Place: Gratwein, Austria
From 01/03/2019 to 31/07/2019
Is a youth center working in locations in three villages called Gratwein, Judendorf/Strassengel and Frohnleiten. The Volunteer will be active in the youth centre in Gratwein, which is situated about 10 km in the north of Graz. It´s opened for 5 days/week in the afternoon and children and youngsters use it for spending their freetime there, for planning and enjoying different activities there and just for meeting other young people.
Main target group are youngsters between 11 and 18 years old, most of them are going to school and are living in one of those two villages. So our youth center tries to give a nice possibility to young people in this villages to spend their freetime there, to enjoy a lot of different activities and to meet new friends and other young people there. Young people come to the youth center in the afternoon, enjoy activities like billard, darts, play station, table soccer, use internet there and moreover they enjoy the social contacts they expect in this youth center to disuss f.e. the daily life and ask for help.
Furthermore we also organize different youth events in Gratwein or Judendorf, start projects about typical youth topics and organize also summer weeks and summer activities especially for families, children and youngsters.
Each year in July, is organizing the so called «Social Soccer Cup», a big International Event where the volunteer is involved in many multicultural activities.
Also activities with youth organisations from foreign countries and projects with young and old people are part of our work. Most of them have a creative, sporting or simply fun background.
3 social-workers are working in the youth center. Opening hours are from Monday to Friday from 13:30 to 18:00
Information about EVS
The Volunteer will be active in the youth centre in the village Gratwein, which is situated about 10 km in the north of Graz. It´s opened for 5 days/week in the afternoon and children and youngsters use it for spending their freetime there, for planning and enjoying different activities there and just for meeting other young people.
Main target group are youngsters between 11 and 18 years old, most of them are going to school and are living in one of those two villages. So our youth center tries to give a nice possibility to young people in this villages to spend their freetime there, to enjoy a lot of different activities and to meet new friends and other young people there. Young people come in the afternoon, enjoy activities like billard, darts, play station, tablesoccer, use internet there and enjoy the social contacts they expect in in this youth center to discuss f.e. the daily life & ask for help. Each year is organizing an international Soccer Cup in July.
accommodation, food and transport arrangements
It is a small youth center with a good communication and cooperation with the local community of Gratwein. So problems with young people in the youth center are not really usual, most of young people like the atmosphere and enjoy their free time there.
The volunteer will live in a single room in a flat in Graz.
Therefore, the volunteer will get a monthly ticket for public transport from Graz to Gratwein (there & back) from the host organisation.
The Volunteer will be provided with cash in order to buy food for his/her self supply (250,00 € month)
training during the project
On Arrival Training organized and funded by the Austrian National Agency
volunteer profile
To be honest, we are looking for a volunteer aged older than 18. It´s better if the volunteer is some years older than our youngsters in the youth center.
The volunteer should be interested in young people problems and wishes. It would be better if he/she brings with already some personal ripeness, because some young people sometimes need a helping hand. We are not specified in gender, but the person should be interested in sports, music and youth culture.
All special interests and possible talents of the volunteer are highly welcome.
How to apply
We will study carefully all application and selected candidates will be invite for Skype interview. The selection of volunteers will take place in the coming weeks.
For the selection of the volunteers we will need:
– Europass CV with picture (made in the last month) with skype name included
– Motivational letter, writing that your sending organisation will be “Building Bridges”. We ask all candidates to send a specific letter of motivation – why they want to volunteer with us rather than just a general EVS one. The volunteer is chosen according to his/her motivation and interest to the project and to the activities. It will be paid special attention to cover letters.
Remember to write in the motivation letter that your sending institution is “Asociación Building Bridges”.
All documents written in English you can attach below with subject: “EVS Austria Buchner Gratwein. YOUR NAME. YOUR SURNAME” to asociacionbbARROBAgmail.com
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