Ajankohtaisia EU-tuettuja vapaaehtoispaikkoja Euroopassa

18.11.2025

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.

Annamme mielellämme lisätietoja, puh. 044 416 5209 (myös Whatsapp)

Long-term volunteering in Slovakia, starting February 2026

Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Dates: 01 February 2026 – 31 December 2026

About the organisation: INEX Slovakia (INternational EXchanges) is a civic association offering remarkable experiences, personal development and meaningful spending of leisure time for young people, through international voluntary activities and non-formal education. The vision is to have active people with healthy self-confidence, tolerance, critical thinking, general overview and willingness to help those in need.

Tasks: Your tasks will include contributing with topic ideas focusing on educational and volunteering activities for afternoon events for young people, creating invitations, publishing and promoting them. You will help with planning and organizing volunteering activities, workcamps, participate at INEX events organized for children, for people with disabilities and help create the program for activities. You will be a co-leader on the workcamps in Slovakia, do online and offline promotion of volunteering, work with INEX Slovakia website and write articles on blog about traveling, volunteering, personal development.

Other info: More information can be found here or through the European Youth Portal

Volunteer profile: 18 to 30 years old from an EU member country, who wants to take part in an intercultural project in Slovakia. They should be interested in the topic of volunteering and non-formal education and its values, speak good English, be responsible, flexible, creative and ready to take initiative.

How to apply: Fill out an application form here and send your CV to esc@inex.sk

Deadline: 30 November 2025

"Everyday for Future", Latvia, starting November 2026

Location: Ogre, Latvia

Dates: One year starting from November 2026

About the organisation:

Ogres Baltā Valdorfskola is an independent Waldorf school in Latvia that offers a human-centred, arts-integrated education for children from early childhood through the upper grades.

The school emphasizes experiential learning, imagination and creativity, nature connection, movement, artistic processes, rhythm and child development stages.

Tasks:

Help organising school and outdoor activities; organise events for students, teachers, families or community on environmental sustainability; promote more sustainable practises in school.

Volunteer profile: You will enjoy this project if you are passionate about crafts, storytelling, music, movement games, nature work and gardening.

How to apply: Please send you CV and and a motivation letter to info@baltaskola.lv

Deadline: ASAP

"Youth International: Embracing Diversity in Faenza", Italy, starting January 2026

Location: Faenza, Italy
Dates: 6 months, starting January 2026

About the organisation: PiGreco-SEMI is an association founded in 2016 by a group of international teachers, educators, and youth workers. Their goal is to provide concrete tools, especially to the most vulnerable, so that everyone, from children to the elderly, can develop their skills and build a shared future. PiGreco promotes non-formal, intercultural education and the exploration of European values , creating an environment that fosters autonomy, empathy, and personal growth.

Tasks: As a volunteer, you will support the organization in their international projects, help in social media management, take part in local and international initiatives, workshops with youngsters and children and contribute to activities at the local Youth Information Center.

Volunteer profile: 18 - 30 years old, looking for an enriching experience. Apply if you believe in growing and learning together with your team, if you need to understand what to do with your life, or if you already know and you need to develop some skills and if you are willing to help others!

Infopack: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGHEZK3ZFA/lrmgJBk8GZ54HtUlR8Gm4w/view?#1

How to apply: Fill out this application form https://forms.gle/PLuBDd8dayesB8RP8, a personal reference and a motivational letter is required.

Deadline: 16 November 2026

Long-term volunteering opportunities in Austria, starting in May 2026 - also for people with disabilities

About the organisation: MELANGE is a program for European Solidarity Corps individual volunteering projects in Vienna. The program is run by the organization Grenzelos in close cooperation with WIENXTRA for the city of Vienna. Grenzenlos is a lead organization within the ESC and within the MELANGE program acts as coordinating, hosting, and sending organization.

Location: Vienna, Austria
Dates: 01 May 2026 – 31 March 2027

Project BASEBALLSCHULE: a non-profit organization that promotes exercise and health with baseball as a platform to support the development of children and youngsters. Your tasks will include project management, marketing and communication, assisting in sports activities and events.

Project TANZ DIE TOLERANZ: a participatory dance project, bringing people of different ages, genders, ethnicities, religions, social backgrounds, etc. together through dance. Your tasks will include logistic support of dance rehearsals, photo and video documentation, social media, office support work.

Location: Klosterneuburg, Austria
Dates: 01 May 2026 – 31 March 2027

Project WOHNHEIM St. MARTIN: a living place for about 25 adults with various disabilities with the main task to offer housing and (re)integration into the society. Your task will be supporting the staff and the clients with the daily program and leisure time activities.

Location: Vienna, Austria
Dates: 01 May 2026 -  31 October 2026

Project GRENZELOS WITHOUT BARRIERS: a non-profit organization that promotes youth exchange, volunteering opportunities, and non-formal education activities. Your tasks will include general office support, project management, social media, supporting the workcamps and more! (can be tailored according to the skills and interests of the volunteer)

Volunteering in this project is exclusively for people with disabilities or chronic diseases.

Volunteer profile: Youngsters between 18 and 30 living in one of the ESC program or partner countries. Your main qualification is your motivation and engagement. In fact, youngsters who have fewer opportunities due to, for example, health problems, disabilities, educational difficulties, economic obstacles, geographic obstacles, social discrimination, etc. are prioritized and given special support in this program.

How to apply: Follow the Melange application procedure and send the filled out application form, your CV and motivation letter via e-mail to application@melange.wien

Deadline: 15 December 2025 (12 January 2026 for Grenzenlos without barriers)

(application form in attachement)

Long-term volunteering in France

Location: Paris - Bordeaux - Rennes, France
Dates: 1 year in Paris (February - December), 1 year in Rennes (January - December), 7 months in Bordeaux (January - July)

About the organisation: Compagnons Bâtisseurs is a french NGO, now present in 15 regions of metropolitan and overseas France. We help people renovate their homes, especially people with very low incomes and living in unsuitable conditions. We support them taking back their ability to act by actively getting involved in some self-help renovation based on their own capabilities. We also encourage inhabitants’ initiatives by supporting the non-formal learning in our neighborhood workshops and through our buses equipped with tools and DIY equipment.

Tasks: You will help professional local teams and inhabitants to renovate houses. You will learn with them, so prior experience is absolutely not required! You will also help organise weekly workshops related to housing for the local community, reach out to the people and, at some point, teach some helpful tips!

Volunteer profile: The project is open to anyone wanting to learn about manual work and social support. You need to have a good understanding of our approach, be motivated to take part in manual work activities, be able to interact with people from different backgrounds, have basic to intermediate English and of course a strong motivation to learn French!

How to apply: Fill out the online application form for ESC here and send your CV and motivation letter to CB's International Mobility Officer at: candidaturesvlt@compagnonsbatisseurs.eu

Deadline: 15 November 2025 (Paris: 1 December 2025)

Other info: (infosheet in attachement)

Long-term volunteering in Leipzig, Germany, from March 2026

Location: Leipzig, Germany

Dates: 12 months from March 2026

About the organisation: Villa Leipzig is offering 7 diverse volunteering positions. The opportunities range from working in kindergartens, residential care workshop to engaging with a library and international youth work.

The following are only some of the opporunities offered. Go to this link to read more about these and the other positions open.

Community Library Work, City Library Leipzig - The tasks are mainly shared in two areas of pedagogical library work: services for senior citizens and services for children (within the age of 12).
The volunteer will support the library's special delivery service for senior citizens and people with disabilities. The volunteer will also be involved in the organization of some leisure events for children from the neighborhood.
Workshop for people with disabilities - In the workshop, there are around 300 people employed. The aim is to support the workers so that they can find a job outside this specific workshop at some point. The areas that are offered are metalworking, industrial assembly, carpentry, packaging, packing, and shipping, garden and landscape maintenance, domestic services.
Yoth Work 'KAOS' - Kindervereinigung Leipzig e.V. (KVL) is an organisation for child and youth service - Volunteers can gain experience in organising international projects, in open youth work with the play mobile or in cultural youth education. the focus of their work can be on public relations, organising meetings or working with young people.

How to apply: Fill in the google forms about the specific project you are interested in!

Deadline: 26.10

Long/term volunteering in Rome, Italy - "Count me in!" starting February 2026

Location: Rome, Italy
Dates: 1st February 2026 - 30 November 2026

About the organisation: Lunaria is a nonprofit organization that promotes peace, social and economic justice, equality and guarantee of citizenship rights, democracy and participation from below, social inclusion and intercultural dialogue. Lunaria practices and fosters processes of social change at local, national and international level through advocacy, political-cultural animation, communication, non-formal education, training and research, information and awareness campaigns and with work on the net.

Tasks: Lunaria currently has 2 open positions, working with workcamp groups and mobility groups. The main focus of the work is on project administration and communication with participants and partners.

Volunteering with workcamp groups, you will assist the association’s staff in promoting and organizing the workcamp season. You will support the international program (placement of Italian and international volunteers in workcamps) through the placement system, prepare the international program and the pre-departure training for volunteers/leaders, help to plan and implement study parts/awareness-raising activities in workcamps linked to international campaigns.

With mobility groups, your tasks will include recruitment, orientation and supporting the participants before and after the project. You will participate in field activities in different roles (logistics, financial reporting, facilitation etc.) and help with financial reporting after the end of the activity.

Volunteer profile: 18 - 30 years old with a strong motivation for youth mobility projects, good knowledge of Italian (written and spoken), good knowledge of English (written and spoken). The volunteer should be dynamic, mature, open-minded, with good interpersonal skills and a high sense of responsibility and willingness to participate in workcamps or youth exchanges/trainings.

How to apply: Please send your CV and motivation letter to volo@lunaria.org using the subject line: ESC Lunaria Office 2026.

Deadline: 8 November 2026

(infosheet in attachement)

Long-term volunteering in Belgium and Czechia

Location: Belgium (French-speaking part)
About the organisation: The Association des Compagnons Bâtisseurs, aka CBB, is a belgian non-profit and non-political youth organization. Our projects aim to support the development of active citizens with a sense of responsibility, criticism and solidarity. CBB offers a space for interaction and expression of people with diverse origins and abilities, with the objectives to encourage their awareness about societal challenges (from local to global level), to raise new links of solidarity between them and their communities, and to support their full participation in society.

CBB currently has several open volunteering positions.

Volunteer profile: Young people who are motivated, willing to learn new things and contribute with their own ideas.

How to apply: Visit the CBB website and choose the right project for you! https://compagnonsbatisseurs.world/activities/long-term/esc-volunteering/

Deadline to apply: 12/10/2025 or 19/10/2025, depending on the project

Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Dates: January 2026 - January 2027

About the organisation: INEX-SDA is an NGO that organizes international voluntary projects (workcamps) across the Czech Republic, where local and foreign volunteers support ecological, social, cultural-historical, and community projects. We create opportunities for active participation in the society and to gain knowledge and experience.

Assistant to volunteering projects in INEX-SDA 2026
Tasks: Together with the Incoming Coordinator, you will carry out the organization of workcamps in the Czech Republic. You will be responsible for managing incoming applications and everything this process involves, actively communicating with volunteers and other organizations. You will also organize various events (approx. 2/month), work with ESC tools, facilitate workshops/presentations, and lead a workcamp.
Volunteer profile: The project is open to anyone from an EU-member country with an interest in our activities and projects and a strong motivation to become an active member of our team. Precision, thoroughness and consistency are must-have requirements.
Where to apply: https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/48539
Deadline: 26 October 2025
PR and marketing assistant
Tasks: The volunteer will join our PR and marketing section and will assist with the promotion of all activities which are organized by INEX-SDA (e.g. workcamps, trainings, projects, etc.) The anticipated task: creating graphic materials, copy-writing, social media support, creation of reels and videos, photography, support with web administration, organization of events.
Volunteer profile: The project is open to anyone from an EU-member country with an interest in our activities and projects and a strong motivation to become an active member of our team. Communication skills, attention to detail, and very good English are must-have requirements.
Where to apply: https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/48542
Deadline: 26 October 2025

Long-term volunteering opportunities in Poland, Hungary and Spain

Location: Gdańsk, Poland
Dates: 20 October 2025 - 5 May 2026 (possibility to prolong to August)

About the organisation: Aim of RCWG is to promote the idea of volunteering and civic engagement for the benefit of organisations, institutions, and individuals, as well as to provide comprehensive support for people interested in such activities.

Volunteering in RCWG office
Tasks: Supporting the organisation in daily tasks and in implementing city-wide events related to volunteering, such as: Gdańsk Volunteer Week, Hour for Gdańsk, the Seniors Parade, charity events, etc. Volunteers will also assist in promoting the ESC program by organising and participating in presentations about ESC, writing social media posts about their experiences and preparing promotional materials.
Volunteer profile: 18-30 years old, dynamic, sociable, responsible, elastic people who will help in office tasks
How to apply: Submit your CV and motivation letter through the European Youth Portal https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/44872_en
Volunteering at a local kindergarten
Tasks: Your main tasks will be supporting teachers and instructors to prepare classes, school performances, decorations, assisting during the trips and additional activities. Also, it's important for us that you share with children your country's culture: cuisine, history, language - using different creative, non-formal learning methods, conduct games and animations.
Volunteer profile: Creative, open, and able to easily connect with both children and adults. Kindergartens values teamwork, patience, and a positive attitude towards young children.
How to apply: Submit your CV and motivation letter through the European Youth Portal https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/44882_en

Location: Szécsény, Hungary (rural area)
Dates: 6 - 10(12) months

About the organisation: Egyesek Youth Association is a community of active youth and young professionals. The aim of our activities is that – we, young people – explore our own strengths and resources using them consciously to fulfill our personal and professional life. To reach that we do trainings and volunteer activities.

Tasks: You’ll join an international team of eight volunteers to support children and youth with fewer opportunities through non-formal education and community-based activities.

Volunteer profile: Open-minded, motivated young people who enjoy working with children and youth. Team players who are willing to learn and grow in a diverse setting.

How to apply: more info at https://egyesek.hu/en/volunteering/seeds-of-solidarity-4 , infopack and apply at https://coda.io/@egyesek/egyesek-esc-2025-nograd-youth-work-infopack

Location: Barcelona, Catalonia
Dates: 01 February 2026 - 30 September 2026

About the organisation: COCAT is a platform organisation of international workcamp organisations in Catalonia. It gathers Catalan entities that implement activities in the social-educational field. Our main goal is to promote international volunteering, understood as a tool for personal and community development and social transformation.

Tasks: Promoting international voluntary service and creating promotional materials. Participating in informative sessions and training workshops. Updating COCAT’s blog and social media channels. Managing administrative tasks and supporting daily operations in the COCAT office in Barcelona.

Infopack: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XN4AE6Nr0uS-dDOXAX8HY0Rluaju2t2F/view

Volunteer profile: highly motivated, proactive, and passionate about youth and voluntary projects

How to apply: at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpafXCQCkqdxS5Gb9GdClGHouyy1m4HdVVtM--cVrXM14bDQ/viewform or through the European Youth Portal https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/48447_en

Deadline: 19 October 2025

Volunteering in Romania with Euroactive NGO

About the organisation: EUROACTIVE NGO is an Association born in 2019 with the main purpose of producing positive changes at the European level. They do this by implementing local and international projects, exchanges, training courses, conferences, events, seminars, debates, conferences etc.

Volunteer tasks: The volunteers will be involved in two projects: volunteering in Cyber Speak they will be primarily involved in teaching language and digital skills to rural youth in the North of Argeș county. For the Eco Euro Trails projects, the volunteers will typically carry out a variety of tasks related to promoting environmental sustainability and cultural preservation.

Location: Curtea de Argeș, Romania

Duration: The project duration will require long-term volunteers for a period of 2 to 9 months.

How to apply: Fill in this form

For more information, read the infosheet

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

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