📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will have the chance to take part in a nation-wide project that uses Street football as a tool to improve and change lives of young people that are struggling with social disadvantages. The project started in 2004 and give to the participants the possibility to play an inclusive sport and at the same time develop their life skills.
These project is based in Lisbon but is run all around Portugal.
In this project, the volunteers will help to develop and implement street football tournaments (district and national), help to develop life skills workshop for the tournament participants, and be part of the “Futebol de Rua” Project team in every event and initiative.
During this ESC experience, the volunteer will have the opportunity to travel from south to north of Portugal, with CAIS staff, and will interact with all the participants and organizations, sharing their culture, volunteer experience and the Erasmus+ Program opportunities with them.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will live near Lisbon, 20 min to city centre using public transportation, in a 2-bedroom house. The rent and house expenses (gas, water, internet, and electricity) are paid by CAIS.
The volunteers will receive a monthly pocket money (150€) and food allowance (150€) for food expenses. Adding to this, CAIS will pay the total coast for public transportation (40€/month).
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteers will have training tailormade to their need. In CAIS, they will receive training in Portuguese. During the execution of the project, the volunteers will have the opportunity to attend soft skills development workshops, using Non-Formal Education as a Methodology. Also, they will attend an On-Arrival Training and a Mid-Term Training during this experience (mandatory by the ESC Program and delivered by the Portuguese NA). During the experience, volunteers will have a close contact with their mentor and with CAIS staff, to develop their own personal projects and fill the youthpass.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: CAIS is looking for 2 volunteers that want to learn how to use sports as a tool for social and life skills development with young people with social disadvantages. We’re are looking for volunteers that believe in the power of Non-Formal Education as a tool to intervene with the participants and believe that sports, in this case street football, is a great vehicle to use and improve soft skills that will be crucial for the future of this beneficiaries.These volunteers have to be capable to help with all the logistics of the tournaments.
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/01/2023
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.