Volunteer Movement Association
About Us
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Volunteer Movement Association was founded on 23 October 2009.
Our Mission
To turn the potential of individuals into a volunteer movement that answers the problems and needs of society.
Our Vision
A society that has made volunteering a way of life and opened room for active participation in every field.
Our Aims
- 01To build programmes where people can volunteer, to provide the training they need, to support institutions in the field of volunteering and to raise the rate of volunteering across society,
- 02To work for equal opportunity in society, to improve people's quality of life and to support those in need,
- 03To strengthen people's active participation in democratic life and to widen their part in decision-making,
- 04To protect and stand up for historical, touristic and cultural heritage and for the environment and nature we live in,
- 05To support young people in becoming proactive individuals, to prepare them for the work and professions of the future and to spread social entrepreneurship,
- 06To develop intercultural dialogue through national and international activities and to foster a sense of global citizenship,
- 07To design, open and run physical spaces where citizens can come together in their own localities to carry out volunteer-based activities and spread a culture of sharing.
Our Principles and Values
These are the principles and values that carry US into the future.
Volunteering
The starting point of everything we do: people who give their effort freely, expecting nothing back.
Active Participation
We stand for decisions being made where they are lived, and invite everyone to act in their own neighbourhood.
Equal Opportunity and Solidarity
Where you start should not decide where you arrive; we close the gap together.
Sensitivity to Social Problems
We do not turn our back on what happens around us; where we see a need, we get to work.
Openness to Growth and Change
We keep learning, and we are not afraid to change what we can see is not working.
A Result and Solution Oriented Approach
We do not stop at describing the problem; we stay with it until there is something to show for it.
Sustainability
We build the programmes we start today so that they are still standing tomorrow.
Accountability and Transparency
We say openly where resources come from and where they go, and we answer for them when asked.