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Setting Up Your Space: Utilities and Belongings
Setting Up Your Space: Utilities and Belongings
Content
Once you've found your living space, making it comfortable and functional involves setting up essential utilities and taking care of your belongings. This activity will guide you through understanding gas, water, electricity, internet, and the importance of your household contents.
The Kwikstart app offers helpful videos related to these topics. Watch the video that covers setting up utilities and understanding your belongings.
By completing this activity, you will
- Understand the basics of setting up gas, water, and electricity.
- Learn about internet and television options.
- Recognize the importance of your household contents.
- Reflect on how to manage utilities and protect your belongings.
- Consider how to support young people in setting up their living spaces (for youth workers and managers).
- Explore strategic approaches to ensure young people have access to essential utilities and understand the value of their belongings (for youth work managers).
Get inspired
Moving into a new place requires more than just unpacking. Connecting to essential utilities like gas, water, and electricity, as well as arranging internet access, are important first steps. Understanding your responsibilities regarding these services and being aware of your belongings are key aspects of independent living across Europe.
Take action: activities for different roles
Explore the role-specific badges below to access activities designed to enhance your understanding and support young people in setting up their utilities and managing their belongings.
Claim open badge recognition
Upon completing the activities, participants can claim digital badges recognizing their competence in:
- Understanding essential utilities and household contents (Connected Dweller).
- Guiding young people in setting up their living spaces (Utilities & Contents Supporter).
- Strategically addressing the needs of young people regarding essential utilities and belongings (Strategic Living Enabler).
Who created this resource
Awero, Lithuania (Project Lead)
Breakthrough Foundation, Netherlands
Curaçao Innovation & Technology Institute (CITI)
TiPovej! Zavod - Institute for Creative Society, Slovenia
Next steps
Explore other resources related to setting up a new home. Consider how these practical aspects contribute to a young person's sense of security and well-being.
Resources
Get activity badge
Badge for Youth Workers: Utilities & Contents Supporter Get this badge
Awarded for understanding the process young people go through when setting up utilities and recognizing the importance of their belongings. This badge recognizes your ability to support young people in these practical aspects of moving.
Skills and experiences gained
This badge aligns with the Digital Competence Framework for Youth Workers and supports the development of:
- Providing information and guidance using digital tools
- Creating reliable knowledge through digital means
- Searching, evaluating and communicating information
- Connecting young people with relevant support systems
Tasks
Task no.1
Evidence verified by: one activity organiser
Complete the following tasks to earn the Utilities & Contents Supporter badge.
Activity
- Review & Reflect: Watch the "Wonen" video in the Kwikstart app. Consider the information presented and the potential difficulties young people might encounter when setting up utilities and understanding their responsibilities.
- Guiding Questions: Imagine a young person asks you for advice on setting up their gas and electricity. Based on the video, what are two key questions you would advise them to consider or ask potential providers?
- Importance of personal belongings: How would you explain the concept of "personal belongings" to a young person and why it's important for them to be aware of what they own when moving?
Claim the badge
Task: Share your insights on guiding young people with utilities and belongings. Evidence: Submit a short written reflection outlining the two guiding questions and your explanation of "personal belongings."
Organisers
Digital Youth Work Resource Hub
Awero not-for-profit organisation manages this platform and develops it together with leading educational organisations. The European Union's programme Erasmus+ granted co-funding for building the first version of this platform. Contact support@awero.org.
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