EUROPE AT THE HOUSE OF PROJECT !
MAISON DE L'EUROPE LE MANS - SARTHE
Maison des Projets
Ballon, France
DESCRIPTION
By welcoming a volunteer, we hope to contribute to the empowerment and cultural awareness of young people and children living in our region. We are convinced that by welcoming young volunteers from the European Corps, we are showing young French people living in rural areas that they have the opportunity to access resources, cultural opportunities, and study opportunities outside their own homes, and that they are not confined to rural areas. For the young European volunteer, this is a unique experience, an opportunity to discover another culture, build a new network, and make themselves useful. For the organization, it's about developing projects related to European citizenship, enriching projects with a linguistic dimension, and allowing people to enjoy an intercultural experience.
ACCOMMODATION, FOOD AND TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS
You will have a room in a shared house with other ESC volunteers, in the city of Le Mans with everything provided. You will be provided with a card for the bus to go there everyday (1hour ride). On school days, you'll have the posibility to eat at the school canteen. For the others meals you will receive money to buy your food. If you have a car of your own, we can imagine you coming with it and we'd contribute to gas to lighten a bit transportation.
TRAINING DURING THE ACTIVITY
You will have an onboarding training with the Maison de l'Europe and the group of volunteers and you will take part in the on arrival and mid term seminar.
PARTICIPANT PROFILE
t’s great if : Our young person from the CES must be voluntary, caring and comfortable in social relationships, he or she will want to mobilize and give us the benefit of his or her knowledge and skills, and to acquire new ones. Ideally our super volunteer will have some knowledge of French allowing them to communicate but will also be English or Spanish speaking. He or she will be versatile in terms of fields of activity, will have one or more interests in the fields of sport, science, art culture, the environment, etc. And he or she will have a driving license allowing him or her to drive the social center's minibuses.
ACTIVITY DATES
From 19/08/2026 to 25/07/2027
ACTIVITY LOCATION
Espace François Mitterrand, Ballon, France
ACTIVITY TYPE
Individual volunteering
LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
ACTIVITY TOPICS
Citizenship and democratic participation
Education and training
Creativity and culture
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
Application deadline: 31/05/2026 00:00
PROJECT CODE
2026-1-FR02-ESC51-VTJ-000400898
Link: https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/51506_en
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