Coordinating organization:  Fundacja Rozwoju Społeczeństwa Przedsiębiorczego
Host Organisation: GOK Miedźna
Duration: 6 months
Start: mid April / beggining of May 2022
End:  mid October/ begginig of November 2023
Location: Wola town (43-225), Silesian Region, southern Poland (near Tychy, Pszczyna and Katowice cities)
Placements: in total 1

Proposed activities:

1. Activities for locals (depending on your skills and propositons) :

– leading music workshops, creative, developing imagination, manual skills, photographic, dance and music workshops, etc.,

– a summer camp and summer action during holidays: encouraging children and young people from Wola and the commune of Miedźna to spend their free time during active and outdoor holidays; preparing and conducting  games for children and youth, conducting artistic and outdoor sports workshops, “DIY” with natural materials, dance, theater, painting and sculpting workshops, etc. Everything depands on your skills and willingnes.

– language clubs, both English and native language of volunteer;
– find a proposition of activities dedicated to youth, gain their interest in provided activities
– propose activities for seniors / elderly inhabitatnts and encourage them to go out of their homes and meet (examples: board games; language classes for seniors; IT activities for seniors; help in organizing Christmas Eve or Easter for lonely, ill inhabitants of Wola and the surrounding area)

2. Help in organizing or authoring ideas for special events, cultural events

– help in organizing cultural events such as Harvest Festival, Folklore Festival, Review of Children’s and Youth Theaters, Silesian Evening, etc.

-Help to organize a meeting with Santa Claus or Saint Marcin for children during Christmas and looking for a bunny before Easter;

– Possibility to organize your own special event according to the original idea in order to enrich the offer of the Culture Center

Those tasks includes preparation, implementation and cleaning up after the event. Also technical and logistical issues and sometimes physical work (for example, setting up chairs)

3. Help in office work, e.g.

– digitalisatione of documents;
– project management and documentation;

– updating the GOK website, INSTAGRAM;

– visual documentation of projects and events: photography, film, music videos, etc.

4. Promotion of the European Solidarity Corps and Erasmus + Programmes

– information meetings about the Erasmus +, European Solidarity Corps Programmes and volunteering projects, in the House of Culture and in schools, during special and cyclical events (eg harvest festival)

– presentation of your country and your project in schools, promotional campaigns and at festivals in the region or on special cultural evenings;

* Each volunteer can be involved in all mentioned above activities or only in some of them, depanding on necessity and need of host organisation
** In case when face to face meetings are impossible to organize beacuse of COVID-19, implementation of those activities and tasks in an online way or in a video version.

 

We can offer:

– learning methods of work in cultural center;
– experience and interesting contacts
– experience in organizing large cultural events
– learning and using innovative and creative methods in working with children and young people
– possibility of developing own ideas for the workshops and their independent implementation
– knowledge of Silesia in the context of culture and customs, as well as knowledge about cultural differences and the ability to deal with them in everyday life
– active and constructive participation in the social life of our local community
– project management skills and time

Practical arrangements

  • travel expenses – 360,00 EUR or 275,00 EUR (depends on a travel distance)
  • accommodation – The volunteers will be accommodated in a shared flat in Wola town. Each of the volunteers has his/her own room. The flat consists of 3 rooms, kitchen, and bathroom. It is fully equipped;
  • food – 100,00 EUR / month;
  • pocket money – 120 EUR / month;
  • insurance;
  • Polish language course;
  • help of local mentor and project’s coordinators.

HOW TO APPLY?

Please  DOWNLOAD  the ATTACHED APPLICATION FORM HERE  and fill in the form. Attached the FILLED in APPLICATION FORM instead of CV and upload it when fillin in this online form:  https://b24-zh51xm.bitrix24.site/crm_form_xlben/

Should you have questions do not hesitate to contact us.