Glanaman, Carmarthenshire

Llanelli Railway / Bus Station

Volunteers will support and manage International Volunteer Projects (IVPs) in rural Carmarthenshire over the summer season.
Each IVP will involve around 9 volunteers who will work together on a project over a 2 week period. The MTV (Medium Term Volunteer) group will lead these projects.
Each project will comprise of two parts. The first is environmental work which aims to maintain and improve access to the countryside.
Work could include footpath maintenance, constructing stiles and fences, general maintenance work or more specific project work e.g. building an eco-garden for a local school. This work will be done be tween 9-5, Monday to Friday. The second part involves the MTV team working together to deliver a programme of global education work shops and community events which will take place once a week. The team will be responsible for motivating the international volunteers and participating alongside them, driving the group between work site and accommodation, keeping a record of the budget, organising domestic life etc.
On arrival, the MTVs will take part in a training programme which will cover leadership and practical environmental skills, ideas for the global education work, health & safety and driving.

Volunteers will be provided with accommodation in the community centre in the small village of Glanaman in North West Wales.
MTVs will have separate rooms from the volunteers but will share with other MTVs
The project budget will cover food expenses MTVs will receive £140 per month for personal expenses, support, training and supervision from UNA Exchange and Carmarthenshire County Council, a week’s holiday halfway through the project, spare time in between projects, accident, sickness and third party insurance.

Volunteers should be prepared for outdoor work in all types of weather conditions. It can be very wet and cold in Wales, even in the summer!
They must come prepared with clothing for wet and cold weather and suitable working boots—these must be teel toe capped.

GREAT FOR VOLUNTEERS WHO...
Want to gain leadership, environmental and community development experience.
Are dedicated, enthusiastic and committed, and who are prepared to work hard in projects that can be quite physically demanding.

Volunteers must be 21 years old or over, have some previous voluntary experience, preferably in international group projects, be able to communicate well in English, have a full, clean international driving licence, be confident to lead groups and motivate others, be able to work and live in a team, enjoy outdoor physical work, be happy to live in a small village, be energetic, flexible and have lots of initiative!
Application forms can be obtained from the National Exchange Coordinator, Vicky Leech, and the deadline is Monday 24th May 2010.

vickyleech@unaexchange.org.