CLIVE - Combating Loneliness & Isolation with Volunteers in Europe
CENTRE EUROPEEN DU VOLONTARIAT
Centre for European Volunteering (CEV)
Antwerp, Belgium
Description
Combating Loneliness & Isolation with Volunteers in Europe (CLIVE) is a project funded by the European Solidarity Corps Programme that aims to combat the increasing loneliness that has emerged as a result of Covid lockdowns. Through combatting this loneliness, CLIVE aims to reverse the negative effects that prolonged isolation has had on social cohesion and people’s mental health. The project specifically aims to reverse this trend among groups who have been most affected by lockdown loneliness. The project will positively affect the lives of the target groups as in their mental health as well as their social cohesion, lead to target groups experiencing new connections and forming positive social relationships, lead to target groups being able to identify their negative feelings and situations as well as knowing how to resolve them and boost social cohesion by integrating the target groups into the wider community.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
The volunteers will stay in a big house with 15 shared rooms (https://berkelhoeve.elegast.be/) and will experience a close contact with nature as it’s surrounded by nature. From monday to friday the volunteers will share rooms in the house divided by gender and from friday to sunday they will camp in the gardens of the property. The house will host volunteers from this project and also from others so the multicultural experience and respect will be one of the priorities. The house has common spaces to organise board games, workshops and activities. The building has a kitchen for cooking
Training during the activity
All the participants will be part of a pre-departure meeting where they will receive general information about the activities and things that they need to prepare before coming to Belgium. Along the two weeks the participants will receive training and support from experts in the subject in order to support them to volunteer with knowledge, practice and a purpose. All the volunteers will receive a “Future opportunities” session in the last days with the purpose of helping them in their professional and personal paths promoting more volunteering, training, working and personal growth.
Participant profile
We are searching for someone who can work in a team, previous work experience and qualifications may be useful but not necessary. We are looking for proactive, motivated, empathic, creative people with good communication skills. YOU SHOULD be interested in working in a voluntary field and have interests in UN Sustainable Development Goals. The project is open to fewer opportunities profiles (shorturl.at/dfrvw), ukrainian refugees and people with autism, if you consider yourself in these categories indicate it in the motivation letter.
Activity dates
From 05/06/2023 to 20/06/2023
Activity location
Antwerp, Belgium
Volunteering teams
Looking for participants from
Belgium, Spain, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal
Activity topics
Health and wellbeing
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 18/05/2023 23:59