Senior volunteering projects

Grundtvig Senior Volunteering Projects support volunteering projects between organisations located in two different countries. They enable senior volunteers (aged 50 and above1) to work for an organisation in another European country for any kind of non-profit activity on any topic e.g. history, cooking, language, arts and culture etc. By so doing, the organisations sending or hosting volunteers will create lasting European co-operation through the project.

• Use existing contacts and networks: Many organisations already have European links through networking bodies, partnerships or work contacts. Using partners already known by your organisation means you can rely on a pre-existing relationship to add commitment to the partnership. So why not talk to your colleagues to see who they know?
• Use the CMEPIUS Partner Search Database
  
• Attend a Contact Seminar.
  

Deadline: The next deadline to apply for a Partnerships Projects grant is in early 2011.

Duration:  Senior volunteering projects have a duration of 2 years.

Who can apply: Any organisation involved in formal, non-formal and informal adult education. The applicant organisation must have a legal identity and have the organisational and financial capacity to undertake a Grundtvig SVP project.

How to apply: the application must be submitted by each partner to their National Agency.