Do you love working with children, families, and intergenerational groups? Join Association socioculturelle Courteline in Tours, France as an ESC volunteer in family animation — a year of creative, social, and cultural work in the heart of the Loire Valley!
Supported by Maison de l'Europe de Tours Centre Val de Loire, this is a unique opportunity to dive into social, educational, and cultural action alongside French volunteers in a welcoming community association.
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🎯 About the Project
The Courteline association develops activities and services around three core axes — social action, educational action, and cultural action. As a volunteer, you'll be integrated into the family animation team, contributing to a wide variety of activities for parents, children, and the wider community.
📚 Your Role
🎨 Participate in parent-child entertainment during school vacation periods — creative workshops, cooking, music, cultural discoveries
🎬 Take part in recreational outings — cinema, walks, sports activities
🎢 Join family outings (3 outings per year in leisure parks, cultural visits)
📚 Support children with school work
⚖️ Help run workshops on gender equality and the fight against all forms of discrimination
👶 Be involved in the child and parent drop-in centre, helping socialise very young children
📖 Contribute to the local library
You'll work with a French volunteer Monday to Friday, sometimes on weekends or evenings.
🌟 What Makes a Great Fit
🎨 Artistic skills would be a plus
⚖️ Awareness of gender equality
🌍 Curious, creative, open-minded, and friendly
🤝 Comfortable meeting a varied, mixed, and intergenerational audience
📅 Willing to take summer holidays between May and June (the volunteer's presence is required during summer — the busiest period for parenthood-related activities)
🏠 Accommodation, Food & Transport
🛏️ A single room in a shared apartment provided
💶 Pocket money and food allowance
🚌 All mission-related costs covered (public transportation, bike, etc.)
✈️ Travel costs covered per ESC programme standards for the round-trip — tickets can be bought by the sending organisation or reimbursed upon arrival with the original tickets
📚 Training
🎓 Introduction and orientation upon arrival
🌍 Participation in 2 trainings organised by the National Agency
📌 Participant Profile
✅ Curious, creative, and open-minded
✅ Friendly with strong interpersonal skills
✅ Comfortable with a varied, mixed, intergenerational audience
✅ Artistic skills and awareness of gender equality are a plus
🌍 Activity Topics
⚖️ Social challenges
🗺️ Eligible Countries
🇦🇹 Austria · 🇧🇪 Belgium · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · 🇭🇷 Croatia · 🇨🇾 Cyprus · 🇩🇰 Denmark · 🇪🇪 Estonia · 🇫🇮 Finland · 🇩🇪 Germany · 🇬🇷 Greece · 🇭🇺 Hungary · 🇮🇪 Ireland · 🇮🇹 Italy · 🇱🇻 Latvia · 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 🇱🇺 Luxembourg · 🇲🇹 Malta · 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 🇵🇱 Poland · 🇵🇹 Portugal · 🇷🇴 Romania · 🇸🇰 Slovakia · 🇸🇮 Slovenia · 🇪🇸 Spain · 🇸🇪 Sweden
📋 Activity Details
Location: 48 rue Georges Courteline, Tours, France
Dates: 1 September 2026 — 31 August 2027
Activity type: Individual volunteering
Project code: 2026-1-FR02-ESC51-VTJ-000403774
📅 Deadline
As soon as possible!
🔗 Apply
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/52374_en
📧 courteline@courteline.fr (CV and cover letter in French or English)
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