In the training series, valuable tips are taught in six modules on how to recruit volunteers for projects. Participants are given clever planning steps to develop a strategy that makes factors such as time, costs and work steps concrete. Optimal public relations, conflict resolution skills and association law are also on the curriculum. After successful …
Are you looking for the right voluntary activity? How about a database that contains all regional offers? In the database of the Volunteer Exchange Lower Austria, associations and initiatives can publish offers for interested persons, who can search the database for suitable offers in their region according to their areas of interest… Click on the …
Rather than spending your time looking for a school or venue to volunteer, why not give all that time? Spend one hour volunteering and help make the world a better place. The database helps searching for opportunities based on location (in the UK) and interest in order to quickly volunteer somewhere. Anywhere you want to …
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At the Lower Austrian Volunteer Fair, around 60 exhibitors will present their current offers and information on volunteering and voluntary activities in the fields of senior:ing, health, social affairs, education, children & youth, environment and culture on 13 November from 10:00 to 17:00 in and in front of the Landhaus in St. Pölten. An extensive …
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The series of events begins with an online seminar offered by the German media k GmbH (coordinator of the CRISISS project) as part of the European Skills Week 2022. It is aimed at volunteers who have been involved in times of crisis such as the COVID 19 pandemic and who would like to qualitatively assess …
The CRISISS training platform offers tools to help volunteers identify and validate their own soft skills, raise awareness of the importance of soft skills in professional life and recognise informal and non-formal competences by collecting evidence. Materials stored on this multilingual and interactive e-platform in a media library and as mobile apps for smartphones. The …
Let’s talk about celebrating excellence in volunteer engagement and learn how to understand, capture and share it. “What Is Excellence? – Pushing us beyond the ordinary” As leaders of volunteers, we can feel under resourced whilst being under multiple pressure. Martin believes its time we celebrated our excellence and learn how understand it , capture …
Generally speaking, this project is more about recognising volunteer work by making it easier for them to enter (or advance in) professional life. However, if you consider that the willingness to volunteer is generally declining in many regions – unless there is a natural disaster or something similar to deal with… – perhaps volunteers should …
In our multi-option society, traditional volunteer work is becoming increasingly unpopular. What effect does this have on the role of civil society? The study ‘The new volunteers’, commissioned by the Migros Culture Percentage, addresses this question and formulates a framework for the civic engagement of the future. The study shows that those who volunteer in …
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Would you know how to write a reference letter for an employee? Probably only very few people can wholeheartedly answer such a question positively… Which special features you should additionally pay attention to when writing a reference for one of your volunteers and, above all, how to attract the attention of a potential future employer with a reference, is another matter altogether.
