2011 Year of Volunteering

"In the European Union, millions of citizens are volunteering. People of all ages make a positive contribution to their community by investing some of their free time in civil society organisations, in youth clubs, in hospitals, in schools, in sport clibs, etc. For the Comission, volunteering is an active expression of civic participation and strengthens common European values such as solidarity and social cohesion. Volunteering also provides important learning opportunities, because involvement in voluntary activities can provide people with new skills and competences an can even improve their employability. This particularly important in this time of economic crisis. Volunteering plays an important role in sectors as varied and diverse as education, youth, culture, sport, environment, health, social care, consumer protection, humanitarian aid, development policy, research, equal opportunities and external relations."

http://ec.europa.eu/citizenship/news/news820_en.htm (Website of European Comission - June 2009)

2011 is the year to start involve yourslef into volunteering!

What do you know about it ? What would you like participate into and who do you want to help , and to what own skills can you develop?

Here in Compass we are volunteers from all Europe and most of us are spending one year for an European Volunteery Service.

Come to meet us for any questions or projects you would like to begin, this is the time !