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Program The project TENDERNESS4LIFEaims to promote the professional development of low skilled adults working in elderly care, by developing a new job profile, an assessment tool, a modular training course and a good practice guide to empower elderly care workers, providing them with a complementary and alternative curriculum, based on a humanistic approach. Description In terms of expectations, TENDERNESS4LIFE project aims to get more prepared elderly care workforce, able and skilled to deliver care services to older adults, and thus promoting their quality of life and dignity. The project outcomes will enable care providers to implement a set of tools to enhance professional qualification of low-level elderly care workers, as well as to increase their competences that can directly influence their self-esteem, leading to higher levels of motivation. The consortium of TENDERNESS4LIFE project is composed by 7 organizations from different fields of work, that contributes to a multidisciplinary partnership, putting together VET schools, training providers, care providers, universities and networking organizations. The partnership aims to promote innovation in the field of training and education of elderly care workers, by development and conception, exchange of knowledge and practices and introducing mobilities in Europe. Goals - To identify the new job profile and competences for elderly care, which is emerging from the contemporary changes in care services. - To develop a multimedia training course to enhance the competences of low skilled elderly care workers, to perform a better job role. - To pilot the B-learning training course for elderly care workers. - To create a good practices guide based on a humanist approach to support elderly care settings towards. Outputs Text Partners Coordinator: Anzianie Non Solo Societa Cooperativa Sociale | Italy Cyprus University of Technology | Cyprus Omnia The Joint Authority of Education Espoo Region | Finland Aproximar Cooperativade Solidariedade Social | Portugal Habilitas Association and the European Association for Social Innovation | Romania Merseyside Expanding Horizons | The United Kingdom For more info: Sara Lopez saralopez@expandinghorizons.co.uk

Program Erasmus + Description Housing is a complex process that requires qualified interventions and the activation of skills and competencies of each local community actors. Experiences of de-institutionalization, therapeutical communities and shared supported apartments are already known to the international community with the experimented limits and potentials. Housing for severely mentally impaired people represents today an advanced strategy of the social inclusion process with widespread experiences in different European countries. It is closely connected to the internationally well known and diffused approach of “recovery”. The right to housing, into the context of Mental Health, offers an alternative to non-appropriate institutionalization. The excessive institutionalization of people with mental health issues encumbers on public finances and it has repercussions on the quality of care services Targets HERO targets are local community actors where Housing is active or can be activated, interested in non-formal and informal learning validation: civil society, volunteers, professionals, users and families: often low-skilled adults on community based inclusion subjects. In particular HERO's target groups are: 1. Citizens (volunteers, neighbours, local residents, shopkeepers, etc) 2. Mental Health Services' professionals 3. Other Public Agencies (schools, job centres, etc) 4. Users and their families Goals To develop updated, correct, interdisciplinary information appropriate for all interlocutors, that circulates among all the actors involved in the different stages of Housing. A flexible educational model to Housing, addressed to local communities, developed starting from the experience of those that are directly or indirectly involved with housing. Create a European curriculum, integrated by international Housing Quality Indicators, to help local communities to develop skills and competences, and their validation, for an effective Housing process Facilitate the access to education on Housing of Local Communities Increase quality of informal learning (work, family, leisure time) and non-formal learning in the social inclusion field in relation to Housing pathways Widen the key competencies of professionals and non-professionals that operate in the social inclusion field Reduce inequalities of learning results on behalf of people with severe mental disease but even those citizens that don’t usually pursue any form of lifelong learning on inclusion Valorise the housing competencies. Partners ASL ROMA 2, IT : Coordinator MEH, UK FONDAZIONE INT.LE DON LUIGI DI LIEGRO, IT PEPSAEE, GR PEGODE, BE UNIVERSITY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL VRAPCE ZAGREB, CR For more info: www.housing-project.eu annabellan@expandinghorizons.co.uk   +44 151 3300552

Program Erasmus + Description Empathy is an Erasmus+ project, which is financed by European Commission. Merseyside Expanding Horizons is one of the partners of this project.  The Project aims to support parents of children with disabilities through education. Parents of disabled children are facing many challenges in social and economic life. So families need to be able to engage in and effective learning program that will provide support to them and can enable them to solve the problems they encounter. Parents of disabled children are facing many challenges in social and economic life. So families need to engage in a learning programme that will provide support to them and can enable them to  solve the problems they encounter. - EMPATHY families of children with disabilities aims to provide psychological support to cope with social and economic problems. Targets Families with disabled children (primary) Therapists, psychologists and rehabilitation counselors (secondary) NGOs working with people with disabilities (secondary) Policy-makers and decision-makers (tertiary) Goals Families with disabled children, psychological, social, and support systems to help them cope with economic problems, enable them to solve the problems raised by obstacles children Families of workers with disabilities and experts to create an Internet-based platform where they can interact with each other. The main purpose of this platform is to support children's development through meaningful learning interactions, thus improving family knowledge in terms of their responsibilities, education, rehabilitation and treatment approaches with their children during the process of change in their family life Families prepare for the psychosocial support program for improving parental responsibilities and capabilities. It aims for  Parents to get support on issues such as; - Individual family support programs - Disability types - oping mechanisms - Effective communication methods - Legal rights of the disabled Partners Coordinator: Necmettin Erbakan University (TR) https://www.konya.edu.tr/ Keçiören Municipality (TR) https://www.kecioren.bel.tr Dost Special Education Center (TR) http://www.dostegitim.com Lale Special Education Center (TR) https://www.sincanlaleozelegitim.com Human Profess Közhasznú Nonprofit (HU) http://www.humanprofess.hu/ Spolupracou pre lepsiu buducnost - Velky Meder (SK) http://ozbuducnost.sk/ Merseyside Expanding Horizons (UK) http://www.expandinghorizons.co.uk/ Project can be reached via: www.empathyparent.com

Program Erasmus + Description This particular initiative aims to provide evidence-based documentation and to develop strong institutional procedures for the specific contribution of Sports and Physical Exercise to the prevention of mental illness and the therapy as well as the rehabilitation of users of Mental Health services at a European level. Due to three key reasons these procedures are currently in nil to low: The lack of expansive documentation on the importance and the effects of Sports and Physical Exercise in the prevention of mental illness and the therapy as well as the rehabilitation of users of Mental Health services at a European level. The lack of expertise among the professionals who are working on the Health Field regarding the integration of Sports and Physical Exercise in the current treatment concepts The obvious absence of specific cross-sectoral policies to encourage the integration of Sports and Physical Exercise in the rehabilitation process of users of Mental Health Services. Targets The role of Sports and Physical Exercise in both healing and socialization / rehabilitation process for people with mobility problems or intellectual disabilities has already been studied and defined within the framework of "Sports for all" EU strategy. Goals The development of a comprehensive approach on the role of Sport and Physical Exercise in the prevention and the treatment of mental illness (12 Policy papers). The establishment of a European Network of Sport and Physical Exercise for Mental Health. The public awareness on the necessity of a new specific approach on the conjunction of Sport with Mental Health within a EU wide Awareness Campaign. Outputs: "Life is a bike" campaign A link that aims to establish the five-month European Campaign “Life is like a bike” (February-June 2018) and will be held in parallel in 12 European countries, as the main goal of the MENS Project, the European project, which is co-funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus + program. MENS project is implemented with the involvement of 17 organizations, from 12 EU Member States, active in the field of mental health and/or sports and physical exercise. You find the promotional campaign here. Merseyside Expanding Horizons had the honor and privilege of raising awareness of "The Life is Like a Bike" at the Birmingham and Midlands Institute. We addressed a large network of mental health and sports professionals to promote MENS project and encourage partnership networking and provide delegates with enough information to join our Network. Sway with Ray Partners 17 Organizations from 12 EU Member States acting in Mental Health and/or Sports & Physical Exercise fields. For more info: More information can be found https://mensproject.eu, including the Policy Papers. The Final conferences minutes can be found here.

Program Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership Description Beginning in November 2018, this Erasmus+KA2 project will take place over 2 years in which 5 organisations over 4 European Countries, all leaders in their fields, will come together to coproduce a brand new, unique multimedia Drama informal learning program. SCRIPT will nurture and develop the learning and emotional needs of Europe’s most excluded young people. Innovatively designed for youth work practitioners specifically when engaging with socially excluded young people aged 18-25, SCRIPT will be transversal in its ability to work in a plethora of outreach settings, including but not limited to young offenders institutions, prisons, probation centres, youth and community centres. During the lifespan of this 2 year project, the 5 lead organisations in the UK, Romania, Greece & Spain will communicate with socially excluded young people, youth workers and stakeholders to collaboratively develop, test and imbed a set of mutually reinforcing coproduced informal learning resources, including – Intellectual Outputs The SCRIPT Handbook– a program of interactive drama exercises and multimedia techniques, which will give socially excluded young people a platform to design, create, perform and produce their own Radio Play. ME– A self-evaluation and skills validation toolkit for the young people who have taken part in the SCRIPT program. EQUIP– An online training module for youth workers, to enrich their practice when delivering the SCRIPT Handbook, including ‘hints & tips’ & situational films - providing support and encouragement at every stage of implementation. JOURNEY– An impact assessment tool for the use of the youth work practitioners and organisations delivering the SCRIPT program which will allow analysis of the programme’s success. Targets Youth workers Socially excluded young people aged 18-25 Stakeholders Partners No Place Productions USB CPIP TACC For more info: Joe Hemington joehemington@expandinghorizons.co.uk

Merseyside Expanding Horizons is proud to be part of ANI International Project 'All in Campaign Against Discrimination!' supported by the Mairie de Paris, which was held in Paris in June 2019. We engaged three young people from Liverpool to be a part of this project and organised Workshops about stereotypes and prejudices and legal framework in the UK to act against all forms of discrimination to prepare participating in this forum. Before flying to Paris, we organised workshops in Liverpool to discuss with our participants about their knowledge of discrimination and to share more about the legal framework in UK and how can people be aware about discrimination types and how can they report accidents of discrimination. As well as, they created a video about cyber bulling as type of discrimination and how it could affect the lives of young people. We shared their experience during the forum in Paris and discussed with the attendees about discrimination and cyber bullying. On the other hand, our participants shared with us the new gained experiences and developed competences during the forum. Liam, one of our participants enjoyed working in a team before and during the forum and said “I learnt from others in regards to coming up with creative ideas for the video. You could say I developed my capacity for thinking outside the box" and continued “the most significant thing I learnt is about the UK laws surrounding discrimination in the UK, as I did not know about these before, and I consider it actionable knowledge that could be used on a personal or professional level."

Programme Erasmus + Description Linking social inclusion and environment is a means to attain Sustainable development through a comprehensive approach to achieve this goal. The scope of the "Environmental Responsibility: From Individual to Community Action" project (hereinafter, ERICA) is to allow young people aged to start getting involved in environmental challenges both on a local and European level. The ERICA workshop took place at the beginning of November 2018 and it last 6 days. The youth exchange make use of non-formal learning methodologies to coach the participants about environmental challenges and solutions, their individual responsibility and the array of actions they can take in order to change their attitude and develop community actions. Among the topics of the workshop, the participants work on: urban/rural relationships, pollution, the European Agenda 2020 and the SDGs, biodiversity and ecosystems loss, and corporate responsibility. Moreover, the workshop will involve activities to develop intercultural and communication skills, as well as strengthening the European values, as "united in diversity". In the long term, the project aims to encourage the participants to pursue further education paths regarding sustainable development or getting involved through volunteering or work experience. Target Youth exchange in Portugal for 25 young people and 5 youth leaders in the town of Arrimal, in the Natural Park of Aire and Candeeiros, Portugal. The age of the participants is between 18-30 years old. Partners · Merseyside Expanding Horizons - UK (Coordinator) · Toprak Ana - Turkey · AiCare - Italy · Vertigem - Portugal · Ecological Future Education - Latvia For more information contact Leonardo Magnani: leonardomagnani@expandinghorizons.co.uk Follow us on Facebook - Erica Facebook Page

Program Erasmus+ Description Travaux identitaires pour le vivre ensemble dans une citoyenneté interculturelle (T'ICI) : "Exploring identity in order to live together in a multicultural society". T'ICI is aimed at both young people living in multicultural urban areas and professionals working with young people. More than 150 young people across Europe will be involved in an Action-Research about "Identity". The results of this research will be demonstrated through a report and videos co- created with the young people involved. Also, the partnership will create a toolkit for  professionals working with young people who will be trained to new methodologies. An online platform will collect all results and tools developed during the project and will be accessible for users. Partners Coordinator: Afrique et Nouvelles Interdépendances, FR Elan Interculturel, FR DW-RS Producties, DL Merseyside Expanding Horizons, UK REDE portuguesa de jovens para a Igualdade de Oportunidades entre Mulheres e Homens, PT For more information you can go to the project website: TICI Website

Program Erasmus+ Description V4V aims to empower youth workers and support staff who are experienced in the volunteerism field to develop competences related to promotion, implementation and mainstreaming of volunteer projects as a tool for social inclusion and de-radicalization. The aim is to contribute to the legal decision and policy making processes that shapes the voluntary youth work across Europe, based on non-formal educational activities via cooperation with local, regional and international authorities. The first phase will have a holistic approach to the volunteerism and discover the role of volunteerism as a way of civic engagement and capacity development of youth. The special target group on this phase will be marginalized young people who are at a risk of radicalization. The participants will look for the ways to use volunteerism as a tool to create opportunities which would lead to social inclusion of the members of this group. The second phase of the project will create a sharing space for evaluating the volunteering projects that the partners have been implementing so far in order to highlight good and bad practices, learning points and experiences. This phase is expected to create the required interaction for the partners benefit from each others’ skills, expertise and experience. At this point participants are expected to make use of the collective knowledge exists on the venue and come up with innovative approaches, tools and methodologies which can be applied to different phases of the voluntary project cycle. In the third phase of the project, participants will have an open forum methodology in order to establish policy recommendations regarding to the framework of voluntary projects, which would be shared with the local, regional and European level authorities. The presence of the decision/policy makers is also expected in this forum. These recommendations will also aim to cover the possible roles of the both policy makers and the youth workers for the establishment of sustainable link between European Voluntary Service and European Solidarity Corps. Targets: Young people who are at risk of radicalization Volunteers Youth organizations Organizations that don’t have volunteers Youngsters who did not have prior experience on voluntarism Partners: United Societies of Balkan Per Esempio AUTOKREACJA Sende For more info: Anna Bellan annabellan@expandinghorizons.co.uk

Program: Erasmus + Description “I” stands for: I = intrinsic à motivation to learn I (as a teacher) à I motivate my learners to learn I (as a learner) à I’m motivated to learn I = innovation The I-Motole project responds to European needs, challenges and policy within Adult Education. In 2009, ET 2020 set four common EU objectives to address challenges in education and training systems by 2020, making lifelong learning and mobility a reality, improving the quality and efficiency of education and training, etc. The overall aim of the project is to produce a more effective educational experience for adult learners in the context mentioned through effective strategies focused on improving the intrinsic motivation of adults from marginal, vulnerable, disadvantaged groups or situations of social exclusion. Targets These are precisely the target groups which are represented by the partners in this project: migrants, Roma & disadvantaged groups, refugees and asylum-seekers, people with disabilities, people in specific situations of exclusion from learning (such as those in hospitals, care homes and prisons), members of deprived communities experiencing poverty and social exclusion. Goals To improve the intrinsic motivation in adult learners in situations of exclusion to learn in both formal and non-formal adult education. To improve adult learner’s participations To reduce drop-out rates in centers and motivated learners to succeed and finish their respective education and training. As a result of increased take-up and reduced drop-out rates, to improve participation in adult education in centers. To improve participants’ range of experience, enhancing their experience and cultural understanding. To improve the employability of participants in the programme. Partners Coordinator: Afrique et Nouvelles Interdependances Inspira Plus dooel Skopje CVO LBC-NVK Sint Niklaas Merseyside Expanding Horizons Kulturskolan Stockholm/Stockholm School of Art Agrupamento de Escola numero 2 de Beja CEPA “Los Llanos” For more info: annabellan@expandinghorizons.co.uk Project website : www.imotole.eu

Program Erasmus+ KA2 project Description REVALUE is an Erasmus+ KA2 project, which aims to exchange good practices in the field of validation. Although the process of validation of non formal and informal learning has been on the way since the early 2000's in Europe, the progress remains slow. According to our analysis of the situation in Europe (and our overview is backed up by the 2016 update report by Cedefop), some barriers remain in every country. We can notice that, on the one hand, the process doesn't progress equally in every country at the same time and on the other hand, some stakeholders involved in the process are more reluctant than others towards validation. This situation needs to be improved, according to us, because validation of non formal and informal learning is a leverage for employability. Our partnership gathers 5 countries highly interested in the analysis "on the ground" of the situation of validation within the countries of the partnership. In order to better grasp the issue, within our own institution and during our transnational meetings, we will meet all the categories of stakeholders involved in the process and will interview them. This will allow us to: - collect data from the identified target groups - to be aware of the real needs on the ground - to exchange good practices in our partnership - to make a list of recommendations to all categories of stakeholders Outputs A Validation national report A list of good practices A leaflet of recommendations dedicated to all stakeholders in the process of validation of non formal and informal learning Partners Coordinator: Ecole des FPS de Charleroi - Belgium Merseyside Expanding Horizons Ltd - The United Kingdom Pucko otvoreno uciliste Zagreb - Croatia Telsiu svietimo centras - Lithuania Stichting Edos - The Netherlands For more info, please contact: annabellan@expandinghorizons.co.uk