An Aruba Caribbean placement empowering young people through arts, culture, leadership and non-formal education, with extra opportunities for dancers and choreographers. A Hungarian community printmaking studio doing screen printing, risograph and bookbinding. A French high school cafeteria animation role where your own ideas shape the project. The biggest LGBTIQ+ organisation in Slovenia. The Storytelling Nature and Wellbeing training course in Croatia connecting youth work with land-based practices. Plus Sicilian housing community work with at-risk children, the Belgian care home for children and teenagers, the Polish municipal kindergarten with language games, the Bulgarian mountain Green Education Centre renovation, the Spanish vocational school English and Gender Equality role, two Romanian short-term team projects with school murals and greenhouses, and the First Aid Kit Spanish training on emotional wellbeing through Attachment Theory and Systemic Approach.
Every ESC placement is fully funded — flight, accommodation, food, monthly pocket money and insurance. Erasmus+ trainings cover travel and stay. A massive cluster of deadlines falls 26-30 June.
What's in this batch:
15 ESC Volunteering Placements · 2 Erasmus+ Training Courses · 12 Countries
🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
🇵🇱 Poland — Intercultural Activities and Language Games at a Kindergarten 🧸
📅 Deadline: ASAP
Bring an intercultural dimension to a municipal kindergarten: assist teachers with daily care and education, run art, outdoor and free-play activities, organise workshops and presentations introducing your own culture and language, and teach foreign languages informally through games.
🇫🇷 France — Animating a High School Cafeteria and Student Events 🎉
📅 Deadline: ASAP
Bring life to a high school cafeteria: manage the space with students, organise events and animations all year (blind tests, games, decoration workshops, exhibitions, language clubs), run boarding-school activities like yoga and movie nights, and lead thematic weeks on health, environment, equality and European cultures — your own ideas are the heart of the project.
🇪🇸 Spain — Youth Social and Cultural Activities in a Rural Municipality 🏞️
📅 Deadline: 26 June 2026
Support a rural municipality across its youth, social, cultural and sports activities: provide personalised support to different groups at summer camps, the day centre, activities with senior citizens and hiking trips, mainly focused on youth and social services.
🇷🇴 Romania — Murals Greening and Community Action Against Discrimination 🎨
📅 Deadline: 26 June 2026
Be part of a large volunteer team improving the local area and bringing people together: paint murals at schools for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, build greenhouses for gardening workshops, run greening campaigns and non-formal education, and help fight discrimination and prejudice at community events.
📋 New to ESC volunteering? Everything you need to know — how it works, who can apply, what costs are covered — is in one place. Read the complete guide →
🇷🇴 Romania — Street Art Greening and Non Formal Education for a Better World 🌍
📅 Deadline: 27 June 2026
Join a short summer team project working to improve the local area and bring people together: painting schools for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, setting up greenhouses for gardening workshops, running greening campaigns and non-formal education, and supporting public events.
🇪🇸 Spain — English Conversation and Gender Equality at a Vocational School 🗣️
📅 Deadline: 28 June 2026
A placement at a vocational training centre running English conversation sessions for students and teachers, supporting the school's Erasmus programme and its administrative tasks, and developing presentations and activities on gender equality for events like International Women's Day.
🇮🇹 Italy — Supporting Children at a Housing Community in Sicily 🧒
📅 Deadline: 28 June 2026
Support educators in a shelter where children on a path to rehabilitation and social inclusion live together as a community: help with afterschool activities and homework, run cooking, theatre and music workshops, organise celebrations and trips, and share daily community life.
🇸🇮 Slovenia — Supporting the LGBTIQ Community and Youth Center 🏳️🌈
📅 Deadline: 28 June 2026
Become an active member of the biggest LGBTIQ+ organisation in the country, helping co-create safer spaces for young people, running social media for the youth program, organising events and raising awareness for equality.
✍️ Last-minute motivation letter? Here's how to write one that actually gets read — and remembered. Read the guide →
🇭🇺 Hungary — Community Printmaking and Visual Arts at a Studio 🎨
📅 Deadline: 28 June 2026
Join a community printmaking studio and take part in its daily creative life: screen printing, risograph printing and simple bookbinding, preparing workshops and public events, documenting activities, supporting communication and contributing to collaborative projects with local partners — no printmaking experience needed, just motivation to learn.
🇧🇪 Belgium — Supporting Children and Young People at a Care Home 🏡
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
Support the team of a care home for children and teenagers facing difficult situations: help with daily life, homework support, leisure and building activities, meal prep and garden maintenance, plus weekly activities with a local network including people with mental disabilities and a youth house.
🇮🇹 Italy — Environmental Education and Sustainable Living at a Nature Hostel 🌳
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
Join a hostel in a nature park focused on environmental education and sustainable living: support hostel maintenance, guest check-in and logistics, creative recycling and upcycling, give visitors info on hiking paths, and design and run didactic workshops on art, environment and creative recycling for schoolchildren.
🇦🇼 Aruba — Youth Empowerment Through Arts Culture and Leadership 🎭
📅 Deadline: 5 July 2026
Step into a Caribbean placement with a youth organisation empowering young people through arts, culture, leadership and non-formal education, with roles in project management, youth activities, communication and creative content, plus extra opportunities for dancers and choreographers.
💡 What do organisations actually look for in an ESC volunteer? Skills, values, attitude — what makes a strong profile. Read the guide →
🇧🇬 Bulgaria — Green Education Center Renovation and Nature Work in a Mountain Village 🌲
📅 Deadline: 6 July 2026
Live and work in a mountain village helping renovate a green education centre: maintenance and basic repair work on the building and garden, woodworking with natural materials and manual labour, while connecting with the local community and nature.
🇵🇹 Portugal — Community Support With the Red Cross 🤝
📅 Deadline: 6 July 2026
Get hands-on experience with the Red Cross supporting vulnerable groups: activities at an elderly nursing home and a rehabilitation centre, a local primary school and a permaculture farm, plus a pilgrim shelter, environmental initiatives and local fundraising events — varied, practical and field-based.
🇵🇱 Poland — Diversity and Inclusion at an International University Conference 🤝
📅 Deadline: 7 July 2026
Join an international team supporting a major university conference while promoting diversity, inclusion and intercultural dialogue: welcome participants, assist with registration and logistics, support workshops and networking events, create photo, video and social media content, and co-create projects around European values.
🎓 Erasmus+ Opportunities
🇭🇷 Croatia — Storytelling Nature and Wellbeing for Youth Work, Training Course 🌿
📅 Deadline: 10 July 2026
A training course for youth workers connecting storytelling with nature and land-based practices to explore identity, belonging, resilience and community wellbeing: discover the healing power of storytelling, develop facilitation and performative skills, and join hands-on sessions on soil, herbs, gardening and group land design.
🇪🇸 Spain — First Aid Kit for Emotional Wellbeing with Attachment Theory and Systemic Approach, Training Course 💚
📅 Deadline: 13 July 2026
A training course for 24 youth workers, leaders and mentors equipping you with tools to promote young people's mental health and emotional wellbeing — understand mental health from the attachment and systemic framework, deconstruct stigma, practise secure relationships, emotional accompaniment, reflective listening, emotional validation and self-care, and visit local projects supporting young people from diverse backgrounds.
🗺️ Not sure if your country is eligible? The full list of ESC and Erasmus+ programme and partner countries — including many outside the EU. Check eligibility →
The standout placement is unmistakably Aruba — a rare Caribbean ESC opening combining arts, culture, leadership and non-formal education with extra opportunities for dancers and choreographers. The Hungarian community printmaking studio brings something equally distinctive into the batch with screen printing, risograph and bookbinding (no experience needed). The Slovenian LGBTIQ+ placement sits at the country's biggest organisation in the field. Two Romanian short-term roles use a similar mural-and-greenhouse approach for two consecutive deadlines (26 and 27 June).
Italy closes two complementary placements (the Sicilian housing community for children and the nature park hostel environmental education role). Spain spreads across three placements (rural municipality, vocational school English & Gender Equality, plus the First Aid Kit emotional wellbeing training). The French high school cafeteria role lets your own ideas shape the project. Two ASAP roles. Two 26 June deadlines. Romania 27 June. Four 28 June deadlines. The biggest cluster lands 30 June – 13 July.
