International Youth Volunteer - Águeda / Gwirfoddoli Ieuenctid Rhyngwladol - Águeda

Do you live in Wales and want to gain valuable skills, have new experiences, and support vulnerable people?

We are offering 6 young people aged 18-25 the opportunity to volunteer for up to 11 months with the Portuguese Red Cross in Águeda, Portugal.

The Portuguese Red Cross in Agueda offers support to the local community in three main areas of voluntary activity: youth, emergency and social.

The youth department runs projects that will see the successful volunteer work with young people in the local community to boost their confidence, promote their involvement with their local community, support the peer to peer education programme and assist with planning and delivering awareness campaigns.

In the emergency department the successful volunteer will assist with the organisation and maintenance of essential emergency supplies as well as providing assistance and wellbeing support to those affected by emergencies and disasters and general event support within the community.

The social department runs a variety of projects including; the essential distribution of food to vulnerable people, the social canteen, food donation drives and working with vulnerable young people by organising activities to promote social inclusion, sports, creative workshops and educational programmes.

The successful volunteer will stay in a shared room in the Agueda Red Cross office with one other volunteer on the programme.

The volunteering hours will never exceed 36 hours/week and the volunteer schedule will be rotating. Volunteers are entitled to two consecutive days of rest per week.

This is a great opportunity to get involved in these projects and find out what you are interested in. For more details on the role and the projects available, have a look at the role description. The main thing we want to see is your motivation for this placement!

Typical tasks may involve:

• Assisting with the collection, sorting and distribution of food.
• Supporting and organising well-being events within the community.
• Developing projects to support the social inclusion of young people.
• Awareness raising and referrals according to people’s needs.
• Planning and delivering awareness campaigns in the community.
• Designing and facilitating creative and educational workshops to a variety of vulnerable people.

Please note that only young people based in Wales can apply for this role. Interviews will take place online with shortlisted candidates.

Ein Rhaglen Gwirfoddoli Ieuenctid Rhyngwladol:

Gall y Rhaglen Gwirfoddoli Ieuenctid Rhyngwladol (RGIR) gynnig cyfle i bobl ifanc 18-25 oed sy'n byw yng Nghymru deithio i Bortiwgal i gymryd rhan mewn rhaglen wirfoddoli lawn-amser, strwythuredig a chefnogol. Mae ein holl leoliadau wedi'u hariannu'n llawn, gyda chostau teithio, llety, fisa ac yswiriant iechyd yn cael eu cynnwys, ac mae gwirfoddolwyr yn derbyn lwfans misol bach i dalu costau ychwanegol.

Dyma'r cyfle perffaith i'r rhai sydd â diddordeb i feithrin sgiliau gwerthfawr, cael profiadau newydd, a rhoi yn ôl i'r gymuned. Mae'r sgiliau personol a phroffesiynol a ddatblygir ar y lleoliadau hyn (annibyniaeth, gwytnwch, gweithio gyda phobl agored i niwed, ac ati), yn ogystal â'r cyfle i fyw mewn gwlad newydd a chreu cysylltiadau â phobl o wahanol gefndiroedd yn fuddiol iawn i unrhyw berson ifanc sydd am ddechrau gyrfa yn y sector hwn neu debyg.

Rydym yn awyddus i glywed gan unigolion yn enwedig y rhai nad ydynt fel arfer yn cael y cyfle i wirfoddoli dramor, sy'n angerddol ac yn frwdfrydig am weithio yn y sector dyngarol a gwirfoddoli rhyngwladol ond sydd hefyd yn deall bod angen gallu i addasu a gwytnwch ar y mathau hyn o leoliadau. Mae gennym ddiddordeb arbennig mewn ceisiadau gan y rhai sy'n dod o gefndiroedd economaidd-gymdeithasol isel, sy'n ofalwyr neu'n brofiadol mewn gofal, wedi cael prydau ysgol am ddim, sy'n ffoaduriaid neu geiswyr lloches a'r rhai ag anableddau neu anghenion ychwanegol.