Leonardo da Vinci programme

Leonardo da Vinci is a EU funded Lifelong Learning Programme for young people aged 18 or above who want to improve both their working and language skills while experiencing life in another European country.

Leonardo is also an opportunity for the participant and receiving organisation to exchange knowledge and ideas and to gain understanding of others by comparing their different cultures.

A Leonardo mobility project usually involves a sending and a hosting organisation and one or a group of individuals, selected on a motivation/competence basis. It includes continuous tutoring, monitoring and a subsequent dissemination of ideas by both the sending and the hosting organisations.

Only permanent residents of the UK can apply for this programme.

To find out more about our current projects, please see our current opportunities page below.

If you want to know more about the Leonardo Da Vinci Programme, visit:

http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc82_en.htm

http://www.leonardo.org.uk/

Current opportunities

We currently offer opportunities from 2 - 13 weeks in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Hungary and Germany through our partner organisations.

Portugal - Ananda

Ananda is a voluntary youth organisation located near Lisbon which works on Lifelong Learning, Cultural, Intercultural, Volunteering and Social issues at a regional level. It offers youth work projects with outdoor activities.

Spain - AIPC - Pandora  

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Pandora is a non-profit organisation created in 2002 in Madrid. It offers various cultural projects, including teaching and social work.

 

Italy - CE.S.I.E. (Centro Studi ed Iniziative Europeo)

CESIE logoC.E.S.I.E. is engaged in the promotion of cultural, formative, scientific and economic development at both local and international levels, with a special focus on the Euro-Mediterranean region. It was established in Palermo, South Italy, in 2001.

CESIE projects include educational workshops for children and working in a nature reserve.

Italy - Link 

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Link is a cultural organization based in Altamura, South of Italy, and it promotes creativity through arts and media education. It mainly offers sports, theatre and cinema projects, but also workshops related to FairTrade.

Hungary – Krétakőr

Kretakor logoKRÉTAKÖR Egyesület a Munkaerőpiaci esélyegyenlőségért is a not for profit NGO in Hungary who mainly work with Hungarian youngsters who have dropped out from traditional school systems. It offers projects in an environmental reserve learning about conservation practices.

Germany – Entegre

Entegre logoEntegre is a not for profit NGO whose main concern is orientation, motivation and assistance of young people. This placement offers participants the chance to design, run and deliver fun and interactive workshops for the local community.  

 

For more information about our Leonardo projects and to request an application form, please contact Lauran using the EIL contact details below.

Stories

Malvern Charity offers fully funded travel opportunity to disappointed A Level Students

News posted by: Rosie on: Thu, 19/08/2010 - 16:00
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‘A’ level students who have lost out on their places at university and who are unable to find a job should take heart. EIL Cultural Learning, a charity based in Malvern, has EU funding for 50 young people aged 18 plus to travel to Europe on work experience which should enhance their CV’s.

These Leonardo da Vinci placements are part of the EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme which aims to skill up and encourage mobility within Europe’s workforce. There are opportunities to work in environmental conservation, youth and community work, sports and outdoor activities, as well as in cultural and educational organisation.

Placements are available in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Hungary and last from 2 weeks to 13 weeks.

Volunteer Abroad for Free!

News posted by: Rosie on: Fri, 04/06/2010 - 10:24
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Do you live in the West Midlands and are you aged 18 – 25? If so we have 4 places volunteering on a nature reserve in Italy or 2 places volunteering in Portugal, starting end of June or July.

Cost to you – your time!

Sound good? Contact Lauran at EIL l.jones@eiluk.org

Safer Travel Partnership

News posted by: Rosie on: Wed, 28/04/2010 - 11:02
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EIL have joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's 'Know Before You Go' Campaign Partnership.

Safer Travel

Blog entry posted by: Rosie on: Tue, 27/04/2010 - 14:37
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Anyone with a relative, friend, colleague or participant travelling overseas will live in fear of the phone call telling them ‘we have a problem…’ Whether it is reporting illness, injury, accident, crisis or act of God, nobody wants to receive that message. There is a short video on the Sara’s Wish Foundation website which tells stories of just some of the accidents that can happen overseas. Although this website and video are American and based on American Study Abroad students the message is still just as strong for anyone travelling in foreign countries.

The better prepared you can be when travelling abroad; the less likely you are to encounter problems.

Photos

Photos: 
  • View over the rooftops in Lisbon
  • A street in Altamura
  • At Link in Altamura
  • View from CESIE office in Sicily
  • A pizza evening in Sicily!
  • The Ubuntu project at CESIE (Sicily)