It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

Date of latest update: 2024-12-17

Description

Description (EN): The project develops a child oriented integrated service addressing education, leisure, sports and health, allowing vulnerable children to have equal opportunities in school attainment.

Achievements (EN):

‘It Takes a Village to Raise a Child’ (VRAC) was launched in 2019. Eight organisations from 4 different countries set out to achieve ambitious goals. The process was challenging, rich in learning and one which called for openness, collegiality, flexibility, pragmatism, and resilience, not least because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The key focus of the project is to support children and young people in their development and further create resilience as to their wellbeing. The lives of children and young people encompass various social environments: home, community, and leisure, and of course, school. These are separate worlds, and yet at the same time they influence each other. Based on this context, project partners presented the issue of school delay and early school leaving as a challenge. Given that one in 10 young people in Europe leave secondary school without completing their education, could they increase their chances of a successful school career by focusing broadly on these environments? The image of a village fitted this objective perfectly. Experiments were set up in six pilot areas, thus giving a voice to all stakeholders: professionals in education, wellbeing and leisure, policymakers, parents, as well as children and young people. In this shared space, it was important to support one another: no one should have to do it all alone. A cross border cooperation also offers the opportunity of looking at one self’s organisation from a different perspective and to improve ways of working, with the common threads being a shared vision, an integrated offer, participation, and co-creation. With similar objectives as the starting point, it is possible to undertake very diverse actions. There is no one unique answer it is not a copy paste method. Instead, it’s all about actions undertaken by people, in a specific context and subject to very specific challenges. Building a village takes time, but above all, it is a task that is never finished. It is only by cooperating with one another, by discussing and reaching agreements after listening to each other and by undertaking activities jointly, that the village is eventually created.

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Delivered Outputs (EN):

The main outputs of the VRAC project are: - 6 Pilots of extended learning time (= formal and informal group activities) organised intersectorally by education, leisure, and sociocultural sector; - 6 Pilots of integrated frontline wellbeing teams embedded in the vulnerable area that offers individual 'Wraparound' support to children’s needs; - A guidance for solution actors and policy makers on how to bring about transition from sectoral to integrated services that enhance school attainment. Check the “Outputs” section below to download related material and see “Main Achievements” section for further information about the achieved results.

Thematic information

Social inclusion and equal opportunities

Specific Objective: Increase the development of social innovation applications in order to make more efficient and effective local services to address the key societal challenges in the 2 Seas area

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (8)

Lead Partner: Stad Mechelen

Department: Strategic department

Address: Grote Markt 21, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 1 226 235.23

ERDF budget: EUR 735 741.14

Gemeente Leiden

Name: Gemeente Leiden

Department: Cluster Participatie Maatschappelijke Ontwikkeling / Beleid Maatschappelijke Ontwikkeling

Address: Stationsplein 107, 2312 Leiden, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 529 405.90

ERDF budget: EUR 317 643.54

MAP (Mancroft Advice Project)

Name: MAP (Mancroft Advice Project)

Address: The Risebrow Centre, Chantry Road, NR21RF Norwich, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 797 373.95

ERDF budget: EUR 478 424.38

SAAMO Provincie Antwerpen vzw

Name: SAAMO Provincie Antwerpen vzw

Department: Antwerpen provincie

Address: Brusselsepoortstraat 8, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 268 275.66

ERDF budget: EUR 160 965.40

Wattrelos Association of Community Centres

Name: Wattrelos Association of Community Centres

Address: 21 Rue Louis Dornier, 59150 Wattrelos, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 480 278.79

ERDF budget: EUR 288 167.28

AFEJI

Name: AFEJI

Department: International projects division

Address: 199/201 rue Colbert centre Vauban , 590800 Lille, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 589 189.88

ERDF budget: EUR 353 513.92

East Sussex Community Voice

Name: East Sussex Community Voice

Department: East Sussex Community Voice

Address: Greencoat House, 32 St Leonard's Rd, BN21 3UT Eastbourne, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 410 678.23

ERDF budget: EUR 246 406.93

Karel de Grote Hogeschool, Katholieke Hogeschool Antwerpen vzw

Name: Karel de Grote Hogeschool, Katholieke Hogeschool Antwerpen vzw

Department: pedagogical department

Address: Brusselsestraat 45, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 424 133.31

ERDF budget: EUR 254 479.97

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Summary

Project name (EN): It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

Project acronym: VRAC

Project start date: 2019-01-01

Project end date: 2023-01-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 4 725 570.95

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 835 342.56

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 0.60%

Co-financing sources:

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2024-12-17

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

82 / 82 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

886 / 886 (100%)

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It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

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Summary

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