In 2017, the EU was home to 21.6 million third-country nationals, 4.2% of the total population. The increased diversity from migration brings great opportunity and potential to a country, however the gap between the outcomes of migrants and EU citizens in the areas of employment, education, social inclusion and active citizenship demonstrates multiple issues, with…
One of the greatest professional challenges confronting youth workers, those that work with young people and the organisations that employ them is how to support children and young people so that they can identify, tackle and support one another against sexual abuse. In the UK, the Local Government Association’s ‘Tackling the sexual exploitation of children…
The Health Points project team at Rinova have been very busy recently with two events within the last couple of weeks. Health Points is an Erasmus+ transnational Strategic Partnerships project that is promoted by Rinova, which is developing a new, game-based resource to promote health and well-being for tutors and trainers who are working in a variety of educational…
Rinova recently hosted a 2-day meeting with partners from UK, Sweden, Italy, and Greece to review the progress of the ARIVE (Accepted, Resettled, Integrated, Value and Employed) project. The ARIVE project is funded by Erasmus + and aims to develop quality learning opportunities to encourage low-qualified and low-skilled humanitarian migrants to assess and upskill their…
Representatives from Rinova joined partners from Spain, Italy, Greece, Poland and Slovakia for a 2-day event last week to launch our new 3-year initiative ‘Bridging the Gap’ at Polo Digital in Malaga, Spain. Rinova has had a base in Malaga at Polo Digital since July 2017, where we are offering internationalisation advice and business support to digital content start-ups. Polo Digital…
The 1st November 2018 proved to be a most exciting evening for Rinova’s Talent Match London team and their Youth Board, as they unveiled their documentary ‘Without a Home: Voices of the Unheard’ at Hampstead Town Hall. The documentary explores the issue of youth homelessness and its effects on mental health and is reported by young people sharing their experiences as…
According to the Young Foundation ‘The Way to Work’, the world of work and transitions into adulthood and economic independence are in a state of flux. Young people negotiating their transitions to adulthood are faced with unprecedented choice and opportunity, but also far greater levels of uncertainty and risk. New data suggests a record level…
We were delighted to recently host the launch of a new two-year Erasmus+ Key Action 3 project, ‘Certification and Qualification of Europe’s Job Brokers (CQJB)’. Earlier in 2018 we responded to a call from the EACEA of the European Commission, which invited proposals for the development of new joint European qualifications as part of its…
Too many creative young people never get to develop their talent. At a time of high youth unemployment across many European countries, the dynamic growth of creative industries presents young people with a multitude of new career prospects. Yet these industries can be characterised by elitism and lack of diversity. While whole new areas in…
90 out of 100! We recently featured an article on this website which descirbed the work that we had been doing with our European partners in the two-year Ep-DeM LABS project that finished earlier in 2018. We are very proud of our work in this project – even more so now that it has just been awarded…
