France

1. Hosting Organization: Centre Social Croix Mercier
Alençon, Normandy
Arrival: 05/04/2023
Departure: 01/08/2023
Number of participants: 1
LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM: THEEU
ACTIVITY LOCATION: 17 Rue Augustin Fresnel, 61000
Alençon/France
You can send your CV and Motivation Letter to:
cscm.ref.map@gmail.com

2. CENTRE SOCIAL CROIX MERCIER
Alençon

3. DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY
Croix Mercier Social Center is looking for a volunteer to promote international mobility!
Founded 20 years ago, our association aims to inform young people about the various opportunities
for local and international mobility. (Civic Service, ESC, Youth Exchanges, etc.) Our project is related to
local and international communication and creativity. We expect a volunteer team member to
accompany us during events, school, and regional visits to promote international mobility.Also, we
want them to recommend workshops and different activities to improve the language level of the
habitants. The person we want to see in our team should create new activities, and organize
workshops and games concerning international mobility for the inhabitants. Also should prepare the
posters for the events, good social media skills will benefit this mission.
ACCOMMODATION, FOOD, AND TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS

4. The volunteer will be accommodated as a single person at the accommodation of Foyer des Jeunes
Travailleurs in Alençon. In addition, our volunteer teammate will be provided 180 euros for pocket
money and 210 euros food expenses by our association and will have a bicycle for transport (there
are only 10 minutes between the social center and the accommodation).
TRAINING DURING THE ACTIVITY
The volunteer will improve his information concerning international mobility and Civic Service. There
will be access to the OLS system to improve the French language if it is necessary
PARTICIPANT PROFILE
We are looking for a volunteer who is open-minded, creative, responsible, motivated, and positive
with good communication skills. The volunteer should be able to communicate with an audience
ranging from 16 to 30 years old. The volunteer should prepare workshops and various activities to
promote mobility, design the posters for the events, and advance residents on the level of English. He
should be able to use social networks well.
TRANSPORT:
The volunteer will have a budget of 275 € (or 320€ if it’s green travel – train, bus, car sharing) to
organize his arrival and return. The exceeding cost remains the responsibility of the volunteer. The
volunteer will be in contact with the social center to organize his arrival (train, bus, plane ...).
As far as possible, the social center will pre-pay the cost of the journey to France. In case it can only
bereimbursed afterward, the volunteer is asked to keep all the documents justifying his purchases
(bill of a train ticket, plane, metro ...). The amount reimbursed for the round trip transportation
cannot exceed 275 € or 320€ depending on the cost.
WHAT TO PREPARE:
The volunteer can prepare a presentation of the city where he (she) lives and the sending structure
(photos, video ...). He/she might contact local schools to create a correspondence between young
French and his/her country. For his/her arrival, the volunteer will meet the employeesand volunteers
of the social center. The volunteer can bring culinary specialties from his/her country for a convivial
evening between employees and volunteers. The volunteer would be advised to prepare all the
questions he/she has in connection to the project.

5. CONTACTS OF THE STAFF
Coordinator: Sefa NAZLICAN
Tel : +33(0)6.19.93.37.70 Mail : cscm.ref.map@gmail.com
Manager of the social center : Marion AGACHE
Tel : +33(0)6.19.93.37.63 Mail : cscm.direction@gmail.com
Emergency contacts:
Emergency call: 112
SAMU (emergency France): 15
firefighters: 18
Police: 17
Social Center Croix Mercier: +33(0)233318339
Good to know
Social Center : www.centresocialcroixmercier.fr
Alençon : www.alencon.fr
Région Normandie : www.normandie.fr
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/croixmercier_refmap/