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1671

Data de início: 01-01-2013

Data de fim: 01-01-2014

Vagas: 1

Duração: 12 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 01-09-2012

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 150 €

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Resumo: Tools for Solidarity (TFS) is a charitable organisation, which supports artisans and communities in some of the poorest countries in the world by providing high quality refurbished hand tools and sewing machines.

2. What are the aims of TFS

TFS has three basic aims:

To provide people, communities and projects with basic hand tools and sewing machines so that they may practice their skills and improve the quality of their own and their community's life. The tools enable the people who receive them to establish small co-operative and community businesses as well as provide training in vocational schools and opportunities for employment for disabled and women's groups.

To raise awareness throughout Northern Ireland (NI) about the issues of sustainable development within our own society as well as in the so-called “Third World”. These issues include the environment, waste and recycling, appropriate technology, self-reliance, sustainability and community development.

Perfil: - show a desire to want to learn new skills,
- have patience,
- be flexible and be willing to take on some responsibility.

Tarefas: The volunteer will be involved in the following tasks:
1. Tool Refurbishment: cleaning, sharpening, grinding, oiling, painting, varnishing, reshafting and packing tools.
2. Sewing Machine checking and refurbishment: cleaning, filing, oiling, testing etc.
3. Sewing Machine Treadles: Dismantling, repainting, sanding, varnishing and linseed oiling.
4. Tool Collecting and Sorting: visiting individual homes and various council amenity sites around NI to sort out and collect tools and sewing machines. Sorting out cloth, fabric and other sewing accessories.
5. Working with volunteers with extra support needs: a large part of this work is in being a supportive presence for the volunteer - being there to listen and encourage the volunteers in her/his work.

With training, the volunteer can take on a more proactive role with the volunteers including designing work schedules.
- Educational/Promotional Work

- Other Tasks: Each volunteer takes it in turn to cook lunch for all the volunteers at TFS. The meal must be vegetarian and suitable for people with Celiac Disease. Volunteers who have difficulty with this will receive training from TFS core volunteers.

- The volunteer will also be encouraged to be involved in the selection of future EVS volunteers.

Horário: Volunteers work 32.5 hours per week including breaks. Note that the workshop is cold during the winter.

Condições: The volunteers will live in a shared house with individual bedrooms.

The house has been risk-assessed to ensure it meets fire safety regulations. In the event of a serious incident volunteers should inform the core volunteer who lives in the house next door, or named contacts if he is not available.

We provide a safe working environment, and make volunteers aware of their personal responsibility to contribute to this during training and in discussion at weekly meetings, which involve all volunteers. We use weekly meetings to raise any concerns about working practise in the workshop. For example, an ongoing issue is the need to keep corridors and passageways clear of clutter, to avoid accidents.

Formação: Volunteers are encouraged to learn new skills - almost essential - and to develop their own projects. One EVS this year has joined a carpentry class and a sewing group outside.

Documentação: CV, ficha de inscrição e Carta de Motivação em inglês.