📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The Europe House in Nîmes – Europe Direct and the hosting organization, Purple Campus Alès are looking for a volunteer for a 10 months project in Alès (between mountains and the sea : ' Door to the Cévennes', a town in the south of France. The aim of the project is to facilitate intercultural exchanges between the volunteer and the apprentices (between 15 and 22 years old on average). His/her activities will be using non-formal learning methods to create and carry out workshops for young people. Most of the activities of the volunteer will be linked to the English language, to European culture, to ecology, to new technologies and to tolerance, human rights and health and safety. A big part of the volunteering will be dedicated to volunteer's personal projects and implementing new ideas/activities. Other activities will be linked with the House of Europe: workshops with children, multicultural events, information stands..
The volunteer will meet the other volunteers during the Wednesd
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will be hosted in a student residence with other volunteers and will have his/her own studio or hosted in a shared flat with other volunteers with a private bedroom. He/she will receive a daily allowance of 8€ for his/her food, to cook in the residence or eat outside. For his/her travel to Nîmes, he/she will take the train or the bus and will receive a public transport ticket. The volunteer will receive every day an amount of 6€ for pocket money. TRAVEL GRANT: between 180 € and 360€ max (according to the distance ).
🎒 Leisure activities
In order to be able to organise workshops, the volunteer will take part in a training course organised by the "Maison de l'Europe de Nîmes" during which he will learn how to use non-formal learning tools. The volunteers will attend to the on-arrival and mid-term trainings animated by the French National Agency.
At the apprenticeship school, he/she will have the opportunity to attend French lessons and benefit from the Online Linguistic Support of the programme. He/she will also be able to attend training on digital technology and first aid.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: We are particularly interested in volonteers who :
- have a good understanding of pedagogy and are interested in non-formal education
- have good communication skills in order to exchange with our apprentices
- can adapt to apprentices’ educational needs.
- are motivated and take initiatives
- are interested in taking part and/or building projects in the local community
- have basic French skills and English skills.
- are flexible and are able to adapt to different situations and people from different backgrounds.
- have an interest in European culture, sustainibility/green practice
Deadline: Application deadline: 26/09/2022
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.