We decided once again to organise the Day Full of Local Volunteering Activities, marking the second “edition” of this event, but extended and upgraded.

How can you imagine our event? We gathered nine organisations so that young people had all the information in one place. They prepared a short, fun activity that described the work of the organisation and the role of a volunteer within it. The activities of the organisation were presented by either a staff member or a young volunteer. We also made the event more attractive by presenting the opportunities available to young people abroad (we had a stand with Erasmus+, ESC, DiscoverEU, and The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award). A young student from Litomyšl, who had participated in several youth exchanges, shared information about her experience.

This way, we blended local and foreign opportunities because we believe that young people can start volunteering locally and then move the experience abroad or vice versa.

Thanks to excellent cooperation with local schools, 160 secondary school students attended the event. They were split into groups, received a “playing card”, and with this card, visited all the organisations. Each organisation prepared a short game or quiz for them, and they were given a small-themed prize at the end.

We organised this event together with Eurocentrum Pardubice (Eurodesk multiplier) this year and we prepared a fun route through Litomyšl in the Actionbound app, which took the participants to several places in Litomyšl related to volunteering and Erasmus+, ESC, or DiscoverEU. From the answers, we drew three winners who received a small prize.

We printed posters with the Eurodesk logo. The Eurodesk network was presented in the Actionbound app, on Facebook, Instagram, and in various articles we published on our website and in the local newspaper.