CODET SCD Toolbox

What the toolbox is for?

The toolbox is intended to provide ideas, inspiration, general guidance, and support for the
EVS volunteer during your time with the community.

Who the toolbox is for?

The toolbox is intended to be used by the EVS volunteer to prepare for their placement and to use during their time with the community.

How the toolbox should be used?

The toolbox contains suggested activities which may already exist in the community, and
which you may be able to join or assist with. It may also contain simple activities that do not
currently happen in the community, but which you may be able to organise with the help of
your host organisation or other community groups to support existing community initiatives, or to explore a key issue in the community through community participation.
The toolbox contains a lot of ideas and suggested activities. You are not expected to use them all. Simply find those which best fit with your skills, abilities, and interests, and try to match them with the needs of the host organisation and community. The toolbox is not intended to support volunteers to find and implement a solution to a community problem; you are not expected to resolve complex development issues. It is important to be clear on expectations, both your own expectations of the experience, and to be aware of creating expectations within the community. See section 3 below on managing expectations for more information on expectations.


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