Young Caritas Europa
Engaging youth
Young Caritas Europa is a movement within the European Caritas network aimed at increasing youth engagement in member organisations and giving young people ownership of their involvement.
The objectives of the movement
- Use social education as a tool to motivate young people to be responsible members of society and work for the common good;
- give youth engagement more visibility in the European Caritas network and foster communication between the young civil society and Caritas;
- increase the participation of young people in Caritas projects, structures and actions.
The Young Caritas Europa movement is as diverse as is the Caritas Europa network. It varies according to local needs, but always within the larger national and global contexts.
The movement in practice
- It can take the form of a constant structure or of a temporal project or action.
- It can be addressed to children, teenagers, students or young adults up to 30 years of age.
- It may focus on charity or on social activism.
- It can be present on a parish, diocesan or national level.
- It can use the appellation ‘Young Caritas’ or any other name.
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Agnieszka Zarzyńska
Institutional Development Officer
Tel: +32 (0)2 235 26 85
Mob: +32 (0)474 981 150
azarzynska@caritas.eu
Declaration & reccomendations
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Young Caritas Map
Young Caritas toolkit
A platform with knowledge, methodologies and inspiration for youth engagement. Our aim is to support Caritas staff in providing new opportunities for young people to engage in Caritas’ mission
This toolkit is targeted at youth professionals and coordinators who work with young people and who are responsible for accompanying them in their charity and social activism
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Need support for starting a youth group orhave a good practice to share? Contact:
Agnieszka Zarzyńska
Institutional Development Officer
Tel: +32 (0)2 235 26 85
Mob: +32 (0)474 981 150
azarzynska@caritas.eu
young resources
- Young Caritas Europa toolkit
- Caritas Europa Grassroots Participation Handbook
- Caritas Ukraine Volunteer Handbook
- Caritas Georgia Volunteer Handbook
- Caritas Ireland learning resources for youth workers, educators and teachers
- Caritas Lebanon Youth Guide
- Youth advocacy toolkit on global migration and development issues
- Young Caritas Toolkit
- Development Education in Caritas Ireland
- Opportunities for young people in Caritas England and Wales
- Young Caritas in Austria
- Young Caritas in Bolzano
- Young Caritas in the Czech Republic website | facebook
- YoungCaritas in Europe network
- Young Caritas in Finland
- Young Caritas in France
- Young Caritas in Germany
- Young Caritas in Caritas Lodi
- Young Caritas in Luxembourg
- Young Caritas in Moldova
- Young Caritas in Romania
- Young Caritas in Switzerland
- Your Job Albania
- Your Job Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Your Job Kosova
- Your Job Serbia
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From participant to an animator 🤩 check out the story of Lucia, young volunteer from #Slovenia
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BREAKING NEWS! Save the date for the Young Caritas Forum! From the 29th of August until the 1st of September in the outskirts of Athens, Greece.
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Letter for a better day - another project of the @youngcaritassi that creates intergenerational connection 🫱🫲
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Volunteering in Caritas as a way to have some rest from studying? 🤔 That could totally work as Matej explains in this reel.
Connected through phone is a project aiming to connect young volunteers with lonely elderly people.
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Story of Clothes is a project carried out by @youngcaritassi within which young people are learning to sew to reuse old clothing 🌿👕♻️
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Story of Luka, who has been volunteering in @youngcaritassi for 3 years already! 🤩
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🌟On this International Women’s Day, we want to shed light on the resilience of displaced women in Armenia.
After the military invasion on 12 September 2023, over 52,000 women fled #NagornoKarabakh, leaving everything behind.
At age 26, Mary has already faced three wars (in 2008, 2020 and 2023). A native of Noragyugh in Nagorno Karabakh, she fled with her husband and 2-year-old daughter Adriana after Azerbaijan’s attack. Thanks to Armenian Caritas and the support of the #Caritas Confederation, she is now starting a new life.
Read her story:
https://www.caritas.eu/armenian-women-facing-conflict-and-natural-disasters/
Need support for starting a youth group orhave a good practice to share?
Please contact
Agnieszka Zarzyńska
Institutional Development Officer
Tel: +32 (0)2 235 26 85
Mob: +32 (0)474 981 150
azarzynska@caritas.eu
