🇳🇱 ESC Volunteering in the Netherlands “Short-Term Volunteering: Empowering Youth – Serving the Next Generation” 🌱 Youth, Inclusion & Sustainability 🇳🇱

🌍 This ESC Individual Volunteering opportunity takes place in Hoog Soeren, Netherlands 🇳🇱 from 15 April 2026 to 22 May 2026.

The project focuses on inclusion and sustainability, offering volunteers the chance to support a local Youth Center while contributing to ecological maintenance and international Erasmus+ activities.

📅 Activity Dates

15 April 2026 – 22 May 2026

📍 Location

Pomphulweg 106, Hoog Soeren, Netherlands 🇳🇱

🏷 Activity Type

Individual Volunteering (ESC)

🎯 About the Project

🤝 Support activities at a local Youth Center
🌍 Assist in organizing international youth exchanges, trainings and cultural events
🌱 Help with ecological maintenance and green initiatives
🧹 Support accommodation management and daily operations
🏡 Work alongside youth workers, volunteers and Salesians of Don Bosco

The project aims to help everyone feel part of the community while promoting environmental responsibility.

🏠 Accommodation & Support

🌳 Stay in Assel, surrounded by forests and nature
🛏 Shared room with another short-term volunteer
🍳 Shared kitchen, bathroom and living room with other volunteers
🚲 Bicycles available + car from the association
🚗 Driving license preferred (limited public transport access)
🍽 Some community lunches and dinners organized

🎓 Learning & Experience

🧠 Gain experience working with young people from different backgrounds
🌍 Support young people facing challenges
📋 Participate in planning and implementing Erasmus+ projects
🏨 Assist hospitality manager in group accommodation management

👤 Participant Profile

✨ Enthusiastic, open-minded and motivated
🌱 Interested in sustainability and green initiatives
🤝 Willing to work with young people
💡 Ready to take initiative and propose ideas
🌍 Comfortable working in English
👥 Open to multicultural teamwork
❤️ Friendly, empathetic and socially engaged

🌍 Eligible Countries

🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czechia, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden

🏷 Activity Topics

Social challenges
Citizenship and democratic participation
Environment and natural protection

⏰ Application Deadline

02 March 2026 – 00:00

🆔 Project Code

2025-1-NL02-ESC51-VTJ-000346980

🔗 Official ESC Opportunity Page

https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49831_en

📄 InfoPack

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bh631o2mk31qtlx6y8rcc/Infopack-Short-term-Volunteering-Empowering-Youth-Serving-the-Next-Generation.pdf?rlkey=9dtor1r5vffan69l8uom2ha8q&st=ncvjes3m&dl=0

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