Volunteer Facilitator in Calais and Dunkirk

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The Role:
You will help in the facilitation of youth tasks for vulnerable young people, including art, sport, music and technology sessions. We provide non-formal spaces for young people aged 12-18 to learn skills and relax in a variety of settings, from outdoors to day centres.

We are looking for people who are willing to plan and deliver workshops for young people, with the support of the rest of the team. Ideas for workshops can be discussed during your application.

Experience helping young people is required, whether in a work or volunteering capacity and DBS (or the equivalent). Its also important that you follow are safety protocols closely for the benefit of our team, young people and yourself.

Typically we work in the week and have the weekend off, there will be a mixture of running sessions and 1 admin / logistics day. We ask volunteers to join us for a minimum of 6 weeks, this is to help with consistency for young people.

We operate in english, but are especially keen to hear from you if you speak French, Arabic, Farsi, Pashto, Sorani Kurdish or Tigrinya as this would be a great benefit to our work. We are also keen to hear from you if you have lived experience of migration or of displacement, or if you have experience working in similar contexts.

Learning opportunities:

You will gain practical skills and experience of youth work in our context as well as logistical and administrative work if this is of interest to you. During your time with us you will gain a better understanding of the situation for displaced young people in Northern France, and benefit from joining a multilingual community of volunteers from all over the world, between different organisations.

We are a solidarity-based organisation working in a very challenging environment. We discourage volunteers who come with a saviour complexes. We do not believe in "voluntourism" or in "holidarity." You will benefit from joining a multilingual community of volunteers from all over the world, between different organisations.

Accommodation:
You will be living with us in our shared house - it is likely that you will be sharing a room.

Days off:
During your time off you are free to socialise with other volunteers and visit the towns of Calais and Dunkirk, as well as some beautiful countryside and coastal walks. Rail connections to Lille are frequent, and though a lovely city in its own right, from there it is very easy to reach Paris, Brussels and further afield through TGV trains and coaches.