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ESC: Unity in culture diversity

Code: 39938 Copied

France European Voluntary Service Social work Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +1 Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: Unity in culture diversity

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

La MJC organise des activités à caractère ludiques socioculturelles, socio-éducatives et sportives pour un public large d’enfants, de jeunes et d’adultes, des centres de loisirs pour les enfants et les jeunes et gère une base de loisirs sur un plan d’eau. Les adhérents sont environ de 1500. Toutes les activités sont mises en œuvre dans le souci de promouvoir les valeurs d'éducation populaire. Le secteur jeunesse constitue un axe de travail d’autant plus important que le public jeune nécessite, pour le toucher, de diversifier les propositions et les démarches de projets. L’association est engagée dans le dispositif Erasmus + depuis 2000 et a accueilli 27 volontaires dans le cadre de multiples projets. Elle accompagne des jeunes à l’envoi et accueille régulièrement les jeunes désireux de s’informer sur le programme, les aident à faire aboutir leurs recherches et participe par des actions ponctuelles et en partenariat à la mise en valeur du programme auprès de jeunes sur le temps scolaire et extra scolaire. La MJC met en œuvre ses actions grâce à l’investissement des bénévoles et salariés de l'association. L’accueil de volontaires a fortement impacté le fonctionnement des équipes d’animation ainsi que des bénévoles de la structure et a permis d’intégrer de façon concrète la notion de citoyenneté européenne. Cette démarche et inscrite dans le projet de structure comme un axe de développement porté par l’association. The MJC organises socio-cultural, socio-educational and sports activities for a wide range of children, young people and adults, leisure centres for children and young people and manages a leisure centre on a lake. There are about 1500 members. All the activities are implemented with a view to promoting the values of popular education. The youth sector is an especially important area of work, as the young public needs to be reached by diversifying the proposals and project approaches. The association has been involved in the Erasmus + scheme since 2000 and has hosted 27 volunteers in the framework of multiple projects. It accompanies young people to the sending and regularly welcomes young people wishing to learn about the programme, helps them to complete their research and participates in specific actions and in partnership to promote the programme to young people during school and extra-curricular time. The MJC implements its actions thanks to the investment of the association's volunteers and employees. The hosting of volunteers has had a strong impact on the functioning of the organisation's activity teams and volunteers, and has enabled the notion of European citizenship to be integrated in a concrete way. This approach is included in the structure's project as a development axis supported by the association.

💼 What the programme involves

Support in leisure centers – preparation and organization of the activities for children; Assistance in preparing the association’s events (dance, games, youth development, etc.); Organization of language workshops, expositions, meetings and games about volunteers’ countries; Creation of activities corresponding with volunteers’ interests (sport, music, photography, languages, multimedia, literature, theatre, journalism, etc.); Animation of informal activities in cooperation with the local institutions, like CREAN Europe Direct; Animation of European Club in schools; Development of projects to connect young people from Vire with young people from twinned cities and/or other European cities; To invest migrant or refugee families in cultural projects that promote their know-how.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteers will live together in a flat, based in Vire-Normandie, which is close to our organisation. organisation. Each volunteer will have a bedroom and a shared bathroom, kitchen and living room. (three bedrooms, with a living room, a fitted kitchen, a bathroom and a toilet), in a residence located in the heart of the city. residence located in the heart of the city. Volunteers will also have a discount card for the train. There is a direct train service to Paris. Volunteers will receive money for food and pocket money.

🎒 Leisure activities

All volunteers can improve their specific competences by working with young people. We offer the possibility to develop personal projects such as exchanges, events, seminaries, workshops, etc. with our team’s support. Thanks to this experience, volunteers can develop their personal potential by turning ideas into action. We would like to experiment with different methods of informal education and to cooperate with local communities.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Volunteers should be motivated to work with children and youngsters in the context of a non- formal education, as well as they should be creative and open-minded people with artistic and cultural competences. Furthermore, volunteers should be interested in animating people to include them in public and social life. He or she should be able to work in a team, be flexible and independent.
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 ?
  • 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

FR39938

01/09/2024 → 31/08/2025

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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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

1 Rue des Halles, 14500 Vire-Normandie, France

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:32 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English French