You Are Here: International Youth Day

On the 12th August 2009, the RYWU and International Youth Opportunities North East (IYONE) coordinated a very successful event to celebrate International Youth Day. The You Are Here event was organised to showcase international projects which have taken place here in the region, celebrate young people’s engagement in international youth work and provide training for practitioners in the North East. The event was attended by 120 young people and professionals from across our region and the day was a great success.

Young people were able to visit our ‘Market Place’, where funders and youth projects provided information about their work and funding opportunities. The highlight for many who attended were the presentations by young people about the international work which they have been involved with. We had presentations form the following groups:

• Jack Drum
• Beauty and the Bike
• Bishop Auckland Theatre Hooligans
• Intergen
• Bishop Auckland Area Youth Project: One Chance
• Gateshead 2 Ghana

The presentations ran throughout the day and 25 young people were involved in delivering the presentations. At the same time an international youth work training session was provided for practitioners who attended the event. The training involved information from the European Youth in Action programme, the Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council and Platform 2. The day finished with a tour of Durham Cricket Club which was very well received by those who took part.

The evaluation which we have received from the event have been very positive and we hope to make the event part of our annual calendar of conferences and seminars.