Following last year success, Everything is Possible will once again be salvaging good quality reusable camping equipment left behind at Leeds and Beacons (Skipton) Festivals.

Every year we pass on to individuals and organisations in the local community, tonnes of camping items which are left behind at Leeds Festival, equipment which has often only been used for one weekend. This year we will be as well at Beacons Festival.

Many organisations really need this material for their activities. So feel free to pass this information on to any organisation you think may benefit from our action.

We tried to make the process as easy as we could for you.
1. Express your interest as soon as possible to Raphael: raphael@everythingispossible.eu
2. Download the application and send it to raphael@everythingispossible.eu by the 21st August. Click here to dowload the application.
3. One week before the collection date, we will send you all practical info you need to collect your equipment.
4. Our salvage experts will pick the best camping gear for you after the festival.
5. Just come on Tuesday 26th August 2014, between 12.00 and 14.00, with a big vehicle to pick up your order!
6. We will just charge £25 for the Salvage Package, which include a maximum of 5 tents (pop-up, 2men tents, or/and 1*4men tent) )+ you can request a higher number of sleeping bags, mats, camping chairs, pairs of wellies to fill a builder bag! You can also order some extra tents (pop-up, 2 men tents, 4, 6-8 persons). Donation will help us to pay for meals for the volunteers who will be spending the day picking up your camping gear.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION.
 

Please contact Raphael who will give you more info and arrange everything with you :
Raphael@everythingispossible.eu / 0113 242 0888

We will be joined by 30 young people passionate by recycling. They will have the mission to find for you the best camping equipment. We’ve got a rule: Each item we collect needs to be good quality.  If it’s damaged, we don’t take it! But if you want you can also check the equipment in case something was missed you can do so when you come to pick it up. If you are not satisfied with an item we will replace it with another.
*Depending on the weather you may have to clean the camping gear (not if August is as beautiful as July!)

For individuals who are not part of an organisation, or organisations that can’t make the dates, please contact Raphael: raphael@everythingispossible.eu .

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Tuesday 11th June, Everything is Possible organized  with the support of Europe Direct, an Open Day at the Leeds Central Library, in order to promote European opportunities abroad. During that day we presented our many opportunities (Volunteering, Training, Workshops, etc.) around the world (Aruba, Reunion Island, Italy, Malta, and many other countries). There are many international opportunities funded by the European Commission but few are known by the public. For this reason this kind of event is very important to give access to people who normally don’t have access to this kind of project

 
Around 30 young people came during this presentation, expressing at the end an interest to learn more about the volunteering and training projects.
Everything Is Possible’s team would like to thank Europe Direct and the Leeds Library.
All the opportunities are supported by the British Council, ECORYS UK, the Youth in Action and Lifelong Learning programme.

COME and JOIN US on Tuesday 11th June 2013, from 1pm to 3pm at the Leeds Central Library (3rd floor), to learn more about our projects.

Everything is Possible is offering International Volunteering Opportunities to individuals aged between 16 and above. We’ve got different types of projects FULLY FUNDED all around the world (environmental, social, working with children, sport, music, media, etc.). These projects are open to everyone and you don’t need any skills, experience or language to participate in it.

If you wish to join this open day, please contact Aurelie: aurelie@everythingispossible.eu / 0113 242 0888.

Meeting organised with the support of Europe Direct.

Read the first issue of the Newsletter about our international radio project for young people, Radioactive.

This project, supported by the EACEA and the Youth In Action programme of the European Union, has been developed in partnership with organisations from Indonesia, Philippines, Sardinia, Turkey, Sweden and the UK.

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Everything Is Possible will be at the Progression Fair organised by Leeds City College (the 3rd largest college of Further and Higher Education in the UK) on Wednesday 1st May, from 10am to 3pm at the Civic Hall, Leeds.

This will be a great opportunity for you to learn about our new international mobility opportunities.

On the 17 May 2013, Everything Is Possible is welcoming young people to its office who are interested in undertaking a mobility project abroad.

 
All the participants came to our previous Open Day at which 50 young people (and less young) joined us. During that day we presented our many opportunities (Volunteering, Training, Workshops, etc.) around the world (Aruba, Reunion Island, Italy, Malta, and many other countries). We organised this Open Day with the help of Europe Direct at the Leeds Central Library. There are many international opportunities funded by the European Commission but few are know by the public. For this reason this kind of event is very important to give access to people who normally don’t have access to this kind of project

 
Today, we are discussing their motivations and which volunteering/training project abroad would be the most suitable for them. Everything Is Possible is offering different types of project (environmental, social, working with children, sport, music, media, etc.) all around the world. All the opportunities are supported by the British Council, ECORYS UK and the Youth in Action & Lifelong Learning programme.

 
Click here for more info about the projects.

COME and JOIN US on the Thursday, the 28th March 2013, from 2pm to 4pm at the Leeds Central Library (3rd floor), to learn more about our projects.

Everything is Possible is offering International Volunteering Opportunities to individuals aged between 16 and above. We’ve got different types of projects FULLY FUNDED all around the world (environmental, social, working with children, sport, music, media, etc.). These projects are open to everyone and you don’t need any skills, experience or language to participate in it.

If you wish to join this open day, please contact Aurelie: aurelie@everythingispossible.eu / 0113 242 0888.

– PRESS RELEASE –

100 young people will flock to Leeds this Friday evening to participate in a National Youth Meeting ‘’Young Pride’’ in order to share and evaluate the projects they have experienced over the last six years thanks to European Commission funding.

Many are coming from Yorkshire, but we will also young people from all around the UK. They don’t yet know each other, they all have very different backgrounds (young people with high levels of social exclusion will join with graduates) but all share a common point: they participated in an international project during the last six years supported by the European Commission either through the Youth In Action or the Lifelong Learning programme.  Some volunteered in African hospitals, others participated in a training or vocational workshops in Europe or Latin America, the experiences, like the participants have been diverse and Young Pride will give these young people a chance for Evaluation and Celebration followed by the opportunity to make Recommendations to the European Commission for the future Youth and Education programmes which will commence 2014.

Rebecca Gosh from Huddersfield, 29 years old, went in India in 2011 to volunteer for 1 month. She says: “My dream was to work with children but I didn’t have the skills to fulfil this. After my one month volunteering project in India, I now have developed the skills to pursue my dream.”

Azeem volunteered in 2004 in Norway. Eight years after he said:  “Most of all my time In Norway further cemented my future goals, aspirations, and where I wanted to be in life as the trip greatly increased my confidence. I am originally from a tough council estate and my life could have ended up very different I hadn’t had the determination to succeed in life.”

During this two day event (1st and 2nd March), organised by Everything Is Possible and supported by the British Council, young people will be invited to share their experience, celebrate their achievement and discover ways to capitalise on it. They will be many different workshops to help them: Poetry Slam; International CV writing; celebrating through Drama, Graffiti impact clocks; Radio workshops, and many others.

But the objective of this event is not only to celebrate the achievements these young people have made but also to show to EU policy makers that these programmes really work and have had huge impact on the lifes of young people. Information will be collected to inform them of direct youth recommendations relating to these two programmes.

Clair Brown, co-founder of Everything is Possible, said: ‘’For the past 12 years Everything Is Possible has helped young people specifically but not exclusively with fewer opportunities, to gain self-confidence and increase personal and professional skills by participating in international opportunities supported by the European Commission and the UK National Agencies ECORYS and the British Council. We hope these opportunities will continue and have arranged this event to ensure that the young people we support have the chance to have their voices heard”

For more information or if you want to come at this event and have the chance to interview some young people, please contact Raphael Harfaux raphael@everythingispossible.eu. We will publish pictures of the event from the 1st March on http://51youngpride.blogspot.co.uk/p/press-release.html

Notes to editor:

Everything is Possible (non-for-profit organisation based in Leeds)  specialise in offering international opportunities to individuals aged between 18-30 years old, specifically but not exclusively targeting young people with fewer opportunities.

On the 9th January 2013, Everything Is Possible organised, with the help of Europe Direct, a meeting at Leeds Central Library. This event was a follow-up to an open day organised in November 2012. In total 30 young people came to take their first steps of their sending process with EiP. They discussed with the team about their motivations and which volunteering/training project abroad would be the most suitable for them. Everything Is Possible is offering different types of project (environmental, social, working with children, sport, music, media, etc.) all around the world (for example Aruba, Reunion Island, Italy, Portugal, France). All the opportunities are supported by the British Council, ECORYS UK and the Youth in Action & Lifelong Learning programme.

Since this meeting, some young people have already begun language courses as part of their preparation process before departure. Two are due to go to Reunion Island in June 2013 and one to Italy in May.

Everything Is Possible also participated in the ‘’New Year New Start’’ event on the 24th January which was a brilliant opportunity to meet local people (young people, parents, professionals, partners). During this afternoon, Everything Is Possible presented international mobility projects funded by the European Commission. Hopefully they will spread the word about these fantastic opportunities.