Concordia Picardie
BULLY-LES-MINES, France
⭐️ Activity Title
DYNAMIZE THE STUDENTS' CENTER
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🔷 Activity Details
Description
Lycée Leo Lagrange welcomes 1,000 students preparing for a general, vocational, or technological bachelor's degree. Our main goal is to teach them tolerance, respect and to offer them a wide range of projects to open their mind to culture and to the world. The volunteer will help students discover their culture, offer group activities with the help of the librarian or teachers, accompany students on school outings, and discover the Hauts-de-France region. The role will be to make the Maison des Lycéens more dynamic and more attractive by proposing activities, contributing and encouraging young people to think about the organisation of events such (table tennis competitions, Halloween, or St Patrick's Day,..), by encouraging solidarity actions such as collecting toys for the "secours populaire" charity.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
You will be accommodated in BULLY LES MINES, in a furnished studio in a residential care home for senior citizens. You will be asked to volunteer for 3 hours per month with the elderly, depending on your skills. The aim is to encourage intergenerational cooperation. Lunch can be taken at the school canteen from Monday to Friday, and will be financed by the high school. The volunteers will receive a food allowance (9 euros per day) and pocket money (8 euros per day) at the beginning of every month, by bank transfer. An electric bike and laptop computer will be provided during the mission.
Training during the activity
You will benefit from French language lessons (in addition to the EU academy platform) and personal time to develop your project. You will be given SST (first aid) training and other opportunities. As part of the ESC program, the French National Agency will organise 2 seminars for you. The 1rst one is called arrival training and the second one is mid-term training.
Participant profile
We are looking for a person who is motivated by the themes of the mission, ready to work in a team, take the initiative and develop personal projects during these missions. The volunteer must be able to interact with a group of young people, and a former experience working with teenagers would be an advantage. The students made a quick video to present the high school : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ym87dh6XpM
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🔑 Key Information
Activity dates
From 01/10/2026 to 30/06/2027
Activity location
RUE VICTOR SCHOELCHER, BULLY-LES-MINES, France
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Activity topics
Social challenges
Citizenship and democratic participation
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Deadline for applications
No application deadline
Project code
2025-1-FR02-ESC51-VTJ-000346761
🔗 Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/53289_en
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