Personal Details (Page 1 of 8)
Title
First Name
Surname
Gender
ICS volunteers must be 18-25 when they depart overseas. Please be aware that if you are less than 17 years and 6 months old we will not accept your application at this time.
If you are applying for a team leader role you must be over 23.
Date of Birth
You must be a UK citizen, an EEA citizen or have indefinite leave to remain in the UK. This is a requirement of the programme.
Nationality
Are you a UK citizen?
Have you been living in the UK for the last year?
Email addressSkype address (optional)
Mobile Phone NumberHome Telephone Number
Please provide your permanent UK address, where you spend most of your time and can be contacted most easily.
Address Street
Town/City
County
Postcode
About You (Page 2 of 8)
Did you hear about ICS through one of these agencies? (Please select)
Where did you hear about ICS?
(If Event) Please specify
(If Online / via email) Please specify
(If Radio) Please specify
(If Word of mouth) Please specify
If “other” please say which
Are you an NCS graduate?
Are you applying as a volunteer or leader?Volunteer (you will be 18 to 25 at the time you plan to go overseas on the ICS programme and would like to be involved as a team member)
Leader (you will be 23 years or over at the time you plan to go overseas on the ICS programme and you have experience of working with and supporting young people. Please reflect this in your application.)
Do you have a preference for which ICS agency you would like to volunteer with? Preference cannot be guaranteed and expressing a preference will not limit your options.
If Yes, please select which agency or agencies you are interested in volunteering with?
Progressio
Tearfund
Restless Development
VSO / Skillshare International
Raleigh International
International Service
Do you have a preference for which country you go to? Every effort will be made but we cannot guarantee you will be given your country of choice.
If you do have a preference for which country you go to, please select up to 3 countries from the options available (note: press and hold the ‘Ctrl’ button to select more than one country)
Please explain you country choices below
As a volunteer most of the programmes will last for up to 12 weeks. As a leader there will be opportunities between 12 weeks – 12 months. Being able to go overseas for at least 12 weeks is a requirement of the programme.
Volunteers – Are you willing and able to be away from home for 12 weeks?
Team Leaders – Please let us know the maximum amount of time you are available to be away from home for.
ICS programmes run throughout the year. If selected when will you be available to go overseas?
Date available from
When do you need to return by?
Please let us know anything that affects your availability (eg. are you only available for certain months of the year?)
All ICS volunteers and team leaders will be asked to make every effort to fundraise a minimum target of £800. This is a key part of your preparation of going overseas, to help you start to understand what you will be doing and why. Although fundraising is a requirement of the programme, no volunteers will be excluded because of cost. Help will be provided to all ICS volunteers and team leaders to support fundraising efforts.
Are you committed to fundraising?
When you return, ICS volunteers are required to do action at home. This is a chance to put in to practice the new skills you have developed while on this programme. This is a requirement of the programme and you will be provided with support and advice.
Are you committed to action at home?
What are you currently doing?If other, please specify
ICS is committed to meeting the individual needs of those who take part. If you have an impairment or consider yourself to be a disabled person, please tell us and we will contact you to discuss how we can support your application.
Do you consider yourself to be a disabled person?Do you have a health issue or impairment that might need some additional support?
If ‘Yes’ we’d appreciate it if you could think about anything we can do to make sure you can play a full part in all stages of ICS. These could be minor tweaks or larger changes – we’ll do our utmost to achieve them so please let us know.
Motivation (Page 3 of 8)
Why do you want to volunteer on the ICS programme?Volunteers – why do you think you should be selected for the ICS programme? (No qualifications or skills are required to participate. We are interested in any motivations or particular skills or interests that you might like to develop or share.)
Team Leaders – why do you think you should be selected for the ICS programme? (Please take this opportunity to reflect your team leader experience and how you have supported young people aged 18-25.)
Which aspects of ICS do you think you would find the hardest and why? (eg. surviving without the comforts of home, being in an unfamiliar culture etc.)
Preference will be given to ICS volunteers who have experience of helping other people. Please describe how you have been involved in your community or helped other people.
Will you require additional support at any stage throughout the programme? (eg. to support financial or emotional hardship, learning, or personal issues.)
Have you volunteered before?
Please give details.
You don’t need language skills for ICS, but it really helps us to know what languages you speak.
What is your first language?
Do you speak any other languages? (If you do, please specify which languages and at what level: basic/conversational/fluent.)
Qualifications – FOR LEADER APPLICANTS ONLY (Page 4 of 8)
Qualifications (starting from most recent)
In order for us to check that we can use your skills overseas in a team leader role, please give us up to 2 details of your qualifications below which would be relevant to your role as a team leader. These may be a qualification in a language, youth work, facilitation or training. Please always start with the most recent. You will need to provide a minimum of 1 entry in each section. Team leaders should have experience of working with and supporting young people aged 18 – 25, please reflect this in your application.
Qualification 1 of 2From (Date)
To (Date)
Subjects
Qualification
Name of Institute
Location of Institute
Qualification 2 of 2
From (Date)
To (Date)
Subjects
Qualification
Name of Institute
Location of Institute
Work experience – FOR LEADER APPLICANTS ONLY (Page 5 of 8)
Work experience (starting from most recent)
ICS Team Leaders should have some experience of working with and supporting young people aged 18 – 25. Please outline any experience you have had in these areas below. These may be experience in youth work, facilitation or training. Please always start with the most recent. You will need to provide a minimum of 1 entry below.
Work experience 1 of 3From (Date)
To (Date)
Name of Employer
Address
Job Title
Main duties and responsibilities
Work experience 2 of 3
From (Date)
To (Date)
Name of Employer
Address
Job Title
Main duties and responsibilities
Work experience 3 of 3
From (Date)
To (Date)
Name of Employer
Address
Job Title
Main duties and responsibilities
Referees – Your referees should not be related to you (Page 6 of 8)
Do you have a youth/support/key worker?
If yes, please include the person’s details as your first referee.
Professional Referee (this could be an employer, teacher or youth worker and should be someone who is not related to you)First Name
Surname
How known to you
Address
Town/City
County
Home Phone No.
Mobile Phone No.
Postcode
Email address (of the referee)
Professional Referee (this could be an employer, teacher or youth worker and should be someone who is not related to you)
First Name
Surname
How known to you
Address
Town/City
County
Home Phone No.
Mobile Phone No.
Postcode
Email address (of the referee)
Medical Information
To be selected as an ICS volunteer, you will need to have medical clearance. Is there anything you would like us to know at this stage?Additional Personal Information (Page 7 of 8)
ICS is committed to recruiting a diverse range of volunteers and as part of this commitment we will use this information to ensure we are inclusive of all. Please answer the following questions.
Which best describes your ethnic origin?
If other, please specify
What religion, religious denomination or body do you belong to, if any?
If other, please specify
What type of secondary school did you attend? If you went to more than one, please choose the type that you attended for the longest period.
If other, please specify
What age did you leave full time education?
What is your highest educational qualification?
If other, please specify
Income Information
Do you live with parents or guardians?
Do you receive financial support from family members or carers?
How much on average do you receive each month from your family or carer?
Please tell us about your parent or guardian who is the highest earner in your household. What was their income last year before tax?
Approximately how much income did you personally earn last year before tax?
Do you or a member of your household receive income support?
Thank you for completing this information. This will be used to monitor and manage our commitment to ensure a diverse range of young people are able to take part on ICS. We may want to discuss the information you have given here in relation to your fundraising.
Declaration (Page 8 of 8)
Please note, for us to process your application you must tick the following 2 boxes.
All of the disclosed information is, to my knowledge, true and accurate. I give my permission for the information provided to be used by ICS and the agency to which my application is forwarded.
I declare that all the income related information I have provided on this form is true and correct. Where I am dependent on my parent / carer, they also confirm that this information is true and correct.
By completing this form, you agree that International Citizen Service and its participating agencies will store and process your data in accordance with the requirements of their own Data Protection Policies, their Privacy Policies and in keeping with the Data Protection Act 1998. You agree that agencies may transfer your data as is necessary to any country where you may be placed, including countries where data protection laws may not apply or may be less stringent than in the European Union. We will pass your information to the relevant local partner organisations and in-country staff, but will ensure that our associated overseas entities continue to handle your personal information in accordance with our group wide policies on the protection and security of your data. Details of transfers can be provided at your request.
We will hold any information you give us in order to contact you about your volunteering options. We would also like to keep you informed about the range of ways you can become involved with International Citizen Service and its participating agencies.
Are you happy to receive this information?
To process your application we will have to contact you – are you happy to be contacted by text, phone and email in regards to your application? (please note, for us to process your application you must tick this box)
If you have any questions about the application form please contact us on 020 8780 7350 or email us at