• 18-30 years old
• Resident in Spain
• enjoy working with kids or young people of fewer opportunities, also with disabilities
• passionate and interested in your hobbies that you want to share

This will be the perfect opportunity if you are:

• socially active, eager to work for the local community, communicative, and ready to face challenges that international cooperation brings.
• want to get more self-confidence and leadership skills
• motivated, eager to take initiative, open-minded, flexible
• empathetic, patient, able to show friendliness and comprehension

Europe Direct is one of 14 EU information offices in Sweden. The office is co-financed by the European-commission, Region of Västra Götaland, and the Municipality of Åmål. The main aim of Europe Direct is to provide European citizens with general information on the European Union. Other aims include the answering of questions on political activities of the European Union and promoting European integration. Advice and practical tips on rights entitled to Union citizens are also provided.
The office arranges public events, visit schools and different fairs, etc in order to promote the EU to the general public. Just by being a volunteer, you promote active European citizenship. The volunteers are living examples of what EU can offer young people today. The European Solidarity Corps show other youths that it is possible to go abroad and get new experiences in life. By being active the possibilities
for a lighter future occurs. The volunteers will have several possibilities during their project period to go to schools/exhibitions and talk about their experience as volunteers as well as to promote Erasmus+.
At the beginning of the project, we present the different tasks for the volunteer and then make up a schedule for him/her according to skills and interests. We have ongoing meetings with the volunteer to evaluate the project so that the volunteer gets as much out of the voluntary period as possible and also so that we get feedback on what can be done better. If the volunteer wants to do some different
tasks, there is always the possibility to talk to us.
The most important role of the volunteer is to inform the youngsters from our area about the different possibilities of going abroad in Europe through studies, work, internship, voluntary service, participating in youth exchanges, etc. We often give lectures about these topics at schools so the volunteer will support us in that and also tell the youngsters about his/her own experiences. The volunteer will assist with contacting youngsters that got in touch with us through our homepage, Eurodesk, and will hand out information on different possibilities that EU offers to youngsters to go abroad. We also encourage the volunteer in helping us to promote our activities as well as making their own projects.
The volunteer will support individuals and groups of youngsters in informing them about the European Solidarity Corps, show them how to find a partner organization, how to apply for a project, and prepare them for it. The staff at the Europe Direct office informs the general public about all the EU-programmes but has very little time to support the youngsters in writing applications. With the help from the staff at the office, the volunteer will support the youngsters in fulfilling their own ideas
and dreams.

Drivhuset Åmåls Kommun is a part of the municipality that works with youths between the ages of 16-30 years old and currently without employment. These youths might also have contact with several authorities at the same time. These authorities could, for example, be Social services, Health care, or the Swedish Employment Service. At Drivhuset the target group can, in relaxed forms, have scheduled meetings, get advice on work or studies, or be part of social activities.
Drivhuset maintains contact with young people who are in need of continued support after having finished school. The work of reaching young people and establishing contact, offer a variety of efforts based on the needs of the individual. It is important that the young people view these efforts as tailored to their needs, that the efforts are coordinated and that they have a contact person who is direct – “a way in» to the municipality’s activities through Drivhuset.
At Drivhuset the volunteers will meet with youths to socialize with them, talk about their experiences, make them feel welcomed and socially included, and be an extra resource for the staff. The volunteers will also work actively to get youths involved in other activities within the municipality. This is a way for the municipality to get youths involved and make sure that there is a youth perspective within the organisation. Included in these events are also activities/projects that
the municipality plans together with local partnering organizations. Volunteers will also do smaller activities for participants at Drivhuset. By doing this Drivhuset will have a schedule of meaningful activities open to all participants. A part of the volunteer work will also be to do marketing work for Drivhuset and partnering organizations, including school visits and managing social media.
The aim of Drivhuset is to help youths coordinate the efforts around them and support them on their way to work or studies, and being self-sufficient. Having volunteered at Drivhuset is a way to promote the European Solidarity Corps to the youths active there and by doing so adding an alternative for the youths in their process of establishing themselves on the labor market.
The volunteers will also create their own projects and visit other locations as a way to promote the European Solidarity Corps and for the volunteers to get a wide experience of Åmål and Sweden.
Therefore, the volunteers will volunteer at the local Red Cross shop once a week to support the shop with going through new items that have been donated, they will also visit the Family Centre to meet parents and children in Åmål.

• 18-30 years old
• Resident in Spain
• enjoy working with kids or young people of fewer opportunities
• passionate and interested in your hobbies that you want to share

This will be the perfect opportunity if you are:

• socially active, eager to work for the local community, communicative, and ready to face challenges that international cooperation brings.
• want to get more self-confidence and leadership skills
• motivated, eager to take initiative, open-minded, flexible
• empathetic, patient, able to show friendliness and comprehension
• want to learn how to become a therapist/educator/ actvist and help others
• understand the importance of Non-Violence Communication
• have artistic & creative skills (painting/drawing, dancing, singing, manual skills ) or willing to learn new ones

• The volunteer will share a centrally located apartment with two other volunteers. It has a private bedroom for each of them and a shared kitchen, bathroom and living room. The apartment is equipped with Wi-fi and a TV. The project lasts six months and the volunteer will have two days off a month, additionally to the Swedish bank holidays. The volunteer buys and cooks his or her own food.
  Åmål is a small town with walking distance to everything and the volunteer will get a bike to use as well.
• Regarding the food and pocket money, the volunteers get 155 euro for pocket money each month and 205 euro for food. We don’t provide food for the volunteers, they have to pay for that themselves. Depending on the group, sometimes the volunteers cook together but it all depends on the groups we’ve had. Since we have Swedish krona as our currency, the exact amount depends on the exchange rate when we receive our grant.
• travel reimbursement up to 275/360 Euro
• medical insurance