Asociación de Desarrollo Social Participativo IMAGINA
Álora, Spain
⭐️ Activity Title
VOLUNTEERING IN MALAGA 11 MONTHS_START IN SEPTEMBER'26
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🔷 Activity Details
Description
The Association IMAGINA is looking for 4 ESC volunteer from EU COUNTRIES motivated to work in Imagina association supporting different activities designed to promote youth work in a rural area (promoting European mobility, learning opportunities and activities based on non-formal education); inclusion of people with disabilities and promotion through Digital Marketing. This projects will focus on youth dynamization with different goals and target groups.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Food Allowance and Pocket Money: each volunteer will receive per month 180€ of food allowance and 6€ per day (e.g. month with 30 days =180€, total 360€) for pocket money. Transport money: each volunteer will receive the quantity according to the distance from the origin country to Málaga (e.g. Italy 309€ maximum return travel, Portugal: 309€ maximum return travel, Romania 395€ maximum return travel). Accomodation take places in shared flats with all the expenses included (electricity, water, internet).
Training during the activity
During the projects, participants will participate in two trainings with the Spanish National Agency (on arrival training and middle evaluation training). Also all our volunteers receive specific training according to the needs and work that we develop. Especially, they will receive training in:
- Social inclusion and work with people with disabilities.
- Youth work and mobility programs.
- Environmental care, orchard and local products.
Participant profile
We are looking for a motivated person who wants to have an experience of volunteering giving the best of themselves. If you have some of these skills, it would be awesome, but not all of them are necessary:
- Competences on youth and children dynamization.
- Digital skills and creative skills (photography, videos, graphic design).
- Social Worker orientation, likes to work with people.
- Interest in working with people with disabilities.
- Open-minded, respectful, flexibility and solidare.
- Good English level (+B1) will be well-valued as well as some notions of spanish.
- New ideas and motivation to create activities for youngsters will be appreciated.
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🔑 Key Information
Activity dates
From 01/09/2026 to 31/07/2027
Activity location
Calle Llano del Jaral SN, Álora, Spain
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Greece, Italy, Portugal, Romania
Activity topics
Social challenges
Education and training
Working against discrimination (including gender discrimination)
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 16/06/2026 10:00
Project code
2025-1-ES02-ESC51-VTJ-000345926
🔗 Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/52549_en
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