Did you volunteer with Concordia in the past and had a fantastic experience?

Would you like other people to have the same opportunity?

Help us spread the word about our international programme by putting up posters and leaflets in your local University, Library, Volunteer Centre or anywhere you think would be useful.

If you are interested in becoming a Concordia Publicity Volunteer please let us know as soon as possible!

Thank you for your help!

After a successful weekend at the Outdoor Show in London, tomorrow Tuesday 17th January Concordia will have a stall at the Goldsmiths’ Freshers Fayre from 12pm – 4pm.

The fayre is being held the Great Hall. The address is, Richard Hoggard Building Great Hall, Goldsmiths College, New Cross,LONDON, SE14 6NW.

We look forward to see you there!

Concordia will hold a stall at the Outdoor Show 2012 from 12th to 15th January in London. Come and meet us at stand Y0108!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Our partner Unarec is looking for a volunteer to help in their office in Clermont-Ferrand with theplacement of French volunteers on volunteer projects worldwide. The dates are flexible are can be discussed with the volunteers: from February-March-April to July-August-September.

Candidates should be able to speak French and must have had previous experience in a volunteer programme with Concordia. Accomodation provided in the town center near the office + monthly allowance.

If you are interested in applying please contact us and we will send you an application form.

The deadline for application is the 31st of January.

Read More about this opportunity here>>

The new programme for Summer 2012 will be released in March 2012 with over 1500 projects available. If you want us to send you a reminder as soon as the new programme is live on our website, please send us an email and write on the subject “Summer Programme request“.

Enter our photo competition and you’ll be in with a chance of winning a free project registration! We want you to capture the ‘Concordia volunteer experience’ in a picture. We’re looking for dynamic pictures of volunteers in action!

Prizes for the best three pictures will include:

1^st – Free project registration or £50 worth of vouchers

2^nd – Concordia hoodie

3^rd – Concordia t-shirt

The best pictures will also be used on our website, in our newsletters and for promotional material!

Read more to see the competition rules. (more…)

Coyote is a publication issued by the Council of Europe and the  issue 17 released in July 2011 focuses  on volunteering. The edition also features articles from European Year of Volunteering 2011 Alliance members YFJ and CEV on a rights based approach to volunteering and on the economic value of volunteering respectively.

You can download the issue by clicking here >>

Concordia has been cooperating with Moulsecoomb Primary School in Brighton for many years and in 2011 we organised together an international volunteer project from the 3rd to the 17th July which hosted participants from all over the world.

The project has been really successful and you can read here an article from Moulsecoomb Primary School Blog that tells you a little bit more about it.

During this project volunteers will work alongside local Japanese volunteers to plant a forest as a symbol of revival after the area of  Kumamoto was heavily affected by Minamta’s disease,  a neurological disaster brought about by mercury poisoning 40 years ago.

Read more about this project

Look at other projects in Japan

What better way to end the summer than by joining a Concordia weekend project with The Green Centre in Brighton.

The Green Centre is in the midst of a makeover and would like to invite volunteers to help with this much needed work.

Volunteers will help to paint the stonework, window frames and front door to match the work already done. In the garden there will also be a varity of jobs: a bench to varnish, a garden shed makeover to complete and sorting the all important bottle tops!! Volunteers will also be helping to create a wildlife garden for the Craven Vale children’s allotment which is situated a few meters away from The Green Centre.

This is a great opportunity to get a taster of a residential volunteer project, meet new people and have loads of fun!!

Fee £30 – Food and accommodation is provided

For more information and booking here