Fourteen fully funded European Solidarity Corps placements are open right now across 7 countries, and they reach from a Kenyan model farm to a protected French coastal bay. You could be teaching climate smart farming to small scale farmers in western Kenya, working as a waste and biodiversity ambassador along one of France's most beautiful bays, running food sustainability workshops at a lively cultural space in Italy, supporting young migrants building new lives in the Basque Country, or bringing an intercultural breeze into Estonian kindergartens. From a Milan youth centre to a village school in the Great Poland countryside, this is a warm, varied set of placements built almost entirely around people, children and the planet.
Every one of these fourteen placements is a European Solidarity Corps opportunity, which means the funding is real: travel within the usual distance bands, accommodation, food, local transport, insurance, pocket money, a mentor and language support are all covered, for volunteers aged 18 to 30. One placement is limited to residents of a specific country, and that is flagged below. The deadlines run from 26 July to 14 September 2026.
What's in this batch:
14 Fully Funded ESC Volunteering Placements · 7 Countries · Deadlines from 26 July to 14 September 2026
🩷 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
🇮🇹 Italy: Youth Centre QR52 for Local Teenagers 🎨
📅 Deadline: 26 July 2026
Join a Milan youth centre where local teenagers aged 13 to 18 gather after school to socialise, learn and grow in a safe, welcoming space. As a volunteer you support and inspire them through varied activities: helping with homework and study, assisting creative workshops on citizenship, music and art, supporting sports and recreation, proposing new ideas to involve the local community, sharing your ESC experience and European opportunities, and accompanying groups on summer camps, trips and holidays. A great fit for someone patient, creative and eager to bond with young people. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇫🇷 🇭🇷 and 21 more. A Milan neighbourhood's after school heart.
🇩🇪 Germany: After School Day Care for School Children 🎒
📅 Deadline: 30 July 2026
Support a day care centre for school children who arrive by bus after school, get a freshly cooked warm meal, work on their homework with support, and then spend their leisure time in various themed spaces. The centre's whole idea is to show children positive, self determined ways to spend free time and to learn creatively and actively, with possibilities across creative, household, sport and practical areas. A warm, hands on placement for anyone who enjoys working with children and taking initiative. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇽🇰 🇺🇦 and 30 more. Afternoons that turn into real childhoods.
🇰🇪 Kenya: Sustainable Farming and Environmental Expert 🌱
📅 Deadline: 10 August 2026
Strengthen farmer incomes, food security and resilience in a Kenyan farming region. Working in resource centres, model farms and directly with small scale farmers, you will support sustainable agriculture, climate adaptation and income diversification through soil conservation, reduced pesticide use, soil regeneration and vertical vegetable gardening. You will help farmers build digital skills like record keeping, invoicing and weather forecasting tools, and support tree planting, nursery management and seedling distribution with schools, community leaders and women's and youth groups. Real ecological restoration with strong local ownership. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇹🇷 🇪🇸 and 26 more. Farming knowledge that changes real incomes.
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🇪🇪 Estonia: Intercultural Kindergarten and Preschool Work 🧸
📅 Deadline: 10 August 2026
Support two schools, one in the capital and one in a smaller town, with similar tasks in each: assisting teachers in caring for the children, joining animation activities indoors and out, organising sessions that introduce your own culture and language, helping with formal and informal educational activities, and maintaining and decorating the spaces. The aim is to bring an intercultural breeze into institutions that have little international contact, and for you it is a real chance to grow personally and professionally in a context very different from home. ⚠️ Open to residents of Italy. Bring the world to a classroom that rarely sees it.
🇰🇪 Kenya: Climate Adaptation and Sustainable Agriculture 🌍
📅 Deadline: 10 August 2026
Work in a farming region of western Kenya that depends on agriculture yet is regularly hit by seasonal flooding, hurting food security and stability. Based at two resource centres, you will help community members raise awareness of climate change adaptation, promote climate smart agricultural practices, and lead tree planting campaigns to reduce flooding's impact, restore degraded land and improve long term productivity. You will also organise community workshops and school outreach on sustainable land use, soil and water conservation. Environmental resilience, hands on and people centred. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇹🇷 🇬🇷 and 26 more. Meet the climate crisis where it bites hardest.
🇮🇹 Italy: Food Sustainability and Culture at the ASK Space 🍽️
📅 Deadline: 12 August 2026
Promote new environmental, social and economic sustainability starting from a critical look at how we consume food. Through bottom up food education workshops open to everyone, the aim is to build a culture of food sustainability that avoids waste and consumerism, and to support an innovative civic food network creating short, ethical and environmentally respectful supply chains. The work is hosted at ASK, a new multifunctional space for relationships and culture, alive with concerts, book presentations, author meetings, talks, tastings, workshops, intercultural nights and language tandems. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇪🇪 and 6 more. Rethink food, in a space that never sits still.
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🇫🇷 France: Youth Support at a Community Social Centre 🤝
📅 Deadline: 15 August 2026
Join a federation of social centres built on human dignity, solidarity and democracy, based at a community centre open to all local residents. The centre strengthens social ties and supports families and young people in their everyday projects and initiatives, following a popular education approach that helps residents become active participants in their community. As a volunteer you bring your own ideas, support youth projects and get involved in the daily life of the centre, with real room to develop your own initiative. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇭🇷 🇪🇪 and 13 more. A centre where the whole neighbourhood belongs.
🇮🇹 Italy: Inclusion and Social Work with People with Disabilities 💙
📅 Deadline: 17 August 2026
Learn about social work and the inclusion of people with disabilities at a centre that runs a residential centre, small apartments, a daily centre and even a social chicken coop. You will support inclusion across daily life and join a rich mix of creative workshops in leather, sewing, mosaics, embroidery and ceramics, plus pet therapy activities. Working in an international team with volunteers from different countries, you get an Italian course and specific trainings on multiculturalism and volunteering. A warm placement for anyone drawn to social work and inclusion. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇬🇱 🇮🇪 and 24 more. Inclusion work, right down to the chicken coop.
🇮🇹 Italy: Homework Support and Workshops for Children 🎒
📅 Deadline: 17 August 2026
Work at an educational centre for children in Forlì, where your main days are made of helping with homework and creating workshops and games for the kids. Alongside the hands on work with children you learn how to work in a team and manage a project, get an Italian course to build or improve the language, and take part in trainings on multiculturalism and volunteering. A warm, straightforward placement for anyone who wants an amazing experience working with children. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇬🇱 🇱🇻 and 24 more. Simple, warm, and all about the kids.
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🇫🇷 France: European Citizenship at a Youth Information Centre 🇪🇺
📅 Deadline: 17 August 2026
Join the team of a youth information centre that supports young people aged 11 to 30 with information, guidance and space to develop their projects. As a volunteer you promote European citizenship and international mobility, help organise youth activities, support young people's own initiatives, take part in local events, and contribute to solidarity actions including a student food aid programme. You will also share your culture, language and experiences with young people and local partners. A well supported role for anyone curious about Europe and youth work. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇱🇻 🇮🇪 and 21 more. Help young people find their next step.
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🇵🇱 Poland: Teaching Assistant at a Village School and Kindergarten 🎒
📅 Deadline: 13 September 2026
A small school and kindergarten in the Great Poland countryside is looking for someone with a real passion for education. You will assist in classes and school activities, prepare materials and decorations, and join events in the local community. The team here believes in comprehensive education that mixes traditional teaching with non formal, practical and interdisciplinary methods, built around each child individually and on close cooperation between teachers, parents and children. There is also space to share your own interests and passions with the kids. Open to applicants from 🇦🇲 🇮🇪 🇱🇻 🇲🇹 🇹🇷 and 28 more. Village education, with room for your passions.
🇪🇸 Spain: Socio Educational Work with Children and Young People 🎨
📅 Deadline: 13 September 2026
Support children, adolescents and young people through socio educational activities rooted in non formal education. You will help plan, run and evaluate workshops, educational leisure activities and community initiatives that push participation, inclusion, creativity and personal development, and depending on your interests you may also work on projects with older adults and families, sparking intergenerational learning. On top of that you will help promote the European Solidarity Corps and Erasmus+ by creating communication materials, sharing your experience and joining info sessions, becoming a real member of the local community along the way. Open to applicants from 🇭🇷 🇫🇮 🇲🇰 🇳🇴 🇷🇴 and 23 more. From children to grandparents, all in one role.
🇪🇸 Spain: Supporting Young Migrants through Non Formal Education 🌍
📅 Deadline: 13 September 2026
Join a community based project supporting young migrants in vulnerable situations as they build new lives in the Basque Country. Working alongside educators at a reception centre, you will organise educational and leisure activities, support Spanish language practice, run workshops and community events, accompany young people to cultural and social activities, and help the educational team plan and evaluate. Continuous support comes with it: on arrival guidance, a personal mentor, daily backing from the team, regular reflection sessions and online language support. Open to applicants from 🇭🇷 🇮🇸 🇱🇹 🇲🇰 🇷🇸 and 26 more. Walk beside young people starting over.
🇫🇷 France: Waste and Biodiversity Ambassador in a Coastal Bay ♻️
📅 Deadline: 14 September 2026
Protect one of the country's most beautiful natural areas while getting people to shift their habits. Joining a team of twelve volunteers, you will raise awareness about waste sorting, reduction and recycling, run workshops and interactive activities in schools, youth centres and public events, meet residents through outreach at markets, festivals, neighbourhoods and door to door campaigns, take part in clean ups, tree planting and biodiversity projects, and promote responsible tourism by creating educational tools. Training comes with it: environmental awareness, educational methods, public speaking and first aid. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇪🇪 🇮🇸 🇲🇹 and 23 more. Guard a beautiful bay, and change habits for good.
Fourteen placements, seven countries, one shared promise: your travel, housing, food, insurance and pocket money are covered, so all you bring is yourself. A strong thread runs through children and education, from a Milan youth centre and a German after school centre to Estonian kindergartens, an Italian homework centre in Forlì and a Polish village school. The planet anchors another group, spanning two Kenyan placements on climate smart farming, food sustainability in Italy and a waste and biodiversity ambassador role on a French coast. And inclusion holds the rest, from social work with people with disabilities in Italy to supporting young migrants in the Basque Country and youth work at a French community centre. One placement is limited to residents of Italy, so check that first. The deadlines run from 26 July to 14 September 2026. Find the one that sounds like your next year, and get your application in while the place is still there.
