Ajankohtaisia EU-tuettuja vapaaehtoispaikkoja Euroopassa

7.11.2024

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 kuukauddeksi.

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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ESC Volunteering opportunity in Vienna!

If you're passionate about intercultural exchange and eager to make a difference, the6-month ESC volunteering project at Grenzenlos in Vienna is for you! For over 75 years, this Austrian NGO has been breaking barriers and building understanding across cultures. This year, we’re excited to welcome a young volunteer with disabilities to join our close-knit team for a unique journey of personal and professional growth.

Project Dates: May 1 - October 31, 2025
Location: Vienna, Austria
Volunteers have the chance to engage in both hands-on social activities and meaningful office work, and our experienced team will tailor your tasks to match your interests and strengths.

How to Apply
No prior experience or skills are required, just enthusiasm and a love for community work! If you’re ready for an adventure in the heart of Europe, send in your CV and application form by January 12, 2025.

🌐 Dive into the experiences of past volunteers their website: www.grenzenlos.or.at.

ESC opportunity in Poland!

Join the European Solidarity Corps project in Poznań, Poland with @jedenswiat.scipoland! This is your chance to volunteer with a passionate team dedicated to peace, social justice, and climate action. Over 12 months, you’ll work alongside other young volunteers from around the world, making a positive impact while exploring one of Poland's most vibrant cities!

As a Placement Officer, your role will include supporting workcamp placements, organizing local events, leading workshops for youth, and even co-hosting summer workcamps. You’ll have the chance to contribute your ideas, take part in international trainings, and immerse yourself in Polish culture with language classes and events across the country.

Poznań, with its rich history, green parks, and cultural hotspots, will be your home base. You’ll live in the charming Jeżyce district, with cozy cafes and local restaurants just a stroll away. Plus, your travel, food, and living expenses are covered, so you can focus on making a difference and connecting with people from diverse backgrounds.

Start Date: December 2024 (flexible)
Location: Poznań, Poland
Apply now through the European Solidarity Corps platform or email them at longterm@poland.sci.ngo.

Short term volunteeting opportunities in France!

1. Name of the project: A THIRDPLACE IN PÉRIGORD SJ77
Location: Coly - St Amand is located in Périgord Noir, 10 km from the caves of Lascaux
Duration: 28.10.2024-09.11.2024
Organisation: The commune is home to the Ecocycle association, a third-party organisation that is developing a participatory activity project in the commune of Saint Amand de Coly and the surrounding area. These activities are strongly influenced by concerns about climate change. After major renovation work, a building made available by the local authority is now coming into being.
Tasks: You will help the association and its volunteers to prepare the building to welcome its members. You'll discover the local people's sense of welcome and the charm of the countryside and heritage, as you work with the other volunteers and the organisers to organise your programme of activities.
This project is specifically meant for young people who are in uncertain situation or with fewer opportunity.
Info pack is attached bellow.
How to apply: application through E-vet

2. Name of the project: Building an ecological village SJ/ESC82
Location: La Ferté-Alais 91590 is approximately 50km south of Paris.
Duration: 20.11.2024-14.12.2024
Organisation: VirVolt stands for Village InteRnational de VolonTaires. For the past four years, the association has been based in the middle of nature in a regional park. Welcoming young people from all over the world, learning how to understand and appreciate differences., To plan and act together to protect the environment. To create a positive impact on the surrounding environment and people living there or simply passing by These are our goals for this future village, which each year, is built thanks to youths who come and contribute, with solidarity as their driving force.
Work tasks: be prepare for winter challenges. During this Workcamp, you will work with international and local volunteers to develop the eco-village by building wooden furniture, creating compost bins, installing a solar shower, and preparing the permaculture garden for winter. Most tasks will be outdoors in cold, winter conditions, contributing to a unique eco-village project.
Info pack is attached bellow.
How to apply: application through E-vet

Long term ESC opportunity in Lithuania!

Dates of the project: starting from the end of December/end of January, and the length of volunteering is 1 year
Spots available: 2
Deadline: 24th of October.
Description of project: Vilnius special nursery – kindergarten "Čiauškutis", has been providing special pre-school education services for more than 30 years.

One of the main goals of Vilnius special nursery-kindergarten "Čiauškutis" is the socialization of children, health protection and strengthening, elimination of speech and speech disorders, and the formation of hygienic skills. Great attention is paid to the harmonious physical and psychological development of the child, the child's speech is developed with the help of alternative communication. Vilnius special nursery-kindergarten "Čiauškutis" forms the content of education, which corresponds to the basic provisions of education, the goals of the special preschool institution and the needs of children and their parents (guardians), prepares individual educational programs for preschool children special.

The volunteers will assist teachers with various activities with kids: music, sport, art classes, swimming classes, etc.
How to apply: send CV + motivational letters to saltes.esc@gmail.com

Long term ESC in Stuttgart, Germany!

Project name: - Haus St. Elisabeth: Support adults with special needs, 1 spot

Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Duration: 11-12 months
Application deadline: Until applicant found

Haus St. Elisabeth is a day care centre for the elderly. 20 adults are cared for by the centre. The focus is on offering individual support and providing activities that suit the guests’ needs. The guests are all adults aged 25 to 80 with different physical and mental disabilities. Activities include individual and group activities, seasonal events, day trips as well as special occasions. Since you will be working with other volunteers, the hosting organisation will offer monthly activities for the team.

Your tasks as a volunteer

Accompany and support people with disabilities in their daily lives, e.g. baking and cooking
Support residents in leisure activities: playing, music, sports etc.
Housekeeping tasks

Project name: - Margarethe-Steiff-Schule: Learn from and with disabled children, 1 spot

Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Duration: 11-12 months
Application deadline: Until applicant found

The KBV (association for disabled people) offers various services for people with disabilities including an assistance service at the municipal Margarete Steiff School for disabled children. The school covers all grade levels. It has a unique support system for its students: 140 employees care for roughly 170 students.

Your tasks as a volunteer

Support children with physical disabilities in mobility, e.g. helping them go to the bathroom or use their wheelchair
Work together with the special education teacher and a team consisting of physiotherapists, nurses, assistants and accompany the children and young people in a class of five to six children in their daily school lessons
In the Alex Club area, you can choose for yourself whether you want to focus more on the leisure activities during the week, at the weekends, or the leisure activities during school breaks

Project name: -Kulturinsel: Contribute in an intercultural garden/art space , 1 spot

Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Duration: 11-12 months
Application deadline: Until applicant found

The Kulturinsel Stuttgart is a diverse meeting place for: Neighbours, those interested in art and culture, people with and without a refugee background, makers and garden lovers. It harbours a green oasis and a learning garden: the urban gardening project Inselgrün combines the worlds of subculture and industry and is a platform for social and cultural projects/events of all kinds.

Your tasks as a volunteer

Prepare and support events
Urban Gardening
Support in administration and documentation

For more information ,please visit this website https://padlet.com/FWD_DRS_gGmBH/volunteer-in-germany-with-fwd-drs-xlt8c6nr1mf1f3e2

TO APPLY, fill the form you will find to this site fill out the application form on our homepage: https://ich-will-efd.de/volunteering-in-germany/appilcation-process/application

Long term ESC in Spain for 8 months!

Project name: Multiplying opportunities for volunteer engagement XI - 3 spots

Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Duration: From 01/02/2025 - 30/09/2025
Application deadline: 20th of October

The role of the volunteers will be to support the incoming, outgoing and the ESC areas; each of them will be supporting the back office work that is done during the placement of international volunteers in Catalonia, during the placement of catalan volunteers who will go abroad, and will be fostering international mobility . The volunteers will be promoting the international voluntary service, producing all kinds of promotion material, participating in informative sessions and training, updating the blog and COCAT’s social networks. They will manage mostly administrative tasks and will work in a team in COCAT’s office in Barcelona.
For more information check the website or info pack attached below but to apply use the form below, please.

TO APPLY, fill this form: link

Long term ESC opportunities in Belgium.

1. Name: Social work at Foyer L'Aubépine – Ciney - 1 spot

Duration : 01/02/2025 – 34/01/2026

Deadline: 20/10/24 – 23: 59 CET

How to apply (in “register” tab): here

Project description (video): The non-profit organization “Foyer Aubépine” aims to provide social help, education, host and support for youngsters with difficult socio-economical and familial backgrounds.

Volunteers will assist children and teenagers (ages 3-18) by supporting the technical team with tasks like house maintenance, meal preparation, and cleaning. They'll also help social educators by spending time with the kids during meals, assisting with homework, planning activities and games, preparing them for bedtime, and participating in outdoor activities. Additional tasks include maintaining a vegetable garden and chicken coop, developing a living space project in a caravan, maintaining a yurt, and implementing a personal project in the final stage.

2. Name: Gallo-Roman Farm of Malagne – Rochefort - 2 spots

Duration: 01/02/2025– 31/01/2026

Deadline: 20/10/2024 CET

How to apply (in “register” tab): here

Project description (video): Archeoparc Malagne is a non-profit organisation set up to protect and valorise an archaeological site from Gallo-roman history. It reproduces a farm from this period of time and recreate the different techniques and know-hows used at that time.

The volunteers will mostly help out in the maintenance of the 7 hectares of the domain (planting vegetables, mowing, fixing fences…), take care of the animals living on site, help with the building of new places by using Gallo-roman techniques and follow the archaeological experiments done (one on a harvesting machine, the other one on the production process of barley beer “cervoise”). The tasks are mostly outdoors and manual. And the pictures are not lying: it is pretty remote!

3. Name: CBB's Volunteers Messengers – Marche-en-Famenne - 2 spots

Duration: 01/02/2025 – 31/01/2026

Deadline: 13/10/2024 – 23:59 CET

How to apply (in “register” tab): here

Project description: The Association of Compagnons Bâtisseurs, aka CBB, is a non-profit, non-political youth organisation recognised by the French Community of Belgium. The organisation proposes different kinds of activities, mainly based on volunteering and non-formal education: local and international work camps, medium and long term voluntary service, week-end workcamps, leisure time activities for and with disabled people, youth exchanges and local and international trainings.

The volunteer will be involved in the promotion, preparation, implementation and follow-up of our voluntary projects and non-formal education activities (work camps and weekends, youth exchanges, environmental weeks, volunteering days, pre camps, preparation sessions….). They will help CBB team in its role of support organisation for more than 20 ESC volunteers on the French speaking territory, and will be involved in local activities. S/he will also work sometimes in partnership with other local youth and social organisations.

4. Name: Youth Centre – Marche-en-Famenne - 1 spot

Duration : 01/02/2025 – 31/01/2026

Deadline : 13/10/2024 CET

How to apply (in “register” tab): here

Project description : La Maison des Jeunes or Youth Centre has the mission to promote youth active citizenship, participation and empowerment. In all our activities -trainings, creative and artistic workshops, outdoors activities and visits, organization of concerts and cultural events.

The volunteer will have the possibility to participate in all our activities: artistic workshops, sport activities, organization of cultural events and free time activities in the youth club and propose their own. Application showing the artistic and creative skills of the volunteers are strongly encouraged.

5. Name: Mic-Ados – Marche en Famenne - 1 spot

Duration : 01/02/2025 – 31/01/2026

Deadline: 13/10/2024 CET

How to apply (in “register” tab): here

Project description: To join the «sac ados» project allowing dropped out youngsters to reflect about their future by taking part in manual works, creative activities and social actions. To organise workshops for young people attending Micados activities.

6. Name: Hyphen for inclusion – Marche en Famenne - 1 spot

Duration: 01/02/2025 – 31/01/2026

Deadline: 13/10/2024 CET

How to apply (in “register” tab): here

Project description: Planning, organisation, and evaluation of residential weekends and evening activities for people with mental disability. During the activities, support the participation of people with disabilities. Take part in cbb’s activities : youth exchanges, trainings for summer camps leaders and local activities.

7. Name: Music Fund - 1 spot

Duration: 01/02/2025 – 31/01/2026

Deadline: 13/10/2024 – 23:59 CET

How to apply (in “register” tab): here

Project description: Music Fund is a NGO promoting music as an instrument to develop social projects for young people, mostly in conflict zones and developing countries, with the slogan “Give music a chance”. Other objective of MF is to work with music schools and improve their access to musical instruments globally. They work hard developing a network of musical repair technicians and improving their abilities. Last, but not least, they facilitate the access of musical instruments to young musicians all around the world. In Belgium, the team of MF helps young people who want to learn to play by providing them with wide range of instruments donated or collected then fixed by Music Fund. Through their expertise centre in Marche en Famenne and a warehouse in Jemelle they are able to fulfil all the needs for local music schools and socio-artistic projects all around Belgium. The volunteer will help Music Fund team in their administrative tasks but s/he will mostly help to manage the instruments storage, the picks-up of the instruments, help to repair the instruments and care for it.

8. Name: Interra ASBL – Liège - 1 spot

Duration : 01/02/2025 – 31/01/2026

Deadline : 13/10/2024 – 23 :59 CET

Link to apply (in “register” tab): here

Project description: Interra is a NGO working for the inclusion of migrants and the awareness of issues of migration, social cohesion and cultural difference through creativity, art and culture.

This activity allows people recently arrived in Liege territory and local people to organise workshops, based on what they know or what they like to do, for a mixed public. Help with various workshops, intercultural meetings, film debates and more.

9. Name: Join the crew of Gamedella youth club - Rochefort - 1 spot

Duration : 01/02/2025 – 31/01/2026

Deadline: 13/10/2024 – 23: 59 CET

How to apply (in “register” tab): here

Project description: Gamedella has two main aims : – as an organisation recognised as “homework club” :to support the intellectual development, social emancipation, cultural access and the citizenship learning for children from 4 to 15 years old. – as a youth centre recognised by the French community of Belgium: to support the development of an active, critical, in solidarity and responsible citizenship among young people from 12 till 26 years old.

Responsibilities of the volunteer;

After school support : children come to receive help to do their homework and participate in fun activities organised by volunteer;
Free time at the youth center : young people and adolescents meet at the youth center to spend some time together;
Recreational Wednesday : “discovery” activities offered to children between 6 and 11 years old;
Little Citizens (6-9 years old) or mini CRACS (10-12 years old): school support and citizen action;
Weekly workshops and holidays residential stays.

Check the info pack attached below for more details!

Long term volunteering in Leipzig, Germany!

Start Date: March 2025

Duration: 1 Year

Location: Leipzig, Germany
Deadline: 20.10.24
Currently, host organisation is calling for 10 passionate volunteers to join a variety of amazing projects, ranging from kindergartens to theatre, residential care, youth clubs, eco-house, and after-school care! Detailed information about the available projects and application procedures can be found here: link
NB! Organisation only accepts applications through our Google Form.

Long term opportunity in Rome!

To apply for this project send us their CV and Motivation letter to volo@lunaria.org by the 8th of November 2024, please specify in the subject: ESC Lunaria office 2025. Also, inform Allianssi Youth Exchanges about your application via email at volunteer@alli.fi

Duration: 9.5 months ( 15.01.2025 - 31.10.2025)

Where: Rome, Italy

The Lunaria office is looking for 2 ESC volunteers who will become part of their office team in Rome to support the organization and running of the office work and next workcamp season ( for both incoming and outgoing part).

Check the infopack bellow for more information !

ESC Long Term Opportunities in Italy

NB! To apply for this project use the link and inform Allianssi Youth Exchanges about your application via email at volunteer@alli.fi

"Long term volunteer in refugee center " - 2 spots
Duration: 7 months, starting from November.
Where: in the towns of Mazzarino and Riesi, near Caltanissetta, in the heart of Sicily
Aim of the host organisation is to support a refugee centre . The work there involves mostly organising after-schools activities, workshops, artistic events and festivals aimed at children of migrant couples. The children staying in the refugee centre have lived through different experiences, so the volunteer needs to be able to bond with them to help them develop intercultural awareness to facilitate their stay in a different country.
“Practicing and promoting sustainable lifestyles in Eco-village” - 4 spots
Duration: 6 months. Starting date is flexible.
Where: Teor, Italy
Organised by Gaia Terra, the project aims at transforming society through promotion of sustainable lifestyles on various levels. The volunteers will live in an eco-village community supporting the project through orchard and garden management, recycling and creative use of waste, production of biodegradable products, etc. Volunteers will also be responsible for organising all kinds of workshops/receptions that attempt at promoting the idea.
"Sport and recreational activities with kids in Palermo" - 1 spot
Duration: for 8 months, starting from November.
Where: Palermo, Sicily
Volunteer will support the staff in the implementation of recreational activities aimed at young people of the centre: - after-school educational activities for kids (support with homework, English or French language workshops through non-formal methodologies) - recreational and creative workshops (guitar lessons, dance lessons, theatre, drawing, manipulation of raw materials etc) - support in the implementation of sports activities, such as football (training, accompanying young people to local sports tournaments, support during matches).
"Supporting activities in a youth center" - 1 spot
Duration: for 7 months, starting from November.
Where: Palermo, Italy.
Managed by Inventare Insieme, a youth centre which offers opportunities and support young people aged 6-30 years old. Volunteers will support the daily activities of the organisation aimed at the children, teenagers and young people in the youth centre. These will include: support to music laboratories and/or support to media laboratories and production of audio-visual materials to promote the work done by the association. Volunteers will also participate in regular laboratories about coding (digital skills), drawing, dancing, theatre, environmental education and active citizenship;
“Promoting Volunteering and Youth Participation”, - 2 spots
Duration: for 8 months, starting from November 2024 OR from January 2025.
Where: Palermo, Italy
This position involves work in office (i.e. administrative tasks like sending requests to participants or taking care of reimbursements) but not only; the volunteer would also have to help organise projects on the spot, select participants, implement workshops using non-formal education, support other volunteers during their projects/stays in Italy, etc. This position takes place mostly in our office in Palermo, but the volunteer is expected to be willing to accompany us in other nearby parts of Sicily.

ESC long-term opportunities in Stuttgart, Germany: working in four intergenerational community centers (hosted by AWO Stuttgart).

What ? AWO is an organization driven by the principles of freedom, equality, justice, solidarity, and tolerance. We advocate for equal rights and the dignity of all people, embracing diversity. Guided by democratic socialism, AWO strives for a more just and equitable world where human rights are respected.

When ? Starting January 2025 and ending January 2026 (12 months)

Where ? Stuttgart, Germany

In which community centers ?

4 community centers :

- Stadtteilhaus Hallschlag (info pack here)

- Stadtteilhaus Ostendplatz (info pack here)

- Begegnungszentrum Untertürkheim (info pack here)

- Begegnungszentrum Zuffenhausen (info pack here)

Volunteer tasks:

The tasks involve assisting with the planning and organizing of various recreational, educational, and cultural activities, such as game nights, lectures, and craft sessions. Responsibilities also include running errands for both the facility and visitors, whether for daily needs or special events. Other duties involve preparing event spaces, managing administrative tasks, and staying in touch with volunteers and external partners. Additionally, the role may require providing transportation for appointments or events, as well as helping with everyday tasks like filling out forms, minor repairs, or accompanying visitors on walks.

DL to apply: 20.10.2024

How to apply ? Send your CV and your motivation letter to volunteering.awostuttgart@web.de.

ESC long term project in Budapest, Hungary related to communication (promoting and disseminating projects).

Where: Budapes, Hungary

When: from October 2024 for 6-10 months.
Volunteer tasks:

you will have the opportunity to manage our communication and community-building activities as part of our team in Hungary.
Help us to promote opportunities for youth (training, workcamps, ESC projects), and our activities, and take care of our social media management and external relations, as well as lead community building events.
Organize different events to promote our activities
More info and apply: here

Long term ESC opportunity in France

Where? : Drôme, France
Dates of the project: September 2024 to May 2025 (9 months)
Volunteer tasks:
You will be volunteering within the community of l’Arche la Vallée in the small town of Hauterives in southeast France. The community hosts adults with mental disabilities around values of solidarity, fraternity and openness. You will take part of various workshops with them like arts, gardening, games etc. You will be also able to organise activities and workshops. Be aware that the community is located in a rural area, it is beautiful but quite remote and far from urban areas. The closest big cities are Grenoble (1h drive) and Lyon (1h30 drive). A car can be borrowed to go around during free time.
Website of the organisation.
Info pack is attached below:
To apply please send email with cover letter and a CV to both volontariat@arche-lavallee.org

and mobilite@romans-international.fr with the title of mail : Volunteering 2024 Arche La Vallée

ASAP call for long term volunteers in small town Milicz in Poland!

Where? : Milicz, Poland. Region: Lover Silesia. Regional capital city: Wrocław.
Dates of the project: September 2024 to May 2025 (9 months)
Volunteer tasks:

Helping children and teachers with foreign languages.
Shaping local society towards being more open, tolerant and aware of the fact that there are people that are different from us.
Showing teachers new methods of teaching/learning from Polish experience teachers their methods and styles.
Heping students to achieve their goals, motivate them to setting higher goals and giving them the skills and knowledge to do so.
At the end of the project, you will have a new set of skills that you can use to work with your local community after EVS.
To apply send your CV and motivation letter on info@mobilnipolacy.org.pl
Check the attached info pack below to answer important 3 questions for motivation letter:

Lots of long term volunteering options in Kaunas, Lithuania!

1) “Atradimai” school

Duration: 01.10.2024 - 30.06.2025

Join School "Discoveries", a Catholic non-government school dedicated to nurturing young minds aged 11-17. As a volunteer, you'll lead a 10-week program in crafts, sports, painting, music, chess, photography, or a foreign language. You'll assist in teaching subjects in the main hall, ensure quiet and focus, supervise outdoor activities promoting teamwork, help with crafting, event prep, and maintain supplies.