๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ESC Volunteering in Slovenia โ€œJoin Our Herd of Horses at the Equestrian and Youth Center ล katlicaโ€ ๐Ÿด Youth Empowerment & Rural Community ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ESC Volunteering in Slovenia โ€œJoin Our Herd of Horses at the Equestrian and Youth Center ล katlicaโ€ ๐Ÿด Youth Empowerment & Rural Community ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ

๐ŸŒ This ESC Individual Volunteering project takes place in Senik pri Svetem Tomaลพu, Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ from 01 September 2026 to 31 August 2027.

The Equestrian and Youth Center ล katlica is a small non-profit organisation in rural northeastern Slovenia, focused on empowering young people through community life and horse-assisted activities.

๐Ÿ“… Activity Dates

01 September 2026 โ€“ 31 August 2027

๐Ÿ“ Location

Senik 1, Senik pri Svetem Tomaลพu, Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ

๐Ÿท Activity Type

Individual Volunteering (ESC)

๐ŸŽฏ About the Project

๐ŸŽ Support horse-related activities with children and young people (camps, workshops, trips)
๐ŸŒฑ Care for horses and contribute to daily stable life
๐ŸŒป Gardening and renovation tasks (optional, based on interest)
๐ŸŽ‰ Assist in organising community picnics and intercultural events
๐Ÿ“ฑ Manage social media content (Facebook, Instagram, video creation)

The centre promotes sustainable communities and supports young people to become independent, confident and curious adults.

Long-term placements start in September or October 2026. Preferred starting date and duration can be indicated in the application.

๐Ÿ  Accommodation & Financial Support

๐Ÿก Private room at the centre
๐Ÿฝ Food provided and shared community meals
๐Ÿ’ฐ Monthly pocket money
๐Ÿš— Access to car and bike
๐Ÿด Possibility to learn horsemanship skills and participate in horse lessons (groundwork, lunging, riding, trail riding)
๐ŸŒณ Rural community surrounded by nature

๐ŸŽ“ Training & Support

๐Ÿ“š Pre-departure workshop
๐ŸŽ In-depth on-arrival training (horses, safety, community building, conflict management, team building)
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Local and task-related mentor assigned
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ On-arrival training organised by the Slovenian National Agency

๐Ÿ‘ค Participant Profile

๐ŸŒพ Comfortable living in a rural environment
๐Ÿด Interest in horses and animals (experience appreciated but not required)
๐Ÿ’ช Ready for physical, outdoor daily work
๐Ÿ—ฃ Intermediate English appreciated (not mandatory)
๐Ÿค Independent, proactive and motivated to plan own learning

๐ŸŒ Eligible Countries

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark, ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany, ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia, ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden

๐Ÿท Activity Topics

Social challenges
Health and wellbeing
Physical education and sport

โฐ Application Deadline

30 April 2026 โ€“ 00:00

๐Ÿ†” Project Code

2025-1-SI02-ESC51-VTJ-000346409

๐Ÿ”— Official ESC Opportunity Page

https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49724_en

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