Youth for Community Empowerment
Cantiere Giovani Cooperativa Sociale
Frattamaggiore, Italy
Description
Youth for Community Empowerment is a volunteer project that involves volunteers aged between 18 and 30, residing in EU countries Its main goal is to match international volunteering with the empowerment of the local community in which the volunteers will live in. The project is configured as an opportunity for discussion, exchange and growth both for the four hosted volunteers and the local community, not intended only as a physical and figurative place of hosting, but as an "educating" community that contributes to the development of skills and knowledge of all participants in the project. The local community also benefits from the meeting and cooperation with young European volunteers. The volunteers will take part in the activities, mostly the ones with children and youngsters.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
The volunteers will share a flat located in Frattattamaggiore, in a walking distance to the activities venues, as well as train station, main shops and entertainment opportunities. The flat is fully furnished, with fast wi-fi connection, two bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, common room and a small balcony, and equipped. The volunteers will receive a monthly allowance for their meals, beside a pocket money for their personal expenses. The volunteers will also receive a bicycle to ease their movements across the town and to the venues where the activities take place.
Training during the activity
During the project the volunteers will be supported by a tutor and a mentor, that will ease their learning process. For the specific activities they will be involved in, the volunteers will be trained by the different activities coordinators, mainly on non-formal education, peer education and cooperative learning. In addition, according to each volunteer's passion and interest, additional training courses can be foreseen, among those currently organized by Cantiere Giovani.
Participant profile
No specific skills are required, but the selection procedure will take into account previous experience with children and youngsters, willingness to adapt and work in a dynamic context, flexibility and motivation.
Activity dates
From 08/09/2025 to 29/05/2026
Activity location
Via XXXI Maggio, 22, Frattamaggiore, Italy
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain
Activity topics
Social challenges
Citizenship and democratic participation
Education and training
Deadline for applications
No application deadline
Project code
2023-2-IT03-ESC51-VTJ-000173070