Fight social isolation thanks to intergenerational links (SouthFrance)
les petits frères des Pauvres
Association Petits Frères des Pauvres
Brignoles, France
Description
1-year project starting in September! Like many young people before you, who had a fantastic experience with our elderly, join our association to be part of this beautiful solidarity chain! Your main goal will be to help elderly who suffer from loneliness and social isolation. How? By visiting them, creating friendships, creating new social events for them, helping them with new technologies... and by participating from A to Z in a new project: creation of a photo exhibition that will highlight their favorite places in Brignoles! You will be part of a team of local volunteers of all ages. We want to allow 1 young European to have a memorable and exciting experience of volunteering within a well-known organization where staff and volunteers work alongside! In France, we are already a solidarity chain of 15 000 local volunteers and 400 staff! But the challenge is huge: in France, 1 older adult out of 4 is isolated... We look foward to welcoming you in France!
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Location of accomodation and mission: Brignoles, in the South of France, in the Green Provence. You will live in a residence for youth, with your own bedroom and shared spaces (kitchen, activity rooms...). The place of the mission is on the main square in the city center where the team of volunteers organize events with the elderly. You will receive pocket money (7 euros/day = 213 euros/month) and money for food, internet and local transportation (287 euros/month). You will benefit from health insurance.
Training during the activity
- You will benefit from dedicated trainings during all the year (it takes place in different cities in France: it is a great occasion to discover France and to meet with other volunteers from every age!). - You will take part in the trainings organized by the French National Agency ('On-arrival' and 'Mid-term'). - Supervision and advices will be provided by experimented staff and volunteers. - Conditions will be created to help you to fit-in well in your new environment and to get to meet other young people. - You will benefit from French courses
Participant profile
The mission is perfect for someone who: 1/ likes being in contact with people in general, and elderly in particular 2/ wants to feel useful, wants to give and is ready to receive 3/ is able to have a basic conversation in French and have the will to progress 4/ is open-minded and wants to acquire social, intercultural and personal skills >>> TO APPLY: click on "APPLY" and explain in few sentences why you are motivated by this project :) Discover here the testimonies of previous volunteers: https://youtu.be/qecZ3WBjY_U
Activity dates
A total of 52 week(s) during the period 01/09/2024 to 30/11/2025
Activity location
3 place Caramy, Brignoles, France
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Activity topics
Social challenges
Health and wellbeing
Working against discrimination (including gender discrimination)
Deadline for applications
No application deadline