📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
WOW Sport was established 2011 with one main aim - development and transfer of innovative multilayer programs in the sector of physical activity for well-being and health.
The major priorities of our organizations are:
- Promoting sport and PA as a way of being healthy - both mind and body;
- To encourage people to be socially responsible and to work towards creating a healthy and responsible society.
- To create opportunities for young people to acquire needed life skills (team work, leadership, decision taking, and creativity) through sport;
- To transfer good European practices in the Bulgarian context.
As a national organization for alternative sport for all, BG Be Active (formally known as WOW Sport) has been at the forefront of development and implementation of activities of specific European relevance. This can be seen by our European week of sport and physical activities coordination efforts and as a reliable partner and financial beneficiary of International Sports and Culture association for example:
• BGBAA has successfully coordinated the European Week of Sport and Physical Activity in Plovdiv and Bulgaria in two consecutive years - 2012 and 2013;
• BGBAA has successfully managed the EYF youth project "SETYL" - Social entrepreneurship implemented in the city of Plovdiv;
• BGBAA has successfully delivered 2 projects - one through the Youth in Action Projects, and one trough the Norwegian grants program.
All of our initiatives aim to promote innovative approaches and strengthen the HEPA (health enhancing physical activity) sector in Bulgaria. The coordination of MOVE Week in Bulgaria is the most recent and best example of BGBAA's on-going efforts in this field.
💼 What the programme involves
We would like to invite 1 young person who is up to the challenge of activating communities and prompting behavioural change in kids, teens, adults in Bulgaria. As our activities are quite versatile and diverse, we will need your assistance in our national campaigns:
1) NowWeMOVE - together with us and with the help of local volunteers you will be planning and organizing active games, dance classes, workouts and education events to make kids, youngsters and adults active.
2) Spot Bulgaria - for this project you need to be motivated to work on the field with various manual instruments and to assist different cultural events for them to be conducted in an environmentally sustainable way. As the initiative includes 6 partner cities, you will be travelling in Bulgaria to support our partners.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation: The volunteer will be hosted in a three room apartment in the city centre with each volunteer having their own room with common kitchen and bathroom.
Pocket and food money: The volunteer will receive, based on the project grant, pocket money and an additional amount for food (150 EUR)
Transport: The office and apartment are located within walking distance (due to the current pandemic, we work from home as well)
Visa: We also encourage motivated youngsters from the non-EU countries to apply for the project, and we are ready to cover visa-related expenses.
🎒 Leisure activities
The trainings will involve:
1) ESC programme trainings organised by Bulgarian National Agency: on-arrival training, midterm evaluation training;
2) Language support: Bulgarian language course;
3) We offer free conditioning trainings in our partner gym to improve health and stay in form;
4) Additional trainings depending on our ongoing activities (if relevant) - education through sport, community well-being, environment.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: We are looking for motivated young people who believe in importance of physical activity for health, and who are ready to promote responsible attitude towards environment in Bulgarian communities. Young people should be interested in learning Bulgarian, open to communication with people, and ready to learn from us and share experience with us. Skills in communication, social media, photo and video making are an asset. When applying, please make sure to have your CV and motivation letter stating why these topics interest you and why you would like to volunteer SPECIFICALLY in our organisation
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/05/2021
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.