Ajankohtaisia EU-tuettuja vapaaehtoispaikkoja Euroopassa

Kenelle? Euroopan Solidaarisuusjoukot on ohjelma, joka sopii kaikille 18-30 -vuotiaille, jotka ovat kiinnostuneita oppimaan ja toimimaan vapaaehtoisena paikallisen yhteisön hyväksi toisessa Euroopan maassa. Vapaaehtoistyötehtäviin ei vaadita erityistaitoja tai koulutusta, mutta omia tietoja ja taitoja pääsee yleensä hyödyntämään. Euroopan Unionin tukema ohjelma on erinomainen mahdollisuus lähteä toiseen Euroopan maahan hankkimaan työkokemusta, kielitaitoa ja saamaan uusia kokemuksia. Ohjelmaan kuuluu majoitus, ruoka, matkatuki, taskuraha, vakuutus, kieliopetusta sekä valmennus ennen lähtöä ja jakson aikana. Ohjelman kesto on yleensä 2-12 kuukautta, suurin osa vapaaehtoispaikoista haluaa vapaaehtoisen 6-12 kuukaudeksi.

Euroopan Solidaarisuusjoukkojen lyhytkestoiset (alle 2 kuukautta) yksilöprojektit on tarkoitettu nuorille, joilla on erityistä tukea oikeuttavia haasteita kuten terveysongelmat, oppimisvaikeudet, vähemmistöryhmään kuuluminen ja/tai taloudelliset, sosiaaliset tai maantieteelliset haasteet.  Yleensä noin kaksi viikkoa kestävät Euroopan solidaarisuusjoukkojen vapaaehtoistiimit ovat sen sijaan avoimia kaikille 18-30 -vuotiaille, myös aiemmin Euroopan solidaarisuujoukkoihin osallistuneille.   

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Näin löydät mielenkiintoisia vapaaehtoispaikkoja

List of open projects, click to read more!

• Long-term volunteering in Katowice, Poland

• Long-term volunteering in Ravenna, Italy

• Long-term volunteering in Gdańsk, poland

• Long-term volunteering in Hungary

• Long-term volunteering in French-speaking Belgium

• Long-term volunteering in Poland

Long-term volunteering opportunities in Katowice, Poland

About the organisation: Bona Fides is a organisation for common good, supporting the well-being of citizens and the dialogue between organisations and the local community. Their activities include encouraging locals to take part in active citizenship, supporting local authorities in building social dialogue, and involving youth in social life. They are currently looking for 2 volunteers to join their international team.

Tasks: The volunteers will work mainly in three sectors:

• Katowice Community Building and Organising: Supporting local events and workshops; taking part in volunteering actions addressed to local youngsters, kids, people facing a crisis, and seniors to promote social inclusion; helping with the promotion of volunteer actions; cultural presentations in local schools; organising speaking clubs or language lessons; participation in city council meetings, creating photo and video reports, assisting with press coverage, and informing the local community about ongoing decisions and changes.

• Healthification and Beautification of Katowice: Cleaning initiatives in public spaces and activities promoting broader environmental awareness and responsibility; urban monitoring sessions, covering offensive graffiti, illegal dumping, pollution hotspots, neglected public spaces, the Katowice Modernism Trail, and other heritage sites; organisation and participation in workshops about the theme; implementation of sport and game events at local level; organising “healthy excursions” with and for local people.

• Sensorial Inclusive City Campaign: Urban accessibility monitoring; collaboration with a modern special school for students with various disabilities; cooperation with a charitable Foundation focusing on supporting people with sensory disabilities; engagement in Living Libraries and similar programs; assistance to informal groups of people with sensorial disabilities in their participation in social events; organisation of White Cane Day and participation in other similar initiatives; organization of awareness campaigns and workshops.

Dates: September 2026 to mid-March 2027

Volunteer profile: Open, motivated, solution oriented, team player, and sharing European values.

How to apply: Apply by submitting your CV and motivation letter (in English) by email to mariachiara@bonafides.pl and anna@bonafides.pl 

Deadline: Apply as soon as possible

More information here and in the infopack. 

Long-term volunteering opportunity in Ravenna, Italy

About the organisation: LIBRAZIONE Cooperativa Sociale is an organisation promoting the common good. They operate in the areas of orientation and education for youth, support of people in vulnerable positions, gender equality, culture and territory, psychology and therapy, interculturality for migrants, and social innovation for organisations. They are currently looking for a volunteer to join the "Ravenna International" project.

Tasks: The volunteer will be actively involved in a variety of initiatives, including:

• Supporting the Youth Information Centre.

• Managing social media and communication.

• Participating in local and international projects.

• Contributing to activities at the local Youth Center and hosting organization.

• Playing a key role in non-formal education activities for children at the Youth and Family Center.

Dates: Mid-September 2026 to mid-March 2027

Other info: In addition to the ESC on-arrival and mid-term evaluation training and online Italian language classes, the volunteer will participate in task-specific training and weekly communication workshops.

Volunteer profile: The selection of the volunteer is made solely based on motivation—no prior knowledge or experience is required. The organisation does not discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, ethnic group, or income. Applicants are asked to attach a motivational letter to their application.

How to apply: Fill in the application form. Please read the infopack before applying. 

Deadline: The selection is done on a rolling basis, so apply as soon as possible!

Long-term volunteering opportunities in Gdańsk, Poland

About the organisation: The Regional Volunteer Center in Gdańsk is an intermediary association between volunteers and local organisations. They are currently looking for volunteers for the following projects:

• 2 volunteers to support local kindergartens (No 86 & 57). The kindergartens work with children from ages 3-6 and aim to create a warm and supportive educational environment. 

• 1 volunteer for the NOVA Foundation, a non-governmental, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting lifelong learning, community development, and social inclusion. The mission of Nova Foundation is to create and implement high-quality educational programs that enhance opportunities for individuals of all ages, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Volunteering in local kindergartens

Tasks: The volunteers will support children in their daily activities and bring positive energy and creativity to the kindergartens. They are encouraged to share with children their own country's culture and be active in areas corresponding to their hobbies and interests.

Dates: Starting ASAP until 20.12.2026

Other info: Please note that due to the nature of the project and Polish law, volunteers must provide a certificate of no criminal record and be free from addictions.

Volunteer profile: Ideal volunteers are interested in working with small children (previous experience is a strong plus), kind, patient, creative, and open-minded. They should be able to communicate in English. 

How to apply: Send your application (CV and motivation letter) to erasmus@wolontariatgdansk.pl

Deadline: Apply ASAP

You can find more information in the infopack and on the the European Youth Portal here.

Volunteering for the NOVA Foundation

Tasks: The volunteer will:

• Help the coordinator in organising and providing activities for the Neighborhood Club

• Prepare and implement own activities and projects

• Help preparing workshops

• Lead English conversation classes

• Participate in education activities for seniors and children

• Content creation for the Foundation's social media platforms

• Participate in administrative tasks and event organisation

Dates: Starting ASAP until 20.12.2026

Other info: Please note that due to Polish law the volunteer will need to provide a certificate of no criminal record.

Volunteer profile: The Foundation is looking for creative, responsible, and open-minded young people who enjoy working with children and seniors. Similar previous experience is welcome but not required. Good English skills. 

How to apply:  Send your application (CV and motivation letter) to erasmus@wolontariatgdansk.pl

Deadline: Apply ASAP

Get more information and apply through the European Youth Portal here.

Long-term volunteering in Hungary

About the organisation: Seeds of Solidarity is a long-term ESC volunteering project in Szécsény, Hungary. During this journey, you will become part of an international team of 6 volunteers, working together in the rural region of Nógrád county, in the north of Hungary.  Throughout the project, you will be active in multiple locations — including local schools, youth centers, and the Egyesek Youth and Community Center — gaining diverse experiences while building meaningful connections with local communities.

Tasks: As a volunteer, you will play an active role in creating meaningful learning experiences and supporting young people in their everyday lives. You will:

• Design and deliver creative workshops and non-formal learning sessions in local schools and youth centers.

• Be part of the daily life of the Egyesek Youth Center by providing youth work activities for young people.

• Support youth workers in building and maintaining local partnerships and engaging in community life.

• Teach English — and optionally German — in schools using interactive, non-formal methods that make learning enjoyable and engaging.

• Take part in the implementation of international activities such as trainings, workcamps, and youth exchanges at our Creative Space Youth Center in Hollókő, as well as support local camps and visiting groups in Szécsény.

• Bring your own ideas to life by developing and implementing a personal project

Dates: 01/09/2026 – 30/06/2027

Volunteer profile: You can apply if you are between 18 and 30 years old, are interested in non-formal education and grassroots youth work; enjoy working with children and young people, and would like to design and deliver creative activities; are ready to spend 10 months living and working in an international team while contributing to a local community;  have not participated in ESC volunteering projects for more than a total of 2 months.

How to apply: Fill in the application form.

Deadline: Apply ASAP

Check the detailed information in the infopack here.

Long-term volunteering in French-speaking Belgium

About the organisation: The association des Compagnons Bâtisseurs, aka CBB, is located in Marche-en-Famenne. CBB is a non-profit, non-political, youth organisation recognized and financially supported by the Wallonia-Brussels’ Federation. The organisation proposes different volunteering activities using non-formal education principles: local and international workcamps, short and long term volunteering services (including ESC), leisure time activities for and with disabled people, campleaders’ trainings, etc. CBB is active within the different European programmes of volunteering and non-formal education since 1997 and also hosts ESC volunteers each year.

They have several open long-term ESC volunteering placements, here a few examples:

1. Promoting culture with Le Monty – Genappe

   Dates: 01 September 2026 - 31 August 2027

   Location: Genappe, France

   Tasks: Le Monty asbl was created in 2017 in order to manage a new place open to everyone to enhance creativity, citizen’s initiatives, share competences and create synergies among citizens. Additionally, the Monty is managing quite a big space with a concert hall and convivial spaces. It can host various cultural, private, associative or citizen activities. In particular, the Monty is focusing on arts, and is hosting permanently the TOF theatre asbl, a puppet show company.  The volunteers will be active in the following activities: helping to welcome guests during events, entertainment and bar keeping, supporting the management and animation of the bar, helping at the restaurant during events, taking pictures and shooting videos, technical support when there is a concert or a projection, cleaning and arranging material and interior before and after the activities, managing the free library, being present in Le Monty during opening hours, supporting the implementation of the festival “Genappe perd la boule”.

2. Supporting people with disability at L'Essentiel – Lasne

   Dates: 01 October 2026 - 31 August 2027

   Location: Lasne, Belgium

   Tasks: Volunteers get involved in the daily life of Essentiel. The aim of Essentiel’s activities is to help people with disabilities have a diversified daily life and to integrate them more into the society. The place is buzzing with various activities and involve a larger audience than only the people living on site. The volunteer's tasks:  participation in the activities of your choice (twice a day the residents can choose among 7 to 10 activities - such as hippotherapy, gardening, snoezelen, sewing, etc. - proposed by the staff), individual support (take some time alone with a beneficiary in order to help them do something they want to or something you offer them), contribution to collective life (preparing meals, being at the table with the residents to share a convivial moment and possibly offer help, demonstrating positivity and optimism).

3. Youth Center – Ciney

   Dates: 01 September 2026 - 31 August 2027

   Location: Ciney, Belgium

   Tasks: Your main role as a volunteer will be to assist the non-profit association La Maison des Jeunes de Ciney (Youth House of Ciney). Along with the team, the volunteer will have the chance to put themself in the shoes of a youth worker and supervise young people aged between 12 and 26.
   La Maison des Jeunes, aka MJ Ciney, gives youngsters from 12 to 26 opportunities to engage in social, cultural and artistic activities. They encourage youngsters to become responsible citizens and to actively participate in society. As a volunteer, you will support the team in preparing and implementing these community projects. In the summer, you mainly help organise camps (theatre workshops, sport activities). After summer, you get to join and observe a wide range of regular activities. You then choose to support the ones you find more interesting: welcome space, weekly workshops, school activities, excursions, office work, themed evenings.

4. Kindergarten and primary school at Ecole des petits chemins

   Dates: 14 August 2026-12 August 2027

   Location: Lessive, Belgium

   Tasks: Le Collectif des petits chemins is a non-profit association and school. It promotes new pedagogies based on outdoor activities, cooperation and education to peace, considering the children’s unique personalities and using their natural environment. Children range from 2 to 12 years old and are divided into two sections: the kindergarten and the primary school. In the kindergarten, tasks are: welcoming the children at the school in the morning, creating learning and teaching support material, participating in art workshops, supervising the children during breaks, participating in outdoor activities, accompanying students during schools excursions and events. In the primary school, tasks are: making a pedagogical plan and setting up learning goals, participating in art workshops, participating in outdoor activities, implementing a personal initiative with the kids. 

Other info: You can find an overview of all vacancies, as well as more information about the projects and the application process on the Compagnons Bâtisseurs asbl website.

How to apply: Fill in the questionnaire for the opportunity you're interested in. 

Long-term volunteering in Poland, starting September 2026

Dates: starting September 2026, till mid-August 2027

About the organisation: Stowarzyszenie Promocji Wolontariatu (SPW) is an NGO organising International workcamps, coordinating mid- and long-term voluntary projects in Poland and sending Polish young people to participate in projects abroad. 

They currently have 5 open positions:

1. Volunteering in a Kindergarten in Pułtusk - 4 volunteers

   Tasks: The four volunteers of SPW in Pułtusk (two per each kindergarten) help in organizing everyday activities and assist teachers but are also invited to take the initiative and promote the development of workshops, presentations and other activities designed to introduce their culture and language to the group. The kindergarten is open from 6:30 AM to 4:30 PM, but the main activities take place from 9 AM to 3 PM, which are volunteers' working hours. During this time, they will be taking part in all kinds of activities, including excursions, outdoor activities and language classes. The volunteers teach foreign languages (mostly English) in an informal way through games, exercises, etc.

   Volunteer profile: 18-30 years old from EU countries For this project, SPW asks volunteers to be patient, willing to work with children, creative, diligent and reliable. Having a "certificate of no criminal record" is required in order to work with children.  

2. Volunteering in a Public library in Przasnysz - 2 volunteers

   Tasks: Here the volunteers support the staff in the preparation and running the activities and manage the library’s social media channels (such as Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube). They are also invited to develop their own initiatives, especially if they add some intercultural dimension to the library program.  Examples of tasks: Supporting events such as excursions, workshops, and concerts - Organizing educational activities such as language cafes and meetings at high schools, handicraft, and STEM workshops - Promoting reading and organizing meetings with children.

   Volunteer profile: 18-30 years old from EU countries. Interest in Polish culture and literature is an important aspect.

3. Volunteering in a Public library in Pomiechówek - 1 volunteer

   Tasks: The volunteer is invited to collaborate on tasks such as arranging books and the online promotion of the library. The volunteer is also encouraged to organize meetings and events for the local community, as well as to visit kindergartens and schools to promote reading and intercultural education.

   Volunteer profile: 18-30 years old from EU countries. This volunteer should be interested in literature, history and culture in order to make the most of the experience.

4. Volunteering in a Rehabilitation Center in Helenów (Warsaw) - 4 volunteers (2 for hippotherapy, 1 for vocational school, 1 for boarding school)

   Tasks: Helenów focuses its efforts on providing education, treatment and welfare for people with disabilities. The volunteers for hippotherapy are responsible for leading horses during the hippotherapy sessions that the Centre has been organizing for more than 20 years. They are also in charge of supporting the therapists and cleaning the animals. The volunteer in the vocational school collaborates by guiding the residents of the Centre in workshops related with topics such as art and cooking. The volunteer for the boarding school takes care of supporting kids in creative activities that take place after school time,  supervising kids during lunch and dinner and helping them with their homework.

   Volunteer profile: 18-30 years old from EU countries. 

5. Volunteering in a Culture Center in Pomiechówek - 1 volunteer

   Tasks: The volunteer acts as a part of the team by supporting regular classes (that may include painting and handicraft classes, theater workshops, language courses, yoga sessions), events run by the Centre and intercultural and artistic activities proposed by the volunteer themselves.

   Volunteer profile: 18-30 years old from EU countries. This person must be motivated to work with people of all ages (from small children to seniors) and able to work independently. Being interested in activities such as art, music, dance and theater is also important.

How to apply: Send your CV and motivation letter to esc@spw.ngo 

You can find detailed description of the projects in the infopack here. 

Deadline: no deadline, apply anytime :)

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Kerro hakemuksessa, miksi haluat vapaaehtoiseksi juuri hakemaasi projektiin. Paikat täytetään sopivan vapaaehtoisen löydyttyä, joten kannattaa hakea mahdollisimman nopeasti. Paikkoihin haetaan yleensä Euroopan nuorisoportaalin kautta. 

Voit halutessasi hakea useampaan paikkaan samalla kertaa. Nämä paikat ovat erinomaisia mahdollisuuksia päästä nopeasti tekemään mielekästä vapaaehtoistyötä esimerkiksi välivuoden ajaksi! 

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