Nantes 2024 Exchange Programme 20-27th July 2024
Cardiff Youth Council and Cardiff Youth Service took part in a cultural exchange programme bringing together young people from twin cities in France, Germany and Wales during July this year.
The week-long exchange, which was funded through the Taith programme with support from International Links (Global) Ltd., was filled with fun activities, excursions into the City of Nantes, tours and visits to historical sites such as the museum of the machines. The group also attended a football match, between Spain and Japan, as part of the Paris Olympic Games 2024. Each evening a cultural exchange took place where countries could share music, pop culture and sport from their respective nations.
The project gave young people from Cardiff an opportunity to take part in intercultural celebrations with other young people from Nantes and other countries. The focus of this exchange was outdoor education activities, active citizenship and health and wellbeing. This is also part of wider milestones for the city this year in celebrating 60 years of twinning between Nantes and Cardiff.
Through the exchange young people have had the opportunities to broaden their horizons, experience new ways of life, bring back lessons to share with people at home, but also to bond as a group of young people from their own nation learning things about themselves and their own abilities. They have built strong friendships and as part of their responsibilities they were to document their trip which they are currently editing to share with other young people in Cardiff very soon!
