From supporting the logistics and procurement behind an NGO's Gaza emergency response in Jordan and helping recently arrived young migrants find their feet in Luxembourg, to running chemistry, robotics and 3D-printing workshops for children in France, documenting rural life and legends in a Romanian village, managing the social media of a national portrait gallery in Hungary, and living two weeks in an inclusive outdoor workcamp in Germany — this batch of 15 fully funded ESC placements spans 10 countries and reaches from the Algarve to Amman.
Every ESC placement is fully funded — flight, accommodation, food, monthly pocket money and insurance. Deadlines run from 31 July to 31 August 2026, so most of these give you real time to plan.
What's in this batch:
15 ESC Volunteering Placements · 10 Countries · Deadlines from 31 July to 31 August 2026
🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
🇫🇷 France — Running Science Workshops for Children 🤖
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Turn simple things into amazing experiments. At a non-formal education centre you help the team run science workshops for children across chemistry, biology, physics, astronomy, robotics, multimedia and 3D printing, in schools and recreation centres, and you are welcome to propose your own activities too. Alongside it you join the daily life of the organisation and its work on mobility and European citizenship. There is real space to run a personal project and to build a shared one with a handful of other volunteers, all with the staff behind you. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇭🇷 🇮🇸 🇱🇻 🇲🇩 and 24 more — make science the most exciting hour of a kid's week.
🇯🇴 Jordan — Humanitarian Logistics and Procurement Support ✊
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Join the Jordan mission of an international NGO working for a fairer, more inclusive world, within a peace-focused project. Supporting the Logistics and Procurement team, you will help improve data accuracy and compliance on activities centred on the Gaza emergency response, gaining real, hands-on knowledge of humanitarian logistics, procurement, compliance and data management. You get a line manager and a field mentor throughout, plus pre-departure and on-arrival training and access to an e-learning platform. A serious step into humanitarian work, not a travel experience. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇮🇸 🇱🇹 🇲🇰 🇹🇷 and 26 more — the logistics backbone of a real emergency response.
🇪🇸 Spain — Running a Local Youth Centre with Teens 🎭
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Become part of a network of local youth centres, helping create a welcoming, safe and active space where teenagers can learn, meet others and develop new ideas. Your days involve supporting daily activities, organising workshops, games, cultural and community events, encouraging young people to take part, and helping with communication and creative projects. You work alongside experienced youth workers and other volunteers, with real freedom to develop your own ideas and lead activities around your interests, whether that is music, dance, theatre, sport, cooking or art. Open to applicants from 🇭🇷 🇫🇮 🇮🇪 🇱🇻 🇵🇹 and 18 more — your own passion becomes the after-school programme.
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🇬🇷 Greece — Supporting Unaccompanied Minors in Semi-Independent Living 🏠
📅 Deadline: 2 August 2026
Take an active part in supporting unaccompanied minors living in semi-autonomous apartments, within a certified programme of the migration authorities. The work blends non-formal education, experiential and cooking workshops and mentoring, all aimed at building individual and social skills, boosting self-confidence and helping young people find their place in social life. You will help organise English lessons tailored to the beneficiaries, run experiential workshops that nurture skills, artistic expression and personal growth, and set up creative activities that connect the young people with the local community. Open to applicants from 🇧🇪 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇵🇹 🇸🇪 and 3 more — steady mentorship for young people rebuilding alone.
🇩🇪 Germany — Inclusive Outdoor Workcamp with Nature and Handicrafts 🪵
📅 Deadline: 2 August 2026
Two weeks outdoors with people from across Europe. Work with natural stones and wood, try your hand at handicrafts, restore and beautify the terrain, help with shepherding and get stuck into the gardening. This one is made for people who like being outside, camping and swapping stories with others, and who want to shape the time together rather than just show up: bring your board games, your origami, your instruments, offer a workshop of your own, and expect music by the fire. If you love cooking, even better. Open to applicants from 🇧🇪 🇨🇿 🇭🇺 🇱🇹 🇸🇮 and 5 more — stone, wood, shepherding and music by the fire.
🇬🇷 Greece — Learning Through Play at a Youth Support Centre 🎲
📅 Deadline: 2 August 2026
Work closely with children, teenagers and young adults who have lived through difficult conditions, at a support centre that gives them stability, care and a sense of belonging. Your role is to strengthen them emotionally and socially through non-formal education and creative activities: experiential workshops that build self-expression, trust and self-confidence while developing individual skills, teamwork, language and new knowledge. You get training and mentoring in non-formal education methodologies and in child protection, with steady support from the staff so you feel ready in your role. Open to applicants from 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇳🇱 🇸🇪 and 3 more — play as the way back to trust and confidence.
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🇷🇴 Romania — Non-Formal Education for Children with Fewer Opportunities 🌻
📅 Deadline: 3 August 2026
Do you believe every child deserves a chance to experience something beyond the environment they grew up in? This project puts you in the middle of the process of building children's self-confidence and their sense of belonging, so they understand they have a role in their community and that they matter. Together you will develop projects strengthening the community culturally, socially and linguistically, with a special focus on the local area: giving children the chance to learn how to care for plants, animals and the forests around them. Ready for the challenge? Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇬🇷 🇭🇷 🇮🇪 🇹🇷 and 11 more — show a child a world bigger than the one they were born into.
🇵🇹 Portugal — Social Inclusion for Vulnerable People (Algarve) 💙
📅 Deadline: 10 August 2026
Support both office work and social inclusion in a community project in the Algarve. Help the team with daily activities and ongoing projects, promote ESC and Erasmus+ in schools and public spaces, and support disadvantaged children with homework and learning while designing and running educational workshops for them. You'll also contribute to social inclusion activities for vulnerable groups, including homeless people and those facing addiction, helping with food distribution and preparing food baskets for people in need. Open to residents of Italy — inclusion work across a whole community's most vulnerable.
🇵🇹 Portugal — Communication and Graphic Design 📱
📅 Deadline: 10 August 2026
Join the Image and Communication department of an organisation promoting youth participation in European projects and EU values. Design and produce communication materials, create and manage digital content like social media posts, videos and infographics, promote the visibility of ESC and Erasmus+ in schools and local communities, and plan communication activities for events and campaigns, all alongside a team working with international partners. A great fit for creative people who love design, content creation and social media. Open to residents of Italy — a design portfolio built for a pan-European mission.
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🇷🇴 Romania — Documenting Rural Life and Heritage 📸
📅 Deadline: 15 August 2026
Discover and document rural life in a Romanian village: meet people, take photos, learn recipes, and listen to stories and legends. Carry out light sociological research, gather audio, video, photo and written material, and help create and map hiking and biking trails linking local produce and places to see. Organise intercultural events to share your own culture with locals, edit and publish your materials online, and present your work, all while promoting rural heritage and sustainable values. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 and 25 more — a village's stories and recipes, saved through your lens.
🇭🇺 Hungary — Social Media Officer at a National Portrait Gallery 🖼️
📅 Deadline: 15 August 2026
Love history, painting or family tree research, and feel at home writing for social media? A national portrait gallery is looking for a volunteer to edit its social media and website content, help prepare publications and lend a hand with exhibitions. The team is small but strong, with a track record of great results working with young people from many different backgrounds. You get access to fascinating research material, a flexible schedule, room to build professional contacts and, especially for those from the field, the chance to publish your own work. Open to applicants from 🇭🇷 🇷🇴 🇷🇸 🇸🇰 🇺🇦 — history, portraits and a byline of your own.
🇪🇸 Spain — Democratic Participation and Wellbeing in a School Community 🎨
📅 Deadline: 15 August 2026
An education centre covering everything from early years through primary, secondary and vocational training is opening its doors to a volunteer, in a consortium with the town council and local schools. Together you will explore democratic participation in Europe and wellbeing at school through interdisciplinary themes of art, nature, culture and languages. They are looking for someone proactive who lives the values of respect, cares about things like recycling and the fight against global warming, takes mental health seriously and can inspire young people to see themselves as global citizens. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇩🇰 🇮🇪 🇳🇱 🇸🇪 and 5 more — democracy and wellbeing, woven through a whole school.
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🇪🇪 Estonia — Multicultural Kindergarten with Language Immersion 🌈
📅 Deadline: 30 August 2026
"A joyful, creative and brave child" is the motto, and this modern kindergarten runs nine groups of Estonian, Russian and international children to back it up. It values Estonian-language education rooted in local culture and folk traditions while introducing the customs of other nations through early language immersion, inclusive education that gives every child equal opportunities including support for special needs, and a multicultural everyday life where children of different nationalities enrich each other. If you love playing with kids and are curious about how children develop, this is your place. Open to applicants from 🇨🇾 🇭🇷 🇱🇮 🇲🇹 🇺🇦 and 24 more — nine groups, three languages, one joyful classroom.
🇫🇷 France — Youth Activities and European Mobility Promotion 🎪
📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026
Popular education in a genuinely intercultural setting. You will promote mobility and volunteering in Europe through meetings and events, host and run activities for young people during term time and school holidays, create educational materials, lend a hand on European projects, and co-organise a citizens' event for Europe Day. A team of professional activity leaders has your back, whether you want to run your own projects or build something together with them. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇦🇲 🇬🇪 🇱🇧 🇹🇷 and 60 more — one of the most globally open placements in this batch.
🇱🇺 Luxembourg — Supporting Young Refugees through Education and Inclusion 💙
📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026
Support the director and coordinator in running social inclusion programmes for refugees and migrants. The heart of it is a project for recently arrived young migrants aged 13 to 17, offering French lessons, orientation, individual support and access to social, educational and community activities. You will also contribute to solidarity French courses open to all beneficiaries and to a project that provides a safe, supportive space through psychosocial support and recreational activities. Day to day you welcome beneficiaries and volunteers, organise activities, handle registrations, prepare materials, coordinate logistics and keep everything running smoothly. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇫🇮 🇱🇮 🇵🇱 and 10 more — a soft landing for teenagers who've just arrived with nothing.
Fifteen fully funded ESC placements across 10 countries, from a national portrait gallery in Budapest to Gaza-response logistics in Amman. Humanitarian procurement in Jordan, young-refugee inclusion in Luxembourg, robotics and 3D-printing workshops for children in France, documenting rural legends in a Romanian village, and an inclusive outdoor workcamp in Germany — these are not opportunities you'll see grouped together again.
Support for people at the margins runs strongly through the batch — unaccompanied minors in Greece, young refugees in Luxembourg, vulnerable groups in the Algarve, and children with fewer opportunities in Romania — alongside more creative and educational roles in kindergartens, a portrait gallery and science workshops. France, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Romania each offer two placements. The first roles close on 31 July, and the calendar runs steadily through August to the French mobility and Luxembourg refugee placements on 31 August. Choose yours before the early ones fill.
