📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The project aims at involving 1 volunteer in activities with frail people such as people with disabilities and disadvantaged. The project wants to: * Enhance participation and engagement in accessible and high quality solidarity activities. * Be actively included in the development of communities, boosting values such as cohesion, solidarity, inclusion and active participation. This will be done by developing accessible opportunities in which young people have the equal possibilities, and they can express their diversity through active participation. * Be involved in social and educational volunteering activities focused on non-formal education methodologies, accompanying young people through training and support to acquire new skills and competences for their future employment but also to express their abilities, passions and interests.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteer is hosted in a rented flat, which is co-housing flat with minor disadvantaged. Volunteer has independent living spaces (kitchen, bathroom, living room, shared sleeping room), sharing corridors, stairs and the garden. Food-money and pocket money: volunteer receives each month a food allowance and a pocket money. Transport arrangements: Malo is connected through bus services to the two main cities of the region: Vicenza and Bassano del Grappa.
🎒 Leisure activities
The project envisions three phases: 1. Before leaving with the pre-departure training in which all the information about the project, the info-kit and the ESC programme, mission and values are provided. The volunteering agreement and the administrative support (flight booking, travel itinerary planning, etc.). are discussed. 2. Once in Italy, volunteers participate to formal and informal training opportunities, and the mentor assures the correct application of the Training and Evaluation Cycle. 3. Back in their countries, volunteers are supported in capitalizing the experience.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Participant has to be: * Interested in the project and its activities, and the opportunity to spend time in Italy. * Interested in volunteerism and solidarity. * Motivated to realize solidarity activities to bring a change at community level contributing to more inclusive cities. * Aware of EU solidarity corps mission, values and principles. * Interested in developing intercultural skills, and promote EU values. * Open-minded and interested in entering in relationships with others. No previous qualifications, educational level, experiences or language knowledge is required.
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.