Open Project
OPEN is an organisation that works with young people aged 14-25. We do a range of projects, peer education, Da Café, peer mentoring, peer research and we are working to become completely youth led with young people sitting on our board and running the organisation.
We believe that young people are the experts in their own lives and that's why we work in a youth-led way, all of our projects have come from young people telling us what is needed and we work together to make these ideas happen!
We have lots of volunteering opportunities for people aged 16-29, we provide free training for our volunteers to help them in their roles and also 1 to 1 support with a staff member to support their development.
Last reviewed:
02/11/2022
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OPEN runs a weekly space for young people (14-25) in the Olive Tree on Thursdays 4pm-6pm. Da Café is there to give young people in Shetland a space to go, where they don't have to spend money to sit in the...
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OPEN recruits and trains young people aged 16-25 to become 'peer educators'. OPEN's main purpose is to embed peer education across Shetland as a methodology of raising awareness and encouraging positive li...
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OPEN are now also operating a Peer Mentoring Programme; with the aim to recruit and match mentors (16-25) with mentees (14-21), to facilitate peer-to-peer mentoring sessions for young people who are care e...
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