📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Council of Fromista is a public Administration that is at the service of everyone, regardless of age or sex. Frómista is a small town which works in favor of rural development in order to improve the standard of living of its inhabitants and the region. It tries to promote youth participation carrying out many actions aimed to various areas of action, it seeks to raise awareness among the youngest promises and does not forget the elderly, trying their full integration into society and helping with this problems that have been suffering for years. In addition, it approaches different topics, trying to bring Europe closer to Frómista through the European voluntary service, through the tourism in order to coexist with different cultures and traditions. Frómista is a very special village, strategically located in the middle of the St James's Way (between the Pyrenees and Santiago de Compostela). Everyone must have the same rights and equal opportunities, even if you live in the rural environment, that is why it is very necessary to develop projects that try to promote our heritage and culture, which has an approach to Europe and so produce a continued feed-back of communication and cultural diversity. The nowadays youth are the present and the future, they must be well educated, open minded, with a strong view to Europe.
💼 What the programme involves
The Council of Fromista is a public Administration that is at the service of everyone. Frómista is a small town that works in favor of rural development in order to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants and the region. It tries to promote youth participation carrying out many actions directed at various areas of action as it is free time, training courses, culture, employment, sport, etc. In addition, it approaches different topics, trying to bring Europe closer to Frómista in order to coexist with different cultures and traditions. One is through the European voluntary service and the other one through tourism. Frómista is a very special village, strategically located in the middle of the Road to Santiago.
The tasks of the volunteer will be focused in the Tourist Office, in the Culture House that is a Library and a Cibercenter. He/she also will carry out a group activity in the Old People’s Home and in the Summer School during the Summer.
🏠 Accommodation on site
He/she will live in a house with 2 other volunteers from France and German. He/she will have a single room with all facilities. Sharing the living room, kitchen and bathroom. Is not necessary to bring household items. He/she also will have free Internet in his home.
The volunteer will receive, at the end of each month 350 € as maintenance expenses and pocket money.
The Council will pay the travel expenses of the volunteer. In the village is not necessary to take any transport. The city is not so far , only 30 km and it is well communicated by train and bus.
🎒 Leisure activities
The project will be carried out, in general character, 5 days a week in the morning and in the afternoon (from Monday till Friday, including the linguistic formation).
The volunteer will have Spanish Class during the firsts months (it depends on their level) with a personal teacher, he/she also will have linguistic formation with the online course OLS during their activity.
He/she will learn a program about the Library Absysnet CYL. And skills to work in the tourism, culture, etc .
He/she will learn new skills in order to improve their knowledge and life.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: We prefer volunteers who are very motivated for living in a rural area. They will help in different areas for this reason if they have skills to work with children or old people is much better.But not necesary. If they speak Spanish or English their adaptation will be faster.
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.