📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Asociación Socio-Cultural VerdeSur Alcalá is created by group of people who would like to create a social change in town of Alcala while focusing on the young people and involving the young people to the mobility activities as well as the local socio-cultural activities. The association is supported by the local municipality and it is based on the youth building of Alcala la Real where has a very diverse environment with a great historical trajectory where it can bring too many opportunities for events and social activities for young people.
We work with Erasmus +program,carrying out youth training and exchanges, in addition to promoting socio-cultural and socio-educational activities in our town.
Our Objectives :
- To promote active citizenship and European awareness in Alcala la Real
- To promote the mobility of young people through out Erasmus+ Programme
- To increase the young people’s social participation
- To support the interculturality and cultural diversity in our town
- To promote solidarity between the young people
Our activities are currently in local level in cooperation with the youth branch of Alcala municipality. We have been working hand in hand to promote European Union programmes such as Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps. Our main activities are based on media, art and culture, cultural heritage and rural development. We provided activities for the young people in Alcala la Real concerning personal and social development of young people.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers will involve in the activities of our organisation mainly based on Art and languages, although, they will have a place to practice their own skills concerning to the program that we will develop jointly with the volunteer and Edificio Joven ( Youth Branch ) of Alcala Municipality.
Weekly activities of the volunteer :
-Help social media work of the youth projects of Verdesur
-Take role in implementing English speaking clubs or any other language requested by local community/youth
-Implement workshops with the involvement of young people in Alcala la Real
-Participate and assist in international youth exchanges/training courses/meetings of Verdesur taking place in Alcala la Real
-Help the local youth about their activities taking place in Edificio Joven
-Provide new activities according to the skill-set of the volunteer in Edificio Joven
-Publish online articles about the experiences during volunteering
-Administrative work
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will stay in single/double rooms and will live with 3-4 different volunteers from different countries. There is bathroom, kitchen, kitchen utilities(pots, plates and etc.), living room, washing machine, hot water and heating ( raditors ). You will have unlimited internet connection with Wi-Fi in the house. The volunteers will receive 150 EUR food their food expenses per month. As the city is a small town and it is easy to reach everywhere by walk, there will be no transportation arrangement. Travel costs of the volunteers will be provided according to the program rules.
🎒 Leisure activities
The participants will receive on-arrival training if it is organized by Spanish National Agency during their stay and we will provide language courses and the participants will directly involve in the training and workshops provided by our organisation. For the detailed training opportunities please, look the section under projects : www.verdesur.org
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: We are looking participants who are eager to develop and engage new international projects as well as interested in art, theatre and working with young people. We do not require any special skills though, we expect the volunteer to be eager to work with young people and adults.
For the long-term volunteers, Adequate English knowledge is a plus and knowing Spanish is preferred.
This position is only open to people from the listed countries. If you are not from the country listed, please do not apply.
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.