ESC: VOLUNTEER IN COPEDECO

Copedeco (Cooperativa para el Desarrollo Comunitario) is a non-profit cooperative of social initiative. It has been working since 1989 in the field of social intervention, developing projects whose main objective is the integral development and improvement of the quality of life of people at risk of social exclusion. The values that support our initiative are: - To generate wealth valued in economic and social terms. - To create appropriate conditions to promote social and community development processes. - To ensure that our actions come from the reality of the people and from the perspective of their location in a particular territory. - To base our strategy on cooperation (social and economic) and on the principles of solidarity and sustainable economic development. - To encourage the promotion, training, integration and improvement of the quality of life of our employees, as they are the main capital of the organization. These values are delimited by the conceptual framework for the development of the organization: voluntary and open membership, democratic management, economic participation of members, autonomy and independence, education-training-information, cooperation and interest in the community. The groups we work with are: - Children and young people: within projects focused on leisure time, socio-educational activities, school support, risk behavior prevention programmes, university volunteering, work promotion, international exchanges, etc. - Families: within social and family intervention projects, training support, schools for parents, positive parenting programmes, educational guidance and counselling. - Women: through courses and workshops on health (healthy eating, physical activity, medical care for women, etc.), leisure time, personal growth and development. - Elderly: developing workshops on memory training, positive thinking, tai-chi, Rondalla and choral music. We also work with all these groups in the area of health, promoting healthy habits and healthy lifestyles through the prevention of drug use, healthy eating, the practice of physical activities, among others. Although Copedeco's headquarters are in Alcantarilla, the projects are developed mainly in the municipalities of Murcia and Alcantarilla.