Thirteen fully funded European Solidarity Corps placements are open right now across 8 countries, and they reach from the Andes of Peru to a national park in the Slovenian Alps. 🌍 You could support a 50 year old development organisation in the highlands of Cusco, live and work on an agroforestry farm with 15,000 trees in Puglia, stand beside Ukrainian refugee youth at an educational hub in western Romania, care for adults with intellectual disabilities at a L'Arche community in France, or protect nature as a guardian of Slovenia's only national park. From a Peruvian development team to a Moroccan youth centre and a Bulgarian trash art workshop, this is a warm, hands on set of placements built around nature, care and community.
Every one of these thirteen 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. Two placements are limited to residents of a specific country, and those are flagged below. Eight are open on a rolling basis and close as soon as enough good applications arrive, while the rest run through late August.
What's in this batch:
13 Fully Funded ESC Volunteering Placements · 8 Countries · Deadlines from "As Soon As Possible" to 28 August 2026
🩷 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
🇵🇪 Peru: Territorial Research and Sustainable Development in the Andes ⛰️
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Support a 50 year old development organisation in the Andean highlands of Cusco. Alongside the technical team and local stakeholders, you contribute to a participatory territorial assessment: field visits to rural communities, data collection, interviews, participatory workshops, reports and communication materials, and documenting good practices. Real experience in sustainable, community based development. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇹🇷 🇪🇸 and 26 more. Development work at 3,000 metres, done with the community.
🇵🇪 Peru: Communication for Development in the Andes 📱
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Boost the communications of the same 50 year old development organisation in the highlands of Cusco. Working with the Communications Officer, you help create communication materials, website and social media content, storytelling and field documentation, strengthening the organisation's digital presence and the visibility of its programmes. Hands on strategic and institutional communications for social impact. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇹🇷 🇷🇴 and 26 more. Tell the story of the Andes to the world.
🇮🇹 Italy: Agroforestry, Permaculture and Communication on a Regen Farm 🌱
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Live and work on an agroforestry farm in Puglia with over 15,000 fruit trees, shrubs and gardens. Alongside communication and social media tasks, you learn permaculture design, how to manage a food forest through pruning and organic matter, plant nursery building, and soil regeneration through composting and biofertilisers. Hands on agroecology in a close knit community. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇭🇷 and 16 more. 15,000 trees, and you learning to tend them.
📋 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 →
🇮🇹 Italy: Eco-Building and Regeneration on an Agroforestry Farm 🔨
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Bring your hands and mind to build new structures on the same Puglia agroforestry farm with over 15,000 trees and plants. The focus is eco building and natural construction, alongside permaculture design, managing a food forest through pruning, plant nursery work and soil regeneration through composting and biofertilisers. Practical agroecology and carpentry in a tight community. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇮🇪 and 18 more. Build something that grows for decades.
🇷🇴 Romania: Solidarity and Support for Refugee Youth 🤝
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Come together with international volunteers to make a real difference for young people affected by displacement. At a Ukrainian Educational Hub in western Romania, you run non formal education workshops, intercultural exchanges, creative arts and community events, helping refugee youth and others with fewer opportunities feel seen, welcomed and connected. A shared journey of solidarity, friendship and action. Open to applicants from 🇫🇷 🇬🇪 🇲🇩 🇷🇴 🇺🇦. Stand beside young people who lost home.
🇷🇴 Romania: Bringing Ukrainian and Romanian Youth Together 🌍
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Support a Ukrainian Educational Hub in western Romania as part of an ESC team. You offer extracurricular and non formal activities that bring Ukrainian kids and teens together with Romanian youth, building competences in a safe, welcoming space. The project supports young Ukrainians and their families through the challenges of cultural differences and language barriers, giving them essential support and a real sense of belonging. Open to applicants from 🇬🇪 🇲🇩 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇺🇦. Two communities, one welcoming space.
✍️ Last minute motivation letter? Here's how to write one that actually gets read, and remembered. Read the guide →
🇫🇷 France: Day Support with Adults with Intellectual Disabilities 💛
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Join a L'Arche community in southern France to support people with intellectual disabilities in their daytime activities. You take part in artistic and manual workshops, outings and relaxation time, build genuine relationships at each person's own pace, and contribute your own talents like music, adapted sport, DIY or gardening. A stable, gentle presence within a caring team, discovering the medico social sector from the inside. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 🇬🇷 and 1 more. Presence, at each person's own pace.
🇵🇱 Poland: Sharing Culture and Language at a Municipal Kindergarten 🧸
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Bring an intercultural spark to a municipal kindergarten for children aged 3 to 6 in northern Masovia. You assist teachers with didactic and outdoor activities, free play, art, excursions and daily routines, and there is real space for your own initiative: workshops and presentations introducing your culture and language, and teaching English informally through games. Open to applicants from 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 🇭🇷 🇺🇦 and 24 more. Your culture, taught through play.
💡 What do organisations actually look for in an ESC volunteer? Skills, values, attitude, what makes a strong profile. Read the guide →
🇫🇷 France: Youth Engagement and European Projects Ambassador, Lyon 🌱
📅 Deadline: 29 July 2026
Join a non formal education association in Lyon as an ambassador for youth engagement and ecological and social transition. You take part in forums, organise workshops and develop community life, join a monthly Erasmus+ youth participation project on mental health and empowerment, help run an international workcamp in a nature park, and engage with European projects on youth resilience in the climate crisis. Working with young people aged 15 to 30. ⚠️ Open to residents of Italy. Be the bridge between youth and Europe's big questions.
🇲🇦 Morocco: Supporting Children and Youth for Peace and Inclusion 🕊️
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Support a local association working with children and young people in eastern Morocco to build civic engagement and active participation. At a centre for children and adolescents in difficult situations, you run workshops like games, art, theatre, digital skills, drawing, cinema, sports and languages, and help with learning support and extracurricular activities in nearby schools and youth centres. Themes span rights, democracy, equality, tolerance, peace and the fight against violence. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇹🇷 🇪🇸 and 26 more. Peace education, one workshop at a time.
🇷🇴 Romania: After-School Environmental Clubs for Rural Children 🌿
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Organise after school activities for children in villages near a town in the Romanian Carpathians, with a focus on the environment. Through non formal education and playful activities, you help children build social, English language and digital skills, mixing group work with individual attention. A meaningful chance to support rural children's personal and educational growth. ⚠️ Open to residents of Spain. Give rural kids a reason to love learning.
🗺️ 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 →
🇧🇬 Bulgaria: Youth Workshops, Language and Environment ♻️
📅 Deadline: 16 August 2026
Work hands on with young people in a small Bulgarian town. You run youth club and creative workshops including trash art, lead informal English sessions, and organise volunteering and clean up campaigns to protect the environment. You will also promote Erasmus+ and volunteering, help with cultural events, join sports and hiking, and even plan your own personal project. Open to applicants from 🇦🇲 🇪🇬 🇬🇪 🇱🇻 🇲🇩. Trash art, English clubs and clean rivers.
🇸🇮 Slovenia: Guardians of Triglav National Park 🏔️
📅 Deadline: 28 August 2026
Protect nature in Slovenia's only national park as part of a 10 volunteer team. After training on nature conservation and invasive species, you join field observations, biodiversity monitoring, habitat and trail maintenance, invasive species management and restoration, plus awareness raising and educational materials, all with the park's guidance. Alpine fieldwork with real impact. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇫🇷 🇭🇷 and 25 more. Guard the Alps, and mean it.
Thirteen placements, eight countries, one shared promise: your travel, housing, food, insurance and pocket money are covered, so all you bring is yourself. The reach beyond Europe stands out, with two development placements in the Peruvian Andes and peace work with children in eastern Morocco. Nature anchors much of the rest, from two agroforestry roles on a 15,000 tree farm in Puglia to guarding Triglav National Park in Slovenia and running environmental clubs in the Romanian Carpathians. And care holds the heart of it, across a L'Arche community in France, a kindergarten in Poland, and two placements standing beside Ukrainian refugee youth in Romania. Two placements are limited to residents of a specific country, so check those first. Eight are open on a rolling basis and close as soon as they fill, while the rest run into late August. Find the one that sounds like your next year, and get your application in while the place is still there.
