Please note, that this is an on-line event.

The training course will guide the participants towards better quality in supporting E+/ESC/EVS volunteers´ emotional well-being and understanding of the field of mental health and its importance for everyone.

Target group: volunteering project coordinators, members of hosting organisations working directly with volunteers/ assigning tasks.

With this TC we want to:

• Equip pax with means to support volunteers in their emotional and psychological well-being, to recognize signs of possible mental crisis
• Equip pax with means to support the project environment close to the volunteer (co-workers, staff of the organisation, flatmates, co-volunteers) when such crisis occurs
• Enable pax to set the boundary beyond which reaching for a professional help is necessary
• Help pax to map institutions / organisations etc. able to help them in their close environment in order to create a safety network
• Show pax how they can support themselves in times of crisis during the volunteering project
• COVID-19 and how the pandemic influenced volunteers and organisations

Dates:

2 – 16 November 2020, sessions each Monday and Thursday 10 am to 13 pm CEST

Trainers:

A. Biba Rebolj (UK)

• born 1984
• lives in United Kingdom
• speaks fluent Croatian, English, German, Slovene
• About: When dealing with your own issues, use your head. When dealing with other people’s issues, use your heart (personal and professional motto)
• Biba in five words: Integrity, minimalism, simplicity, humour, professionalism.

Agnieszka Szczepanik (PL)