Practical conditions

EVS IN WALES, United Kingdom

ProMo-Cymru

PIC 934669788

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Host project

ProMo-Cymru is a youth enterprise organisation specialising in the cultural industries with a history of supporting innovative and experimental creative projects. ProMo-Cymru's success has been based on clear consultation, working directly with young people in Wales and responding to their needs. The organisation’s strength is in the diversity of a user-led approach working with individual young people, groups and youth organisations in the development of participatory projects. The organisation has over twenty years experience of creative ICT developments, conceiving, supporting and implementing cutting edge projects as collective solutions and activities in youth work and culture. In recent years the organisation has carried out and completed a number of relevant developmental projects. ProMo-Cymru has worked to bring the Ebbw Vale Institute (EVI) back into use as a vibrant community space for cultural activities, learning and social enterprise for communities in Blaenau Gwent and develop a sustainable plan to upgrade the Institute as a long term community asset to deliver sustainable regeneration in the area.

ProMo operates principally in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, but is also active in the South Wales Valleys. While there is a high level of youth unemployment in these areas, there is simultaneously a great potential amongst young people in terms of their creative abilities. ProMo exists to support such young people to realise and develop this potential.

Project outline

Promo is looking for 1 volunteer to help support and develop their work at their office based in the lovely Cardiff Bay working on different projects, including The Sprout, MEIC, Ebbw Vale Institute and the informed families project. The volunteer will be focusing on communications incl. working on social media, digital media and print media.

Main tasks

The EVS project will in part be developed according to the interests and abilities of the volunteer but will broadly cover the following areas:

- To develop an exchange of experiences and ideas between the volunteer and the young people involved with ProMo Cymru.

- Assist in the core office of Promo with tasks related to HR, PR and general admin work.

- To support development of ProMo Cymru’s activities, it’s contact with the local communities and its nationwide profile.

- To promote a wider awareness of International/European issues amongst local people.

- To help bring a European dimension to ProMo Cymru’s activities.

- To provide media support on websites.

- To assist with workshops (video, photography, making pallet furniture, etc.).

- To assisting with residential and young people’s training.

- General duties.

After spending one month or so discovering what the organisation does and where it’s different areas of work are, the volunteer will then be able to focus on one area and work closely with one or two particular staff members

Required skills

ProMo Cymru is looking for volunteers with an interest in communications, multi media and a general interested in youth work, arts/ culture, events and community work. It is vital that the volunteer be able and willing to work on his or her own initiative and use her own ideas for inclusion in the project. Experience of working with young people may be useful but is not our foremost criteria. Experience in communications, of promotions, marketing and events will also be considered an asset.

Practical conditions

The volunteers will live centrally in Cardiff with other EVS volunteers in a shared house. Each person will have their own bedroom and will share kitchen, bathroom and living room. An amount of approximately £250 will be paid once a month for food and pocket money.

Date: 2016-01-14; view: 826