From patrolling Caretta Caretta nesting beaches on Tรผrkiye's Mediterranean coast and building immersive 20th-century scenes behind a massive historical re-enactment festival in rural Asturias, to equine therapy and canistherapy with people with disabilities in Czechia, daily care for rescued dogs at a northern Italian shelter, radio editing on a sustainability project open to 65 countries, trauma-informed youth clubs in Dublin, a seaside Greek town blending food-waste cooking with beach clean-ups, three France-based roles in mobility and intercultural education, and a small town near Wrocลaw where you stop being "an international volunteer" and simply become a local โ this batch of 17 fully funded ESC placements spans 11 countries from the Mediterranean to the Irish Sea.
Every ESC placement is fully funded โ flight, accommodation, food, monthly pocket money and insurance. Three placements are open "as soon as possible," the sea turtle project closes tomorrow, 6 July, and the rest run through to 20 August 2026.
What's in this batch:
17 ESC Volunteering Placements ยท 11 Countries ยท Deadlines from Now to 20 August 2026
๐ฑ ESC Volunteering Opportunities
๐ต๐น Portugal โ Non-Formal Education and Youth Activities ๐จ
๐ Deadline: As soon as possible!
Spend a month in Portimรฃo supporting youth activities, non-formal education, intercultural learning, social inclusion and environmental awareness. Organise workshops, language activities, cultural events, recycling workshops and Erasmus+ promotion, and grow your teamwork, communication and active citizenship skills alongside local communities and international participants. Open to residents of Tรผrkiye โ a packed Algarve month for a fast mover.
๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria โ Youth Empowerment and Eco Initiatives โป๏ธ
๐ Deadline: As soon as possible!
Join an active society empowering young people and championing sustainability and European values. Organise events and campaigns from clean-ups and art clubs to DIY sustainability projects, promote Erasmus+ and ESC through info sessions and school visits, create social media content and articles, and turn your own idea into a real community initiative. Open to applicants from 28 countries across Europe โ part eco-activist, part storyteller.
๐ช๐ธ Spain โ Organic Farming and Environmental Action ๐
๐ Deadline: As soon as possible!
Spend your volunteering experience in Spain taking part in organic farming, afforestation and environmental awareness activities, guided visits, youth fair events, intercultural gatherings and community-based non-formal education. Bring your creativity to personal projects and grow through mentoring, language support and hands-on teamwork in a welcoming local community. Open to residents of Tรผrkiye โ soil under your nails and a community around you.
๐ New to ESC volunteering? Everything you need to know โ how it works, who can apply, what costs are covered โ is in one place. Read the complete guide โ
๐น๐ท Tรผrkiye โ Sea Turtle Conservation on the Mediterranean Coast ๐ข
๐ Deadline: 6 July 2026
Join a month-long team project protecting Caretta Caretta sea turtles on Tรผrkiye's Mediterranean coast. Care for turtles, monitor nesting beaches, record tracks, locate and protect nests with predator barriers, patrol nesting sites, collect data, remove beach litter, and capture photos and videos to promote conservation and youth activities. Open to residents of Poland โ dawn patrols on a nesting beach, closing tomorrow.
๐ฎ๐น Italy โ Working with People with Disabilities and Youth in Care ๐
๐ Deadline: 7 July 2026
Split your week across a cooperative's structures: supporting people with disabilities in socialisation and activities, helping at daytime educational centres, and assisting a shelter for young people removed from challenging family situations. Run workshops, sports and games, support logistics, and see Italian social services from the inside. Open to applicants from 29 countries across Europe โ three different worlds of care in a single placement.
๐ฎ๐น Italy โ Daily Care for Rescued Dogs at a Shelter ๐พ
๐ Deadline: 7 July 2026
Support an animal rights organisation in northern Italy caring for dogs in need. Prepare their food and take them on walks, keep their spaces and the shelter grounds clean, get to know each dog's personality and needs, and help promote animal protection through events, social media and the website. Open to applicants from 29 countries across Europe โ the placement on this list with the most wagging tails.
โ๏ธ Last-minute motivation letter? Here's how to write one that actually gets read โ and remembered. Read the guide โ
๐ซ๐ท France โ Cultural Exchange at a School Campus ๐จ
๐ Deadline: 15 July 2026
Join a private educational institution welcoming students from preschool to higher education, based at its high school campus with assignments across primary and secondary schools. Facilitate intercultural workshops, run language initiation and awareness, share your European experiences, promote European values, and collaborate on pedagogical and linguistic projects. Open to applicants from 26 countries across Europe โ one campus, every age group, your culture as the lesson.
๐ซ๐ท France โ International Mobility at a Social Work Training Institute ๐
๐ Deadline: 15 July 2026
Support the international team of an institute training professionals for the social, educational and medico-social sectors in southern France. Help develop partnerships with universities, promote incoming and outgoing student mobility, contribute to Erasmus+ applications, run language and intercultural workshops, organise international events, and draw up a student mobility guide. Open to residents of Italy โ see how international mobility gets built from the inside.
๐ซ๐ท France โ Youth Empowerment and Erasmus Mobility Support ๐ช๐บ
๐ Deadline: 15 July 2026
Join an organisation promoting European citizenship and international mobility, supporting young people with fewer opportunities through Erasmus+ projects. Help recruit internship participants, lead workshops on interculturality, EU citizenship and conflict management, co-lead English language sessions, prepare and support Erasmus+ mobilities, and contribute to communication. Open to applicants from 26 countries across Europe โ you become the gateway to someone else's first journey abroad.
๐ก What do organisations actually look for in an ESC volunteer? Skills, values, attitude โ what makes a strong profile. Read the guide โ
๐ญ๐บ Hungary โ Youth Creative Workshops and Cultural Events ๐ญ
๐ Deadline: 31 July 2026
Join a cultural and youth centre organising creative and leisure activities for young people aged 16 to 28. Run handcraft, music and group-game sessions, support a personal development programme through singing, stories and relaxing time, and help deliver events like museums' night and summer and winter festivals. Open to applicants from 24 countries across Europe โ a year with a festival always on the horizon.
๐ฎ๐น Italy โ Sustainability and Intercultural Exchange ๐ฑ
๐ Deadline: 31 July 2026
Become one of four volunteers on a year-long project focused on sustainability, food waste reduction and intercultural exchange in northern Italy. Take part in local initiatives, support awareness-raising activities, collaborate with community partners, try your hand at radio editing, and contribute to projects promoting more sustainable and inclusive lifestyles. Open to applicants from 65 countries worldwide โ one of the most globally open placements in this batch, radio mic included.
๐ฌ๐ท Greece โ Creativity, Culture and Environmental Protection ๐ฟ
๐ Deadline: 3 August 2026
Join a cultural organisation in a seaside Greek town for a dynamic, solidarity-driven experience. Help reduce food waste by cooking for associations, tend a sustainable shared garden, join beach clean-ups and creative recycling workshops, run language cafรฉs, support artistic festivals, and create human-rights awareness campaigns. Open to residents of France โ solidarity work with the sea at the end of the street.
๐บ๏ธ Not sure if your country is eligible? The full list of ESC and Erasmus+ programme and partner countries โ including many outside the EU. Check eligibility โ
๐ช๐ธ Spain โ Behind the Scenes at a Historical Re-enactment Festival ๐๏ธ
๐ Deadline: 9 August 2026
Be the backbone of a massive historical festival that brings 20th-century history alive in a beautiful rural corner of Asturias. This hands-on logistics and setup project puts you behind the scenes: preparing settings, building immersive scenes with the crew, managing crowds, and keeping everything running smoothly during the public days. Open to applicants from 22 countries across Europe โ build a time machine, then watch thousands walk through it.
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia โ Day Care and Therapy for People with Disabilities ๐ด
๐ Deadline: 15 August 2026
Support a centre helping people with disabilities through day care, social activation and early care counselling. Assist service users in daily activities, help with therapeutic programmes like equine therapy, canistherapy and ergotherapy, lend a hand with practical tasks, and accompany users on walks and time in the garden. Open to applicants from 31 countries across Europe โ therapy with horses and dogs as your colleagues.
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland โ Children and Youth Services at a Community Centre โฝ
๐ Deadline: 15 August 2026
Join a children and youth services team empowering young people through personal, social, educational and emotional development. Support a variety of clubs and activities, from cooking, baking and sports to drop-ins, homework clubs, mentoring, summer camps and junior leadership, working within a trauma-informed, play-inspired and strengths-based approach. Open to residents of Italy โ serious youth-work methodology wrapped in play.
๐ซ "I'm not qualified enough." "I don't speak the language." Four common ESC myths โ and the facts that prove them wrong. Read the facts โ
๐ฎ๐น Italy โ Media and Communication at a Youth Office ๐ฑ
๐ Deadline: 17 August 2026
Join the media and communication team of an organisation running a youth information office that manages the ESC. Work in the office, keep the ESC Facebook, Instagram and blog alive with news and opportunities, support the organisation of intercultural events promoting solidarity and active citizenship, help communicate with volunteers abroad, and prepare promotional materials. Open to applicants from 29 countries across Europe โ promote the very programme you're living.
๐ต๐ฑ Poland โ Becoming Part of a Small Town Community ๐จ
๐ Deadline: 20 August 2026
In a small town near Wrocลaw, you'll quickly stop being "an international volunteer" and become part of local life. Work with residents, schools, cultural organisations, a senior home and the youth city council to co-create real social and cultural activities, from workshops for children, youth and seniors to intercultural integration, refugee support, concerts and local events. Open to applicants from 24 countries worldwide โ the town that adopts you by week two.
Seventeen fully funded ESC placements across 11 countries in a single batch โ and the range here runs from wildlife to social care to living history. Caretta Caretta nesting beaches on Tรผrkiye's Mediterranean coast, the backstage crew of a 20th-century re-enactment festival in rural Asturias, equine therapy and canistherapy in Czechia, rescued dogs at a northern Italian shelter, a sustainability project with radio editing open to 65 countries, trauma-informed youth clubs in Dublin, a seaside Greek town cooking against food waste, and a small town near Wrocลaw that turns volunteers into locals โ these are not opportunities you'll see grouped together again.
Italy leads with four placements spanning disability care, a dog shelter, sustainability radio and ESC communications, while France offers three roles in intercultural education and mobility support. The clock is tightest at the top: three placements โ Portimรฃo, Bulgaria's eco campaigns and Spain's organic farm โ move as soon as possible, the sea turtle project closes tomorrow, 6 July, and the two Italian roles follow on 7 July. From there the calendar breathes: the French trio on 15 July, Hungary and Italy's sustainability year on 31 July, then Greece, the Asturias festival, Czechia, Dublin and the Italian media office through August, with the Polish small-town placement closing the batch on 20 August. Choose yours before the early ones fill.
