Welcome to the website of the Volunteer Center of the Istrian County!

Dear volunteers and organizers of volunteering,

for a long time an idea has been present that volunteer work in the County of Istria should consolidate, strengthen and develop, with the basic aim of strengthening civil society and improving the quality of life in our County.

And, as it usually goes, only a small pebble is required to start an avalanche. It happened this spring when the Association Suncokret, Pula invited several representatives of civil society who have some experience in working with volunteers to meet and see if it is possible to start a Volunteer Center, in line with other cities, in Pula, which would cover the Istrian County.

The initial working group consisted of the active representatives of the Associations Suncokret, Green Istria, Metamedij, ZUM, Casoni Vecchi as well as the representatives of Red Cross - branch Pula and Istrian County Family Center. Thanks to the Association SMART from Rijeka and its representative Zvjezdana, who guided us through several meetings, we managed to establish the first framework of the Volunteer center of the Istrian County and we have defined the concrete activities and assignments. In the beginning, we must build a database, both for volunteers and organizations/institutions, which require volunteers in their domain of work.

We know that every beginning is challenging, but we also know that the synergy of people who believe in the value of volunteering can start another good story in our city and in the whole county.

So, think about it: do you or your organization want to be part of the Volunteer Center?

If your answer is yes - take the time to sign up as a volunteer or as an organization which wants to enrich its work with volunteers. Application forms for both are below (in doc/odt and pdf format) and, after filling it out, we kindly ask you to send it:

• by e-mail to the address volonterskicentar@pula.org
• by regular mail to Suncokret Association, Gajeva 3, 52100 Pula

Organizations

• VCIZ_application_organizations.doc
• VCIZ_application_organizations.odt
• VCIZ_application_organizations.pdf

Volunteers

• VCIZ_application_volunteers.doc
• VCIZ_application_volunteers.odt
• VCIZ_application_volunteers.pdf

Best regards and welcome!