📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Circolo Arci Babilonia is a social promotion organisation (not for profit) whose members are mainly young people between 20 and 35 years old and which is part of the national network Arci Nuova associazione.
The main activity of the organisation is the management of the Youth/cultural centre Mistero Buffo, which developed in 2000 within a Youth programme Action 3 – youth initiatives project and over the past 15 years has established itself as a point of reference for cultural promotion at local level. In 2008 the organisation started a partnership with other 3 local ngos “Associazione Culturale Scarti” , “circolo Legambiente Sartorius von Waltershausen” and “associazione Altroquando” to offer new services for the young people taking part in the daily life of the centre.
The model of management of the Mistero Buffo centre is based on co-management and self-funding principles, following a decision made by the young people which are active part of the centre. The centre is open to all valuable cultural initiatives coming from anyone willing to invest their time in sharing their passions and skills to enrich the local community.
💼 What the programme involves
Circolo Arci Babilonia is a social promotion organization hosted in the youth cultural centre “Mistero Buffo” in Acireale (CT). The centre needs volunteers to revitilize its activities after the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing new ideas and energies to our small center.
The volunteer will help with the daily management of the centre, supporting the organization of cultural events (as far as restrictions allow), creating promotional material for social media and the organization website, and developing new engagement strategies for the youth of Acireale.
The project will also be involving the volunteer in the activities of the Environmental Educational Centre “CEA delle Aci”.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The 2 volunteers will have their double room in a shared apartment equipped with all common facilities (kitchen, washing machine, bathroom...). The house is located in the historical centre of the town, a few minutes walk from the Mistero Buffo office.
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteers will have the opportunity of doing two trainings organised by Italian Youth National Agency: on-arrival training and mid-term evalutation. The receiving organisation also provides mentorship, Italian language course and monthly evaluation meetings with the volunteers of Mistero Buffo.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: We would like to host volunteers who are interested in taking up the challenges of a small centre getting back up on its feet after a tough time. Creativity and indipendence are fundentamental, as well as a self-starter attitude. Previous organizational experience in NGOs, creatitive, envinromental and cultural field will surely help the volunteers to successfully take part to the project, though it’s not mandatory to be selected. We will higly consider specific motivations of each candidate and how this project fits with its personal life, experience and future plans.
Deadline: Application deadline: 24/11/2021
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.