At the beginning of November I was responsible for the Instagram takeover on EuroPeers International account. The takeover lasted for a week and during that time I had a pleasure to show other EuroPeers from all around Europe two biggest cities in Scotland – Edinburgh and Glasgow. During that time, Glasgow was hosting COP26 – The United Nations Climate Change Conference and I had an opportunity to prepare some content (including quizes and surveys) and raise the awareness of the…

On the 29th of October EuroPeers UK hosted a Halloween themed online social. The event was attended by around 18 participants from different European countries, such as France, Germany, Finland, Romania and Italy! During the social, we shared our favourite things about Halloween and how we celebrated the holiday in our countries. It was really interesting to hear that not everyone is dressing up and in some countries people spend this time with families, visiting cemeteries and dedicating this day to reflection, and relatives that are no longer with them. There was a chance for the recap of the Annual Network Meeting that took place in Rome as well as the more recent European Youth Event in Strasbourg. EuroPeers had a chance…

Over the last few months, the EuroPeers UK team has been working on a new level of innovation that aims to generate a different kind of online presence for young people. In partnership with Momentum World and Chesterfield College, a new 360 virtual space is being developed. The virtual space will be accessed via a web browser meaning no special equipment is needed. Using a mouse and keyboard you will be able to navigate through various rooms exploring different aspects of EuroPeers UK.  

I would just like to say thank you to each and every one of you who took part, watched, and shared. The event was really special for me as it truly captured the feeling of being on an international project, meeting new people, and sharing cultures – despite being through a screen! I would also like to say a big, big thank you to everyone I had the chance to work with to make the event possible – namely Olga, Ben, Ana, Edyta, Alexandra, and Emily. It was a genuine pleasure to work with you guys and I almost enjoyed some of the planning meetings as much as the event. A massive thank you goes to our digital and graphic facilitation team as well as to the Archimedes Foundation in Tallinn.

On the 14th of November, we ran a stall at Queen Margaret Universitypromoting EuroPeers and international opportunities with Erasmus+. We told the students on their lunch break about volunteering with the European Solidarity Corps and how to take part in international training courses and youth exchanges. Afterwards, we did a small presentation to share our experiences with a few interested students. We are planning to repeat a similar event in the near future again.

The 5th International EuroPeers Network Meeting took place in Utrecht from the 9th to the 13th of October. EuroPeers from different countries participated in the meeting, as well as the new European Solidarity Network, the European Commission, and the National Agencies for Erasmus+. We were happy to see representatives from Italy, France, and Austria who are in the process of starting their own national EuroPeers networks.

The International EuroPeers Training was organised by Jugend für Europa, the National Agency of Germany in conjunction with the National Agencies for Erasmus+ Youth in Action. There were 25 participants from Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. During this training, the outcomes were that the participants got a clear definition of EuroPeers: What do they do? Who do they promote? What is the peer idea? Learned about European Solidarity Corps and other programmes, to become European story-tellers and how to promote events, increase visibility, and implementation of their own projects (presentation skills, project management, graphic facilitation skills, etc.)