The focus was on a number of curriculum areas - creative skills, arts, media & publishing, performing arts, sports & leisure, and travel & hospitality, together with ancillary areas, administration & management, ,customer service & marketing. Our immediate project objectives were: - Developing a wider awareness of the chosen industry - Improving transferable, vocational and soft skills - Demonstrating initiative - Building employability, entrepreneurship, confidence, tolerance and self-esteem - Declaring aspiration through career development plans - Improving language skills and cultural awareness. - Develop 13 staff in better supporting the transition from learning to work. Our recruitment plans were for three types of participants: 1. Short Mobilities(between 17 and 22 days). These are for on-programme learners at the five partner colleges, occurring at half-terms and the Easter break. 2. Longer Mobilities (between 40 and 60 days). These are for learners who have completed their vocational training programmes, occurring mainly through the Summer break 3. ErasmusPro (for at least 90 days). Learners who have completed their vocational training, and are seeking to kick-start their careers. These were planned to occur in Spring 2020 We intended to: *Send: - 168 VET students - 10 staff to DE, PT, ES and IT *Receive - 3 staff from IT, PT, ES
Gecko Programmes is the originator of this consortium, having first developed it in 2014, shortly after gaining our solo KA1 VET Mobility contract.. Our previous work and projects show our commitment to meeting the needs of our learners, whilst providing a high quality service that meets local, national and EU priorities in full compliance or programme and financial regulations. Gecko's rationale for participating in (and leading) the consortium is that our core mission is to enable young people to establish their careers with sustainable employment and tools for continuing skills development. This manifests as common values amongst all the consortium members.