My pathway to a volunteering experience

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Welcome to your pathway to a volunteering experience!
This learning playlist consists of a range of activities which aim to lead you step by step to the volunteering opportunity of your dreams!
﻿The value of international youth-work: In the first opportunity you can discover the value of youth work. A volunteering service is closely related to the topic and therefore it´s useful to know about it. 
﻿Volunteering experience: What is that? In the second activity you can explore what a volunteering experience is if you don´t know yet. We especially want to introduce you to the European Solidarity Corps, which is funded by the European Commission. 
﻿Is it the right track? In the third activity you get the opportunity to check yourself. Is a volunteering experience the right track for you? 
﻿Find your perfect match! The fourth activity helps you to find the perfect match: the volunteering experience of your dreams!
﻿Tips and tricks to your application: In the fifth activity we offer you tips and tricks to a hopefully successful application. 
﻿My application: You are ready to apply? Earn a badge doing so in the sixth activity!
﻿My successful participation: And finally it´s time to tell your own story of your volunteering experience in the last activity! 
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This playlist is created by Cities of Learning, an international network of youth organizations. We want to encourage people to use the many opportunities that are out there. 
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Activities to complete

Complete the following activities, earn badges and you will see your playlist progress updated

The value of international youth-work

Optional

20 minutes

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Volunteering experience: What is that?

Mandatory

20 minutes

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Volunteering experience: Is it the right track?

Optional

20 minutes

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Going for a volunteering service, is it really something for me?You are thinking about doing a voluntary service? You are not sure, whether you are on the right track with this idea? We have a small self check-up in this activity. 
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In the previous activity you were able to explore what a volunteering experience is about, to whom it is targeted and what the general concept of it is. Surely there are also formal criteria, such as the minimum age and country of residence.
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But more important is: 
Do you identify yourself in this?
Picture yourself during a volunteering service. What will you experience? What are you going to learn and how will you grow? What are your expectations? 
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Do the self check-up! 
Take the survey down below to check if your imagination coincides with reality! 
This test might answer some of your questions as well. But don´t worry. No matter how you answer the questions, in the end you alone know what´s best for you!
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The next activities in this playlist will help you to learn where and how you can apply for a volunteering service. 

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Decision maker (Volunteering experience) Get this badge

Earners of this badge reflected, whether the format of an international volunteering experience would fit to their individual learning requirements and plans. They also evaluated, whether they are eligible for this kind of youth mobility and are aware what is the main motivation to go for it.  

Tasks

Task no.1

Issued by organiser or scanning QR code

We prepared a small self check-up for you. Click through the questions in one of these links. 
Use this link if you are thinking about a short term volunteering experience. 
Use this link if you are thinking about a long term volunteering experience. Both links are very similar with only a few small differences. 
Show evidence (a screenshot) that you reached the end of the survey.
Is there something you worry about? What are you most exited about?

Volunteering experience: Find your perfect match!

Mandatory

20 minutes

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Volunteering experience: Tips and tricks to your application

Optional

20 minutes

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Volunteering experience: My application

Mandatory

15 minutes

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Volunteering experience: My successful participation

Optional

Unknown duration

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Skills

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#brief volunteers

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#encourage volunteers

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#help volunteers

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#inform volunteers

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#involve the volunteers

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#involve volunteers

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#recruit volunteers

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#manage personal lifelong learning

#Applying non-formal learning principles in programme design with emphasis on youth-centeredness, transparency, democratic values, participation, empowerment, and social transformation

#Knowledge of assessment practices in non-formal learning

#Knowledge of the values and key principles of non-formal learning

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#briefing volunteers

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#arrange charity activities

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#help volunteers

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#encourage volunteers

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#inform volunteers

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#application method

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#encourage cultural diversity

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#advise on careers

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#accord help on self management

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#achieve optimal time-critical decision making

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#foreign languages for careers abroad

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#counsel on career

#Acknowledging the experiences of others

Activities: 7

Started: 4

Completed playlist: 0

Time to complete: 1 hour 55 minutes

Organisers

Network of Cities and Regions of Learning

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