ESC: True link - Solidarity with the elderly
Code: 37671 Copied
France
European Voluntary Service
Social work
European Voluntary Service
Social work
Fixed dates
About the project
ESC: True link - Solidarity with the elderly
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Unis-Cité is a non-profit organization founded in 1994 to encourage the concrete commitment of young people to fight against inequalities, racism and exclusion, and thus develop living together. Unis-Cité has been working to promote voluntary service for young people aged 16 to 25 (30 years for young people with disabilities), so that it becomes natural, whatever their background, to dedicate a stage of their life to solidarity and thus contribute to the emergence of a society of responsible and united individuals, aware of their own role in building the society of tomorrow, alongside associations, public actors and businesses.
In Saint-Etienne, the organization is located near the city center. We host between 40 and 50 french volunteers each years in voluntary service. They can invest themselves in it for 6 to 8 months, full-time, in teams, within the framework of the French Civic Service, while benefiting from a training course, an allowance, an insurance and recognition which then facilitates their integration. This experience provides young people with a basis for acquiring the skills and codes of living together and promotes concrete learning about diversity.
💼 What the programme involves
The mission takes place at Unis-Cité Loire in Saint-Etienne. You will be part of an 8 members youth group with french volunteers working in pairs for a project called Solidarité Sénior. The goal of the project is to combat the isolation of elderly people. On Mondays, you will have time for personal or administrative tasks and appointments. From Tuesday, Thursday and Friday you will be working with isolated elderly people at home. One day per week you will mostly have meetings, activities and formations with the other members of the group. Your main mission is to create social bonding. The project is imagined as follows : Organizing events, games, short outdoor trips Collect memories and testimonials in order to keep track and share the life experience of the users. Organize digital workshopsDevelop social life between the elderly people. Additionally, the volunteer can be proactive and develop the content of his mission by creating animations from scratch.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will share the flat with 3 other European volunteers in different Unis-Cité projects and he/she will have his/her own room. The flat is in Saint-Etienne. It is equipped with a fridge, a stove, a washing machine, a microwave and internet. The money will be given at the beginning of each month for the purchase of food in addition of pocket money. And he/she will have an unlimited transit pass to move in Saint-Etienne.
🎒 Leisure activities
Between October and December the volunteers will have 2 hours of french classes per week. The volunteer will participate to the on-arrival and midterm training organized by National Agency. All project long, the volunteer will participate to different trainings, as SDG's training, as Education for Citizenship and International Solidarity's training, etc... For this project especially, the volunteer will have trainings about elderly people. During his project the volunteer will participate to 3 weeks of integration with all other volunteers hosted by Unis-Cité.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Our project is deliberately general so that the volunteer can appropriate, adapt it to his own person, bring his ideas and flourish fully. It is crucial that the volunteer is interested in working with elder people, but also in teamwork. The volunteer will be immersed with a team of professional and will have to participate or even animate a group of elder people. He must be open-minded and adaptable.
Deadline: No application deadline
Deadline: No application deadline
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 ?
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.
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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FR37671
01/10/2023 → 30/09/2024
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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
Saint-Étienne, France
France
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 21:05 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
French