March 10, 2020
Interview with Christian Jones, an experienced camp leader with UNA, conducted by UNA Exchange 2019/2020 volunteers Helene Chaland and Loeiza Stucker.
March 3, 2020
February 21, 2020
Interview with Sheila Smith, former Director of UNA Exchange (1988-2016), conducted by UNA Exchange 2019/2020 volunteers Helene Chaland and Loeiza Stucker. Read more >
“We are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.” - Jo Cox (1974-2016) Read more >
December 17, 2019
September 2018, I went to Moldova on a European Voluntary Service out of curiosity. I went somewhere to which I would never have ventured, I worked in an international organization (glimpsing some of the realities of foreign aid) and I familiarised myself with a culture I wouldn’t have known of or grown fond of.
October 27, 2019
Read the truly inspirational story of our former volunteer Calum, who participated in our supportive volunteering programme “Step by Step” a few years ago.
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September 18, 2019
Even though I am familiar with culture shock and the way it influences your mindset -I lived in the US for a year-, I still have moments when I stop and reflect on how strange or how admirable the Welsh are. Here are a few examples of my most memorable culture shocks here in Cardiff.
September 6, 2019
My name is Hélène, I am originally from suburban Paris and I am twenty-four years old. After spending one year abroad as a teaching assistant in the USA, all I wanted to do was to pack my suitcase again and leave for new adventures.
Read more >This year the European Commission’s Erasmus programme turned 30. Since 1987 some 9 million people have had opportunity to take part in European-funded exchanges: 600,000 of them from the UK. To celebrate, members of the UNA Exchange team joined cross-sector colleagues and volunteers at the Senedd on 13th November 2017.