Youth Department of Lleida City Council

Youth Department of Lleida City Council – Overview The Youth Department of Lleida City Council has been supporting young people since 1995, serving ages 13–35. Our mission is to empower youth, foster inclusion, promote healthy lifestyles, and develop critical thinking. We focus on four main areas: Active Leisure, Youth Emancipation, Youth Participation, and Health Promotion. Main Areas of Activity 1. Educational Leisure Annual programmes (Oct–May) and summer programmes (Jul–Aug). Activities: sports (basketball, football, climbing, capoeira), creative and digital workshops (audiovisuals, music, dance, robotics, virtual reality), environmental projects (tree planting, waste collection), alternative leisure and excursions. Goals: empowerment, teamwork, creativity, personal growth, social cohesion, and healthy lifestyles. 2. Youth Participation Support for youth-led projects through funding, technical guidance, and mentoring. Examples: Promethea (young artists), OSMON (climate activism), LIKA (equality initiatives), Capoeira Topazio, Dream Korea (K-pop dance). Over 70 youth entities supported, including creation of associations, exchanges, and service-learning projects (leisure/sports monitors, nightlife facilitators). 3. Youth Emancipation Guidance for education, training, employment, entrepreneurship, and housing. Initiatives: international training, support for young entrepreneurs, urban renovation projects, and innovative housing schemes with reduced rent. 4. Health Promotion Preventive talks, healthy cooking workshops, sexual health and nutrition sessions, psychological support, and safe alternatives to nightlife. Cross-Cutting Objectives: Inclusion, equity, social cohesion, and gender perspective are embedded across all activities, ensuring access for youth from vulnerable backgrounds. Methodologies and Educational Tools Artistic Creation: theatre, music, dance, audiovisuals, urban art – tools for expression, debate, and citizenship. Sport: fosters teamwork, respect, perseverance, solidarity, and personal/collective achievement. Volunteering and Service-Learning: youth engage with children at risk, migrants, seniors, and people with mental health challenges, promoting human rights and inclusion. International Experience European Solidarity Corps, Youth Exchanges, KA1 Youth Participation Projects (since 2022). Guidance for studying or working abroad. Extensive experience in European mobility projects ensures high-quality implementation. Facilities Lleida Jove: central hub with offices, meeting rooms, kitchen, dance studio, concert hall. Els Bucs d’Assaig: music rehearsal and recording space. Coworking Casa de Fusta: space for young entrepreneurs. Club Jove Magraners & Club Jove Secà: peripheral youth clubs to improve access to non-formal education. Key Staff and Competences Team of 15 professionals: youth technicians, monitors, EVS coordinator. Competences: project management, international mobility, inclusion, non-formal education. Relevant training: Britimulti Course (Norway), MOOC Erasmus+ Funding Opportunities. Experience: extensive local youth work and European project management, ensuring effective project delivery and impact.