Metin (27) runs quietly through the corridor of Holdert residential care center in Emmen with an older lady by his side. His eyes shine and he has a smile on his face. A little more than a year ago his life looked very different. Just like that of Andrea (27), who now enjoys working in a bicycle shop. Both are examples of how the project scoring in Drenthe helps young people who are in danger of getting lost between school and work.
“I was at home a lot, had social fear and had trouble going out with the door,” says Metin. “I worked for twelve hours in the sauna construction, but it wasn’t really my thing.” Through scoring in Drenthe he got a grip on his life again. The process combines sport with career coaching. Twice a week, young people attract their sports clothes and get on the field at FC Emmen. Not to become a professional football player, but to work together, to learn to receive feedback and build up self -confidence. The other session revolves around the future: who am I, what do I want, how do I present myself during an application?
“It’s about more than work or school,” says Agneta Meijer of the UWV, coordinator of the project. “For some young people that is still a bridge too far. It starts with getting into the picture who they are and what they need.”
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