ESK Volunteering - Youth, Integration, Community Work
Verein zur Förderung der Jugend-, Integrations- und Gemeinwesenarbeit
komm!unity - Verein zur Förderung der Jugend-, Integrations- und Gemeinwesenarbeit
Wörgl, Austria
Description
The association komm!unity is active in the areas of youth, integration, and community work in Wörgl and the surrounding area. We operate several youth centers, mobile youth work, a youth information center, a small event center, and a department for integration and diversity. Our main target groups are young people and migrants in our region. Youth centers are places for young people between the ages of 10 and 18 where they can spend their free time. They provide space for different needs of young people and are open to everyone, regardless of their social, religious, or ethnic background. The youth workers also organize events, workshops, and projects there.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
ACCOMMODATION Volunteers live in a shared apartment (WG, 2 people) that is centrally located and just a few minutes' walk from the workplace in Wörgl. Each volunteer has their own room, while the living room, bathroom, toilet, and kitchen are shared. FOOD The volunteer is responsible for purchasing and cooking for themselves. The monthly food allowance is 250 Euros. POCKET MONEY 210 euros per month TRAVEL COSTS We provide a bicycle and a ticket for public transport in the region.
Training during the activity
LANGUAGE COURSE The volunteer can attend a German course (or English course) at an educational institute during the project.
Participant profile
APPLY IF YOU: Are between 18 and 30 years old, you want to engage in work with young people, children, and the local community, you are open-minded and communicative, you are motivated to contribute your own ideas, you want to speak German in the project - improve and share your language skills We encourage young people with fewer opportunities to apply for this volunteer project (e.g., social, financial, or geographical obstacles, educational difficulties, or cultural differences).
Activity dates
From 02/09/2024 to 01/09/2025
Activity location
Christian-Plattner-Straße 8, Wörgl, Austria
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
British Antarctic Territory, Anguilla, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Saint Barthélemy, Bermuda, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belarus, Canary Islands, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Estonia, Egypt, Greece, Spain, Finland, Falkland Islands, France, Georgia, French Guiana, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, British Indian Ocean Territory, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Cayman Islands, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), Montenegro, Saint Martin (french part), North Macedonia, Martinique, Montserrat, Malta, New Caledonia, Netherlands, Norway, French Polynesia, Poland, St Pierre and Miquelon, Pitcairn, Palestine, Portugal, Réunion, Romania, Serbia, Russian Federation, Sweden, Saint Helena, Slovenia, Slovakia, Syrian Arab Republic, Turks and Caicos Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Virgin Islands (British), Wallis and Futuna, Kosovo * UN resolution
Activity topics
Social challenges
Citizenship and democratic participation
Working against discrimination (including gender discrimination)
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 06/06/2024 23:59