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Deadline for applications: Tuesday 5th January 2010 5pm
Interviews will be held: 12th & 13th January 2010
Activity starts: 17th January 2010 to end of May 2010

Employees or community practitioners with full support from their employer / organization / community are invited to take part in Community Xchange Newham UK / Beijing China January – May 2010.

Community Xchange is an international professional development programme for formal and informal community practitioners. Through a range of activities Community Xchange aims to build the skills of participants to facilitate the positive participation of young people as active global citizens, and develop inter cultural dialogue that makes a positive difference to their communities.

The programme will recruit up to 15 participants from Newham, UK who will each be matched with a counterpart from Beijing, China based on their professional skills and interests. The programme will promote reciprocity to ensure that aspects of the programme are mirrored in the UK and China.

The participant will act on behalf of their organization or community to undertake a three week work attachment programme in Beijing and develop and implement a reciprocal three week programme of activity for their counterpart whilst they are in Newham.

For full details please view the following link Community Xchange Newham (UK)/Beijing (China)

A CRB check will be done on all short listed applicants and reserves. Please submit a completed application form, participant profile, organisational support letter and copy of organisations risk assessment. If postal strikes are on then we advise you scan/email the documents.

For more information or to receive / submit an application form please email the Global Xchange Programme Supervisor Newham / China- Keisha Briggs:
Keisha.Briggs@vso.org.uk 07866 754 121