Create personal encounters between people with and without an immigration history | Participation in the volunteer team (mediation/events/PR)
Start with a Friend e.V.
- Migrants & Refugees
- Equal Opportunities
- Mentoring, Sponsoring & Career Coaching
- Organisation & Administration
About the volunteering opportunity
Start with a Friend e.V. (SwaF) is a nonprofit organization with 26 project locations throughout Germany. Our vision is a society that embraces its diversity. To achieve this, we facilitate personal encounters between people with and without an immigrant background. Through dialogue and shared engagement, we empower people, strengthen social cohesion, and promote democracy.
Your Tasks
Would you like to work for a society that excludes no one? Would you like to bring people into contact with each other and campaign for openness and tolerance? Do you enjoy meeting new people and exchanging ideas? Then you've come to the right place!
Start with a Friend arranges tandem friendships between people with and without a history of immigration. It is particularly important to us that we meet at eye level so that everyone in our community feels comfortable and friendships can develop.
To help us do this even better, we are looking for people who want to...
... to get to know lots of different people
... To bring people together in tandems and support them with questions
... Organize events for a diverse community
... To spread the word about Start with a Friend and expand our network
If this sounds exciting to you, just write us a message and we'll tell you everything else that's important during a get-to-know-you meeting.
We look forward to hearing from you!
What's needed
For this volunteering opportunity, intermediate German skills are required.
Otherwise, no previous experience is necessary. Our team welcomes every new team member with open arms - join us in shaping the society we want to live in.
Time required
Regularly
Discussed individually
You are welcome to bring as much time as you like.
Location
Start with a Friend e.V.
Start with a Friend pairs immigrants and locals into tandems based on their interests and needs. Ideally, this leads to a friendship; in any case, it creates a social network that makes it easier for immigrants to get started in Germany. Start with a Friend supports and advises the pairs after they’ve been matched and organizes events to help the pairs connect with one another. It’s also important to us to create structures that allow people with busy professional and family lives to get involved. The schedule is therefore flexible, and training opportunities are available but optional. So far, Start with a Friend is active in 26 cities across Germany.