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What is volunteering?
When we talk about volunteering, public perception often relies on oversimplifications and entrenched cultural stereotypes that significantly diminish its true meaning. In the collective consciousness,…
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”We don’t have enough volunteers” – or do we lack the system to keep them?
“We need more volunteers.” It is a phrase frequently heard across Portuguese associations, social solidarity institutions, and non-governmental organisations. It comes up when there are…
Volunteering at the 8th Caritas Training Week
The European VolunTrek project took part in the 8th Caritas Training Week, which took place in Évora from 15 to 18 September, under the theme…
Transnational training in Valladolid – From Goodwill to Quality Volunteering
How can organisations working with volunteers be provided with practical tools to help make volunteering more effective, accessible and sustainable? This question was at the…
VolunTrek Project Presented at a Gathering of the Caritas Network in Serbia
The VolunTrek project was presented at a meeting of the Caritas Network in Serbia, held in Belgrade on 3September and attended by representatives of the…
VolunTrek at the National Meeting of Caritas/Parish Groups
The VolunTrek project took part in the National Meeting of Caritas/Parish Groups, held on 23 May in Fatima. VolunTrek is a transnational Erasmus+ project, promoted…
VolunTrek. Volunteering Study: What Do Organisations and Volunteers Say?
Volunteering continues to be one of the strongest pillars of social cohesion in Europe. But how are organisations managing this valuable human resource? And what…
Belgrade hosted the Mid Term Meeting of the VolunTrek project to advance the design of the inclusive volunteering toolkit
Last week, the VolunTrek project team held an international intermediate meeting in Belgrade with the partner organisations to continue advancing the development of the project…
The European VolunTrek project kicks off in Portugal to transform adult volunteering
On September 30 and October 1, 2025, Santa Maria da Feira (Portugal) hosted the kick-off meeting for VolunTrek, an international initiative funded by the European…