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ESC: Help homeless people in Finland as a volunteer in Blue Ribbon Found.

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About the project

ESC: Help homeless people in Finland as a volunteer in Blue Ribbon Found.

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteers of Sininauhasäätiö have a priceless value in our homeless´ people's everyday life by giving their unconditional love and time. Do you want to help the unfortunate ones, while gaining essential work experience and new contacts to your network? Join Sininauhasäätiö´s volunteers. Sininauhasäätiö offers various kinds of volunteer work tasks among the homeless, immigrants, or the otherwise disadvantaged ones. We are looking for 2 volunteers for the practical work with our customers and 2 office workers for the fundraising. Practical work volunteer works in a shelters for homeless people, in supported housing units and organizes free time activities for our customers. Office work volunteers helps in a social media tasks, writes blogs, fundraising tasks and campaigns and learn project- and marketing work in practise.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers live in a rented flat in Helsinki with room mates. Shared bathroom and kitchen. / Family accomodation. Food money is paid to S-group card which you can use for supermarkets or restaurants.Volunteer gets the city card for public transportation inside Helsinki.

🎒 Leisure activities

Volunteer gets introduction to the work during the first days and also on arrival- and midterm training. Monthly meetings for volunteer are offered and two refreshing days for volunteers twice in a year. Mentor will be in touch regularily.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: For practical work volunteer should have will to help people in a weak situation. Positive attitude and open mind for learning new! For office work: Marketing skills or interest are big bonus, social media skills, writing skills, brave and unyielding character big plus! Positive attitude for life needed:)
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/07/2023

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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📅 Available sessions

FI35758

01/09/2023 → 31/08/2024

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 31/07/2023

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Elimäenkatu 5, 00510 Helsinki, Finland

Finland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 22:12 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Finnish