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Volunteering

VOLUNTEERING AT FAMILIA

As a volunteer at Familia you will contribute to the advancement of the equality of intercultural families, couples and young people in Finnish society. You will also have the opportunity to influence Familia's activities and use your own skills and experience for the benefit of others. Volunteering at Familia is a way to improve your skills, meet new people, support others and learn from them as well as gain experience. ​

UPCOMING EVENTS AND TRAININGS FOR VOLUNTEERS

  • 17.4 - Continuation training for current volunteers (group dynamics)
  • 24.4 - Training for new volunteers (more information in Upcoming trainings and events)
  • 5.5 - Volunteers' café
  • 17.5 - Continuation training for current volunteers (mental health)
  • 3.6 - Volunteers' café
  • 11.6 - Volunteers' closing party
On this page you can find the following: 
  • Types of volunteering
​              - Peer support
              - 
Clubs and workshops
              - Communications
              - Volunteering during the pandemic 
  • Who can be a volunteer?
  • What we offer our volunteers 
  • Your journey as a volunteer
  • Upcoming trainings and events
  • Form "Apply to volunteer at Familia"​
  • Info session and workshop on volunteering

 
 

TYPES OF VOLUNTEERING AT FAMILIA

PEER SUPPORT​

In Familia's peer support activities, volunteers can share their experiences and support their peers.

At Familia we have peer support activities for the parents of intercultural families,  mothers with babies under one year old, fathers, job-seekers and intercultural couples waiting for their residence permit or looking for jobs.
Our peer support groups are meant for people who have an intercultural family.

To become a volunteer, you don't always necessarily need to be in an intercultural family yourself, but you need to have a personal and/or professional experience of the participants' life situation.
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CLUBS AND WORKSHOPS​

Clubs and workshops are activities where everyone is welcome to participate as they are. The activities are mainly led and created by volunteers.
If you have your own idea, let us know about it and let's build your own activity together!


Examples of activities:
  • Finnish language discussion groups
  • Hobby workshops (for example handwork or poetry)
  • Language clubs
  • Art workshops
  • Multilingual music groups for children
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COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS​

Communications volunteers produce content for Familia's blog and social media. As a volunteer you can use your own skills and experience to benefit others and to raise awareness for the issues of intercultural families in Finnish society.

Examples of activities:
  • Writing blogposts
  • Producing videos
  • Photographing events
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Volunteering during the pandemic

Currently, all our activities and trainings are happening online. Our volunteers are trained to lead groups and activities online, and our staff makes sure to offer any support needed. 
Our staff and our volunteers work closely together to adapt the content of our activities. The online versions of our usual activities have less sessions, and focus on specific topics, decided by our volunteers and our participants. 

The following activities have been modified for their online versions: 
- Duo Olohuone : 5 meetings. 
- Duo Fathers' groups : 3 meetings. 
- Duo Mother and Baby group: 3 meetings. 

Feel free to contact us if you would like to know more about the changes brought to our volunteering activities by the pandemic. 

Interested? Read more about the volunteering roles at Familia.
In the "Volunteering at Familia" guide you will find more detailed information on each kind of peer activity or club and workshop. The guide is available in Finnish and English.
In Finnish (pdf) / In English (pdf)
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You can apply to become a volunteer here or register to our next available trainings here. 

 

WHO CAN VOLUNTEER AT FAMILIA? 

If you want to contribute to supporting intercultural families of Finland, you are welcome to be a volunteer at Familia! Our peer activities require that you are familiar, through personal or professional experience, with the participants’ situations. We value the knowledge and skills of ordinary people - you don’t have to be an expert to volunteer with us! 
 
Our groups and activities are mainly in English and Finnish, but we strongly encourage you to let us know if you would like to lead an activity in another language!
 
Our volunteering is flexible and we take into consideration your life situation by offering different lengths of volunteer assignments that don’t necessarily require a long commitment. We also offer volunteer assignments online, so you can participate in volunteer activities from anywhere in Finland. 
 
Familia stands against discrimination and welcomes you as a volunteer regardless of your gender, sexual orientation, age, education level, political orientation, religion, language skills, country of origin or disabilities.
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what we offer our volunteers

Throughout the year, Familia organizes continuation trainings, individual support, events and volunteers’ team meet ups. We will inform you regularly about upcoming trainings by email and on this page.

You will improve you skills, build connections with other volunteers, participants and professionals. We will make sure that you can develop yourself, try new activities or repeat a group that you enjoy leading.

Our volunteers can also be part of our planning and strategy work.



YOUR JOURNEY AS A VOLUNTEER

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TRAININGS AND EVENTS

To become a volunteer at Familia, you will first receive basic training. In this training you will meet the other volunteers and our staff. You’ll get to know more about us, your role in our growing team of volunteers as well as about the practical aspects of leading an activity with Familia.

The training takes place in 2 parts: the common training lasts 3 hours and gives you all the basics that you need, in English or in Finnish. The second part is a specific training for the activity you will lead that takes 1.5 hours.

UPCOMING TRAININGS
17.4.2021 – Continuation training for current volunteers - Group dynamics
24.4.2021 – Common training for new volunteers. Register here: bit.ly/volunteertrainingfamilia

UPCOMING EVENTS

5.5 - Volunteer's café
3.6 - Volunteer's café
11.6 - Spring season closing event​
There was a good vibe in the training, and things went smoothly. Good topics."

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"Everything (went well) as I got clear idea of my group goals and objectives, (and) also (been) meeting the team I’ll be working with."

 

    APPLY TO VOLUNTEER WITH FAMILIA​

    Lomakkeella antamani tiedot tallentuvat Familian vapaaehtoistoiminnan rekisteriin, jota hyödynnetään vapaaehtoistoiminnan koordinoinnissa ja tiedotuksessa. Tutustu rekisteriselosteeseen: www.familiary.fi/rekisteriseloste.html
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Info session and workshop on volunteering

Volunteering is a very powerful tool for integration and well-being, and we are committed to make it accessible to everyone!
We offer to your groups a one-hour info session on volunteering in Finland, as well as a 2 hours workshop designed to help our participants to find the best volunteering option for them, based on their interests and motivations. 
For more information and to book a session with us, contact Grace Thevenet: grace.thevenet (at) familiary. fi
Thanks for the helpful session. I was searching by myself in the community but not able to find information"

"Good collection of all the places that offers volunteering, it is very helpful and good place to start with."

"Thanks a lot for the clear and supportive session, I was always postponing and could not find to whom to contact and so happy to learn this detailed supportive session in volunteering"

Toimisto (Kotola)

Lintulahdenkatu 10, 7. kerros
​00500 Helsinki
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+358 (0)44 773 8628

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