From a Costa Rican migrant rights and social media role with SJM-CR and a 6-volunteer team experience at BWA Krosno Art Gallery in Poland, to digital marketing and SEO content writing at CubiCasa under the Aurora Borealis, an online Coffee Talk for social cooperatives and craft collectives across the EU, hostel and environmental education on a mountain trail, an edible forest project through permaculture and agro-ecology in Galicia, a paid €500/month English teaching role in southern Spain, and independent theatre life at Teatr Brama in Goleniów — this batch of 33 opportunities spans 17 countries across Europe and Latin America. Twenty-six fully funded ESC volunteering placements, six paid or Erasmus+ funded internships and one Erasmus+ online partnership-building activity.
Every ESC placement is fully funded — flight, accommodation, food, monthly pocket money and insurance. Internships are paid or Erasmus+ funded. The online PBA is free. A large group of deadlines falls 30 June – 1 August.
What's in this batch:
26 ESC Volunteering Placements · 6 Paid or Erasmus+ Internships · 1 Erasmus+ Online Partnership-Building Activity · 17 Countries
🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
🇵🇱 Poland — Science Centre, Learning Through Fun with Interactive Shows & Workshops 🔬
📅 Deadline: ASAP
Join the educational projects team of a modern science centre popularising science through interactive installations and shows — organise events like Researcher's Night and Open'er Festival, create workshops for children and adults, participate in science shows, write science news for social media and support lecture series.
🇭🇺 Hungary — Environmental Education of Youth, Nature Conservation & Educational Trails 🌳
📅 Deadline: ASAP
Take part in nature conservation programmes and environmental education in north-eastern Hungary — assist exhibitions and nature classes, maintain educational trails, supervise hiking equipment like kayaks, canoes and bicycles, help in summer camps and contribute to gardening and community life on the banks of the river Bodrog — ⚠️ Driving licence (category B) and Hungarian language are an advantage.
🇫🇷 France — Ambassador of Europe, Mobility Awareness Workshops in Schools 🇪🇺
📅 Deadline: ASAP
Become a European Mobility Ambassador raising awareness and supporting young people in preparing mobility projects — help them develop self-confidence and English skills through fun workshops based on non-formal education — target audience includes middle school, high school and IUT students, plus young people with fewer opportunities.
🇷🇴 Romania — Solidarity in Action, Four Teams, Environment, Painting, Kids & Media ✊
📅 Deadline: ASAP
A short team experience structured around four teams — Environmental Team for cleaning initiatives and hiking trail restoration, Painting Team for kindergarten walls, Kids Team for non-formal activities with children, and Media Team managing social media and promotional materials — plus active involvement in local festivals, concerts and cultural events. ⚠️ B1 English required.
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🇫🇷 France — Animating Social Life in a Rural Village, Digital Skills, Workshops & Local Newspaper 🌾
📅 Deadline: ASAP
Join a project incubator focused on culture, heritage, facilitation and study groups in a rural village — participate in social centre activities, help residents acquire digital skills, organise English and digital workshops for the local community, create a local newspaper and support Europe Direct centre communications.
🇵🇱 Poland — Media Volunteer at a Youth NGO, Photo, Video & Social Media Content 📸
📅 Deadline: ASAP
Act as an assistant to the coordinators of international youth meetings and trainings — gain experience in video and photo making for social media, create graphics, take and process photos, build stories for social media or YouTube videos — get involved in project management while supporting Erasmus+ activities.
🇮🇹 Italy — Animal Care Shelter, Sanctuary for Rescued Farm Animals & Dogs 🐾
📅 Deadline: 15 June 2026
An animal welfare initiative giving a second chance to animals in need — the project includes a sanctuary for rescued farm animals and a shelter for dogs with chronic health conditions — clean the shelter, take long walks, work outside and get involved in care, security, hygiene and communication tasks — ⚠️ Vegetarian diet inside the shelter + background in veterinary, biology or shelter work preferred.
🇷🇴 Romania — Volunteering For a Better World, Greenhouses, School Murals & Anti-Discrimination 🎨
📅 Deadline: 15 June 2026
A short team experience improving the local community, increasing civic engagement and combating discrimination and racism — paint walls of schools for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, set up greenhouses for gardening workshops, run greening campaigns and non-formal education for kids — open also to Turkish residents.
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🇮🇹 Italy — Youth Centre, After-School Activities, Workshops & Sports with Teens 🎶
📅 Deadline: 15 June 2026
Support a vibrant youth centre for children and teenagers — help kids and teens with homework, assist workshops on music, radio, sports and art, support educators in sports activities, come up with ideas to engage the local community, promote European opportunities, contribute to social media, blog posts and photography.
🇮🇹 Italy — Mountain Hostel, Environmental Education & Hiking Trails 🏔️
📅 Deadline: 15 June 2026
Two spots at a mountain hostel involved in environmental education — assist in hostel maintenance, check-in guests, recycle and upcycle materials, provide info on hiking paths, assist in workshops for primary school students, design didactic workshops on art and environment and support communications — ⚠️ Vegetarian/vegan diet + isolated nature environment.
🇵🇱 Poland — BWA Krosno Art Gallery, Creative, Cultural & Promotional Teamwork 🎨
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
A team experience bringing together 6 international volunteers at a charming art gallery — work on creative, cultural, promotional and organisational tasks while gaining practical experience in teamwork, communication, event organisation and intercultural cooperation — especially aimed at young people with fewer opportunities and no previous experience in international projects. Open exclusively to EU residents.
🇭🇷 Croatia — Youth Club Assistant Manager, Events, Social Media & Youth Advocacy 🌴
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
Work at a youth club, connect with local young people and embrace the Mediterranean lifestyle — assist the manager in organising youth club events, create social media and informative content and contribute to youth advocacy activities — open exclusively to residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and North Macedonia.
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🇬🇷 Greece — Steps II with Hellenic Youth Participation, Social Action & Content Creation 🎙️
📅 Deadline: 8 July 2026
Support local organisations with food distribution and a multicultural library, deliver workshops for teenagers and adults, run online awareness campaigns for Instagram, manage TikTok and Facebook content, organise clean-ups and cultural workshops and create podcast episodes — two spots open. Weekly Greek lessons included.
🇦🇱 Albania — Beyond Barriers Summer Edition, Culture, Inclusion & French Language Workshops ☀️
📅 Deadline: 8 July 2026
Support a local youth centre and tourism office, promote inclusion and community participation, lead French language workshops at a school, promote Erasmus+ and ESC programmes through on-site activities and social media campaigns and run environmental clean-up initiatives — open exclusively to French residents.
🇫🇷 France — Lille Avenirs Mission Locale, International Mobility & English Workshops 🌍
📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026
Animate English workshops for young people aged 16-25 preparing to go abroad, co-facilitate popular education sessions, develop international partnerships, share your culture, promote European mobility and citizenship and support CV and interview preparation in English — ⚠️ Open exclusively to Italian, Polish and Spanish residents + ability to converse in French and master English required.
🇧🇪 Belgium — Frauenliga, Equality, Diversity & Feminist Projects ♀️
📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026
Engage with feminist and social participation themes, support projects on gender equality, diversity and equal opportunities, contribute your own ideas and take responsibility within an organisation working on societal change — free shared accommodation. Open exclusively to residents of Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg.
🇵🇱 Poland — Independent Theatre Life at Teatr Brama in Goleniów 🎭
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Join 10 international volunteers at a renowned independent theatre — weekly workshops, festival organising, photo/video/graphic work, funding applications, leading community workshops and developing your own projects — open to actors, musicians, photographers, social media managers and creative spirits.
🇫🇷 France — European Ambassador at Habitat Jeunes Iliade in Château-Gontier 🇪🇺
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Run events on EU, languages and cultures for young adults aged 16-30 living in a youth residence — promote environment, digital transition, anti-discrimination, democracy and disability inclusion — plus a 4-day trip to a European capital each year. Beginner French required.
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🇱🇺 Luxembourg — Nature & Environmental Education at Centre SNJ Hollenfels 🌲
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Support nature-based activities for children and youth groups, help design teaching materials, assist with seminars on environmental didactics for teachers and educators — rural setting, free public transport across Luxembourg and a shared low-cost car. ⚠️ German required.
🇭🇺 Hungary — YouFuture, Disaster Preparedness, First Aid & Community Resilience 🚨
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Workshops, simulations, field visits and teamwork on disaster prevention, evacuation, fire and flood protection, humanitarian education and war awareness — create awareness campaigns and support local community actions — no previous experience needed.
🇫🇷 France — Ambassador of Europe & Mobility at MFR Craon Oudon Rural School 🚌
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Promote EU opportunities and mobility programmes among teenagers in a rural middle and high school with general and vocational tracks — support the Erasmus+ team, run animation sessions, help with homework and lead workshops with teachers — ⚠️ Basic French required.
🇨🇷 Costa Rica — Communications & Innovation Specialist for Migrant Rights with SJM-CR 📱
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Manage social media and public outreach, design a MEAL system, draft project proposals, develop policy briefs and infographics, facilitate workshops on AI tools for civil society and DESCA rights for migrant and refugee populations — background in Communication or Social Sciences welcomed.
🇸🇰 Slovakia — Light & Sound Designer at a Cultural Centre, Theatre, Concerts & Installations 💡
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Contribute to a cultural centre with a venue for concerts, performances, discussions, workshops and festivals — get hands-on training in cultural and community event management, venue maintenance, sound engineering and light design for theatre, dance, concerts and installations — free to initiate your own artistic projects and thematic events.
🇪🇸 Spain — No Eido, Create an Edible Forest Through Permaculture & Agro-Ecology 🌳
📅 Deadline: 1 August 2026
Help revitalise a forest into an edible food source through citizen participation, run environmental education sessions and engage with groups at risk of exclusion — people with addiction recovery, functional diversity, children and elderly — training in permaculture and agro-ecology, plus Galician lessons.
🇩🇪 Germany — Intergenerational Neighbourhood House, Activities with Seniors & Community 👵
📅 Deadline: 1 August 2026
Help plan and run recreational, educational and cultural activities for visitors — game nights, craft sessions, lectures — provide transportation services, assist visitors with everyday tasks like filling out forms, run errands and take on general organisational tasks within a team — ⚠️ Driving licence and A1 German required.
🇩🇪 Germany — Community Meeting Centre, Social Work with Seniors & Local Community 🤝
📅 Deadline: 1 August 2026
Help plan and run recreational, educational and cultural activities for visitors — game nights, craft sessions, lectures — provide transportation services, assist visitors with everyday tasks like filling out forms, run errands and take on general organisational tasks within a team — ⚠️ Driving licence and A1 German required.
🎓 Erasmus+ Opportunities
🇧🇬 Bulgaria — Artisans in Cooperation, Social Craft Partnerships Coffee Talk, Online Partnership-Building Activity 🧶
📅 Deadline: 16 June 2026
An online Coffee Talk bringing together social cooperatives, craft collectives and organisations working at the intersection of creativity and social impact — foster discussion on sustainability in the craft sector, the role of craftsmanship in promoting social inclusion of vulnerable groups, and new partnerships for future collaboration, including joint EU-funded proposals.
💼 Internships & Traineeships
🇫🇮 Finland — Digital Marketing, SEO & Content Creation Intern at CubiCasa, Erasmus+ Grant ✍️
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
Words are your superpower? CubiCasa — a proptech start-up delivering floor plans worldwide — wants an SEO & content intern to write blogs, pitch journalists and master SEO, all under the Aurora Borealis.
🇪🇸 Spain — Student Mobility Officer Trainee at ESIC University, Paid 🌍
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
Want a career in international higher education? ESIC University is hiring a paid Student Mobility Officer Trainee to run the Erasmus+ KA131 mobility cycle end-to-end — from nominations and learning agreements to welcoming exchange students.
🇫🇷 France — Librarian Intern at a Spanish-Language University Library, Erasmus+ Grant 📚
📅 Deadline: 6 July 2026
Speak Spanish and love books? Paul-Valéry University's Spanish-language library is looking for an Erasmus intern to welcome students, run cultural events and swap languages in French and Spanish.
🇪🇸 Spain — English Teaching at a Language Academy, €500/month + Grant 🍎
📅 Deadline: 9 July 2026
Dream of teaching English in the south of Spain? An academy with 12+ years of hosting interns is hiring a paid English teaching intern — working with children and teens, creating fun classroom resources, prepping students for Cambridge exams and getting full teacher training along the way — paid €500/month on top of your Erasmus grant.
🇮🇹 Italy — French Native Speaker Trainee at an Erasmus+ Accredited School 🗣️
📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026
Native French speaker with a passion for teaching? An accredited Erasmus+ school in Italy wants you to bring the French language and culture to life — running cultural workshops, supporting language lessons and joining international projects alongside enthusiastic teachers.
🇵🇹 Portugal — Communication Intern at ESN Porto (Design / Video / Social Media), Erasmus+ Grant 🎨
📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026
Got a creative streak? ESN Porto — Europe's Erasmus Destination of the Year — is looking for a Communication Intern, and you pick your lane: graphic design, video editing or community & social media.
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Thirty-three opportunities across 17 countries in a single batch — and this is one of the biggest drops of the season, mixing fully funded volunteering with serious career-shaping internships. A Costa Rican migrant rights and social media role with SJM-CR, a 6-volunteer team experience at BWA Krosno Art Gallery in Poland, digital marketing and SEO content writing at CubiCasa under the Aurora Borealis, an online Coffee Talk for social cooperatives and craft collectives across the EU, hostel and environmental education on a mountain trail, an edible forest project through permaculture and agro-ecology in Galicia, a paid €500/month English teaching role in southern Spain, and independent theatre life at Teatr Brama in Goleniów — these are not opportunities you'll see grouped together again.
France leads this batch with six placements spanning the Lille Avenirs Mission Locale, Habitat Jeunes Iliade in Château-Gontier, the MFR Craon Oudon rural school, the Mobility Ambassador role, rural village social life and the Paul-Valéry University Spanish library internship. Poland follows with four roles — the Science Centre, BWA Krosno Art Gallery, Teatr Brama Independent Theatre and a Youth NGO Media Volunteer. Italy has four placements (animal sanctuary, youth centre, mountain hostel, French Native Speaker Trainee), Spain three (ESIC University, English teaching academy and No Eido edible forest), Germany two complementary Intergenerational Neighbourhood placements, and Hungary two roles spanning Environmental Education and the YouFuture disaster preparedness project. A large group closes 15 June. ESIC and CubiCasa close 30 June. Multiple end-of-July placements for those planning ahead. Act now.
