XLP Experience Year

Experience is an exciting & dynamic gap year run by @xlplondon serving some of London’s most amazing, diverse and challenging communities.

[XLP @xlplondon]

What an opportunity!
#Hiring #CharityJob #Marketing
https://t.co/Y0pp6Mv9zU
Fresh, high quality comms is critical to XLP. Can you deliver?
It’s essential for our work with #youngpeople, securing the necessary #youthwork resources & influencing decision makers

[XLP @xlplondon]

This morning we are going to be meeting with @SadiqKhan @metpoliceuk at our new @stratfordcentre Youth Hub!
Great for our youth workers and young people to have the opportunity to share their thoughts on growing up in #London today #PositiveFutures

[XLP Experience Year @xlpgapyear]

This is Dougie. Dougie is a legend. He says “This gap year has been a complete eye opener! It’s taught me how to become more independent, more mature, and most importantly how to give hope… https://t.co/SwJHpwS5wy

[XLP @xlplondon]

Our Stratford Youth Hub is open 🎉🎉🎉
Come and say hello
⁦@stratfordcentre⁩ #YouthWork

[XLP @xlplondon]

Imagine having to learn about photosynthesis in French or about earthquakes in Urdu. That’s the challenge that faces 70% of pupils this morning as I head in to support them as part of my year with @xlpgapyear
Lizzie #Newham Student
https://t.co/QmNe6huB6j
#XLPStudentTakeover

[XLP Experience Year @xlpgapyear]

Love it!

[XLP @xlplondon]

THIS is why Monday isn't the most dreaded day of the week for me #Timelapse
#London #LieIn #Study #YouthWork #Food #Friends
I've got more to say: https://t.co/ndd1TeJzde
Dougie Experience Student #MondayMotivation #MondayMorning #YearOut #XLPStudentTakeover #GapYear #NCW2019

[XLP @xlplondon]

Today, I'm in charge and I'm sharing why I don't have #MondayBlues thanks to the @xlpgapyear. Check out my blog about it: https://t.co/ndd1TeJzde
Dougie, Islington Experience Student
#MondayMotivation #YearOut #XLPStudentTakeover #Islington #London #GapYear #NCW2019 #YouthWork

[XLP Experience Year @xlpgapyear]

Watch out, we’re taking over! From Monday, the Experience team will be taking control of XLP’s main social media pages to show you what a week in the life of a student looks like. You… https://t.co/Xt1oK8s2DR

[XLP @xlplondon]

Next week is #XLPStudentTakeover week
A perfect chance to get a real insight to what it’s like to be @xlpgapyear student and spend a year serving the #YoungPeople of #London
https://t.co/kXhfpL6Hbv
#YouthWork #YearOut #InnerCity

[XLP Experience Year @xlpgapyear]

O P E N D A Y
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April 23rd, 2019
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Come spend a day going behind the scenes at XLP HQ, hanging out on one of our double decker buses, and seeing first hand what our community projects… https://t.co/gLHC2CO1yM

[XLP Experience Year @xlpgapyear]

This is Tia, and Tia is an absolute gem. Here’s what she had to say about the Experience Year:

“Doing the XLP Experience gap year has given me countless amazing opportunities,… https://t.co/DTLabDD6EF

[XLP @xlplondon]

Drone’s eye view ⚽️⚽️⚽️
#FootballTournament #XLSports #London #YouthWork #HalfTerm

[XLP @xlplondon]

What a tournament! Huge shout out to everyone who made it possible!
U16 winners were Abbeywood
U14 winners were Frampton
But the real winner was ⚽️⚽️⚽️
#Hackney #Greenwich #London #Youth #XLSports

[XLP Experience Year @xlpgapyear]

We live to celebrate young people, especially when doing things they love. Last Saturday, our East Team held their annual Arts Showcase, where they played host to an array of brilliant… https://t.co/NO558NowBT

[XLP @xlplondon]

GOOD NEWS: 7 out of 8 of our latest Ready to Work cohort are now in work! YAY :D And the eighth young person is doing a college course! 💯
#Employment #Education #ReadytoWork #WorkWorkWorkWork #Jobs #Success #PositiveFutures

[XLP @xlplondon]

Because you are alive, everything is possible
Who do you know someone who needs to hear this today?
It’s on the wall out side a school we’re working in
#EverythingIsPossible #FridayFeeling #School #YoungPeople #Trust #Believe #Change #KnifeCrime

[XLP @xlplondon]

Mentor a young person #ImproveYourLifeIn4Words

[XLP Experience Year @xlpgapyear]

Over the next few months, we’ll be hearing from our amazing students. To kick us off, here’s the wonderful Lizzie: ‘I never thought I could grow so much in so little time. Independence.… https://t.co/Cka2tquc8C

[XLP @xlplondon]

They say it’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness but right now that’s pretty hard.
We will be with the young people helping them work through their grief for as long as it takes. Because that’s what we do. Because that ’s what makes a difference.

[XLP @xlplondon]

What do you say to the young people who turned up to our bus project a few hundred yards from were Nedim was fatally stabbed the day before?
How do you process that a young person you’ve worked with has become the latest tragic headline?