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European Solidarity Corps

The power of together

Youth activities in rural areas

Comité UFCV de la Loire

Comité Ufcv de la Loire

Saint-Etienne, France

Description

The activity takes place in Saint-Christo-en-Jarez. The volunteer will play an important role in the experimentation of intercultural encounters. They will be asked to work based on their skills, personality, and ideas. Volunteers will need to integrate into an animation team in a leisure center, using tools and methods of non-formal education. Pragmatically, this project is envisioned as follows: Socio-cultural activities for leisure centers with the public (6-10 years old) and animation with teenagers, Workshops on digital tools, Fablab workshop, Information and promotion of the ESC.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

The volunteer will share the flat with another volunteer and she/he will have his own room. The flat is in Saint-Etienne. It is equipped with a fridge, a gas stove, a washing machine, a microwave. The volunteer will by himself. The money will be given at the beginning of each month for the purchase of food in addition of pocket money. And he will have an unlimited transit pass to move in Saint-Etienne. The activity is bases in a village nearby.

Training during the activity

During the first months, the volunteer will have French class. The volunteer will participate to the on-arrival and midterm training organized by National Agency. All project long, the volunteer will participate to different trainings, as SDG's training, as Education for Citizenship and International Solidarity's training.

Participant profile

Our project is voluntarily generally so that the volunteer can appropriate it, adapt it to its own person, bring its ideas and flourish fully. It is crucial that the volunteer is interested in working with children and adolescents, but also through teamwork. The volunteer will be a period in immersion in center of recreation with a team of professional animators and will have to participate or even to animate a group of children. He/she must be open-minded and adaptable. Please, send your application to sve@ufcv-loire.fr (CV and cover letter)


Activity dates

From 01/03/2025 to 31/07/2025


Activity location

Saint-Etienne, France


Activity type

Individual volunteering


Looking for participants from

Italy, Portugal, Spain


Activity topics

Social challenges

Citizenship and democratic participation

Creativity and culture


Deadline for applications

No application deadline