Besides the workcamps and the long term volunteering SCI organises lot of activities all year around.
After returning from their workcamp, many volunteers want to
get active in their local branch. This can mean many things from editing a newsletter, to training campleaders, being member of the board or organising info-evenings. All the SCI branches are different and have their own focuses, but all of them are willing to receive volunteers to help with different tasks. You can maybe join the local group in your town or a working group gathered around a certain theme. Beside doing a valuable work for SCI you will also meet people with same values and learn a lot about working in an NGO. You can find your local branch
here
Through your local branch you can also receive information about the
seminars and trainings organised by SCI. They often cover important themese such as human rights or conflict resolution, or they aim to teach new organisational skills to volunteers, such as project management or fundraising. These events are educational and informative, but many informal teaching methods are used. The interaction between the participants and the intercultural communication is an equally important aspect.
SCI also has several
annual meetings, which can be organised by a working group, a seminar preparation team or are part of the constitutional obligations, like the annual meeting. In these different meetings the SCI activists have a chance to exchange their opinions and plan future activities.
SCI also runs regular
international projects that are multilateral projects between many branches and partners. Often they are related to workcamps, for example bringing an educational theme to a workcamp eg. Human Rights Messenger. Another example is the
Youth Transcending New Frontiers project.
Besides its own projects SCI is also part of other
international campaigns; such as the
All Different - All Equal campaign of the Council of Europe.
