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
- PR & Communication
About the volunteering opportunity
Start with a Friend e.V. (SwaF) is a non-profit organization with 23 project locations nationwide. Our vision is a society that embraces its diversity. To achieve this, we create personal encounters between people with and without a history of immigration. Through exchange and joint commitment, we strengthen people, social cohesion and 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 connects immigrants and locals in tandems based on interests and needs. Ideally, a friendship develops out of this, but in any case, a social network is created that makes it easier for immigrants to have a good start in Germany. Start with a Friend accompanies and advises the tandems after the matching and organises events to bring the tandems into contact with each other. It is also important to us to create structures in which people can get involved, even if they are tied up in their work and family life. The time schedule is therefore flexible; further training courses are offered but are optional. So far, Start with a Friend is available in 21 cities nationwide.