Taking in the sights at the Achievement Marketplace

Another day and another amazing opportunity to learn about the other organisations. The morning started with the groups splitting into youth workers and young people.

The young people started with a "Making Meetings' activity in which the young people had to go around arranging meetings for a certain time and putting them on a clock face, this taught them about time management but also helped them
use their socialising and questioning skills.

They had to find the next person to talk to along their clock system. There was a range of questions to be discussed from greatest points to barriers. This was a great opportunity to find out about the work that other young people on the seminar are doing.

The youth worker group work on a similar format but they sat down and discussed the work that they were involved in and also created posters about their work.

After a break the groups came back together to prepare for the Achievement Marketplace. Each organisation had a table and spent time up to lunch glueing, painting and colouring posters to make their area look vibrant and informative.
There were many things for the participants to look at and learn about including LGBT rights to lots of information about the different European Volunteering Scheme. There are a lot of problems facing young people today and these displays showcased how we're working to help them and thus help to change the future.

Then began the celebration of organisations in the marketplace. All groups had to give a one minute presentation about what were the successes of their projects. Everyone was allowed to speak a share their stories.

The highlight of the day was the spotlight, where young people got a chance to tell their personal stories about how Youth in Action has changed their lives. This was very inspirational for all involved and it was so fascinating and motivational to see how the young people's international projects have shaped and moulded their lives for the better.

Because after all that's what this programme is all about real people telling real stories about how they have achieved and made a difference to the lives of many.