European Voluntary Service (EVS)

THIS INFORMATION IS FOR FC VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROJECT BEYOND THE SHORT TERM AND WHO ARE BELOW THE AGE OF THIRTY.

The EVS is a scheme run by the European union that provides people the opportunity to get funding to go to, get some pocket money for, and to also get accommodation at a project in Europe (and sometimes outside). The program lasts up to one year.

Wouldn't ya know it? Flydende By is just such an organisation.

If you go through the EVS scheme you can get some money to be at Floating City, supposedly some accommodation and even health insurance. It's not yet known whether the EVS accommodation would allow you to pursue a CPR number, but it's worth checking out.

HOW TO
So, there are two players in this- a sending organisation and a receiving organisation. You need to get in touch with a sending organisation who then do all the paperwork and bureaucracy to send you to the receiving organisation (US!)

EVS have directly told me about sending organisations: "'You don't need to be physically involved with them for any particular" period before being able to be sent abroad. Some organisations specialize in sending and recieving EVS volunteers - as their professional job in fact. So it's not weird at all :)" As far as I can tell you literally get in touch and get the whole thing underway.

Finding a Sending Organisation.
Go here. Do a quick search and you'll be swimming in sending organisations. Unless you consider yourself a "citizen of the world" in which case you're fucked.

The EVS contact I spoke to recommended the ICYE for British nationals. If you are in doubt about a particular organisation just get in touch with them, or potentially with EVS and they will be able to help you. I pwomise.

The sending organisation will probably take their sweet time getting everything in order and there ARE periods at which money is granted. The sooner you go through the process, the sooner things will fall into place.

Just saying.

Deadlines
If the deadlines are the same as 2015 (they're probably not but I bet they're close) they are as follows

04th of February 2015 30th of April 205 01st of October 2015

UNKNOWNS!
I don't know if we have to advertise for vacancies. I don't know how the sending organisation gets in touch with us (though I miiiight have login details for our EVS account so that should help.)

I've not done this before. Give it a shot. It could be a fucking awesome deal!

EXTRA INFO (NOT COMPREHENSIVE)
https://findevs.com/tag/erasmus-deadlines/

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Discover-the-EVS-European-Voluntary-Service-139995199358271/about/?ref=page_internal