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MuC MeetUP #4 Growing with GROW [Francesco Gallarotti via unsplash]

Coaching & Mentoring / Learning & Development

Growing with GROW: Guiding the learning journey with the GROW model | Mentoring under Construction

The GROW model provides a structured framework for coaching conversations and it is used to facilitate personal and professional development: With GROW you can help individuals clarify their objectives (goals), understand their current situation (reality), explore possibilities (options), and take effective action towards their goals (way forward). Read more

MuC MeetUP #2 [Dave Hoefler via unsplash]

Coaching & Mentoring

How to support the learning process of a volunteer

One of the core tasks of a mentor is supporting the learning and development of volunteers. It’s all about guiding the volunteers’ learning journey and supporting them to learn and grow both personally and professionally. How does this look practically? What are your experiences with supporting learning? What approaches and non-formal methods do you use? Read more

MuC MeetUP #1 [Andy Hu via unsplash]

Coaching & Mentoring / Learning & Development

How to plan ahead with your volunteer | Mentoring under Construction

Goal setting and action planning – once volunteers have arrived and become more acquainted with their work, the organisation and the local environment, it is time to make plans: How to help volunteers to set goals and action steps towards them? How can you support them to overcome obstacles? How can you keep them accountable? What strategies and tools can you use for goal setting and action planning? Read more

Mentoring under Construciton MeetUP FB Cover [Jon Tyson via unsplash]

Coaching & Mentoring / Volunteering Abroad

How to get started? My tasks as a Mentor | Mentoring under Construction

Are you just about to embark in a mentoring journey with a new volunteer? And you are not exactly sure, what are your tasks? “How to get started? My tasks as a Mentor” present and clarifies what are the most important tasks as a mentor and how to kick off your mentoring journey within the European Solidarity Corps. Read more

Psychological First Aid [Maksym Kaharlytskyi via unsplash]

Learning & Development

Look – Listen – Link | Psychological First Aid

Look – Listen – Link – a way to provide psychological first aid (PFA) – is not something that can be done only by professionals. Everyone of us can meet someone who experienced an extremely distressing event: a car accident or fire, an act of violence, a major disaster, an act of war. PFA aims at ensuring feeling safe and connected to others, providing access to support and encouraging self-help of individuals and communities. Read more