Want to immerse yourself in French culture while helping rural high school students discover Europe? Join LEP Joseph Roussel in Le Mans as an ESC volunteer, supported by Maison de l'Europe Le Mans – Sarthe!
This is a long-term ESC project (almost a year) focused on bringing the European idea to young people from rural or less privileged backgrounds — helping them open up to others, to Europe, and to the world around them.
Curious about ESC? Read the complete guide: ESC complete guide
🎯 About the Project
The objective of the volunteering is for you to imbibe French culture and make students aware of openness to others and European citizenship. Openness to the world is part of the school's educational project — allowing students to open up to the professional, cultural, economic, and local world, find their place, take responsibility, and become players in the world of tomorrow.
Europe is not always evident for young people from rural or less privileged socio-economic backgrounds — but the school's ambition is for them to build themselves and open up to Europe. Welcoming a volunteer to the high school is an additional way to introduce pupils to the European idea, raise awareness, and familiarise them with mobility.
📚 Your Role
🏫 Be present at the high school as an activity leader for teenagers
🇪🇺 Share your culture and the European idea with students
🌍 Raise awareness about mobility and European citizenship
💡 Bring ideas, energy, and proactivity to school activities
🗣️ Help students develop openness to others through your presence and stories
🏠 Accommodation, Food & Transport
🏘️ A room in a shared house with other ESC volunteers in Le Mans, with everything provided
🚌 A card for the bus and tram in Le Mans
🍽️ On school days, eat at the school canteen; on other days, money to buy your own food
📚 Training
🎓 Onboarding training with Maison de l'Europe and the group of volunteers
🌍 Participation in the on-arrival and mid-term seminars
📌 Participant Profile
✅ Feel comfortable around teenagers as an activity leader
✅ Dynamic and outgoing
✅ Willing to speak French
✅ Proactive, full of ideas, and happy to be here!
🌍 Activity Topics
🗳️ Citizenship and democratic participation
📚 Education and training
🎨 Creativity and culture
🗺️ Eligible Countries
🇦🇹 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 Details
Location: Avenue Bollée 50, Le Mans, France
Dates: 19 August 2026 — 31 July 2027 (almost a year)
Activity type: Individual volunteering
Project code: 2026-1-FR02-ESC51-VTJ-000400898
📅 Deadline
7 June 2026
🔗 Apply
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/52319_en
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