Πρόταση από την ΕΛΙΞ για EVS στην Αγγλία
(Τι είναι ένα πρόγραμμα ΕVS? Πατήστε εδώ… )
Η ΕΛΙΞ σε συνεργασία με το Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland προτείνει ένα πρόγραμμα EVS για 12 μήνες.
Τίτλος: Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland
Τοποθεσία: Bangor, County Down
Χώρα: Αγγλία, Βόρεια Ιρλανδία
Έναρξη: 01/05/2012 - 01/04/2012 (είναι διαπραγματεύσιμη η ημερομηνία έναρξης για 1 μήνα αργότερα περίπου, η διάρκεια είναι για 12 μήνες ανεξάρτητα της ημερομηνίας έναρξης)
θέμα 1ο: Urban/Rural development
θέμα 2ο: Environment
Η αίτηση πρέπει να καταθετεί ΆΜΕΣΑ (θα τηρηθεί σειρά προτεραιότητας)
Αυτό το πρόγραμμα είναι ειδικά για άτομα που λατρεύουν την φύση και θέλουν να εργάζονται σε εξωτερικό χώρο μαθαίνοντας και εφαρμόζοντας πρακτικές γύρω από την παραγωγής δενδρυλλίων σε ένα ειδικό φυτώριο.
Για δήλωση ενδιαφέροντος στείλε το βιογραφικό σου, ένα motivation letter, το EVS Application - CVNI - Northern Ireland μαζί με μια φωτογραφία στο Αυτή η διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε.
Αναλυτική περιγραφή προγράμματοςConservation Volunteers Northern Ireland (CVNI) is the Northern Ireland region of BTCV which is a UK-wide environmental charity.
CVNI’s primary objective is to “Inspire People to Improve Places” through voluntary activity and we promote the support, development, training and practical involvement of people in action to improve the environment. From our five offices we provide advice, support, training and information as well as practical action through our own practical groups, including Conservation Action Teams and Green Gyms. All our projects result in practical environmental improvement including tree planting, drystone walling, path creation, woodland management, pond construction, hedgelaying, building school nature areas and creating informal urban open spaces.
Location of the EVS project: Bangor County Down
The project is based in Bangor County Down, which is a seaside town situated on the southern shore of Belfast Lough. The town has a population of about 70,000 people and has an attractive town centre with a harbour, marina and good shops. By Northern Ireland standards Bangor is an affluent town compared to many other areas. There are many deprived areas in Northern Ireland, which still show signs of the conflict, but to a large extent Bangor shows very little evidence of depravation or the conflict and not at all in the town centre, where the EVS volunteers live. Bangor is about 12 miles from Belfast which is Northern Ireland’s capital city and there are good bus and rail links to Belfast. The volunteer accommodation is in Bangor town centre, a few minutes walk from the shops and other amenities such as the leisure centre and many sports facilities for sports including tennis, rugby, football and athletics.
Volunteer accommodation and food:
CVNI has a house in Bangor where up to four EVS volunteers live and close to all the town centre amenities and within sight of Ward Park which has extensive open space and sports facilities. The house has a kitchen, living room, two bathrooms and five bedrooms. Each volunteer has their own room (with lockable door) and the use of the other shared facilities. CVNI pays all costs associated with the house including rent, electricity and heating and the EVS volunteers are given a weekly allowance to buy food and have the use of the shared kitchen. The volunteers living at this accommodation cook meals together and share the cleaning. The house has a phone which is set to receive incoming calls only and CVNI also pays for the cost of this service. The house also has internet access for volunteers who bring their own computer and many do. Volunteers without their own computer are allowed to use one of the computers in our office for internet access. Volunteers are given written rules for the use of the house and are asked to sign an agreement that they understand and will abide by the rules.
CVNI office at Clandeboye and transport:
CVNI has extensive premises at Clandeboye Estate, about three miles from Bangor town centre, including offices, training facilities, residential accommodation and a four acre walled garden used for growing trees. As Clandeboye Estate is a little inaccessible, we collect volunteers from Bangor in a minibus each morning and return them at the end of the day.
CVNI works with many communities, schools, groups and landowners across Northern Ireland. A number of the projects based at Clandeboye are Northern Ireland-wide and often involve work at other locations and CVNI staff will drive the volunteers to the relevant location in one of our vehicles, for example, collecting tree seed for the tree nursery from ancient woodlands.
The projects and activities the EVS volunteers will be involved in.
We are seeking two EVS volunteers who will be mainly involved in the tree nursery project, but may also be involved in some other projects, for example the Conservation Action Team.
The tree nursery is based in a four acre walled garden at Clandeboye Estate, where CVNI grows native trees from seed, collected from old woodlands across Northern Ireland. We grow trees like Oak, Birch, Ash and Rowan and because we use locally collected seed the trees we grow are described as being of “local provenance” and are better adapted to support our local biodiversity that trees grown from seed collected in mainland UK or Europe. We grow up to 100,000 trees per year and these are planted out at many locations across Northern Ireland. Approximately ten volunteers work in the tree nursery every day and typical work includes:
· Preparing soil and seed beds
· Digging up trees and labelling them
· Helping to collect seed from woodlands
· Preparing seed for storage over winter
· Watering and caring for plants
· Helping to deal with customers and other callers
The Conservation Action Team is a secondary project which EVS volunteers can be involved in. Each day a team of up to 12 volunteers goes out in a minibus to sites within a 20 mile radius to do practical conservation work such as tree planting, improving woodlands, building ponds, improving countryside footpaths and improving school nature areas. Typically work for the EVS volunteers will involve:
- Organising tools and materials.
- Undertaking practical projects such as tree planting, fencing, walling and habitat creation.
- Helping to lead the group once experienced.
- Counting tools and equipment at the end of the day.
The EVS volunteer profile we are seeking and the specific skills required
Age:
Eighteen years or age and older.
Level of spoken English:
Volunteers must have sufficient spoken English to live and work in another country. Most EVS volunteers attend an English for Speakers of Other metadatas (ESOL) course at the local further education college and many undertake the examination.
Skills required:
No special skills or experience is required. Many past EVS volunteers have had some interest in the environment and used the experience with CVNI to further their career in the environment. However no special skills are required and full training will be given as long as the volunteer is keen and well motivated.
