Active Lives, Active Citizens was a project that aims to provide YP who were involved youth groups from the UK, Italy, Portugal and Spain to get together, and document/get involved with local projects. The UK young people wanted to pass on learning in terms of reducing youth unemployment - this was done through developing skills and passing them on to their peers - also highlighting the importance of volunteering in creative ways. The Spanish YP wanted to pass on learning in terms of celebrating multiculturalism and positive attitudes to migrants. The Italian and Portuguese wanted to pass on applications of cultural heritage. We worked on the project for 4 months and we selected the partners on the basis of their backgrounds and experience. Each of the partners had experience in working with YP and specifically involving them in social projects that are of benefit to society. We networked with each other and outlined roles and responsibilities in each country before the exchange in the UK. We were particularly interested in understanding and celebrating different cultures between the 4 groups and organisations and what societal issues each place experienced, how these could be addressed, what the YP could learn from each other and how best to expand on these. Numbers and profile of organisations: There was a total of 85 YP involved in the youth exchange in the UK and Portugal. Each organisation was experienced in a) working with YP b) ensuring participation of YP and other groups in society using creative methods c) identifying and creating new volunteering opportunities for YP d) provide training and support seminars to YP that were relevant to them (helping YP identify topics/issues they thought was important and how to achieve goals - eg. cv writing, job skills, young unemployment etc) d) communications (how to raise awareness of societal issues facing YP, marginalised groups and the environment)