🇵🇹🌱🤝 ESC Volunteering in Portugal Focusing on Solidarity Inclusion and Sustainable Community Support in Barcelos Through the Volunteering Footprint Project 🇵🇹

🌍 Project Overview
Volunteering Footprint is a European Solidarity Corps individual volunteering project based in Portugal, designed to create tangible social and environmental impact at local level. The project brings together young people who want to actively contribute to solidarity actions, social inclusion and sustainable community development. Through daily hands-on involvement, volunteers support vulnerable families, elderly people and the wider community while learning through real life experience and teamwork.

🧩 Main Activities
🤝 Collecting organizing and distributing food furniture clothes and essential goods to families in need
🏠 Supporting emergency assistance actions through the Solidarity Space
👵 Organising home visits and meaningful social activities with elderly people
🎲 Creating fun interactive moments to reduce loneliness and strengthen emotional wellbeing
♻️ Promoting recycling reuse and responsible resource management
🌱 Supporting circular economy practices and environmental awareness at community level

🏠 Accommodation Food and Transport
🏡 Shared volunteer house near Barcelos city
🛏️ Triple room shared with other volunteers
🍳 Shared kitchen living room laundry and social areas
🚲 Bicycles provided for daily mobility
🚌 Bus pass provided for commuting
🚐 Transport arranged by SOPRO for activities outside the city

👤 Participant Profile
🌟 Dynamic motivated and adaptable young people
🤝 Comfortable working with children youth adults and elderly people
🎨 Creative energetic and positive attitude
🌍 Open to different social contexts and community environments
💬 Willing to take initiative and actively engage in daily activities

📅 Activity Dates
29 December 2025 to 05 September 2026

📌 Application Deadline
📅 Application Deadline: Not specified

🔗 Application Link
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49427_en

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