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Organisation: Momentum World
Email: paul@momentumworld.org
Tel: 07990 578684

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Task 1 - name your team
Task 2 - list the members

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Paul is a youth and community worker with a strong focus on inclusion, technology and creating international experiences for young people. He runs a company called Momentum World which has been involved in running and working on nearly 200 international education programs for young people since 2008. He is also the founding director of a not-for-profit called the Mental Health Motorbike (@mhmotorbike) this provides mental health support services for the biker community. He is a parish councillor, father, a husband and loves gadgets of all kinds. He can’t wait to meet you all.

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Email: bob@littlebricks.org
Tel: 07862720685

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Bob has been active within the European Commission’s youth mobility projects for over a decade. He is a key trainer on the European Solidarity Corps training and evaluation cycle and has worked on several events for the UK National Agency.

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Annum works for the UK National Agency and manages activities like Go Green, to support people in accessing the opportunities available under the European Solidarity Corps programme.

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NET activities Project Manager at the UK National Agency. Feel free to drop me an email at erasmusplustca@ecorys.com for information on TCA or NET activities!

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UK Programme Manager - European Solidarity Corps. Mercedes works for the UK NA and has a background in youth work and volunteering. Should you have any questions on the European Solidarity Corps, please feel free to email me at eusolidaritycorps@ecorys.com.

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Getting to know you

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Session 1

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Go Green For Your Community

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ESC31 Solidarity Projects - Budget Guidance

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ESC31 Solidarity Projects - Budget Guidance

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Solidarity Projects follows a relatively simple and user-friendly budget breakdown which can be categorized by three different sections:
1. Project Management : This is based on unit costs (fixed rate amount) and is calculated on the duration of your project. Groups will receive 500 EUR per month and this is limited to a 12 month project duration. This is a mandatory budget category.
2. Coaching costs : This is based on unit costs (fixed rate amount). Groups can only request funds from this budget heading if they are involving coaches in the project which is not mandatory. A maximum of 12 coaching days can be awarded in any given project. If a project will involve more than 1 coach, these 12 days will be distributed across all coaches.
3. Exceptional Costs : This is based on real costs (no limit to amount requested). Exceptional costs will  be requested in EURs and there is no limit to the amount that you can request for. Exceptional costs are to be used to aid the involvement of young people with fewer opportunities and the need for such costs depend on the specifics of your project.

For more information and to see a concrete breakdown of a ESC Solidarity Project budget, please consult page 56 of the 2020 Programme Guide -  https://www.eusolidaritycorps.org.uk/media/87/download

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Getting Started with Solidarity Projects

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Getting Started with Solidarity Projects

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Session1
Setting the scene and developing and sharing your SP idea
(Team Leader)

Session 2
Putting the meat on the bones of your SP and testing it out
(Team Leader + 1 team member)

Session 3
Getting your application ready and completed in time for deadline
(Team Leader + whole team)

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Do you have a great idea in mind to improve your local community? Within Solidarity Projects, you could set up a project yourself, with a group of friends, and take social action wherever you live in the UK.

With this type of activity, groups of at least five young people can come up with and run a project locally. It could address key challenges within the local area, whilst also helping tackle regional or even national issues.

Your group must have a clearly defined topic that you wish to explore together, with concrete daily activities that involve all the participants. Think about working methods and project management - you will decide these too.

Climate change, gender equality, democratic engagement, or other topics - it's all about the causes that matter to you.

If you'd like, you could choose to work with an experienced organisation when applying for funding or find a coach to support the group (someone with youth work experience, for example).

The project can last from two to 12 months and it can be part-time.

Applying for Solidarity Projects is a straightforward process. In the application form, you will be asked questions such as why you want to carry out this project, how it will benefit the community, and which activities you are planning to run during the preparation and implementation of the idea.

Before you apply

There are six steps to get your group ready to apply for funding.

1. Create your group: call other young people from your community and bring together your group with a common idea or topic.

2. Get everyone registered: all members of the group should join the European Solidarity Corps Portal.

3. Have an OID number: one member of the group takes the role of group leader and registers on the Organisation Registration System (ORS) to obtain an Organisation Identification (OID). Alternatively, you can identify an organisation that is willing to apply on your behalf (either they already have an OID, or they will obtain one). If you previously registered on the Participant Portal and had a Participant Identification Code (PIC), you will have automatically been given an OID.

4. Do your homework: it's time to get geeky! Read the specific guidance and watch tutorials on writing your application to know what to expect when filling the form.

5. Create your project: structure your ideas with our planner below, cross check it with the guide for applicants and fill the application webform in.

6. Submit your application. Don't miss the deadline, and good luck!

Additional resources

Check out our additional resources on Solidarity Projects:

Application process

Who can apply: a group of minimum five young people aged 18-30 from an EU Member State, or an organisation (public or private) can apply on your behalf. You must be registered on the European Solidarity Corps portal to initiate and participate in a Solidarity Project.

How to apply: check the 'Open Calls' tab for the ESC31 Solidarity Projects web form

Guidance for application:

Upcoming deadline: the third round deadline is 1 October 2020, 11am (UK time)

Read our webpage for the latest information on European Solidarity Corps and the EU transition period.

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This static currency converter provides the European Commission's official monthly accounting rate for the euro and the conversion rates as established by the Accounting Officer of the European Commission in line with article 19 of the Financial Regulation.

These rates are used to calculate amounts for the reimbursement of expenses, travel or subsistence costs for external people participating in meetings, interviews etc. at the request of the European Commission.

The converter also allows general users to get monthly currency conversion rates, from the current month back to 1994.

The rates indicated are the market rates for the second to last day of the previous month as quoted by the European Central Bank or, depending on availability, provided by the delegations or other appropriate sources close to that date.

InforEuro provides rates for current and old currencies for countries both inside and outside the European Union. For each currency, the converter provides the historic rates of conversion against the euro (or, until December 1998, against the ecu). These exchange rates are available in electronic format from March 1994 in the form of downloadable files.

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eusolidaritycorps@ecorys.com