Aply for any of thise proposal to: evsoradea@yahoo.com
26 NOV 2008 Depaul Trust Northern Ireland is a charity who works with homeless and other marginalized groups. We have two hosting projects in Belfast and seek 4 motivated volunteers in total.
Stella Maris Homeless People Project 2008-GB-52
Deadline: 1st February
Volunteer Application Deadline: 9th January
Activity Starts: August 2009
Duration: 10 months
Project: A residential homeless hostel for adults with alcohol addiction. Residents can consume alcohol on the premises under the ethos of Harm Minimization. Residents may have mental and physical health problems.
Volunteers: Two patient and motivated volunteers required for organizing and initiating activities in the hostel. For example games, photography, arts and crafts. Our residents do have addiction problems so volunteers may face challenges such as apathy and working with people with low self esteem.
The Homeless Families Project 2007-GB-118
Deadline: 1st February
Volunteer Application Deadline: 9th January
Activity Starts: August 2009
Duration: 10 months
Project: Two residential hostels for homeless families. Residents may have suffered from family breakup, domestic violence or displacement. Parents may be very young themselves and have little life experience.
Volunteers: Two patient and motivated volunteers required for organizing and initiating activities in the hostel for parents and their children (ages can range from babies upwards). Residents live in their own self contained flats so volunteers are required to provide activities to encourage residents to socialize and gain new experiences. Activities could include - playgroup, DVD nights, quizzes, organizing trips to the local park, basic cookery demonstrations.
We do work with challenging people so please advise all interested volunteers to read our project information carefully.
For further information please feel free to email at evsoradea@yahoo.com
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31 OCTOBER 2008 REACH Across is a youth project based in Northern Ireland. The aim of our organisation is to create friendships and trust between young Catholics and Protestants through a programme of training courses, outdoor activities, international projects etc.
We are seeking partners for 2 youth exchanges during July and August 2009.
Our target countries are Croatia, Italy, Czech Republic, Poland and portugal, but we would welcome partners from other countries.
In N. Ireland our host programme will include activities such as canoeing, ice-skating, adventure course, mini olympics etc as well as cultural visits to our Parliament and education centres that tell the story of our past conflicts.
Our members are aged 14-17yrs old (male and female) and our exchanges take place for 10 days in each country.
If you would like more information, please contact Barney Mc Guigan (Youth Co-ordinator) on 00 44 28 71 280048 or e-mail evsoradea@yahoo.com
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8 OCTOBER 2008 VSI is recruiting 2 EVS volunteers for the 1st November 2008 deadline (Volunteer Dates Mid February - Mid December 2009) Reference: 2007-IE-18
The International Volunteer Projects Programme volunteer will work with volunteers from Ireland going abroad to participate in international volunteer projects and international volunteers coming to work on short-term projects in Ireland. S/he will place volunteers on projects and liaise with other SCI branches and partner organisations. S/he will help the International Volunteer Projects Team to prepare and evaluate volunteers from Ireland going abroad on international volunteer projects. The volunteer will work with partner organisations in Ireland on arranging volunteer projects for international volunteers. S/he will meet international volunteers on projects in various parts of Ireland, introducing the volunteers to the projects and helping to evaluate the projects with the International Volunteer Projects Team. The volunteer will also work on publicity for VSI, such as attending stalls at college/ university fairs. The volunteer will take part in a short-term volunteer project (workcamp) in Ireland. The volunteer will help to arrange Volunteer Weekends in Ireland with partner organisations. They may also be involved in organising publicity and social events.
The Youth Programme volunteer will work with the staff team under the supervision of the Youth Programme Coordinator. S/he will work alongside a team of volunteers and youth leaders to enable young people from disadvantaged areas and backgrounds to take part in voluntary work projects in Ireland and in other European countries (in the framework of YUWG). The young participants (16 +) are offered opportunities to learn new skills and meet people from different cultures and religions, the young people can learn to recognise and develop their own skills and talents. The volunteer will meet with the young people in their centres, will help to organise Information and Preparation programmes for the young people including Volunteer Days, weekend workshops, helping them with practical things for example getting passports, access to basic language training etc. The volunteer will also follow up with participants who have taken part in the programme in previous years.
Voluntary Service International (VSI) is the Irish branch of Service Civil International (SCI). We would like the volunteers to have an interest in peace, social justice, equality and the environment. The volunteers will need to be friendly, sociable and must enjoy meeting lots of new people.
A certain level of both spoken and written English is required for speaking with the public, giving presentations, writing emails, dealing with volunteers' applications etc. Computer skills are required to send emails, use the database and type-up reports and evaluations etc.
This is an EVS placement and all the criteria for this programme applies. As our office is situated on the 2nd floor we cannot accommodate wheelchair users or those with certain mobility disabilities.
Deadline for applications: 14 October 2008
