About the project
Project number: 2018-1-CZ01-KA204-048024
Duration: 01.09.2018 – 31.12.2020
Funding program: Erasmus+ KA204 – Strategic Partnerships for adult education
Voluntary work is important both for our society and for individuals. Participation in such can enrich a life through social integration and the development of personal skills, but people with disabilities have often been excluded from this. The IMProVE project stands for inclusion and equality and is intended to enable people with disabilities to enter voluntary work. To implement the goal of inclusive volunteering, support structures are being developed to enable people with disabilities to access advice and training. Information events and counseling for parents and caregivers will improve skills and thus facilitate the path to volunteerism. Another goal is to change the public perception of people with disabilities. Everyone, regardless of age, culture, gender, sexual orientation, origin, religion or disability can make a contribution to our society and play an active role.
The transnational partnership aimed to create an inclusive volunteering environment for people with disabilities or limitations, i.e. to enable everyone to volunteer.
Project Results
E-Book "Improve 1.0 - Inclusive Volunteering”
Our E-Book offers insights into inclusive volunteering, showing how people with disabilities can actively take part in volunteer work. It includes practical tips for organisations, examples of successful inclusive volunteer placements, and recommendations for creating accessible and welcoming environments. A helpful guide for anyone working with volunteers or in the disability field.
The E-Book is available in English.
Photo Book "Everyone Can Volunteer"
The photo book presents people with intellectual disabilities volunteering in their communities. With photos and personal quotes, it shows where and how they contribute — and why volunteering matters to them. The book aims to inspire others and prove that everyone can get involved.
The photo book is available in German, in English, in Czech, and in Portuguese.
Online Seminar "Inclusive Volunteering in Practice"
Instead of a final international conference (due to COVID-19), we held an online seminar. It includes videos, presentations, and materials sharing experiences, tools, and recommendations on inclusive volunteering from all partners.
The seminar is available online here.
Tips for implementing inclusive volunteering
Voices of Volunteers
Pictures
About the partnership
“IMProVE” was a transnational project between Germany, the Czech Republic, Portugal and Austria and was funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the EU.
The partnership, coordinated by the German NGO Gemeinsam leben & lernen in Europa e.V., aimed to identify ways, methods and strategies to improve the participation of people with disabilities in volunteering activities and to create an inclusive environment for volunteering through the exchange of experiences across Europe.
The partners wanted to share their different experiences and learn about each other’s environments, ways of thinking and working. The partners met four times to share their ideas, expertise and methods on the common themes. In addition, during each of the four transnational visits, each partner will offer as input a short training session for the other partners based on their unique expertise.
Gemeinsam leben & lernen in Europa e.V.
Leopoldstraße 9
D- 94032 Passau
+49-851-2132740
info(at)gemeinsam-in-europa.de
https://gemeinsam-in-europa.de/
Dobrovolnické centrum
Prokopa Diviše 1605/5
400 01 Ústí nad Labem
Czech Republic
+420 606 512 905
https://www.dcul.cz/
CERCIOEIRAS (Cooperative Education and Rehabilitation of Citizens with Disabilities)
Rua 7 de Junho nº57,
2730-174 Barcarena – Portugal
(+351) 214239680
geral(at)cercioeiras.pt
https://www.cercioeiras.pt/pt
atempo Betriebsgesellschaft gmbH
Heinrichstraße 145
8010 Graz
(+43) 316 81 47 16 0
atempo.graz(at)atempo.at
https://www.atempo.at/