National Profile - ICYE
National Profile - ICYE
National Profile - ICYE
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1.Is <strong>ICYE</strong>-UK for me?Are you interested in….• Working with people with disabilities – either learning(mental) or physical?• Giving your time and energy to help others?• Improving your English while being fully immersed in UKculture?• Living in a UK community (NOT in a host family) often in thecountryside? Please note we have very few placements incities or big towns.• Experiencing a different culture and meeting other youngpeople from all over the world?• Taking part in <strong>ICYE</strong> training and activity camps with othervolunteers?Katri (CambridgeCyrenians) “I worked withhomeless people…Thebiggest problem for me atthe beginning wasunderstanding differentaccents. I worked withlots of Scottish and Irishpeople and it was reallyhard for me tounderstand them. Butafter some time I gotused to their accents and now I can evenunderstand drunk Irish and Scots!”Jasper (Living Options)“At first I found my volunteering difficult as Ihad never worked with people withdisabilities before. But I ended up having agreat year and my attitude towards peoplewith disabilities has really changed.”4