VAP Training Programmes > The UK Project Co-ordinator Training Programme

Training for UK voluntary project coordinators. Learn how to prepare, organise, host and sponsor a voluntary work project.

The training programme for project co-ordinators trains volunteers how to manage up to three week international volunteer projects, also known as “workcamps”, that are held in the UK each year. The participants learn how to prepare the project with the local community, organisation, hosting and sponsoring the project.


Project Co-ordinators Training

The training programme for project co-ordinators trains volunteers how to manage up to three week international volunteer projects, also known as “workcamps”, that are held in the UK each year. The participants learn how to prepare the project with the local community, organisation, hosting and sponsoring the project. This involves practical questions like accommodation, logistics and planning. They also learn the practical interpersonal skills of group dynamics, intercultural learning, motivation, collective decision making and active delegation.

The project co-ordinators share the daily life and work of the international volunteers for two to three weeks supported by the local community, the VAP staff and an assigned mentor to assist with problems.

The co-ordinators participate in the project for free and travel expenses to and from the project are paid by VAP. Co-ordinators who submit the completed written report are given the option of a free placement on any VAP project overseas with one of our international partners.

In 2010 VAP will organise this event in London during the weekend of 27-28 March. If you are interested in applying for it, please contact us by email.

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Volunteer Action for Peace, member of the Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service Volunteer Action for Peace, member of the Volunteer International Network Exchange UK
with the support of:
Volunteer Action for Peace, member of the European «Youth in Action» Programme

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« I would recommend participating in a workcamp, especially with VAP, who ensured that I found a project to suit me and provided essential training for me in preparation for my trip. Being part of a workcamp really is a life-changing experience, oh, and it looks great on your CV! »

Helen B. from Wigan

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