🏢 About the local organisation
NGO Youth Club Active is a mobile youth organization, which was created with support of the Youth Center Vihasoo, which is working since 1994 in the field of youth work in Tallinn, Estonia. We involve the youth from the age of 11 and provide variety of activities for self-development.
The role of our organization is to promote non-formal education, to involve youngsters in different social activities on local and international levels.
We coordinate our main activities in 5 different fields:
• PROJECTS
• VOLUNTEERING
• NON-FORMAL LEARNING EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, FORUM THEATRE,
HUMAN LIBRARY, YOUTH FORUMS, TRAININGS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS ETC.
• CAMPS
• YOUTH LABOUR MARKET
The main activities or topics are making the effective involvement in: youth cultures (theatre, music, dance, art), organizing workshops and entertainment for youngsters (Flash mob, forum-theatre, different types of games), media and communication – intercultural learning through international projects, especially with the support of the Erasmus+ programme (Youth Initiatives, Youth Exchanges, Training courses, individual volunteering projects). Often our activities are in cooperation with municipalities or cultural, social, volunteer organizations.
We are used to work with support of local and international funds, to conduct different events, entertainment, youth forums, seminars and trainings.
NGO Youth Club Active has been accredited since 2015 for hosting, coordinating and sending, which allows us to organize individual volunteering projects in frames of the Erasmus+ programme (Youth in Action) - now Solidarity Corps programme.
The main goals of organization are:
* To support youth initiative (help in the process from idea to realization)
* To increase self-empowerment and self-esteem among youth
* To involve young people to be an active part of Erasmus+ programme (Youth in Action/Solidarity Corps) and other local and international projects and opportunities for youngsters and youth workers.
MISSION:
To support youth formation in active citizenship
Objectives:
* To increase sense of initiative and entrepreneurship among youth
* To recognize non-formal learning methods and impact
* To enhance employability and improve career aspects
* To involve youth in local and international projects
* To support tolerant ways of thinking among young people
* To support the cooperation in the field of youth work both within Europe and outside, as well as in own country, city, region
* To facilitate cooperation between young people from different countries
* To provide different activities for youngsters according their interests and needs
💼 What the programme involves
ENGAGE IN AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY ABROAD AND VOLUNTEER WITH A LOCAL YOUTH CLUB IN ESTONIA FOR 12 MONTHS.
MAIN VOLUNTEER TASKS:
WORKING WITH YOUNGSTER AND CHILDREN IN THE LOCAL YOUTH CLUB (NGO YOUTH CLUB ACTIVE) IN TALLINN.
ORGANISING, LEADING AND TAKING PART IN VARIOUS PROJECTS, WORKSHOPS, EVENTS AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES TOGETHER WITH YOUNGSTERS, ENGAGING IN CAMPS DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, TEACHING ENGLISH TO LOCAL YOUTH AND COMMUNITY.
🏠 Accommodation on site
ACCOMMODATION: VOLUNTEERS WILL LIVE IN SHARED ACCOMMODATION WITH OTHER VOLUNTEERS IN TALLINN. EACH VOLUNTEER WILL HAVE THEIR OWN BEDROOM, BUT WILL SHARE BATHROOMS AND OTHER COMMON AREAS SUCH AS THE KITCHEN,LIVING ROOM AND DINING ROOM ETC.THE HOST ORGANISATION WILL PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY EQUIPMENT SUCH AS FURNITURE, BEDDING, WIFI ETC.
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.