From a paid Policy Assistant role at the Lifelong Learning Platform in Brussels and Italian anti-mafia education with GIOSEF in one of the Mediterranean's most multicultural cities, to ten days of yoga, meditation and mindfulness in Spain, paid digital marketing and sales at a global fashion materials company in the Netherlands, sea turtle conservation on the Cilento Coast, the Connect youth exchange, animal shelter care at Tierheim Eupen in Belgium, paid English teaching at €600/month in southern Spain, and outreach and communications at EuroClio in The Hague — this batch of 32 opportunities spans 16 countries across Europe. Seventeen fully funded ESC volunteering placements, ten paid or Erasmus+ funded internships and five Erasmus+ training courses and youth exchanges.
Every ESC placement is fully funded — flight, accommodation, food, monthly pocket money and insurance. Erasmus+ trainings and youth exchanges cover travel and stay. Internships are paid or Erasmus+ funded, with Brussels monthly grants up to €1,056. A large group of deadlines falls 30 June – 15 July.
What's in this batch:
17 ESC Volunteering Placements · 10 Paid or Erasmus+ Internships · 5 Erasmus+ Training Courses & Youth Exchanges · 16 Countries
🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
🇧🇬 Bulgaria — Youth Empowerment Project with Sustainability and Eco Activities 🌱
📅 Deadline: ASAP
Empower youth and promote sustainability, eco-friendly initiatives and European values — organise events and campaigns like clean-ups, art clubs and DIY sustainability projects, promote ESC and Erasmus+ through info sessions and school visits, contribute to social media and communications and develop your own community initiative — ⚠️ Open to EU residents aged 18-24.
🇹🇷 Türkiye — Sports, Arts, Environment and Disaster Awareness 🏃
📅 Deadline: 17 June 2026
A short-term volunteering experience with activities related to sports, arts, education, environment, healthy lifestyles and disaster awareness — take part in non-formal learning workshops on entrepreneurship, recycling, waste management, cancer awareness and personal development — contribute to digital content creation through social media posts, photography and video production.
🇪🇸 Spain — Rural Municipality Youth, Social, Cultural and Sports Activities 🌾
📅 Deadline: 19 June 2026
Two spots in a rural municipality of 3,200 inhabitants — collaborate on cultural activities like summer camps, social activities at the Day Centre and with senior citizens and sports activities including hiking trips — provide personalised support to different groups in youth, social, cultural and sports areas.
🇮🇹 Italy — Ca' Rossa Housing Community, Daily Life Support for People with Mental Health Issues 🏠
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
A residential house where around 12 people aged 18-65 with mental health issues and/or intellective disabilities live with rehabilitative needs — support everyday activities connected to the autonomy of the users, recreational activities and creative workshops in an environment that fosters social emancipation, personal independence and self-expression.
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🇷🇴 Romania — Help Desk YOUth, Career Guidance & CV Support for Young People 💼
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
Support young people in their personal and professional development, especially career guidance and planning — help with CVs, motivation letters, identifying opportunities, interview preparation and finding youth programmes, organise thematic non-formal education workshops, lead recreational activities and contribute to space maintenance, gardening and planting — ⚠️ Open exclusively to young people with fewer opportunities + B2 English required.
🇪🇸 Spain — Leisure, Sports & Inclusion with Adults with Disabilities ♿
📅 Deadline: 4 July 2026
Join La Víbria and Prodis Foundation in Terrassa to support adults with disabilities through adapted sports, leisure and occupational activities — shared flat, €340/month, Catalan classes included.
🇮🇹 Italy — Creating Cultural Crossroads with GIOSEF, Podcasts, Youth Work & Anti-Mafia Education 🎙️
📅 Deadline: 6 July 2026
Support communication and dissemination, produce podcasts, run educational initiatives and community projects with one of the most multicultural cities of the Mediterranean — promote youth participation, social inclusion, sustainability, intercultural dialogue, anti-mafia education and active citizenship through Erasmus+ exchanges and training courses — good Italian required.
🇮🇹 Italy — L'Elba del Vicino, Island Life, Youth Work & Community Engagement 🏝️
📅 Deadline: 10 July 2026
Live on one of the most beautiful Mediterranean islands while supporting educational and recreational activities for children and young people — run after-school programmes, holiday activities and summer camps, organise games, sports, creative workshops and outdoor activities — a car is usually available for project mobility.
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🇮🇹 Italy — Casa Colonica, Support for People with Disabilities in a Residential House 🏡
📅 Deadline: 10 July 2026
Support professional staff in a residential house with 12 people with disabilities — help with recreational and educational group activities, every aspect of everyday life, neighbourhood discovery, development of interpersonal skills, care activities, leisure moments developing personal hobbies and the planning of socialising moments.
🇫🇷 France — Hosting in Diversity, Youth Hostel, Children's Animation & Mobility Promotion 🏨
📅 Deadline: 10 July 2026
A short-term project promoting active citizenship, youth engagement and international solidarity — welcome travellers at a youth hostel, animate intercultural activities for children at an adventure playground, take part in youth workcamps and share your testimony at events promoting international mobility.
🇮🇹 Italy — Digitisation & Ethical Communication with SCI Italia at La Città dell'Utopia 📰
📅 Deadline: 14 July 2026
Join SCI Italia in Rome's "La Città dell'Utopia" for a year of photography, interviews, fundraising and graphic design in an international NGO promoting peace and human rights — shared flat, garden, metro access.
🇮🇹 Italy — Natural Building, Permaculture & Community Life on the Amalfi Coast 🌿
📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026
Last minute call: eight weeks of natural building, permaculture, family farms, food traditions and English workshops in the mountainous Tramonti — hands in the soil, sustainability workshops and the unmistakable beauty of the Amalfi Coast around you.
🇮🇹 Italy — Sea Turtle Conservation on the Cilento Coast 🐢
📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026
Dawn beach patrols, nest protection, 24-hour hatching vigils and the unforgettable moment baby turtles scramble toward the sea — eight volunteers, passionate biologists and the wild rhythm of nature on the Italian coast.
🇧🇪 Belgium — Animal Shelter Care, Social Work & Social Media at Tierheim Eupen 🐶
📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026
Mornings caring for dogs and cats, afternoons making content with Canva, supporting events and cooperating with social organisations to turn the shelter into a community learning space — ⚠️ German required (A2-B1 minimum), driving licence B is a strong plus.
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🇵🇱 Poland — Youth Centres Development, Workshops, Language Classes & Board Games 🎲
📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026
Work as part of a team of six volunteers organising, leading and experiencing activities and events at a central office and youth centres — run language classes, art events, board games, sports and educational workshops based on your interests and passions — also take part in the organisation's international work at its training and education centre.
🇲🇰 North Macedonia — Culture & Animation at a Balkan Cooperation Centre, Festivals & Civic Activism 🎬
📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026
Support intercultural exchanges and seminars, animate activities for children and young people, contribute to a festival of civic activism and culture and assist local projects between Albanian, Roma and Macedonian communities — take part in training on civic activism and peace-building. Open exclusively to French residents.
🇳🇱 Netherlands — Outreach & Communications at EuroClio in The Hague 📱
📅 Deadline: 22 July 2026
Join EuroClio in The Hague for content creation, podcasts, social media, articles and newsletters supporting history and citizenship education — private room, fee included, weekends free.
🎓 Erasmus+ Opportunities
🇪🇸 Spain — Connect, Yoga, Meditation & Wellbeing, Youth Exchange 🧘
📅 Deadline: ASAP
Aged 18 to 30 and craving a real reset? — join "Connect" in Spain for 10 days of yoga, meditation and mindfulness, where you'll facilitate your own workshops, unplug online and reconnect with yourself, with accommodation covered and 100% of travel reimbursed.
🇸🇮 Slovenia — Calm in Chaos, Psychosocial Support, Crisis Response & Safe Spaces, Training Course 🌿
📅 Deadline: ASAP
Youth workers are often the first people young people turn to in hard moments, yet few of us are trained for it — Calm in Chaos equips you with practical tools for psychosocial support, crisis response, mindfulness and creating safe spaces, learning by doing through simulations, role plays and real case studies in a nature-based setting.
🇮🇹 Italy — Future Shapers, Critical Thinking & Civic Impact in Pollino National Park, Youth Exchange 🗳️
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
Aged 18 to 30 and want your voice to count? — join Future Shapers in Italy's Pollino National Park to build critical thinking, fight misinformation and turn your ideas into real civic impact, with accommodation, meals and travel covered by Erasmus+.
🇱🇻 Latvia — Behind the Wheel, Mindfulness, Embodiment & Coaching, Training Course 🧘
📅 Deadline: 3 July 2026
Youth worker who wants to support young people's wellbeing? — join this Erasmus+ training course in Latvia to explore mindfulness, embodiment, coaching and self-awareness tools, and learn to create safe, supportive spaces where young people thrive.
🇵🇹 Portugal — Preserving Local Heritage, Non-Formal Education & Digital Tools, Training Course 🏛️
📅 Deadline: 19 July 2026
Youth worker passionate about culture and heritage? — join 30 youth workers from across Europe in rural Portugal to learn how to protect local heritage through non-formal education and digital tools, fully funded by Erasmus+.
💼 Internships & Traineeships
🇬🇷 Greece — Visibility & Social Media Intern at 4C Athens Youth Sports NGO, Erasmus+ Grant 📱
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
Want to grow a youth NGO's voice online? 4C in Athens is looking for a Visibility & Social Media intern to create content for Instagram, TikTok and Facebook, promote European projects and build real communications experience.
🇵🇱 Poland — Marketing Intern at Crafton UX/UI & Interactive Agency, Erasmus+ Grant 📣
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
Want real marketing experience with top global brands? Crafton, Poland's highest-ranked UX/UI agency, is looking for a marketing intern for projects, social media and LinkedIn campaigns — remote or on-site.
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🇭🇺 Hungary — HR/Recruitment & Marketing Assistant at Legalis Global Legal Recruitment, Erasmus+ Grant🧑💼
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
Eyeing a career in HR or recruitment? Legalis Global, a premier legal recruitment firm, wants an intern to support senior consultants across talent sourcing, marketing and coordination — with real responsibility and autonomy.
🇧🇪 Belgium — Policy Assistant at Lifelong Learning Platform, €865.90–€1,056/month 🏛️
📅 Deadline: 5 July 2026
Want to work at the heart of EU education policy? The Lifelong Learning Platform is hiring a paid Policy Assistant in Belgium — researching policy initiatives, monitoring EU legislation, drafting briefings and advocacy newsletters and supporting flagship policy events — paid, with transport costs and meal vouchers covered, for those eligible to work in Belgium.
🇪🇸 Spain — English Teaching at a Language Academy, €600/month + Grant 🍎
📅 Deadline: 10 July 2026
Want to spend a year teaching English in sunny southern Spain? An academy with 12+ years of hosting interns is hiring paid English teaching interns — working with learners from age 1 to adults, learning Jolly Phonics, prepping students for Cambridge exams and getting full training, with no experience needed — paid €600/month on top of your Erasmus grant.
🇮🇪 Ireland — Conference & Event Management at a Destination Management Company, €600/month 🎤
📅 Deadline: 13 July 2026
Want to learn how world-class conferences come together? A multi-award-winning destination management company in Ireland is hiring a paid conferences intern — working on bids, venue and AV coordination, delegate services and live onsite event management across Ireland and the UK — paid €600/month, fluent English required.
🇳🇱 Netherlands — Digital Marketing & Sales at a Global Fashion Materials Company, Paid 📲
📅 Deadline: 14 July 2026
Passionate about digital marketing, sales and business? Join a global fashion materials company in the Netherlands as a paid digital marketing & sales intern — talking to designers and brands across 55+ countries, running social media and content and owning real sales projects with room to pitch your own ideas — paid, with monthly allowances and paid holidays.
🇵🇹 Portugal — Marketing Intern (Data & Strategy) at ESN Porto, Erasmus+ Grant 📊
📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026
Love turning data into strategy? ESN Porto — in Europe's reigning Erasmus Destination of the Year — wants a marketing intern to dig into social media analytics, SEO and audience insights — all while living the Erasmus spirit from the inside.
🇵🇹 Portugal — Front Office Intern at ESN Porto Student Network, Erasmus+ Grant 🏢
📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026
Want to live the Erasmus spirit from the inside? ESN Porto is looking for a Front Office Intern to welcome international students, run the office and join the events, trips and parties along the way.
🇪🇸 Spain — Architecture & 3D Modelling at a Young Design Studio 📐
📅 Deadline: 21 July 2026
Architecture student in your final years or a fresh graduate? An architecture studio in Spain wants you on its young, multidisciplinary team — working in Rhino or SketchUp, AutoCAD and Lumion in a collaborative office where Fridays are mornings only — basic Spanish required and a portfolio is essential.
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Thirty-two opportunities across 16 countries in a single batch — and this list mixes some of the most distinctive long-form ESC roles with career-shaping paid internships across EU policy, design and marketing. A paid Policy Assistant role at the Lifelong Learning Platform in Brussels, Italian anti-mafia education with GIOSEF in one of the Mediterranean's most multicultural cities, ten days of yoga, meditation and mindfulness in Spain, paid digital marketing and sales at a global fashion materials company in the Netherlands, sea turtle conservation on the Cilento Coast, the Connect youth exchange, animal shelter care at Tierheim Eupen in Belgium, paid English teaching at €600/month in southern Spain, and outreach and communications at EuroClio in The Hague — these are not opportunities you'll see grouped together again.
Italy leads this batch with seven placements spanning the Ca' Rossa mental health housing community, GIOSEF Mediterranean anti-mafia education, L'Elba del Vicino island life, Casa Colonica residential disability support, SCI Italia at La Città dell'Utopia, Amalfi Coast permaculture, Cilento Coast sea turtle conservation and the Future Shapers Pollino National Park youth exchange. Spain follows with five roles — the Rural Municipality ESC placement, Terrassa Disability Inclusion, plus Connect Yoga Wellbeing, English Teaching academy and Architecture studio internships. Portugal offers three placements (two ESN Porto internships plus the Preserving Local Heritage training). Türkiye SORGED closes 17 June. Spain Rural Municipality closes 19 June. A large group of placements closes 30 June – 15 July. Act now.
