VOLUNTEERING IN SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL CENTER IN BIALYSTOK SOSW - 2026/2027
STOWARZYSZENIE MIEDZYNARODOWEJ I MIEDZYKULTUROWEJ WYMIANY ANAWOJ
Specjalny Osrodek Szkolno Wychowawczy im Waldemara Kikolskiego
Bialystok, Poland
DESCRIPTION
We are looking for volunteers for Special Educational School Center in Białystok, which provides education and upbringing of children and youth with mild, moderate, severe or profound intellectual disabilities. The facility hosts students in the age range from 7 to 25 years old. More details you can find here: https://sosw.bialystok.pl/
Main tasks for volunteers will be:
• supporting teachers in their daily work (for example, in artistic and sports activities, during English lessons).
• assisting during going to the cinema, museum, during school events, walks and shopping .
• help with social and recreational programs . • supporting instructors during the swimming course.
• in the boarding school: helping students with their homework and organizing free time - helping with art classes, watching movies together, playing games, quizzes, organizing joint meetings.
• help students eat and dress .
• work on an individual projects, workshops.
ACCOMMODATION, FOOD AND TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS
The coordinating organization rents a flat in the city of Bialystok. Here lives the volunteer together with other volunteers or with students, has own room and common bath and kitchen. The volunteer gets a monthly ticket for city travel. The coordinating organization pays also the travel expenses connected with the on-arrival training and the mid-term meeting on the base of original tickets. The volunteer gets from the coordinating organization money for food and pocket money.
TRAINING DURING THE ACTIVITY
Volunteers will participate in training courses provided by the Polish National Agency (On-arrival training) and in trainings organized by host organization: about polish language, ecological lifestyle and animation-methods.
PARTICIPANT PROFILE
We would like someone who is responsible, open and “warm” person, who doesn’t have any problems with making new friends. Some artistic skills would be helpful (arts,crafts, music, etc.). And at the end, we would like to have someone who is creative, who would like to improve the school with his/her knowledge and is eager to share the knowledge of his/her country/region –culture, tradition, customs. Talented volunteers are very welcome :) But the most important is your motivation to work with students with disabilities.
ACTIVITY DATES
From 01/10/2026 to 30/06/2027
ACTIVITY LOCATION
Antoniuk Fabryczny 40, Bialystok, Poland
ACTIVITY TYPE
Individual volunteering
LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
ACTIVITY TOPICS
Education and training
Creativity and culture
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
Application deadline: 31/05/2026 23:59
PROJECT CODE
2026-1-PL01-ESC51-VTJ-000401866
Link:
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/51669_en
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