📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The main task of the volunteer is to accompany the users during different free time daily activities scheduled by the center, for example zumba,Internet,games,regional dances,cooking workshops,karaoke,sports activities,gymnastics,hand crafts,theater etc.
Activities takes place from Tuesday to Saturday from 4 pm to 9 pm. The volunteer gets the chance to organize
special events like Winter Festival, San Valentine's Day, Holiday Programme, Summer Camps, weekend activities in a hostel, sports events, festivals to celebrate Cantabria Day and seminars about volunteering. In addition, she/he collaborates with other organizations or training centers like Asociación Ser Joven in order to manage workshops, summer and work camps,educational activities (like "La Noche es Joven'' in Santander), meetings and seminars to promote ESC and European projects. All these aspects involve the volunteer in a personal and professional way with the aim to develop his/her
skills, especially the creative ones.
🏠 Accommodation on site
- Accommodation (shared room in a shared flat with
other ESC volunteers) with internet WIFI
- local transportation (travel card)
- monthly pocket money (150 euro), food money (150
euro)
- mentor
- online Spanish Language Course for foreigners;
- opportunity to carry out a personal project.
🎒 Leisure activities
At the beginning of the project, the volunteer follows a
special training course run by professionals working with
AMPROS, in which she/he is going to learn:
- the history, aims and functioning of AMPROS as an
institution and the different offered services;
- the meaning and importance of the voluntary work;
- techniques of accompaniment to people with
intellectual and developmental disabilities; ;
- types of disabilities
- Training about Asociación Ser Joven, aims,
programmes.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: - Any person who is ready to devote his/her free time in
the benefit of the people with intellectual and
developmental disabilities in an altruistic way and
whose physical and mental condition is compatible
with project duties; i.e.
- a person with no mobility problems and motivated
enough (sometimes, the project activities can seem
routine),
- flexible, with sense of iniciative
- Moreover, the volunteer should be ready to live in a
shared room with other European voluntee
Deadline: No application deadline
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.