About the project
Project Results
To this end, the following activities were carried out:
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- Networking with all relevant stakeholders in the field of disability as well as volunteering (working breakfast twice a year).
- Assessing the needs of potential volunteers
- Recruitment of volunteers and creation of a pool of inclusive volunteers.
- Willingness of parents and carers to support involvement
- Establishment and training of an “Inclusion Companion” team
- Training, placement and support of volunteers
- Targeted public relations work
- Appropriate training and counselling concepts as well as project guidelines will be developed and tested in all 4 countries.
E-Book "Inclusive Volunteering"
Our E-Book “Inclusive Volunteering” includes input on inclusive volunteering, the learning results of
the project partners on how to engage people with disabilities in the community, and recommendations on how to implement inclusive volunteering.
The E-Book is available in English.
Photobook "Volunteering is for everyone"
In our photobook, you will find good practices of volunteers with disabilities and their work. It can be used for promotion of inclusive volunteering.
Photobook
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.