📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Concordia is an organisation working on non-formal education principles (https://www.concordia.fr/eng). We develop projects on volunteering, international workcamps, european youth exchange and training courses. We also run activities on topics which are very important for us, such as Human Rights education and fight against discriminations. We work on those projects in teams, and give the possibility to young volunteers (French and international) to develop the projects on their own with our partners. It means that the volunteers work together, with our support, and build the activities that they want to build. Volunteers are in the center of our projects. Concordia Normandie Maine is also developing actions for fighting against climate change. You will participate to this activities, for example create and animate a Free zone. Finally, each summer, Concordia organises international workcamps. You could help in the organisation and animation.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will live in a shared flat near to the office. He/she will have his/her own bedroom and share the flat with 2 or 3 more volunteers. Together, volunteers share all the tasks relative to the daily life: cleaning and taking care of the place. The place is next to a tram station; all the facilities are on the neighborhood. The neighborhood is surrounded by a forest, a lake and only 20minutes of tramway far away from the city center. Le Mans is a city with 150 000 inhabitants. The volunteer will get a certain amount of money every months and will manage it him/herself.
🎒 Leisure activities
Concordia Normandie Maine offers training to volunteers in the fields of human rights, ecology, the social and solidarity economy. We train the volunteers in project methodology, meeting facilitation and support them in their professional project. We hold at least one team meeting per week and we attach great importance to ensuring that everyone can find their place. The volunteer will be at the office from Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, with some coffee break and a lunch break. Sometimes, some activities take place during evening or the weekend.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: - Be between 18 and 30 years old - Have a good motivation and a desire to discover another culture - Be comfortable to work with children, teenagers and famiiles, willing to work with young people from different nationalities and religions - Be ready to be challenged and to learn the French language - Wish to work in team with other volunteers from different countries - Be interested by the field of human rights and fighting against discriminations - Be able to work with a computer - Having a good English level
Deadline: No application deadline
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.