📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Houens Odde Spejdercenter is the biggest scout centre in Northern Europe. It is owned by KFUM-Spejderne i Danmark - the biggest scout association in Denmark.. Here the centre provides activities, food and lodging for costumers on training, camps or conferences. The guests at the centre come from schools, kinder gardens, and scout groups. Each year the centre has around 30.000 overnight guests on this account. We also provide activities , food, lodging and facilities for companies on training or conference. Volunteers will be a part of a mix staff between Danish and international permanent and voluntary staff. At our scout centre the volunteers will be doing all sorts of practical work in teams and cooperation with other young people from different cultures and countries. They will be given the possibility to do activities for scouts on scout camps and scout events, and they will be given the possibility to make teambuilding activities for non-scouts at our centre.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers are staying at the centre in a volunteer apartment. There are room for 6 volunteers. You have your own room, but share the living room and kitchen with the other volunteers. The centre provide food and transportation. There are 2 cars that the volunteers can use in their sparetime. There is also public transportation. The centre pays for a part of the transportation.
🎒 Leisure activities
The permanent staff and the voluntary staff will provide a training in all jobs and tasks. There will be a running evaluation with the ESC Coordinator and the staff and the volunteer. There will be a planning meeting 2 a week, where the jobs are planned and divided between the volunteers. Here an introduction to the job will also take place. At lunch time the jobs of the day will also be discussed so you can ask for help if needed.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: You want to work outside all year round. You do not need to have any practical skills in advance, but you want to learn new skills and are ready to come out of your comfort zone. You are interested to work in a scout atmosphere, but you do not have be a scout. You are curious about other cultures and way of living, and are flexiable, open-minded, want to try to be an instructur, like practical work. Having a drivers license is not a must, but a good thing to have, since you will be living on the countryside. Being able to speak English.
Deadline: Application deadline: 01/12/2021
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.