Cesavo (Italy)
The Cesavo (the CVS of Savona) supports and regulates sphere of activity of the non-profit Associations in accordance with law No. 266/91 and bylaw No. 15/92.
The Centre itself is a non-profit organization including 60 Volunteering Associations from the province of Savona. Particularly, its aim is helping Associations to develop emerging solutions and innovations from the world of Voluntary Work through:
• Formation and Training courses
• Technical, legal and fiscal advice
• Promotional activity and information service
• Support and Facilitation in planning and research
The aim of the CVS is promoting and increasing volunteerism, giving a qualified aid to the non-profit Associations, supporting the Associations in planning and organizing training courses for volunteers.
The CVS also help no profit Organizations to gain visibility inside the community and to achieve recognition for their civic contributions.
There are 4 main activities: Advices, Formation and Training, Information and Documentation, Promotional activity.
The Cesavo mainly gives 3 kind of services:
Basic services and logistics, Advices, Communication and promotional Activity.
The Cesavo is giving a free aid-service to all its associations, making use of a qualified staff.
Advices now available:
• Legal advice
• Insurance aid
• The conscientious objectors’ desk
• Support in European planning
• Data processing system-aid
• Organizational work
www.cesavo.it
The Centre itself is a non-profit organization including 60 Volunteering Associations from the province of Savona. Particularly, its aim is helping Associations to develop emerging solutions and innovations from the world of Voluntary Work through:
• Formation and Training courses
• Technical, legal and fiscal advice
• Promotional activity and information service
• Support and Facilitation in planning and research
The aim of the CVS is promoting and increasing volunteerism, giving a qualified aid to the non-profit Associations, supporting the Associations in planning and organizing training courses for volunteers.
The CVS also help no profit Organizations to gain visibility inside the community and to achieve recognition for their civic contributions.
There are 4 main activities: Advices, Formation and Training, Information and Documentation, Promotional activity.
The Cesavo mainly gives 3 kind of services:
Basic services and logistics, Advices, Communication and promotional Activity.
The Cesavo is giving a free aid-service to all its associations, making use of a qualified staff.
Advices now available:
• Legal advice
• Insurance aid
• The conscientious objectors’ desk
• Support in European planning
• Data processing system-aid
• Organizational work
www.cesavo.it
Hammersmith and Fulham Volunteer Centre (United Kingdom)
Hammersmith and Fulham Volunteer Centre is a volunteering agency whose function is to promote, support and develop volunteering, and provide assistance through information, advice, guidance and training to get people into work and or education.
The Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre (HFVC) is a registered charity, established in 1986 to promote, support and develop volunteer work in Hammersmith and Fulham. The HFVC aims to support local people into volunteer placements, to assist local organisations with developing good practice around volunteering and to provide IAG and employment support to unemployed, hard to reach groups.
HFVC engages with approximately 5000 people a year. Its function is to promote, support and develop volunteering, and provide assistance through information, advice, guidance and training to get people into work and or education by:- A) promoting & developing volunteering opportunities; B) recruiting, placing & supporting volunteers, particularly people from BAME/R & White Working Class Communities so as to increase the involvement of these communities; C) developing good practice by providing information, training, support, advice to voluntary organisations in their use of volunteers; D) improving services for the community through the facilitation of volunteering opportunities E) promoting volunteering to the Voluntary, Statutory & Business Sectors to minimise social exclusion in the development of social and employment skills.
Currently, the Centre operates across West London, including the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow. HFVC runs a range of different projects including Core Volunteering, Youth Volunteer Programmes including EVS (European Voluntary Service), an Inter-Generational project, an Olympic inspired Volunteer Programme and an Employee Supported Volunteering Programme aimed at local businesses. Most of these programmes operate in 2 or more of the West London Boroughs mentioned above.
www.hfvc.org.uk
HFVC engages with approximately 5000 people a year. Its function is to promote, support and develop volunteering, and provide assistance through information, advice, guidance and training to get people into work and or education by:- A) promoting & developing volunteering opportunities; B) recruiting, placing & supporting volunteers, particularly people from BAME/R & White Working Class Communities so as to increase the involvement of these communities; C) developing good practice by providing information, training, support, advice to voluntary organisations in their use of volunteers; D) improving services for the community through the facilitation of volunteering opportunities E) promoting volunteering to the Voluntary, Statutory & Business Sectors to minimise social exclusion in the development of social and employment skills.
Currently, the Centre operates across West London, including the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow. HFVC runs a range of different projects including Core Volunteering, Youth Volunteer Programmes including EVS (European Voluntary Service), an Inter-Generational project, an Olympic inspired Volunteer Programme and an Employee Supported Volunteering Programme aimed at local businesses. Most of these programmes operate in 2 or more of the West London Boroughs mentioned above.
www.hfvc.org.uk
Akademie für Ehrenamtlichkeit (Germany)
Training and consultancy institution, ngo, nationwide activity, part of national network for the support of volunteering in Germany, founded in 1994, first institution in Germany offering a volunteer management training since 1998 - until now qualification of more than 1800 pers as volunteer managers.
specific groups: children and youth, people with disabilities, migrants, elder people, social workers in community work, volunteers especially in the social sector of Germany. But we also support all volunteer sectors in Germany.
We will bring into the project the specific insight of Germanies differentiated volunteer system and our long year experiences in volunteer management trainings and organizational development for volunteer management in the social and all over volunteer sector of Germany. Also we developped several materials for the training of volunteer managers which will be shared to the project partners.
AfED input to the project:
- volunteer coordination and strategic management knowledge, methods and tools
- training methods and tools
- organizational development methods and tools
- training book on volunteer coordination in english language
http://www.ehrenamt.de/
specific groups: children and youth, people with disabilities, migrants, elder people, social workers in community work, volunteers especially in the social sector of Germany. But we also support all volunteer sectors in Germany.
We will bring into the project the specific insight of Germanies differentiated volunteer system and our long year experiences in volunteer management trainings and organizational development for volunteer management in the social and all over volunteer sector of Germany. Also we developped several materials for the training of volunteer managers which will be shared to the project partners.
AfED input to the project:
- volunteer coordination and strategic management knowledge, methods and tools
- training methods and tools
- organizational development methods and tools
- training book on volunteer coordination in english language
http://www.ehrenamt.de/
Itinéraire International (France)
Itinéraire International is a non-profit-making organization, founded in 1995 with the aim to promote international mobility within young adults of 18 to 30 years old as an important step of their further professional integration. Activities and actions revolve around 3 concerns:
• Collective information and consciousness-raising campaigns for the young adults on different opportunities offered by international mobility;
• Individual support and follow-up work on the young adults in order to prepare a project of getting a job, internship or involving in volunteer service abroad;
• Information and advocacy for professionals working on youngsters’ integration
Also, Itinéraire International develops mobility programs regarding training and volunteering like Leonardo Mobility (50 placements per year).
www.itineraire-international.org
• Collective information and consciousness-raising campaigns for the young adults on different opportunities offered by international mobility;
• Individual support and follow-up work on the young adults in order to prepare a project of getting a job, internship or involving in volunteer service abroad;
• Information and advocacy for professionals working on youngsters’ integration
Also, Itinéraire International develops mobility programs regarding training and volunteering like Leonardo Mobility (50 placements per year).
www.itineraire-international.org