VOLUNTEER INTERNATIONAL

We were very excited to meet our first set of European Solidarity Corps volunteers recently. Georgia and Roscoe, who were successful in getting places on our ELSE Project in Bulgaria, came to our offices in London for a Training Day this week. The day covered a number of topics including logistical arrangements, what to expect when living and volunteering abroad, and practical elements such as budgeting and language support. Both volunteers are looking forward to heading out

We're pleased to be recruiting volunteers for our European Solidarity Corps Programme, ELSE! Volunteers must be aged between 18 - 30 years old and based in the UK to take part in this fantastic opportunity which will see them spend 3-5 months in Sofia, Bulgaria, volunteering with our partners Education 21st Century Foundation. Whilst in Bulgaria, volunteers will work with our partners on delivering a number of initiatives and events for young people in Bulgaria, and will also

We were delighted to participate in the recent European Solidarity Corps start-up seminar in Birmingham. The event brought together the first set of UK European Solidarity Corps beneficiaries to kick-off this year's projects. We went through a number of topics including contractual requirements, reporting, how to use Youthpass to recognise the skills developed by volunteers participating in the programme, and how to communicate about our project. It was great to learn more an

We recently went to Ljubljana, Slovenia, to attend a training session on the Erasmus+ Impact+ tool. Find out what we learnt! We were delighted to take part in an Impact+ training course this month, organised by the Slovenian and UK Erasmus+ National Agencies. The training, which took place in the lovely city of Ljubljana, brought together a number of organisations working in the Youth field to support them with their impact measurement strategies. The Impact+ tool, which was