Project duration: 1.5.2020. – 31.5.2021.
Project reference: 2020-1-DE04-KA105-019355
Grant amount: 23.719,00€
Donor: JUGEND für Europa, Erasmus+ German NA
Summary:
Volunteering is strenght, as volunteering benefits individuals, groups and organisations, and our local communities. So not only for NGOs that rely on volunteers to implement their programmes and activities, but volunteering is strenght for volunteers, as it has benefits: volunteering builds community, ends loneliness and increases socializing; builds bonds, creates friends; improves selfesteem; improves school and college experience and provides better job prospects. Because of this reasons it is essential that our NGOs prepare and provide quality and meaningful volunteering experiences. In order to to that we developed this Training Course so we can empower our members, employees, youth workers and decision makers in our organisations to understand better what are values and principles of volunteering, what are different motivations that urge people to volunteer, and what are elements of volunteer management puzzle.
The main aim of this training course is to develop youth workers’ / participants’ competences in sustainable and holistic work (management, suport, evaluation and recognition) with volunteers that are or will be engaged in our programmes / activities.
Objectives of the training course:
– To raise awareness of the importance of volunteering for individuals and development quality volunteer management
– To exchange what are volunteering background and situation in each participating country
– To introduce participants with the concept of volunteers rights and responsibilities
– To provide information about and practice developing all elements of volunteer management puzzle – basic steps to do before engaging volunteers in the organisation / project
– To emphasis importance of providing individual mentoring, coaching and suport to volunteers and empower participants for these roles
– To share challenges in their work and possible solutions for these situations, and to share examples of good practice
– To set goals and commitment for developing the volunteer management puzzle when they get home.