An activity agreement is an agreement between a young person and their “primary interlocutor” for the young person to participate in an apprenticeship and activity program that must be planned and implemented in order to help the young person prepare for formal learning or employment. There must be regular monitoring of the agreement with the young person. If the young person receives a living allowance (EMA), this meets the financial requirements of the EMA. If you participate in an activity agreement, you are entitled to a living allowance. More information about the “Activity Agreement: Positive Destination Site” program is needed for access to this program. For more information, please contact Toni Jackson-Wilde. HYPE is a skills program for 16-19 year olds who have an activity agreement to take care of learning again. Through an approach to socio-educational animation, we help young people develop their personal, social and professional skills in order to find them in continuing education, training or employment. For more information about our HYPE program, please contact Heather Thomson Senior Community Education Worker on 07917 242621 or e-mail: heather.thomson@westlothian.gov.uk All allow young people to try new things, make friends and find out what interests them. Young people can choose one or more activities; Build participation, as they feel ready. An activity agreement is an individual set of activities and learning that builds on the needs and interests of young people.
It could be a series of activities – music, art, sport, outdoor activities – and can be flexible on the suggestions of young people. The goal is for a young person to be more confident at the end of a program and to feel ready to move on to the next transition to continuing education or employment. An activity agreement is an apprenticeship and activity program that a professional trusted helps to create a young person so that, if ready, he can move from the youth to training, training or employment. It can include volunteering, short courses, assisted learning and hands-on work experience. Young people, combined with training and support 1 to 1, should make steady progress in order to maintain their next steps, which could be jobs; University Apprenticeship or a national training program.