Promotion of volunteering work in „Child line“: recruitment of new volunteers, training of current volunteers, strengthening of motivation.
Public organization “Child Line” ·Lithuania
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">This project will contribute creating an emotionally safe and sustainable society for Lithuanian children and adolescents. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">This project will contribute achieving the general objectives of the ACF - to strengthen civil society and active citizenship and empower vulnerable groups. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">The project is addressed to achieve the ACF Program Outcome 1. Increased citizen participation in civic activities.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">The main challenges of the chosen outcome area are:</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">- Insufficient number of “Child line’s” volunteers.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">- Decreasing motivation of present volunteers.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">The main objectives of the project are:</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">- to recruit sufficient number of new volunteers.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">- to increase motivation of present volunteers.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">Target groups of this project: TG1 - proactive civils (potential “Child line's” volunteers) – businessmen, influencers, media representatives; TG2 - parents, teachers, educators etc. TG3 – current volunteers and supervisors; TG4 – potential financial supporters and donators.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">Expected outcomes of this project:</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">- implementing 2 awareness-rising campaigns will attract 200 candidates for volunteers. </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">- after implementing 1 awareness-rising campaign 1,2% of income tax donations will increase 10 %. </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">- strengthened motivation of current volunteers by implementing 2 motivation volunteers' trainings (total number of participants 340 volunteers), 2 motivation supervisors (volunteers – volunteers' teachers) trainings (40 volunteers will be trained).</span></span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
During the project, collaborative efforts were undertaken with an NGO from the donor country, Kors på halsen (Norway). This organization operates as Norway's Children's Line, offering emotional support to children and teenagers via phone and online platforms. Throughout the project's implementation period, our Norwegian counterparts visited Lithuania on four occasions. Joint workshops were convened twice, facilitating the exchange of insights, the sharing of challenges, and discussions regarding operational specifics. As a result of this cooperation, Child Line made changes and introduced innovations: for example, the number of hours on duty was shortened from 300 to 200 hours. The Advisory Board of the Child Line has been established and is functioning successfully. The Advisory Board members - teenagers from all over Lithuania provide their assessment and suggestions on various issues relevant to the organization.
Project partners
- Red Cross Oslo – Kors på halsen (helpline) Donor project partner· Norway