Project Europe

What will I learn?

• Social and personal skills such as Team working, independence, relationship building, leadership and confidence in interacting with a range of different people
• Practical skills working on different hands-on projects
• Gain experience of different cultures in Europe and opportunity to live in a variety of places, experience how people live, what they eat, learn a little of many different languages
• Meet young people from different countries and work alongside them
• Independent travel but organised with the support from Lattitude and your fellow participants

Food & Accommodation

Accommodation will vary on different projects, and will include hostels, host families (in Poland and Spain) and accommodation provided by our community centre hosts (in the UK and Germany.)

Support provided

Before you go:

• We find out more about each volunteer through an interview which helps us select the right people and after a second interview, we match them to a placement that’s right for them.
• Once selected, each volunteer is allocated a Coordinator in the New Zealand office who assists them with all preparations. They provide briefing materials, support with logistics such as flights and visas and are there to answer any questions.
• Volunteer are briefed in person or in an online session to prepare them for their placement ahead.
• Volunteers complete their own Learning and Development Plan which helps to identify goals and personal skills they would like to develop, and these areas of development are followed up throughout their time away.
• All volunteers sign our Code of Conduct to ensure that our expectations of each volunteer are agreed and clear from the outset.

When you’re overseas:

• Our Country Managers in Poland and the UK will oversee the program and you will be supported by a Project Leader at each individual project. As this is a team program, the aim is that there will be a lot of peer support, so that volunteers will work together, travel together and support each other throughout
• We work with Embassies and High Commissions to ensure we can respond to any situation and provide 24/7 emergency support from your destination country and also back here in New Zealand.
• You will attend an orientation when you first arrive in Poland, attend a mid-project review and also a debrief at the end.
• Attend a mid-project review and also a debrief at the end.

When you’re back:

• We recognise that coming home can be difficult and provide one-to-one support, with onward referrals for further professional support if needed. Volunteers are invited to debriefing events and become part of our network of alumni.