🏢 About the local organisation
Antigóna is a non-profit organization, created in Rastignano (Bologna) on 7.2.2008, on the initiative of five founder members. Its registered office is located in Bologna, Via dello Scalo 10, and its recently opened, operational headquarters is in the same road, Via dello Scalo 6/a.
Antigóna aims to achieve the following goals:
• to conceive and implement projects of social solidarity, development cooperation and humanitarian aid, in order to permanently improve the living, health and work conditions of the final beneficiaries, strengthening their skills to guarantee sustainability over time for the projects;
• to inform, raise awareness, and involve the civil society, especially the youth, about actions aimed at solidarity, enhancing the initiative, the energies and the expressions of volunteering;
• to favour the self-directed progress, in social, cultural, technical and economic spheres, of sectors of unprivileged population, also through collaborative relationships with their organizational expressions, and with other subjects involved in development cooperation, at national and international level;
• to promote the human growth, the non-formal and intercultural learning, the acquisition of skills and practical experiences, and the professional training of young people motivated to develop social solidarity activities and international development cooperation.
To achieve these goals, since its inception Antigóna has privileged a peculiar and very collaborative operating mode, that is: to put the skills that Antigóna and its members have, at the disposal of other organizations that have embarked in a project and find themselves in some kind of difficulty. In other words, Antigóna was born to collaborate with other organizations and support them, helping their projects to overcome temporary difficulties, or to reach a better daily functioning, depending on the case. It is a highly original mission, rarely adopted by other non-profit entities. As a consequence of this mission, Antigóna has always been active in projects of various types, without specializing in any particular theme. We evaluate and choose the collaborations in which to be engaged on the basis of our assessments about: the quality of the project, the adequacy of our competences with respect to it, the empathy with the possible partners with whom we come into contact, and our operative possibilities in that specific moment.
Besides the collaborations with other organizations, we also realize projects conceived and managed by ourselves, yet remaining always open to networks with other partners sharing our operating mode.
Currently Antigóna is involved in three activities:
• a collaboration with an Italian informal group, to support its project in India called "Crumbs of solidarity";
• our own activity related to the "European Solidarity Corps'';
• a long-standing social informatics project, called ''The informatic harbour'', to help people in trouble to carry out online administrative procedures.
We also have a bunch of other collaborations and projects in evaluation, to be possibly started.
💼 What the programme involves
T'occuperai della comunicazione in un'organizzazione ambientale di Malta impegnata nella protezione degli uccelli, supportando l’ente nel promuovere il suo lavoro e le sue attività. Sarà tuo cómpito aggiornare il sito web e i blogs con notizie e contenuti, gestendo anche la pianificazione e la pubblicazione dei posts sui social media. Sarai responsabile della creazione e dell’invio delle newsletters interne ed esterne tramite Mailchimp e collaborerai alla redazione di articoli per la rivista trimestrale. Aiuterai nella scrittura e nella distribuzione dei comunicati stampa, monitorerai la copertura mediatica e compilerai reports mensili sull’andamento delle attività svolte. Lavorerai a stretto contatto con i responsabili di progetto e con le squadre di conservazione, educazione e raccolta fondi per sviluppare le comunicazioni, riportando direttamente al Public Engagement Executive e giocando un ruolo chiave nel far crescere la visibilità dell’organizzazione.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Assieme agli altri volontari sarai ospitato in un alloggio a Ta' Xbiex o presso famiglie d'accoglienza. Tutti i costi dell'alloggio, come elettricità, acqua, gas e internet saranno coperti. Riceverai un totale di 380 euro al mese che serviranno come food e pocket money. Le spese di viaggio dall'Italia a Malta e ritorno saranno completamente rimborsate. Avrai un'assicurazione convenzionata con l'Unione Europea che ti proteggerà da qualsiasi rischio.
🎒 Leisure activities
Parteciperai a tre momenti formativi ufficiali: uno in Italia prima della partenza, un secondo dopo qualche settimana dal tuo arrivo a Malta, e un terzo a circa metà del tuo volontariato. Inoltre, come educazione non formale, imparerai ad avere un approccio adattabile, in linea con le necessità della struttura di un'organizzazione nonprofit, compreso un orario di lavoro flessibile e occasionalmente lungo, che potrebbe essere anche nei fine settimana e nei giorni festivi (l'orario di lavoro settimanale non supererà le 38 ore, e ogni impegno aggiuntivo o nei fine settimana, sarà recuperato).
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Sei una persona socievole, amichevole e aperta, desiderosa di incontrare nuove persone, fare amicizia e immergerti in una cultura diversa? Hai interesse a migliorare le tue capacità di identificazione di uccelli, flora e altre specie e vuoi ispirare ed educare gli altri sui temi della natura e dell'ambiente? Sei motivato a sviluppare competenze amministrative, organizzative, digitali e relazionali? Se sei un giovane tra i 18 e i 30 anni e queste caratteristiche ti descrivono, questa esperienza è l’occasione perfetta per te! Ma abbiamo bisogno che tu parli bene l'Inglese, e sia capace d'usare facilmente Mailchimp. Ricorda che tutto il materiale che presenti a supporto della tua candidatura dev'essere in Inglese!
Deadline: 16/03/2025 23:59
ℹ️ Additional information
The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
- Training before and after the project
- Health insurance during your project
- round-trip travel reimbursement
- accommodation and food
- pocket money
- language course
- Return Week-end
- Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport
Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (
https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.