 2
Social Action Projects around the themes of Volunteering &
Campaigning for those thatwould like to use their SAP as a chance
to become more involved in the work of theorganisation.
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What else is expected of participants?
Two participants from the course will be selected, by Xchange
Scotland and the BritishCouncil, to take part in an International
Study Visit (ISV.) ISVs are a chance for ActiveCitizens programmes
around the world to come together and visit some of the partners
andcommunities involved in the Active Citizens around the world.
Costs involved in taking part inthe ISV will be met by Xchange
Scotland, although participants will be expected to arrangetheir
own travel insurance.
The ISV will last around 7 days and shall take place in one of
the following locations; the UK,
Africa, South Asia or the Middle East
Xchange Scotland shall also host an ISV here in Glasgow and it
is hoped that some of the Active Participants group shall be able
to take part in the hosting of the group.
What happens after the programme?
In order to ensure that all participants in the programme get
the chance to take part in aninternational experience, Xchange
Scotland shall arrange a number of Youth Exchangesprojects for
Summer 2015. These will be of around 1-2 weeks in length with
accommodationand activity costs being covered by means of a
European grant, with a 70% contribution totravel costs also being
reimbursed to participants.
Whats the application process?
Anyone interested in taking part should contact
[email protected] for anapplication form
Application deadline will be 1 st October 2014 and participants
shall be selected based on
their application form with a possible interview the first week
in October either by Skype,telephone or in the Xchange Scotland
office in Govan
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