The ‘ASPIRE International’ Project will host and deliver life changing experiences for four volunteers from across Europe and Mediterranean partner countries. Our ‘ASPIRE International’ volunteers will assist and collaborate in planning important artistic and cultural activities such as: UK’s largest Photography Festival - FORMAT; Nottingham MELA, BBC Children in Need sponsored project YARD and NAE International Exhibitions abnd residency programmes. Their work programme will be diverse and multi-layered and will involve assisting with: exhibitions, festivals, panel discussions, artist talks and presentations, community debates, concerts, performances, readings, artistic sharings, meetings, visits to other artistic spaces and activities for audiences and volunteers. Volunteers will be in close liaison and contact with international, regional and local artists across the local community. In addition, volunteers will participate in discussions and meetings with local governmental and non-governmental institutions. They will be supported to organize cultural activities for local young people representing their own cultures, experiences and communities and searching for creative and artistic expression of ideas and beliefs. As part of the project volunteers will also be encouraged to take part in debates about intercultural communication, cooperation and learning. Volunteers will be supported to document, evaluate and disseminate their experiences and the activities of NAE via photographs, videos, blogs and through NAE’s digital media communications.