As an organisation we work within 4 strategic themes reflecting both our knowledge and expertise, and the types of partnerships we have developed over the last 10 years. All our projects support one or more of these themes: • Reducing social isolation • Employability • Intercultural learning and heritage • Digital media These themes dovetail seamlessly with the overall Erasmus + programme objectives in boosting skills and employability; modernising education, training and youth work and focusing on young people. At a time when Europe is in a state of flux, particularly affecting young people, due in part to pressures on the cohesion of communities, we wanted to offer a new leadership training course for youth workers, teachers, and adult volunteers (referred to from now just as youth workers)to demonstrate the effectiveness of the model and promote and disseminate the impact to a wider audience. We also wanted people to understand that leadership is not always just about "being in charge". Our project was not about training "future leaders" but about developing a broad range of "leadership skills" that are valuable for youth workers in their professional life, but more importantly will have a direct bearing on their relationships with young people. Our objectives were to help youth workers: - Gain knowledge of entrepreneurship both social and commercial - Understand effective teamworking - Understand self as part of a wider ability to cooperate effectively with others - Make use of digital media to communicate with marginalised young people - Improve general communication skills - Promote intercultural working - Improve organisational and administrative skills; presentation skills; and general professionalism and professional development (punctuality, respect, reliability, self-management etc). These skills are needed by youth workers seeking to engage and develop young people and motivate them to become not only active citizens but also key members and leaders in local communities and organisations. The underlying theme of this project was leadership as young entrepreneurs and understanding self as well as different soft skills linked to leadership and entrepreneurship. This had a particular relevance to planning and structuring social entrepreneurship opportunities on return home. Non formal education methods allowed for greater understanding of the concept and planning for future action.