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ESC project at Funkibator
INCLUSION, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, GARDENING
About Funkibator association
Funkibator Ideell Förening is a local association started in 2011 and is the result of a development center project called Funkibator. In the county of Kronoberg there are a few youth organizations within the field of disability so we decided to start one ourselves. It is a regional organization and our main target group is children, youth and young adults and people up to the age of 40. Funkibator Ideell Förening is for people regardless of diagnosis as we want to focus on the activities and not the diagnosis. Our goal is to become a national organization and establish the organization all over Sweden. We offer different activities in the organization and our motto is that it should be concrete, fun and social. Some of our activities include leisure activities for young people with disabilities; monthly activities such as mini educations, inspirational meetings. Other activities have included bowling, wheelchair handball, movie night, winter holiday sports camp, summer camp, badminton, study visits etc. We feel it is important that our target group meet new people and gain a bigger network, both digitally and in real life. We also cooperate with Växjö municipality and offer summer jobs for disabled youth. Växjö is a small city in the south of Sweden with a municipality of 80.000 inhabitants. The office of Funkibator association is in the city center of Växjö and is very close to the bus and train station. The offices are wheelchair accessible.
Funkibator is part of Nätverket SIP, an umbrella organisation with the base in Växjö. SIP stands for Social change in Practice and focuses on building a more equal and democratic society through new ideas that have an impact on the community.
Accommodation: Room in an apartment with shared bathroom and kitchen or room in a host family with shared kitchen and bathroom.
Working times: The volunteer usually work during weekdays but sometimes they work on weekends and evenings. The volunteers work max. 35 hours per week, including Swedish lessons.
Activities for volunteers
Some activities for the volunteers:
● Prepare, set up and lead weekly activities for members and other participants, physical or online
● Prepare rooms and equipment for activities lead by others, physical or online
● Work with Zoom
● Assist in different weekly activities with themes of workshops, education, art and creation, movie events, animal activities
● Taking care of plants in the greenhouse and the plant room
● Doing inventory of the storage
● Help develop Funkibator's online shop - take product pictures, upload information in the page, etc.
● Pack and send out orders from the Funkibatorbutik
● Deliver vehicles such as bikes
● Assist during video game evenings for youngsters
The volunteer’s main role in this project is to assist in arranging activities, lead workshops, develop projects and express their own ideas. There will also be a multitude of other tasks that the volunteer will do in between the main tasks.
→ You will also join other teams of Network SIP during your volunteering, such as the maintenance team. These will include practical tasks like constructing, screwing, painting or driving with a trailer. In total it will be 5 weeks when you will work manually (2 weeks of preparation and 3 weeks when you will be leading a group of young people which we call “summer workers” and work manually with them). You can also help out in TLC (Tender Loving Caring, a pet organization in SIP) through joining dog walks, preparing a fika with dogs or feeding and cuddling the animals.
We are looking for two volunteers who:
● are open and flexible
● enjoy both office work (planning, meetings, brainstorming) but also enjoy participating and organizing activities with people and other more practical tasks
● interested in inclusion, entrepreneurship and social questions
● are respectful to others and are willing to make an effort to adapt to different and new situations and activities
● are interested in working within and have some knowledge about the field of disability
● sees themself as responsible and independent
● wants to be creative, forward, active, take initiative and think outside the box
● like to communicate and interact with the target group
● are interested in developing their own initiatives and activities
● wants to take part in our different activities and share their knowledge on different matters
● are interested in learning to hold workshops and other activities
● enjoy working in a team with people with different backgrounds and needs
Future vacancy: 1st September 2022 – 31st August 2023
We are now recruiting new ESC volunteers! If you are interested in this project, send us your CV and a motivation/cover letter (both documents in English to funkibator@globalakronoberg.se. Applications should be sent to us before the deadline which is written in the European Youth Portal.
Note that you should write “Funkibator's project” in the emails' subject, so we can easily recognize the project you are applying for. We’re looking forward to receiving your application!
To know more about Funkibator: https://www.funkibator.se/
About Funkibator association
Funkibator Ideell Förening is a local association started in 2011 and is the result of a development center project called Funkibator. In the county of Kronoberg there are a few youth organizations within the field of disability so we decided to start one ourselves. It is a regional organization and our main target group is children, youth and young adults and people up to the age of 40. Funkibator Ideell Förening is for people regardless of diagnosis as we want to focus on the activities and not the diagnosis. Our goal is to become a national organization and establish the organization all over Sweden. We offer different activities in the organization and our motto is that it should be concrete, fun and social. Some of our activities include leisure activities for young people with disabilities; monthly activities such as mini educations, inspirational meetings. Other activities have included bowling, wheelchair handball, movie night, winter holiday sports camp, summer camp, badminton, study visits etc. We feel it is important that our target group meet new people and gain a bigger network, both digitally and in real life. We also cooperate with Växjö municipality and offer summer jobs for disabled youth. Växjö is a small city in the south of Sweden with a municipality of 80.000 inhabitants. The office of Funkibator association is in the city center of Växjö and is very close to the bus and train station. The offices are wheelchair accessible.
Funkibator is part of Nätverket SIP, an umbrella organisation with the base in Växjö. SIP stands for Social change in Practice and focuses on building a more equal and democratic society through new ideas that have an impact on the community.
Accommodation: Room in an apartment with shared bathroom and kitchen or room in a host family with shared kitchen and bathroom.
Working times: The volunteer usually work during weekdays but sometimes they work on weekends and evenings. The volunteers work max. 35 hours per week, including Swedish lessons.
Activities for volunteers
Some activities for the volunteers:
● Prepare, set up and lead weekly activities for members and other participants, physical or online
● Prepare rooms and equipment for activities lead by others, physical or online
● Work with Zoom
● Assist in different weekly activities with themes of workshops, education, art and creation, movie events, animal activities
● Taking care of plants in the greenhouse and the plant room
● Doing inventory of the storage
● Help develop Funkibator's online shop - take product pictures, upload information in the page, etc.
● Pack and send out orders from the Funkibatorbutik
● Deliver vehicles such as bikes
● Assist during video game evenings for youngsters
The volunteer’s main role in this project is to assist in arranging activities, lead workshops, develop projects and express their own ideas. There will also be a multitude of other tasks that the volunteer will do in between the main tasks.
→ You will also join other teams of Network SIP during your volunteering, such as the maintenance team. These will include practical tasks like constructing, screwing, painting or driving with a trailer. In total it will be 5 weeks when you will work manually (2 weeks of preparation and 3 weeks when you will be leading a group of young people which we call “summer workers” and work manually with them). You can also help out in TLC (Tender Loving Caring, a pet organization in SIP) through joining dog walks, preparing a fika with dogs or feeding and cuddling the animals.
We are looking for two volunteers who:
● are open and flexible
● enjoy both office work (planning, meetings, brainstorming) but also enjoy participating and organizing activities with people and other more practical tasks
● interested in inclusion, entrepreneurship and social questions
● are respectful to others and are willing to make an effort to adapt to different and new situations and activities
● are interested in working within and have some knowledge about the field of disability
● sees themself as responsible and independent
● wants to be creative, forward, active, take initiative and think outside the box
● like to communicate and interact with the target group
● are interested in developing their own initiatives and activities
● wants to take part in our different activities and share their knowledge on different matters
● are interested in learning to hold workshops and other activities
● enjoy working in a team with people with different backgrounds and needs
Future vacancy: 1st September 2022 – 31st August 2023
We are now recruiting new ESC volunteers! If you are interested in this project, send us your CV and a motivation/cover letter (both documents in English to funkibator@globalakronoberg.se. Applications should be sent to us before the deadline which is written in the European Youth Portal.
Note that you should write “Funkibator's project” in the emails' subject, so we can easily recognize the project you are applying for. We’re looking forward to receiving your application!
To know more about Funkibator: https://www.funkibator.se/
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