Picture it – Build your Future in France

Volunteer activities:

• To bring value to We Moov’s public (European and International Mobility Department, also named We Moov’s):
• Contributing to We Moov’s preparation workshops for mobility;
• Helping our local youngsters and migrants to prepare to participation in international mobility (concrete steps before departure, cultural differences in the working sphere and in daily life…)
• Taking part in discussion groups in English so that our local community as well as migrant communities can practice the language;
• Co-facilitate our “mobility coaches” network (young people who already had a mobility experience with us and who now coach other young people from our territory);
• Reassuring people who are afraid before leaving (and reassuring people who are not sure of going abroad because of some fears which will be discussed with the volunteers);
• Help in the deadlines, preparing mandates, suggesting ideas for projects, keep in contact with European partners, etc;
• Arrange preparatory meetings and evaluation meetings with participants in training courses and youth exchanges–with the help of the We Moov’s team;
• Participation or support person during some of the project we host: YE or TC etc.
• To help our local community members and migrants communities to obtain a job experience abroad;
• Assisting our public in writing CV and cover-letters in English (which techniques of CV/letters according to each country but also in Europass format);
• Helping our public to prepare a job interview in English (which aspects to focus on according to which country);
• Helping our public in a job or experience research abroad (job search sites; way of searching. In addition to that, the volunteers could help our public with their knowledges of the job market in their respective countries);
• Exchanging with our publics about the job-search techniques and comparing them to the ones in the respective countries of the volunteers. Again, we will aim at giving to our public new ideas/methods of job-research;
• To guide our target groups to a successful mobility abroad and the ones to avoid) – explaining to our public how to be appreciated in the working sphere (such as the valued things/attitudes;
• Explaining to our public how once abroad, it is possible to develop a good social network inside the work organization, how to make friends abroad;
• Assistance in the organization of preparatory and follow up sessions with participants and group leaders, convening and facilitating workshops to build the group and support them to develop relevant skills;
• PR and promotion activities – preparation tangible items such as design of flyers, project sheets, materials for web-site, publications, social media campaigns;
• Use correct multimedia materials, selected for a specific target group. Different type of photos/pictures have to have leaflets/poster/booklet directed to kids, another to youth and much more to address to adults or elderly people;
• Prepare the whole campaign of promoting, choosing places where materials should appear, choose informational channel social media updates; write articles; web maintenance with LAW staff support; write testimonials;
• Networking with other volunteers of our region (national civic services and European volunteers);
• Taking part to events where our platform is represented;
• Meeting regularly other European volunteers who are active in other cities in the near of Calais to help one another, set up common actions, and deal with other publics from other structures;
• Keeping records of the volunteering experience (reporting the actions, making pictures…), which will be diffused on Facebook.