Project Learning for Young Adults in Škofja Loka, Slovenia


Project Learning for Young Adults in Škofja Loka, Slovenia

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Škofja Loka, Slovenia

The application deadline has passed.

Activity description

1 volunteer is needed to assist at PUM (PLYA-Project learning for young adults), informal educational programme, which is designed for young people between 15 and 25 years old, who dropped out of school and are unemployed. The main goal of PLYA is to motivate youngsters to continue and to finish their education and to find a job. The program provides them different activities (cooking, computer lessons, drawing, photo, drama, thematic workshops, working with media …), learning help, support, and counseling.The volunteer will join the team, which will consist of 6 international volunteers, who will mostly work in 6 different daycare center for children and youth. All volunteers of the project will be included in the work of each center as equal members of their teams and as such, they will have an opportunity to show and improve their own abilities, develop a sense of initiative, gain new skills and get new knowledge through organizing and realizing different activities.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

Volunteers will be accommodated in two fully furnished apartments with WiFi within the same house located on the main square of Škofja Loka,old historical town with about 13000 inhabitants, located 25 km NW from Ljubljana. Each volunteer will stay in single bedroom with shared cooking, washing, laundry and social facilities. Volunteers will cook by themselves, monthly food allowance will be provided (180 €). They will be also entitled to receive a monthly allowance of 121 €. To each of the volunteers the bike will be provided and tickets for public transportation (if needed).

Training during the activity

On-arrival and Mid-term training organized by Slovenian National Agency, all the training organized by host organizations and by some other partner organizations from the local community.

Participant profile

Candidate should be motivated, flexible, patient, creative, open-minded, self-initiative, communicative, interested to work with adolescents and should be able to speak English. Some past experiences from pedagogy and youth leisure are welcomed. Ability in music, sport, manual activities, handcrafts, dances, art, multimedia would be also convenient. Future volunteer should bring in her/his own ideas into the project and be prepared to create, plan and execute her/his own projects.

Activity dates

A total of 48 week(s) during the period 15/08/2018 to 15/07/2019


Activity location

Mestni trg 39, 4220 Škofja Loka Slovenia


Looking for participants from

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Estonia, Egypt, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Georgia, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russian Federation, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Kosovo * UN resolution, British Antarctic Territory, Anguilla, Aruba, Saint Barthélemy, Bermuda, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Canary Islands, Curaçao, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Greenland, Guadeloupe, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Saint Martin (french part), Martinique, Montserrat, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Réunion, Saint Helena, Sint Maarten (dutch part), Turks and Caicos Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Territories


Activity topics

Social challenges

Education and training

Creativity and culture


Deadline for applications

Application deadline: 22/06/2018