ESC: Volunteering in Lyhty/Art and textile workshop Luovilla
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Finland
European Voluntary Service
Social work
Culture
European Voluntary Service
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About the project
ESC: Volunteering in Lyhty/Art and textile workshop Luovilla
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Lyhty ry is a non-profit association founded in 1993. Lyhty ry's ethical goal is to promote the well-being of developmentally disabled individuals, their families, and the whole society. Lyhty ry organises accommodation and housing services, a learning environment for young adults, inclusive work and day activities in textile, outdoors, culture, café, media, music and general workshops, events, and cultural and recreational activities. Lyhty ry examines and modifies its activities in order to reach its ethical goal, and is therefore an innovative and active participant in social development. Lyhty has received approximately three volunteers per year for over 20 years. We expanded our volunteering programme in 2020 by receiving 10 volunteers every year from all over Europe through the European Solidarity Corps programme. The aim of Lyhty's volunteer project is to improve the status of developmentally disabled people in our society, promote understanding and solidarity between different cultures, and offer the volunteer an opportunity to learn about care work. Working with Lyhty often affects your value system and might clarify your future plans. Many volunteers become interested in care work, particularly in the field of developmental disabilities. Here is a link about volunteering in Lyhty Assosiation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0jLoip_eVs
💼 What the programme involves
We are looking for a volunteer for an art and textile workshop. Lyhty's Textile Workshop Luovilla was founded in 1994. Luovilla is located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Since August 2018, Luovilla has 12 adults with intellectual disabilities. Luovilla's activities are guided by the workshop's individual resources and creativity-based way of working, as well as the need to express themselves through crafts or other arts. In Luovilla, the workshops design and produce handicraft products and artworks with the help of cultural directors for sales and exhibitions. Luovilla has the opportunity to practice professional skills such as craft, textile designer, salesman and visualist. The workshop also makes it possible to practice life skills. Luovilla provides an enabling environment to develop craft skills based on one's own strengths. The role of the volunteer is to support and assist the workshop clients with the tutors. Working hours between 9-16 from Mon-Friday.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will receive every month money for food and gets meals from Lyhty. Volunteer will have a room in a shared accommodation with other young volunteers. The accommodation will be fully equipped and electricity, water, gas will be covered by the hosting organization. The volunteer works 35 hours on 5 days per week from monday till friday. There is an entitlement to holidays for 2 days per month, altogether holidays days that can be taken after consulting with the Lyhty team. Volunteer gets the buss card from Lyhty.
Ask for more information: [email protected]
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteers will have a mentor working with him/her trough the year. Volunteers will meet other volunteers every month in group meetings with the project coordinator. Volunteers have private meetings also regularly with the project coordinator. The volunteer needs to do the hygienia test in the beginning of the year. We also give information about first aid. The volunteer will get 150 euros to do the finnish language course in Finland. Watch our Youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0jLoip_eVs
See our Instagram page!
https://www.instagram.com/luovilla/?hl=fi
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Good social skills and motivation to work with people with special needs are important. The work can be dynamic at times and requires such mentality. It is important to have the motivation to learn Finnish language. The participants have learned e.g. the following things. Responsibility, guidance, the field of developmental disability, equality, organization, organization of activities, language skills, cultural knowledge, dignity, resilience to pressure, flexibility, social and health care, cooking, cleaning and housekeeping etc Interest in and knowledge of crafts is considered an advantage.
Deadline: Application deadline: 30/11/2023
Deadline: Application deadline: 30/11/2023
ℹ️ Additional information
The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
- Training before and after the project
- Health insurance during your project
- round-trip travel reimbursement
- accommodation and food
- pocket money
- language course
- Return Week-end
- Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport
Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.
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02/01/2024 → 02/01/2025
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Deadline: 30/11/2023
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Päijänteentie 2, 00550 Helsinki, Finland
Finland
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Eastern European Standard Time
Local time: 21:54 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Finnish