ESC: Youth 4 Change
Code: 36079 Copied
Portugal
European Voluntary Service
Social work
Environment
Culture
European Voluntary Service
Social work
+2
Fixed dates
About the project
ESC: Youth 4 Change
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Red Cross in Sanguedo is part of the Portuguese Red Cross. Our mission is to provide humanitarian and social assistance, especially to the most vulnerable, preventing and repairing suffering and contributing to the defence of life, health and human dignity, following the fundamental principles of Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Volunteering, Unity and Universality. To do so, we mobilize the “Power of Humanity”, through the generosity of volunteer people (mostly young people), as well as the generosity of donors and partners.
Our main activities are:
-Pre-hospital emergency and transport of non-urgent patients;
-Social support to needy families (e.g. Solidarity shop, to provide the community with clothing, footwear, school and home items; Solidarity market, with the collection and storage of basic food items from donations and preparation of solidarity baskets for subsequent distribution to needy families);
-Therapies in the areas of physical and psychological health (e.g. Psychology consultations, Acupuncture and Chromotherapy, Osteopathy, Life and Business Coaching sessions);
-Recreational and training actions (e.g. Cooking, Creative sewing, Painting, Dramatic expression workshops, etc);
-Local Youth Body Actions, to promote civic participation and social responsibility, namely, developing peer to peer non-formal education, including volunteering activities, in the following interventional areas:
a)Health Promotion and Education:
-Prevention of alcohol and drugs use;
-Promotion of healthy eating habits;
-Prevention of excessive sun exposure.
b)Intervention for Social Inclusion:
-Promotion of social inclusion of children and young people;
-Promotion of gender equality;
-Prevention of bullying;
-Prevention of dating violence.
c)Environmental Education:
-Projects related to recycling;
-Practices within the scope of the preservation of nature, forests and respective ecosystems;
-Prevention of forest fires and other disasters with an environmental impact;
-Monitoring and repair of affected territories.
d)Humanitarian Education:
-Human rights education programs and activities;
-Projects to prevent human trafficking.
e)Employability and Entrepreneurship:
-Peer training in job search;
-Social entrepreneurship and sustainability projects associated with our local structure;
-Local volunteering promotion.
💼 What the programme involves
Youth 4 Change will host 6 volunteers for a period of 11 months. The volunteers will be able to work with the youth community and the seniors. We will change the activities according to the volunteers needs, some of the activities we did on the past were: working on our solidarity market and solidarity store; volunteering at a foster house; at our senior university helping with painting classes, music and pilates; work on a social center with both the senior residents and the kids. Our volunteers also worked on a kennel and on a zoo, helping maintaing the space and at the same time making company and helping the animals. On the environmental field we also did some picking trash actions on beaches and rural spaces in need. They also went to schools and talked about their experience on volunteering and answered some doubts of the students. We aim for the participants to express their individuality and their uniqueness, supporting them all the way through.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accomodation is a house, on the same street of where our organization is located. It is a house with a kitchen, girls berdooms, boy's bedrooms, a bathroom and a shared living room.
🎒 Leisure activities
Access to the Online Learning System of the ESC project, which would allow the volunteer to learn Portuguese during their time in Sanguedo. On arrival training, mid-term training and training near the end of the project (training provided by the NA, usually 5 days long).
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: B2 English level;
Able to start in November;
Actively engaged in volunteering activities and take on responsabilities;
Willingness to be flexible with tasks; ;
Openness to learning new skills;
Enthusiastic and motivated to work on our project's cause;
Able to work on a team and to collaborate;
Interpersonal and communication skills: empathy, active listening, and be able to express themselves clearly and respectfully;
Cultural sensitivity and respect;
Eager to learn, grow and develop new skills, be open to feedback and motivated to continuously improve.
Deadline: Application deadline: 15/09/2023
Deadline: Application deadline: 15/09/2023
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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PT36079
01/11/2023 → 01/10/2024
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Deadline: 15/09/2023
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
R. Padre David Fernandes Coelho, 4505-644 Sanguedo, Portugal
Portugal
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Western European Standard Time
Local time: 21:04 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Portuguese