Improving experiences and skills in the hospitality industry for pupils with Additional Support Needs Erasmus Project

Project Title

Improving experiences and skills in the hospitality industry for pupils with Additional Support Needs

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Disabilities – special needs; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

This project has been established within the context of the twinning of the cities of Nuremberg and Glasgow. It is the result of careful negotiation and discussion by both schools as well as the International Office of both city councils. It is the continuation of 4 years of previous visits which have been very successful and have met a number of objectives. The main objective of the project is to reduce youth unemployment in each city for young people with Additional Support Needs (Special Needs/Disabilities) through participating in a programme of activities related to hospitality. The project will support 24 young people in total over the 2 years, with 6 young people going on each of the 4 visits. All of the young people participating in the project will have some form of Additional Support Need and will have an interest in working in the hospitality or hotel industry. There will be a range of both learning and cultural activities aimed at enhancing the skills and knowledge of the young people and staff, ranging from joint cookery lessons and visits to hotels, to trips to restaurants and places of natural beauty in each corresponding country. The project will be planned during an initial planning visit and communication will take place by email and through an etwinning page. It is hoped that the project will result in more young people with Additional Support Needs moving in to full time employment (particularly in the hospitality industry) on leaving school. By engaging in this project it will enhance staff development as well as raising the profile of each school. The overall aim and objective is to improve employment opportunities by enhancing the skills and competencies of the young people through the partnership with each other and the opportunity to learn and develop in a wider European context.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 53200 Eur

Project Coordinator

Parkhill Secondary School & Country: UK

Project Partners

• Alfred-Welker-Berufsschule, Nürnberg