Newcastle is keen to continue strengthen our links with Germany, including with our twin town of Gelsenkirchen. We encourage civic, social, educational, cultural and business links and are working with UK-German Connection (UKGC) to promote their services which help develop links, connections and access opportunities for children and young people, schools, youth groups and youth workers. Some examples are below, but find out more about UKGC support, services and opportunities at the following links: Programmes | Partnerships | Funding | Resources
School partnership bursaries: £1,000 towards your UK-German partnership – apply now!
As travel plans and exchange activity begin to pick up once more, UK-German Connection are offering partnership bursaries of £1,000 to help schools to keep their UK-German partnerships alive. The bursaries can support pupil visits and joint activities taking place in 2022 and are open to both UK and German partner schools. Application is via a short online form. Deadline: 31 January 2022. Click here to find out more and apply
or contact funding@ukgermanconnection.org
Café Connect for school & youth partnerships
Do you have a partner school or youth group in Germany? Would you like to connect with them in a safe and informal virtual space? UK German Connection now offer facilitated ‘Café Connect’ meet-ups to enhance your partnership. Find out more here
UK-NRW Capture Your Connection
Do you have a connection with North Rhine-Westphalia? To mark 75 years of UK-NRW friendship UK-German Connection have launched the ‘Capture Your Connection’ challenge. Simply share a creative representation of your partnership to help UKGC showcase and give recognition to the fantastic connections that you have established over the years. There will be small goodies for all submissions and the most creative entries will receive special prizes. Deadline: 31 December 2021
Find out more here
Support for school and youth partnerships
Whether you’re just starting out in a partnership, planning a project, exchange or virtual activity, or looking to apply for funding, our partners at UK-German Connection can help at any stage of your journey with guidance, advice, information and inspiration.
Their partnerships service provides:
- general advisory service and individual surgeries for all matters relating to UK-German links and exchanges
- support with partner-finding
- facilitation of planning discussions
- partnership development webinars
- peer-to-peer mentor networks for coordinators
- information and advice on safeguarding
If you’d like to find out more about options for support, find our more online here, or click here to contact them