🇮🇹🤝🌱 European Solidarity Corps Volunteering in Italy – FUTURE MAKERS: Building Inclusive Communities with a Social Cooperative in Sandrigo 🇮🇹✨

🌍 About the Opportunity
FUTURE MAKERS is a European Solidarity Corps (ESC) volunteering project hosted by MARGHERITA SOCIETA’ COOPERATIVA SOCIALE in Sandrigo (Vicenza), Italy. This project offers young people the chance to actively contribute to an inclusive, caring, and community-based environment in northern Italy while gaining hands-on experience in social work.

Volunteers will work side by side with professional educators and social workers, supporting people of different ages and abilities and helping to strengthen solidarity at local level.

🎯 Main Activities
🧠 Supporting people with intellectual disabilities in educational centres
👵 Assisting elderly people in social daily centres
🧒 Taking part in creative, outdoor, and intercultural activities with children
🤝 Contributing to inclusive community life and teamwork
🌍 Learning through direct experience in a social cooperative

🏠 Accommodation, Food & Transport
🏡 Shared apartment with other ESC volunteers, including bedrooms, bathrooms, living room, kitchen, and outdoor terrace
🍽️ Monthly food allowance
💶 Standard ESC pocket money according to Italian rules
🚍 Local transport for project activities covered
✈️ Travel reimbursement up to €309 (arrival and return combined)

🎓 Training & Support
🧭 Pre-departure training by the sending organisation
🇮🇹 On-arrival and mid-term trainings organised by the Italian National Agency
🛡️ Safety and orientation training by the hosting organisation
🗣️ Italian language course to support daily life and integration
🤝 Continuous mentoring and support throughout the project

👤 Participant Profile
✔️ Aged 18–30
✔️ Motivated, open-minded, and socially engaged
✔️ Interested in working with people with different needs and backgrounds
✔️ Comfortable living in a shared international environment
✔️ Basic English required (Italian not required)
💡 No previous professional experience needed — empathy, curiosity, and willingness to learn matter most

🌍 Eligible Applicant Countries
Austria 🇦🇹, Belgium 🇧🇪, Croatia 🇭🇷, Czech Republic 🇨🇿, Denmark 🇩🇰, Estonia 🇪🇪, Finland 🇫🇮, France 🇫🇷, Germany 🇩🇪, Greece 🇬🇷, Hungary 🇭🇺, Latvia 🇱🇻, Liechtenstein 🇱🇮, Lithuania 🇱🇹, Luxembourg 🇱🇺, Malta 🇲🇹, Netherlands 🇳🇱, Poland 🇵🇱, Portugal 🇵🇹, Romania 🇷🇴, Slovenia 🇸🇮, Spain 🇪🇸

📅 Activity Dates
From 1 April 2026 to 1 January 2027

📅 Application Deadline
No application deadline

🔗 Application Link
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49296_en

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