29 Jul 2015

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As the latest mobility in Gijón is finished, the Second Chance School of Gijón closes the actions planned for this European project. The week from 18th to 22th of May won't be easily forgotten by E2O. The video made by "Río de Oro workshop School" will remain these days in the memory of all the participants. Thank you!

Intense and highly enriching, these days were chosen to receive a group of 25 students and teachers from 5 partners countries of our project: Italy, Germany, Latvia, Poland and UK. Volare project, led by the Second Chance School of Gijón, aimed to use volunteering as a working tool for young people, aged between 16 and 25 years old, who has prematurely dropped out of the education system, and those who pursues reintegration in educational and/or labour areas.

After over two years, those days of May gave coverage to the latest mobility project, culminating the week with a final seminar where, besides the analysis of the importance of volunteering as a tool for reintegration in education and the exhibition of the local activities made by the different partners of the project, the girls and the boys (proper protagonists of the project) had their own space to explain their experiences in VOLARE .

The week was really intense. It was opened with an official reception in the Town Hall of Gijon, and then we visited the Atlantic Botanical Garden not only to have a look in their facilities and the excellent work that Bioma Boreal workshop school is developing there but also to plant Canadian firs. This activity is directly linked to voluntary work in its environmental aspect, also it has the added value of unforgettable memories after the visit in our city.

And that was just the beginning, we developed one after another all planned activities: doing group dynamics in The Laboral Art Centre and Industrial Creation, with different voluntary associations of the city, visiting the Canino Xanastur Centre to participate in different activities related with dog training, visiting Noega Lar Residence for the Elderly with the Entrecanes Association to spend a nice evening with their residents or visiting El Conceyu de la Mocedá to be given some information about The European Voluntary Service. This activities have been some of the most significant in this busy schedule.

This activities were done without forgetting the leisure and cultural part that our city offers: a visit to the Roman Baths Museum, the Asturias Village and the Bagpipe Museum, as well as the indigenous games with the El Piles Bowling Group in the Asturias Village bowling alley. All this activities were joined together with the knowledge of the most relevant places and landscapes of the city so this important goal of every mobility was covered.

Finally, in E2O facilities, some time was also dedicated to the International Fanzine workshop development, whose final result can also be displayed in this web page:


From the Second Chance School, we would like to thank for their collaboration all those associations and organizations that have contributed not only to the project development during the last two years but also to this mobility week:

  • ENTRECANES association.
  • Alfalar association.
  • Nora association.
  • Meifas association.
  • Esnala youthful association.
  • Amigos del perro association.
  • @ youthful association.
  • San Nicolás youthful association.
  • Canino Xanastur Centre.
  • Noega Lar Residence for the Elderly.
  • Cruz Roja Gijón.
  • Protección Civil.
  • Atlantic Botanical Garden.
  • Bioma Boreal workshop school: Installation and maintenance of gardens and green areas module.
  • Rio de Oro workshop school: Film, video and TV module.
  • Youthful Information Office.
  • Conseyu de la Juventud de Gijón. European Voluntary Service.
  • Laboral Art Centre and Industrial Creation.
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