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ESC: Let's create a space for relaxation: inclusion and interaction!

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About the project

ESC: Let's create a space for relaxation: inclusion and interaction!

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Concordia is a French non-governmental and non-profit making organization, founded in 1950 with the aim to promote international exchanges of young volunteers. Concordia's objectives are : - To contribute to the social life of communities through bringing together volunteers from different countries/regions and backgrounds ; - To facilitate European and international mobility and exchange of ideas, through international exchanges in order to develop knowledge, mutual understanding and peace. - To promote an educative project, encouraging an active citizenship of people for a democratic, united and participatory society. Concordia is a member of the Alliance of European voluntary service organizations, of the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS –UNESCO), of the National Committee of Youth and Popular Education, and of Cotravaux (Coordination of French Voluntary Work organisations). Concordia has the approval of the French Ministry of Youth and Sports. Concordia has its headquarters in Paris and eleven regional delegations, including the Auvergne delegation, located in Clermont-Ferrand, coordinating projects in all Auvergne territory, including : - Organizing international volunteers workcamps ; - Sending, hosting and coordinating European Solidarity Corps projects ; - Working within the framework of the French Civic Service program ; - Organizing Youth Exchanges and Mobility of Youth Workers projects.

💼 What the programme involves

Meet children and teenagers who are invisible in our society. Together, break down the barriers of disability and enjoy an enriching human experience! You will be welcomed at the Institut Médico-Educatif (IME) Jean-Louis Pirel, located in the small town of Veyre-Monton. This institute takes in children and teenagers with intellectual disabilities. You will be working alongside them and their educators throughout the project. Your aim will be to create a space for relaxation and interaction for the teenagers and young adults at the IMPro. To do this, you'll be building a wooden deck as well as wooden modules of various sizes so that the young people can sit down, rest or play board games. You will spend around thirty hours a week on this project. Working alongside a technical coordinator, you'll be able to learn or improve your tool handling skills and take part in a range of manual tasks.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will be accompanied by two camp leaders throughout your stay. You will be accommodated in a tent in the neighbouring commune of Les Martres-de-Veyre, with access to sanitary facilities and showers nearby. You'll have access to a multi-purpose room with kitchen facilities for meals and relaxation. The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the preparation of meals, prioritising products from the market and local producers.

🎒 Leisure activities

-Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn or improve their tool handling skills by working on the construction of a wooden deck and wooden modules. This may include learning the safe handling of power and hand tools, as well as wood construction techniques. -Inclusion and Awareness: Working alongside children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities offers a unique opportunity to understand the challenges they face and learn strategies to support their social inclusion. Volunteers will develop increased sensitivity to the needs of people with disabilities

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Participants should be interested in manual labor and construction, have a genuine empathy for individuals with intellectual disabilities and a compassionate attitude towards supporting their needs, and should be willing to live and work collaboratively towards common goals.
Deadline: Application deadline: 01/07/2024

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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📅 Available sessions

FR40114

12/07/2024 → 26/07/2024

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 01/07/2024

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

63960 Veyre-Monton, France

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:10 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English French