Topics

Health - mental health
Mental health
Voluntary service
Volunteering

Activity objectives

Objectives

  • Raising awareness of mental health in the mentoring practices
  • Developing mentor’s competences in supporting volunteers' mental health
  • Understanding the role of mentors in promoting mental health in volunteering projects
  • Explore practices useful in creation of supportive mental health environments

Description

Mentoring Promotes Mental Health

Supporting Volunteers’ Mental Health through Mentoring training focuses on supporting organisations and their mentors to better address the mental health needs of volunteers by strengthening their emotional and mental health skills.

Moreover, this training prepares the participants to recognise the support needed in different phases of volunteering project life cycle.

In this training you will gain an ability to

  • Equip volunteers with coping mechanisms to build up resilience
  • Create a supportive environment where open communication about mental health is encouraged
  • Recognise potential signs of mental health difficulties in volunteers
  • Prepare your organisation for potential challenges that volunteers may face

Costs

Coverage of participation fee

No participation fee

Coverage of travel costs

Reimbursement of travel costs varies between countries. If you want to be sure what the practice is in your country, please contact the National Agency.

Coverage of visa costs

Visa costs should be covered by your sending National Agency.

Coverage of other costs

The accommodation and meals will be covered for the selected participants between Sunday 6 September (dinner) and Friday 11 September (breakfast). Accommodation is in single rooms.

Application requirements

Application requirements
This activity is only for people
- who work directly with European Solidarity Corps volunteers
- in a mentoring or supporting role
- in a continuous, long-term role

Trainers

Additional documents

Accessibility info

This activity and venue place are accessible to people with disabilities

Sign language interpretation

This activity and venue place DOES NOT support sign language

Number of participants

25

Open to participants from

European Solidarity Corps, European Solidarity Corps Programme countries, Austria, Belgium, Belgium, Flemish Community, Belgium, French Community, Belgium, German-speaking Community, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, Norway

Best for

Mentors

Working language(s)

English

Organiser

Opetushallitus (National Agency)

Coorganiser

Opetushallitus (National Agency)

Contact for questions

Organised by

Opetushallitus (National Agency)

Coorganised by

Opetushallitus (National Agency)

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