M.O.V.E. provides two exchange activities involving 32 young people in each activity to allow partners in the UK and Romania to deliver non formal learning for young people aged 14-17 in our most deprived areas. It will do this by bringing young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) from different backgrounds together, to support their learning and help them develop their future employment prospects through joint activities delivered to introduce them to the concept of volunteering and social entrepreneurship. Through a range of group activities, young people will work as a team to understand the value of volunteering for their own development and for society, and will work together to identify new ideas for the development of future volunteering activities in their own neighbourhoods. In doing so, M.O.V.E. also aims to break down existing barriers between young people from different backgrounds, and significantly widen their horizons through a greater understanding of cultural diversity and also the opportunities that exist within Europe outside of their own immediate location. The project works towards the achievement of a number of objectives related to the needs of groups in both partner countries. The project aims to:- bring local young people into contact with others, reducing cultural ignorance and intolerance- give a greater understanding of citizenship, and taking a more active role in local society - thinking about the potential for future volunteering on a personal level and for the communities in which they live- understanding the relationship between volunteering and social entrepreneurship - generate new ideas for supporting community development through new ideas for entrepreneurship including social enterprise- and through the above activities to give a greater sense of personal empowerment and achievement with a view to improving personal improved learning performance and ultimately employment prospects. In addition to longer term organisational impact leading to greater involvement in European cooperation and the development of the partnership with the American International School of Transylvania, specifically with regards to wider volunteering programmes and development of staff, impact on the young people participating in this youth mobility project will be significant and include:- Key competencies delivered through the activities linked to Youthpass - Increased willingness to volunteer and see the benefits of doing so for their own personal development;- Increased confidence to go to a place where English isn’t the first language will impact not only on their own confidence to be more mobile, but also in doing so give them reason to challenge their own beliefs about what it is like to be in a country other than your own, improving local relations;- Inspiration for them to look beyond their current situation and allow comparisons to be made will enable participants to understand that the needs of young people elsewhere are the same as their own;- a change in attitudes and perception of people from different backgrounds- a sense of personal achievement having participated, been listened to and greater willingness to own their own ideas that we will take forward;- better relations and solidarity between young people which has an impact on their own state of mind and outlook.The longer term aim of this initial pilot project will be to scale up the activity for larger and more frequent exchanges, and develop more Strategic Partnership projects through Erasmus+ to achieve greater organisational learning and impact for our target groups.