Agrupamento de Escolas Terras do Ave
Pedome, Portugal
⭐️ Activity Title
Volunteering Team - School Welcoming Week
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🔷 Activity Details
Description
This volunteering activity aims to create a warm and inclusive environment for students at the start of the academic year. Volunteers will work as a team to design and run engaging workshops focused on empathy, integration, and mutual support during the "Empathy and Welcome Week." Additionally, the team will develop international-themed activities and materials to celebrate diversity and help every student feel welcome from day one.
Main tasks:
Prepare and facilitate workshops: Create and deliver diverse, engaging workshops for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-cycle students during Empathy and Welcome Week (held in the first week of the school year).
Develop international welcome materials: Create and organize international-themed activities and resources to welcome and integrate students into the school.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Volunteers will stay in a fully equipped house with shared same-gender bedrooms, 15 minutes by bus from the school. Accommodation and weekday canteen lunches are arranged by host organization AETA under the ESC project. Participants receive a €6/day food allowance and €6/day pocket money, managed by the lead organization, which also handles travel reimbursements. Arrival is via Porto Airport, traveling to Vila Nova de Famalicão and taking a local bus to Oliveira S. Mateus, followed by a 5-minute walk.
Training during the activity
Volunteers will receive a full reception and integration into the local context, alongside structured guidance on their weekly work plan. To ensure a valuable experience, continuous support is provided for intercultural learning and reflection. Additionally, mentors will monitor overall participation and handle communication with project partners whenever needed throughout the project.
Participant profile
Culturally engaged, creative, active and open-minded; Team-oriented, responsible and open to new experiences; Able to communicate in English at a functional level; Solution-oriented, tolerant, organised and respectful of organisational rules; Motivated to work with different target audiences, including children, families and adults; Interested in community volunteering and willing to take responsibility; Open to learning, training and intercultural experience; With competences appropriate to the activities assigned.
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🔑 Key Information
Activity dates
From 10/09/2026 to 23/09/2026
Activity location
Avenida de S. Pedro, 956, Pedome, Portugal
Activity type
Volunteering teams
Looking for participants from
Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain
Activity topics
Social challenges
Environment and natural protection
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 21/08/2026 18:00
Project code
2026-1-PT02-ESC51-VTJ-000402206
🔗 Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/53810_en
