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Preparing children and young people for independent living using a sports based methodology

Project promoter: 
Public institution Jonas Valanciunas Charity Foundation
Project title: 
Preparing children and young people for independent living using a sports based methodology
Project code: 
LT03-2-SADM-K02-001
 
Eligible project coasts: 
EUR 250 000,00 (EUR 212 499,99 grant from the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism; EUR 37 500,01 Lithuanian budget co-financing)
 
Project signature date: 
5 May 2022
 
Project implementation period: 
5 May 2022 – 30 April 2024
 
The aim of the project – to develop a high-quality accompanying service for vulnerable children and youth, applying a sports-based methodology to change the behavior of children/youth, and to develop skills important for independent living.
 
The project will aim to develop an accompanying service that will prepare children for independent living from the age of 14. Also, the project will develop partnerships with employers by setting up a mentoring system in companies where young people will do an internship or internship. Finally, the project will implement a sports-based methodology, which was developed by the Jonas Valančiūnas Support Foundation and tested over a three-year period with teenagers visiting the Adolescences Day Home. The basis of this methodology is the rules applied in sports, which help to change children’s and young people’s behaviors and develop skills that are important in everyday life. Thus, the project will include two phases: changing the child's risky behavior and developing life-critical skills and later, consistent transition to accompanying youth to independent living. 

Objectives: 
  1. To introduce a sport-based methodology for work with children/youth to bring significant changes in their behavior and life skills;
  2. To develop a high-quality accompanying service for children and youth starting an independent life and, based on the experience gained during the project, to prepare a methodological description of such service; 
  3. On the basis of partnership, to develop a mentoring-based model of youth's internships and traineeships in business enterprises;
  4. To raise the competencies of specialists working with children and youth and representatives of municipal administrations in the field of quality accompanying services;
  5. To evaluate the changes in the lives of children and youth;
  6. Implement publicity activities to disseminate information about the project.
These tasks will be implemented by combining experience and competencies of the Jonas Valančiūnas Support Foundation and the partner - the Order of Malta.
 
The target groups of the project: children and young people aged 14-24 from the care system (including institutional and non-institutional care) starting independent life, and children and young people aged 14-24 from families at social risk starting independent life.
 
Project partner: Order of Malta Relief Organisation 


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