EYP: Positive Destination Seminar Hosted by West Lothian Chamber and European Partners

Agenda What is the Employable Young People Program? Program Breakdown Manual Toolkit Additional Support Cultural Week in Scotland Certificate Presentation Vote Of Thanks

What is the EYP Program? Collaboration with 5 European partners from Italy, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Romania New approach to youth projects NEETS aged 16-24 years old Aimed to look at the whole person to aid their personal development path including Motivation Confidence Skills

Program Phases Phase 1| Share Creating a network of young people while evaluating their self esteem, attitude, motivation, skills level and many other contributing factors. Phase 2| Measure Looking at the soft skills development.

Program Phases Phase 3| Communicate Focus on work preparation (CV writing, job searching, identifying skills, work behaviour and mock interviews). Phase 4| Foster Leading to a positive destination that suits the individual including work experience and mentoring.

The EYP: Manual Detailed explanation of the methodology of the program Providing a step by step guide to integrate the program into any youth scheme

The EYP: Toolkit Instructions to apply the manual methodology Evaluation tools for the young people and instructors Motivation, skills and progress

Cultural Week With Our Partners 30 Young People from across Europe and Scotland Taking part in a planned week of activities Building international links and collaboration Helping to develop their skills and confidence levels

Our Week In Pictures West Lothian College Donaldson’s School Viju Group

Edinburgh Castle Scottish Parliament The Kelpies Five Sisters Zoo

Sponsors And Supporters VIJU Group Donaldson’s School Angela Constance MSP West Lothian College Edinburgh Castle Food Creations Five Sisters Zoo

Celebrating Our Young People We would like to thank our young people for taking part and welcome them to the stage to collect their Certificate of Participation.