SLV manual

SLV Manual based on ideas of voluntarism and volunteering, with tips and hints how Voluntary
activities and Social inclusion of the renewed framework for European cooperation in the youth field (2010-
2018) can be adapted into local and European youth work context based on the possibilities, and examples of
local youth work activities

Table of content
1. Introduction
2. Voluntarism/Volunteering in the represented countries
3. Why voluntary job? What, how, who and with whom?
4. Local and international possibilities in voluntary activities
5. Tips and hints
6. Local youth work activities

Introduction
This Manual makes an attempt to present:
✓ Tips and hints how Voluntary activities and Social inclusion of The renewed
framework for European cooperation in the youth field (2010-2018) can be adapted
into local and European youth work context based on the possibilities of participants.
✓ Thoughts why voluntary activities are beneficial for young people and the members
of the local communities.
✓ Scripts of the grass roots small voluntary activities based on the needs of their target
group in the local community.
It was created and edited by the participants of „SLV: Service vs. Learning = Volunteering”
training course, which took place in Sfantu Gheorghe, 01-10 September 2017. The training
was organized by Asociatia Tinerilor din Judetul Cosana – HARIT and financed by the
European Commission through the Romanian National Agency (ANPCDEFP) in the frame
of the Erasmus+ Programme – Mobility of Youth Workers.
Good luck!
The team of HARIT

Volunteering in Lithuania
Facts:
• Age – from 14
• Volunteers under 18
needs parents’
permission
• Qualification is not
necessary
Who can be organizer of
volunteering activities?
• charity organizations
• associations
• public institutions
• religion communities
• political parties
The most popular volunteering organizations in Lithuania:
• Children line
• 5 th Leg
• Food Bank
• Do it!

Facts about Volunteering in Norway
History
✓ Long tradition (mid 19 th cent.)
- Cultural heritage
- Outdoor activities
- Poverty Health, Social work and Humanitarian work
✓ Number of the organizations raised after 2WW
Today
✓ Stabile and consistent // challenge – to insure participation of all layers of society

✓ 115 000 NGOs: mainly CULTURE and LEISURE // around 88 members/org.
✓ ‘The Nordic Model’ – receive funds from government BUT criticize government
✓ DUGNAD – collective voluntary effort
✓ Organizations are organized similar to political parties // local and regional branches
with organizational headquarters
✓ Association of NGO’s; Platform
✓ DECLARATION of voluntary work
- Recognizes and states the importance
- Government support
Funds
✓ 1/3 from local government
✓ Rest: fees, donations, selling services
✓ Revenue for ½ of the organizations is bigger than 7000 euro/year
-

Volunteering in Romania
In 2014 government recognizes the legal status of volunteering:
- Recognized as professional experience
- You can get certified for volunteer activities
- You have to have official contract and time schedule with
description of your tasks with the NGO/institution/etc.
- under 14 you need parental permission
BUT:
- you can not get paid (only you can benefit from accommodation
-
and food in some cases)

- you must declare your exact position/role inside of the
association
- you have to show your medical and criminal records
Volunteering activities are mainly focusing on:
- humanitarian acts, like Red Cross
- animals
- community
- youth
Volunteering activities can be done in several fields of action, basically you can
do EVERYTHING (Save Bears, help homeless animals, do anything for
children and youth, student councils, political parties, and so on…)

Volunteering in Italy
Main fields who are offering volunteering possibilities:
1. Cultural organizations
- Events/festivals
- Eco-cleaning days / environment
- Cultural and traditional
- Active citizenship
2. Sport
- Football
- Dance
- Karate

3. Assistential/Health “ONLUS”
✓ All of them have some specific rules in particular for the fiscal
part according to the topic
✓ We don’t have a unic or specific law for voluntarism
✓ Sometimes it is complicated to find the proper specific law for
your organization

Volunteering in Malta
LAW
✓ There is a Voluntary Organization act (VO)
✓ There is a Commissioner who decides who is an NGO
✓ One needs a Number to apply for EU projects
✓ There is a “best” practice nomination+award
✓ There are specific facilities which can be used (HOTV)
✓ One gets Support from the Local Comissioner for local projects and
National Agency for international projects
✓ Have Access to parliament and to the law
✓ Have a Right to protest with an application

PRACTICE
✓ Huge level of Participation
✓ Across culture, age, social class, gender and religion
- Organizations for eg.: OASIS, Migrant Women Association,
Ecological NGOs, Hospice Movement, Jesuit foundation, Band
Groups, ZAK, MUSEUM, locality groups, LGBT, Animal
Groups, International Groups
- SOCIAL MOVEMENT – political
NGOs – cultural, recreational education, ecological, religions –
local level
✓ Some are very organized and some are less organized
✓ Some tend to work together as a platform some less so
✓ Some are formal (membership etc.) and some are less so
✓ Some have trained people and some less so

Volunteering in Greece
We have several NGOs providing volunteering opportunities in
Greece mainly on the following fields:
- HEALTH: Flaga, Elpida, Homogelo, Kivotos, etc.
- Environment and Culture: Arcturos, E.E.L.E.T
- Education (publich and private): British Council, etc.
- Social Contribution – belonging to the government - Fire
Department, Army, Church
- International Cooperation: WWF, Greenpeace, Red
Cross, UNCEF, Action Aid

Volunteering in Czech Republic
Main fields:
- Culture
- Environment
- Sanity
- Youth and children
- Seniors
- Disadvantaged people
- Sport
- Homeless
- Addicted people

- People with autism
- Science and research
Most active associations:
- INEX-SDA
- ADRA
- CLOVEK VTISTI
- DOBROVOLONIK CZ
- CHARITA
- AISEC

Volunteering in Slovakia
✓ Currently there is no official legal policy about volunteering in
Slovakia, only partial adjustment for certain purposes.
✓ Most ‘famous’ NGOs: Good Angels, Trnavske Dobrovolnicke
Centrum, Plamienok, Slovak Red Cross, Club Bucina, YFU
Slovakia, etc.
✓ Main aims of volunteering activities:
o Help homeless people
o Social services
o Environment

o Culture and art
o Religious activities
o Youth organizations
o Education and research
o Prevention and assistance in case of humanitarian and
natural disasters

Tips and hints
how Voluntary activities and Social inclusion of The renewed framework for European
cooperation in the youth field (2010-2018) can be adapted into local and European youth
work context based on the possibilities of participants.
What we think about voluntarism?!
WHO? HUMANS!
WHAT? TIME!
WHY? GIVE!
HOW? TAKE!
WITH WHOM? ACT!

What others think about voluntarism?!
What my friends think that I am doing? - Leisure, loving dogs, having fun,
taking care of children
What am I thinking? – I AM A SUPERHERO!
What my mom thinks? – I am a hardworking fighter, who works for the
community.
What I am really doing? – Sometimes I pray, sometimes I fail, but I am proud
because I AM THERE!

Voluntarism as tool of Social Inclusion
How we can help young people in need?
TIPS for a working Social Inclusion
- Everybody should COOPERATE: parents,
Teachers, social workers, police and
Justice, health professionals, etc.
TIPS to fight POVERTY:
- Youth involvement in policy making
- Organize projects which involves authorities
- Give youth power
TIPS to avoid SOCIAL EXCLUSION:
- Provide access to QUALITY services: inform, offer opportunities and
financial support

TIPS for YOUNG FAMILIES in need:
- Provide financial support
- Provide educational support for parents and children
- Provide psychological support
TIPS to help them RECOGNISE and OVERCOME CHALLENGES:
- Help them to recognize their challenges by creating and sustaining a
community for them
- Organize public events for their benefits
- Help them to be accepted and get employable
Tips to make homelessness into homelessLESS:
- Try to fight for governmental support
- Organize charity events
- Try to offer them possibilities on labour market

How youth work can be a tool of Social Inclusion?
1. Realize the full potential of youth work and youth
community centers as means od inclusion:
- To advertise more with results to show with personal
examples
- To include more young people
- There is a recreational youth what can be filled/used for
better opportunities
2. Optimize the use of EU funds ands experimental programs to support social integration
of young people:
- We need more promotion of this among: A. people with fewer opportunities and
B. People who are already in the filed
3. Develop intercultural awareness and competences for all young people
- We should share experiences for example through:
• Events: workshops, photo exhibitions, debates, intercultural evenings
• Facebook pages, Instagram and all the online social media that can
help you to promote
• Personal blogs
4. Address issues related to teenagers and young adults in particular those with fewer
opportunities, in social protection and inclusion policies:
- According to the specific issues we should create a specific action/activity in
order to focus on the topics and raise awareness

How to support youth volunteering?
✓ Develop opportunities
✓ Remove obstacles
✓ Raise awareness on the value of volunteering
✓ Make them understand volunteering is a way of learning – by
non-formal education
✓ Promote cross-border mobilities
✓ Enhance the value of the Europass and Youthpass
✓ Raise awareness and promote volunteers’ rights

Learning by Volunteering
What one can learn by volunteering?
✓ The best way to learn is by doing
✓ Teamwork
✓ Flexibility
✓ Organizing
✓ Following instructions
✓ Preparation Action!
✓ All for One and One for All!
✓ Active approaches
✓ Bring it on!
✓ Communication
✓ Learn 4 Ever

No Words for Volunteering

Learn more
If you would like to get to know with the official part of how Voluntary
activities and Social inclusion of The renewed framework for European
cooperation in the youth field (2010-2018) can be adapted into local and
European youth work context based on the possibilities of participants please
check the following links:
COUNCIL RESOLUTION of 27 November 2009 on a renewed
framework for European cooperation in the youth field (2010-2018):
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legalcontent/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32009G1219%2801%29
2012 Joint Report of the Council and the Commission on the
implementation of the renewed framework for European cooperation in the
youth field (2010-18): http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legalcontent/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:52012XG1220(01)

Local youth work activities
Who let the dogs out?!
Objectives:
• To support the dog shelter
• To support the idea of voluntarism
• To work with local people
• Learn about the facility
Process:
• Dividing the roles
• Buying materials
• Preparing the flipchart(our mark)
• Making the toys, buying dog food
Facts about the shelter:
• 165 dogs(exceeding max)
• 65 % of the dogs go to adoption

• 463 dogs last year for adoption
• 35 euros for dog per month
• Space for puppies
• Dog quarantine
• Cleaning twice per day
• Shelter cooperates with Netherlands and Germany
Learning outcomes:
• Learning how to control our emotions
• We felt useful and we did more than was originally planned
• We learned how the shelter works
• Teamwork
• Work first, play later

Youth office
Who:
• 10-15 youngsters, 15-20 old member/volunteers in youth organizations
Where:
• Youth Office of Volunteering Center of Covasna County
Time:
• 10:00-12:00
Environment:
• inside and outside

Methods:
• workshops
• Non-formal activities

Örkő Community House “White House”
Who:
• Roma children (around 9), children between 5-10
Where:
• Őrkő, White House
Time:
• 10:00-12:00
Environment:
• inside, outside
Methods:

• easy and funny games without language barrier

Day nursery
Who:
• 7 disadvantaged children between 2-5 years old
Where:
• Rotary House of Diakónia Foundation
Time:
• 10:00-12:00
Enviroment:
• inside, outside
Methods:
• singing
• entertaining them with games

Special thanks to everybody, who took part in our project!
To all the participants and staff of the “SLV: Service vs. Learning =
Volunteering” training course: Endre, Szonja, Laszlo, Peter, Matteo,
Patrizia, Stefania, Katerina, Stefanie, Maria, Vasileios, Vasilikie,
Alphonse, Laura, Tania, Ineta, Jone, Milda, Selahattin, Esra, Ruken,
Cihan, Einar, Ivana, Lelde, Alzbeta, David, Patrik, Norbert, Elod,
Emmanuel, Norbert, Eva, Csongor and Agota

To all our partners:
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