ESC: Experience volunteering in a small village nearby the polar circle

Name: ESC: Experience volunteering in a small village nearby the polar circle
Start: 2024-09-01
End: 2025-08-31
Location: Norway

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Norway Culture European Voluntary Service Social work Culture European Voluntary Service +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

"The only limitation is your own imagination" Come and help us out at the voluntary central, we’re in need of some extra hands and brains! The main tasks will be creating activities with and for all members of the municipality, all ages and backgrounds. Organize activities indoors and outdoors. Support the local youth council with their projects. You will also be working with children, the elderly and refugees. We can offer a wide range of possibilities for personal growth! Learn the Norwegian language and the way of living in one of Norway’s smallest municipalities located way up north. The program covers all your expenses! We have a Facebook-page called EVS Vevelstad, where you can see some of our work. We are looking forward to host volunteers from Europe, and welcome you with warm hospitality.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation can be partly with a host family, but for the most you'll live in your own apartment, which you share with the other volunteer. Transport to/from work will be arranged. Accommodation, food, pocket money and transport will be covered by European Solidarity Corps funding. Please keep in mind that you will need a sending organisation who will support and guide you through the whole process. You can search for a potential supporting organisation on the accredited/Quality-Labelled organisation database: https://youth.europa.eu/volunteering/organisations_en

🎒 Leisure activities

Education in the Norwegian language will be provided. You will get to learn practical life skills, mostly learning by doing! We actively use the Youth Pass which helps to set out and monitor your learning goals and outcomes, a mentor will help in this process. Some off the skills you definitely will learn and improve: Creativity and initiative. Planning, implementation, management. Leading activities and events. You will also join the national On Arrival, and Mid Term seminar where you meet other European volunteers who are in Norway.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We look for kind, open minded and positive people with hands-on mentality. Are you in LOVE with the outdoors and get awed by mother natures beauty, and don't care about the weather? Are you ready to absorb the rural Norwegian culture? Can you entertain yourself and are not in need of city life or loads of friends? Are you WILLING TO SHARE your hobby's, passions and experiences in film, photography, music, arts, dance, theater, cooking, sports and so on? Than APPLY by sending an e-mail with a letter of motivation and CV to: [email protected]
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/05/2024

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.

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