Concordia News
NEWS ARCHIVE 2007-2008
NoMINATE CONCORDIA AS BEST VOLUNTEER ORGANISATION!
Responsibletravel.com organises an award for all those organisations involved in international projects and responsible toursim.
If you want to nominate Concordia as best volunteering organisation now you can on the website www.responsibletourismawards.com
This way you will participate on a draw for a 15 day trip to India!
Deadline for nominations is 16th June 2008.
Thank you for your support!
OPEN DAY AT CONCORDIA on the 4th JUNE
On the 4th June Concordia office will be open to the public from 12am to 6pm. You can come and enquire about projects and have a cup of tea with us! Concordia staff will be happy to assist you with all the queries you might have.
For more information contact the office on 01273 422218 or email info@concordia-iye.org.uk.
NORTH SOUTH PREPARATIONS WEEKENDS IN JUNE AND JULY.
Concordia will run two preparation orientation weekends for all those volunteers interested in joining a project in Latin America, Asia and Africa. The dates available are from June 13th-15th (only few places left available) and July 11th-13th in Brighton.
As there are only few places left for the preparation weekend in June , encourage all volunteers intending to join a project starting from August onwards to join the preparation weekend in July.
The preparation weekend is compulsory for all volunteers placed on a project; however this is also a good chance for all those who want to know more about the North South Programme but still haven’t decided where to go or what project to chose.
For more information click here or contact Concordia on 01273 422218; email francescob@concordia-iye.org.uk
Pride Fundraising and volunteer vacancies
Brighton Pride requires charity bucket collectors to manage the collection of donations at the Pride Event on Saturday August 2nd 2008. There will be up to 10 hours work available at £7.50 per hour. Applicants need to be 17 or over. No prior experience is necessary but an ability to be friendly, approachable and outgoing would be an advantage, and applicants would need to be comfortable amongst large crowds. For an application form email office@brightonpride.org or tel 01273 775939. We also have a variety of volunteer positions both on the day of Pride and in the days running up to the event. We need people to be stewards, collection co-ordinators, event runners and event co-ordinators. If you think you may be interested in helping us, please get in touch on the email or phone number above. Pride South East Limited is a registered charity number 1105892
pride internatonal volunteer project - uk
We are delighted to once again be working with Pride in Brighton and Hove this summer and will be providing volunteers from all over the world to participate in a 2 week art and festival project from 21st July - 4th August.
If you would like to help contribute to this fantastic festival in Brighton why not join the project. Click here for more information.
ECo-COACHES TO GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
If you are planning to go to Galstobury festival and feel you want to be environmentally friendly and not to go by car, Brighton Peace and Environment Centre (BPEC) is offering a coach service from Brighton to Glastonbury.
For more information visit www.bpec.org/glastonbury
CO-ORDINATORS IN THE UK NEEDED
Concordia is looking for project co-ordinators in the UK for the summer 2008. Co-ordinators are essential to Concordia, we can’t send volunteers abroad if we don’t host projects in the UK and we can’t do that without hardworking, motivated co-ordinators. Positions for co-ordinators are open in particular to volunteers who already had an experience on an international volunteer project; however, we will consider also applications from those with similar experience outside of Concordia.
Here is the list of projects available for co-ordinating:
- Arboretum, 12.07.08 - 26.07.08, Environmental;
- Hairy Caterpillars, 01.11.08 – 15.11.08, Environmental;
- Peak Park 04.08.08-18.08.08, Environmental;
For more information please contact Helen Pheasey on 01273 422 535 or helenpheasey@concordia-iye.org.uk
CONCORDIA OPEN DAY IN JUNE and volunteers week 1-7 June SPECIAL OFFERS
On the 4th June Concordia will be open to the public from 12pm to 6pm. You can come and enquire about volunteer projects abroad and have a cup of tea with us! Concordia staff will be happy to assist you with all the queries you might have.
In order to celebrate the volunteers' week, Concordia will also offer a 10% discount on the registration fee to all volunteers applying between the 1st and 7th June.
For more information contact the office on 01273 422218 or email info@concordia-iye.org.uk.
EVS news
Would you like to go on a EVS project in France from May 2008 to October 2008?
Concordia has a free place for a volunteer on either 2007-FR-14 or 2005-FR-69 please enter this number under EI ref on to the following website for more information
http://ec.europa.eu/youth/evs/aod/hei_en.cfm
If you would like to be considered please contact fiona@concordia-iye.org.uk for more information
Concordia Blog
Check out the new entries on the Concordia blog!
Read about volunteers experiances on North South, Standard and EVS projects.
If you would like to add a story on to our blog please email Fiona Taylor with your stories.
DUKE OF EDINBURGH's AWARD ACCESS ORGANISATION
Concordia is now an access organsiation for the Duke of Edinburgh Award and if you are working towards your Gold Award you can gain your Gold Residential Project thorugh Concorida. Click here for more information
ONLINE APPLICATION AVAILABLE NOW!
From April volunteers can apply for projects online, as well as using the classic postal application. We hope this new tool will make the application process easier and we are looking forward to receiving your comments and feedback. Please send your comments to francescob@concordia-iye.org.uk.
NEW SUMMER PROGRAMME 2008 AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW!
Finally we released the new Summer Programme 2008 with more than 1500 projects available worldwide. For the first time projects will be available in Georgia and Costa Rica and many more projects are available in Vietnam and Indonesia. Projects vary from environmental, construction and renovation to social projects, play schemes, arts, teaching and more. Family projects are available as well!
Click here for more information on our International Volunteer Programme..
Click here to check projects available..
WHAT IS NEW AT CONCORDIA
- We have no upper age limit, however the database only shows the ages from 16 to 30 so if you are over 30 please check with the office when applying for a project so we can let you know if that particular project has an upper age limit as some of our partners sometimes do.
>> View more about our new and special projects
photographs from our 2007 competition
To view the Concordia 2006 photograph winners, please follow the link below:
DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD
If you are working towards your Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award you can gain the Residential Project part of this award through Concordia.
All our short term volunteering projects count as Gold Residential Projects and can be used towards gaining your Gold Award.
Its very simple: just let us know at Concordia that you are using your volunteering project for your Residential part of the Gold Award and once you are home from the project overseas we can fill in an Access Credit Note and issue you with a certificate to confirm that you have been on a Residential Project. All we need is your individual number which can be found inside your Gold Award book. Alternatively you can send in a photocopy of your Gold Award book.
For more information please contact fiona@concordia-iye.org.uk
For more information about the Duke of Edinburgh Award click here
european voluntary service (EVS) volunteers wanted
Want to volunteer between 6 months and 12 months and not have to pay for it?
Concordia can arrange long-term volunteering placements funded through the European Voluntary Service(EVS)Programme. If you are aged between 18-30 you can apply to volunteer in Europe for a period of 6 to 12 months. The type of placement varies from conservation work to social work and you choose those which fit your interests and experience. Travel and living expenses are covered by the scheme.
Please visit our EVS Programmes - for more information and application forms. If you would like to talk to someone about the programme call Fiona Taylor on 01273 425513 or email fiona@concordia-iye.org.uk.
Alternatively, visit the EVS website: www.sosforevs.org to view details of placements before contacting Concordia. Young people living in the south east of England or with experience of volunteering on short-term projects with Concordia are encouraged to apply.
WE ARE NOW RECRUITING FOR PLACEMENTS STARTING FROM MAY 2007 ONWARDS. PLACEMENTS CAN TAKE FROM 3-6 MONTHS TO ORGANISE SO APPLY AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
A BIG THANK YOU
This year we have had a great response from our volunteers who helped input all our projects on to the database, over 1600 projects were typed onto the database.
So we would like to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU and to see who are stars are:
>> View more about our helpful volunteers