Since 2011, the University of the Third Age UNIZA has been actively engaged in volunteering in education, which is governed by the Manual on the Volunteer Programme in accordance with the indicators of the Quality Mark established by the Platform of Volunteer Centres. The aim of U3A UNIZA is to be active in the environments of kindergartens, primary schools, and secondary schools in Žilina. U3A UNIZA also prepares and implements volunteer activities for UNIZA, the Regional Library in Žilina, the city of Žilina and the Žilina Self-Governing Region.

WORKSHOP: HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

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WORKSHOP: PERSONALITIES OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES

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Workshop general rehearsal: PERSONALITIES OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES

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NATIONAL VOLUNTEERING WEEK: 16 – 22 SEPTEMBER 2022

Our U3A UNIZA is also actively involved in the national Volunteering Week every year. This year it was a practical workshop called: Personal growth of a volunteer - senior. At the meeting of active seniors - volunteers from U3A UNIZA on 19 September 2022, under the guidance of the lecturer Michaela Bedrichová from the Žilina Volunteer Centre, they reflected together on the strengths and weaknesses of their personalities. Together, they named their individual and team talents and skills, which they can use for volunteer work, especially at intergenerational workshops in primary and secondary schools in Žilina. The meeting was a motivating start to the new academic year 2022/2023, in which U3A UNIZA again and fully plans to organize its volunteering in education under the Quality Mark.

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QUALITY MARK

In 2019, U3A UNIZA was awarded the Quality Mark - a higher standard of volunteer management. After three years of successful activities in the field of volunteering in education, the Quality Mark at U3A UNIZA was defended again in 2021, and its validity was extended until 2024. We are therefore looking forward to further creative activities in volunteerism at U3A UNIZA. Especially in intergenerational learning and in the creation of the magazine Schody (Stairs).

THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS

YEAR OF VOLUNTEERING

U3A UNIZA is part of the team of the Year of Volunteering in the Žilina Self-Governing Region.

This month, U3A UNIZA also finished the preparation of the new edition of the volunteer senior magazine Stairs NO. 22, about which you will hear a lot of interesting things in the podcast. In the future, you can also join its creators with your contribution...

Workshop: A FRIEND GAVE ME A HAND

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Year of volunteering in in the Žilina Self-Governing Region

General rehearsal of intergenerational workshops - project "UNIZA is here for Žilina"

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Workshop: COUNTRY AND ITS VALUES

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Quality Mark

Workshop: MYSTERIOUS PAST – VLKOLÍNEC

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Workshop: MySTORY

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Workshop: UNIQUE OR OBVIOUS?

At this intergenerational workshop, volunteers in education at U3A UNIZA together with students of the Secondary Vocational School of Agriculture and Rural Services in Žilina searched for answers to the following and similar questions: Do you know where the village of Liptovská Teplička is located? Do you know what makes it special? The result of the meeting of two generations on the topic of getting to know this interesting village are leaflets, information sheets, a poem, and other promotion for potential visitors to the village.

The workshop took place within the framework of the project "Landscape Images" in cooperation and with the support of the Žilina Self-Governing Region.

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Workshop: INTERGENERATIONAL WRITING

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Workshop: ECOGENERATIONS

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Workshop: THE TIMES ARE CHANGING, BUT ETIQUETTE REMAINS

On 24 June 2019, our volunteers in education met with secondary grammar school students at the workshop, where they worked together to address issues of etiquette, respect, and decency. While comparing their views, they always tried to find a compromise that was acceptable to both generations. They learned first-hand that intergenerational dialogue breaks down barriers and prejudices.

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General rehearsal of the workshop: THE TIMES ARE CHANGING, BUT ETIQUETTE REMAINS

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Tea at three

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Intergenerational workshop: THE ART OF TALKING

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Intergenerational workshop: OLD MAN - FACTS AND MYTHS

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Workshop "general rehearsal": Old man - facts and myths

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SENIOR FRIENDLY Award 2018

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Tea at three

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Awarding volunteers