Group Leading in Volunteering Teams and Work Camps

Who is the group leader?

The group leader is mainly responsible for making all the volunteers feel comfortable and ensuring that the volunteers understand what is going on and what they should do. They support the volunteer group, help to coordinate timetables and free time activities. They share the accommodation and everyday life with other volunteers.

Each project usually has at least one group leader from Allianssi Youth Exchanges depending on the size of the group, as well as work instructors from the local hosting organisation who are responsible for organising the daily work.

We will organise a group leader training in Helsinki in May. The training will be on-site. An online training will be organised for those who cannot join the training in Helsinki. All group leaders will be shared relevant online resources and toolkits.

Group leading is voluntering work but meals, accommodation and travels to and from the project by public transport are covered.

Workcamps 2025

During spring and summer 2025, we organise around 15 workcamps and volunteering teams across Finland. Camps marked with "EYA" are part of European Youth in Action: Policymakers for Climate Justice -project. As part of this project, volunteering camps with topics around biodiversity, energy transition and green washing are organised in the project countries.

Still a few spots left for group leaders in the following camps:

Koroinen Community Camp EYA Turku 19.-29.5.2025
Koroinen Association of Living Culture promotes the well-being of both the environment and people, community spirit, craftsmanship, sustainable use of natural materials, and ecological farming and lifestyle. Work of the historic Koroinen farm, increasing self-sufficient production, securing biodiversity, participating in the creation of a community event. Field work to establish the Koroinen community field, seedling cultivation, invasive species control, meadow management activities, organizing tasks for the Koroinen Spring Days weekend festival.
Accommodation inside the main house, mattresses provided, sleeping bag needed. In the farm nature it is also possible to camp in the yard with your own tent, if you wish. Meals will be cooked together.
On the farm can be found community gardening, plot gardening, crafts workshops, biodiversity art park, sauna, swimming in the river, rowing boat, bicycles and lots of community members.
Leinikki Vantaa 1.6.-13.6.2025

Leinikki Civic Activity Center in Simonkyla organizes free weekly community events and activities to people in the area. From Spring to Autumn their electronic Babboe coffee bike roams around providing people free of charge refreshments, surplus food and a place to chat and connect with local people. There will be a children's summer camp where volunteers play games and do crafts with children aged 7-11 yrs. Requirement : criminal record extract
Karelian culture camp, Uukuniemi, 23.6.-6.7.2025
The local host is an association located in a small Uukuniemi village. The work is a mix of hands-on outdoor activities and indoor maintenance. Most importantly the volunteers will be able to immerse themselves into this lively and welcoming community with rich cultural traditions. Requirements: driving license

Lastu EYA, Lapinlahti, 31.7.-14.8.2025
Architecture and environmental culture school Lastu is an art and construction activity center in Lapinlahti. The volunteers will have tasks that help increase biodiversity in the areas surrounding Lastu and other sites nearby. This will be achieved by building living fences, building pens and shelters for sheep, and creating works of art from living materials. The volunteers will also be creating moss graffiti and seed bombs. They will help the host with sustainable renovation of buildings and also try out textile repair and patching by sewing durable bags.

Requirements: criminal record extract

Kukukuu EYA, Kuru, 3.-17.8.2025
The camp host is an association Opastyopaja working in the social work field. During the camp the volunteers will assist in renovating a building which will become a rehabilitation center for youngsters and young adults with different challenges. The rehab centre Kukukuu will open in the autumn and there is still work to be done in the building and yard to make it ready for the new residents. The volunteers will be painting the bedrooms, planting a nice garden, and working in the yard and the greenhouse. The volunteers will also be able to practise their skills in upcycling by fixing and decorating textiles such as recycled T-shirts.

Alpo Savannah EYA, Kauhajoki, 3.-17.8.2025
The local host is an association that maintains the Alpo savannah which is a sculpture park created by DIY artist Alpo Koivumäki. The participants will clear and tidy the environment and separate waste materials for future use or for recycling. One day volunteers will have a workshop on how to make art from recycled materials. There will be some interesting visits to local energy sources such as fuel peat producers who are changing their activities from fuel peat to more sustainable options.

Nature Camp EYA, Pöytyä, 15.-24.8.2025
This camp is organized together with the Municipality of Poytya and the local 4H-club. The local organisations have again joined forces to organise an international volunteering camp in order to give local youth international experiences. Volunteers should be prepared to present their own country and its culture to local children and youth during visits to local school and youth houses, or when organising international events for the young people. The volunteers will get a chance to get to know the local nature and biodiversity through environmental activities and discussions with local environmental educators.Requirements: criminal record extract

Group leading in Volunteering Projects

Who is the group leader?

What are the requirements?

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Workcamps 2025