Concordia News
LATEST NEWS! AUGUST 2008 UPDATE
Here you will find the latest news sent with our monthly email newsletter.
SHORT TERM PROJECTS STILL AVAILABLE and Open day 19th AUGUST
The summer season is well under way and there are still many opportunities to volunteer on our short term projects.
Over 150 projects still available on our Standard Programme.
Visit www.concordia-iye.org.uk/projects and hopefully you will find the project for you.
Click here to check projects urgently looking for volunteers.
And if you have any enquiries, you can come and visit us on the 19th August, when Concordia will be open to the public from 12pm to 5pm. This a good opportunity to enquire about volunteer projects abroad and have a cup of tea and snacks with Concordia staff! We will be happy to assist you with all the queries you might have.
Click here to see where to find us.
Otherwise, for more information you can always contact the office on 01273 422218 or email info@concordia-iye.org.uk.
CONCORDIA POST SEASON EVENT IN OCTOBER
Concordia is very happy to host the annual Post Season Event in Brighton from the 24th to the 26th October. The weekend is an opportunity to meet the volunteers after the summer season, do some evaluations, know about further opportunities with Concordia, volunteer in the Brighton area and most of all have a good time together!
For more information contact the office on 01273 422218 or email: francescob@concordia-iye.org.uk
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.
If you would like to talk to someone about the programme or get an application form please 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.
- Would you like to go to Russia for 6 months and get all your travel, food and accommodation paid for?
- Can you speak some Russian?
- Would you like to improve your Russian?
- Have you the skills to teach English to Russian students?
- Have you 6 months to spare?
If the answer is yes, then you can call the office on 01273 422218 for more information or send an email to fiona@concordia-iye.org.uk
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.
It’s 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
Are you a budding photographer?
Would you like to win a fantastic prize?
If so we want you to capture the ‘Concordia volunteer experience’ in a picture. We are looking for dynamic pictures of volunteers in a variety of roles and settings. We would like to capture volunteers in action.
Prizes for the best three pictures will include:
1st - £50 worth of vouchers or free registration fee for a volunteer project in 2009
2nd – Concordia hoodie
3rd - Concordia t-shirt
The best pictures will also be used in our website, newsletters and promotional material!!
Good luck!
Rules and conditions:
- Open to all Concordia volunteers
- The pictures should include at least one aspect of the project such as “volunteers at work”, “volunteers and the local community”, “intercultural events” and finally “international volunteers living together - food and accommodation”.
- No more than 5 pictures per entrant. If you want to send more pictures you can do it as long as you specify which are the 5 entering the competition.
- Size of picture – digital pictures only and no bigger than 1MB and in a jpeg format
- Please remember to ask peoples permission when taking photos and be sensitive to people’s cultures. If the picture involves any persons under the age of 18 they have obtained the consent of that child’s parent or guardian.
- All entrants agree that by submitting the photo/s to Concordia it will confirm and warrant that they have permission to use their name and image which can then be used in promotional materials for Concordia.
- Please send your entries to Concordia Photo competition, 19 North Street, Portslade, Brighton. BN41 1DH or you can email your pictures to Fiona@concordia-iye.org.uk
Closing date 15th December 2008 – please try and get your pictures in as soon as possible!
V-involved in brighton and hove
If you are 16 - 25 and live within Brighton and Hove then you can gain a national recognition certificate from Vinvolved in Brighton and Hove. You also can get access to support and advice, training and social events and all through doing a Concordia Volunteering projects. For more information email info@bhvolunteers.org.uk or go on their website www.bhvolunteers.org.uk
CONCORDIA ON FACEBOOK
Now you can find Concordia on Facebook!
From now on you can invite your friends to the new Concordia page on facebook and receive updates about our events and opportunities...and help spread the word about Concordia!!
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Thank you!
Flying to a project and want to offset your carbon footprint?
Would you like to plant a tree to offset your carbon footprint? Well you can with Treeflights.com. They will plant trees for you in either Wales or Peru, check their website out for more details.
ORGANISING YOUR JOURNEY TO THE PROJECT?
If you are looking for flights to your project destination, we recommend the non for profit travel agency North South Travel: they offer discount fares worldwide and all their profits are donated to grassroots projects in the South.
For more information visit www.northsouthtravel.com
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