What have I done..? Russell and the half marathon this Sunday!

First an email arrived telling me there was 6 weeks to go, and then what seemed like a few days later, I received a Facebook message saying there was only 5 weeks to go!  Panic started setting in and I wondered what I had let myself in for… On Sunday October 18th I will be attempting to run the Birmingham …

Our Interim Secretary General says hello

The Interim Secretary General of Rural Youth Europe is right now one of the facilitators at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg in the event ‘Unveiling Rural Realities – Unlocking Youth Potential". Jenni has got a kickstart into her new job, and here she presents herself a bit more:  This autumn brings a breeze of something new and exciting for …

5 reasons why you should visit RYEurope seminars

Greetings to rural youth again! I’m not sure how many of you really use all those opportunities offered by RYEurope, but a few years ago I attended two RYE seminars (in Malvern and Strasbourg) as a Latvian Young Farmers` Club member and in my opinion everybody should be there at least once.  It´s always an adventure and if you are …

Experiences of a Peruvian doing voluntary work in Finland

Seeds is project about social entrepreneurship and done in 2015 by NGO:s in Europe and South America. It includes meetings, trainings, job shadowings and local actions. Rural Youth Europe is not a partner, but since the Secretary General has couched the project she also host a job shadower from Peru, Lourdes "Lu" Vargas for a few days in September 2015. During these days Lu get familiar with …

My year in the RYEurope board

Hello! Finally it’s summer in Latvia. I am sitting in my garden in the countryside watching how beautiful nature is in summer. It is such a good feeling! Incredible, a year in the  Rural Youth Europe Board has passed unnoticed. A year ago I went to the European Rally 2014 in Wales, UK and didn’t know that after few days …

Greetings from Linda!

Last week, when I found in my mail box postcard from all European Rally 2015 participants, it made me feel incredibly happy. That, of course, reminded me how much I miss all the fun that you can experience only in events like that. Every time I go to RYEurope event, I know that I will… …meet young people with similar …

European Rally… thoughts of a welsh girl

​ A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough to be in the breath taking country of Austria for the European rally 2015. Today, I am back in my beloved home country of Wales. In between loads of washing and checking out social media ( catching up with rally news of course), I sit here with a big smile …

About a very special horse

 A person who is involved with horses meets a lot of horses, some just pass while others leave deep marks…  There is a horse I got the opportunity to be with from the beginning. I clearly remember when she grew up from baby to an adult horse (read: in her heart she never grew up) – when she was trained …

More than 50 years of Rallies…

When I was digging through the archives at the Rural Youth Europe office in Helsinki in the beginning of the summer I found these papers. I was curious to know why they were in the middle of the big box of old photos, and soon found out it was an old Rally programme. Having been to a few Rallies it …