75 Ways to Volunteer Abroad Fully Funded: 23 Countries, 3 Continents, Closing 17 to 25 August 🌍

Volunteer abroad fully funded, and this time you are spoiled for choice: 75 European Solidarity Corps placements are closing between 17 and 25 August 2026, across 23 countries on 3 continents. Every single one is fully funded, covering your travel, accommodation, food, insurance and a monthly allowance. The map alone is extraordinary. You could be caring for donkeys on a Caribbean island in Aruba, promoting gender equality in the highlands of Guatemala, training women in tailoring in a Kampala slum, living off-grid in a Greek permaculture community, photographing butterflies at a museum in Italy, or fighting for Roma rights through media in Zagreb. There is a huge amount of social-care and inclusion work, a strong run of youth-centre and community placements, plenty of media and communication roles, and a whole cluster of environmental and rural-living projects. Whatever kind of experience you are chasing, and wherever in the world you want it, there is almost certainly a placement here shaped like your life.

This is the widest single round we have ever gathered, so the way to use it is simple: skim for the theme or the country that pulls at you, then check two things. First, duration: some placements are just a few weeks, others run a full year. Second, eligibility: most welcome applicants from across Europe and its neighbours, but several are open only to residents of a specific country, and a couple list a specific set, so always read the eligibility line before you apply. These suit students, recent graduates, gap-year travellers and anyone between projects who wants a season abroad that actually means something.

Here is what fully funded means in the European Solidarity Corps: your travel is reimbursed up to a distance-based grant (which stretches to cover long-haul placements in Aruba, Guatemala and Uganda too), and once you arrive your accommodation, food, local transport, insurance, language support and a mentor are all provided, with monthly pocket money set by the host country. You are not paying to volunteer. To take part you need to be aged 18 to 30 (18 to 35 for the Humanitarian Aid strand), legally resident in an eligible country, and registered on the ESC Portal. New to how it all works? Our full guide walks you through it, including exactly what is funded, at youthworkshub.org/esc. The list below is ordered soonest-first, so start at the top and do not leave the earliest to the last minute.

What's in this batch:

75 Fully Funded ESC Placements · 23 Countries · 3 Continents · Closing 17 to 25 August 2026

🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities

Closing 17 August

1. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🇪🇺 Promoting European Values and Youth Mobility 📱 · 📅 17 Aug

Co-design educational resources and run workshops on Europe, active citizenship and mobility, represent the association at festivals, and create social media content. Open to applicants from 25 countries across Europe. Apply here →

2. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 📱 Media and Communication at a Youth Office 🌍 · 📅 17 Aug

Keep an ESC youth office's Facebook, Instagram and blog alive with opportunities, support intercultural events, and prepare promotional materials. Open to applicants from 29 countries across Europe. Apply here →

3. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🧒 Youth Support, Sport and Inclusion ⚽ · 📅 17 Aug

Choose between supporting children and refugees through non-formal education and mobility, or promoting sport and wellbeing, working with people aged 6 to 80 in a spa town in the south-west. Open to applicants from 26 countries across Europe. Apply here →

4. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 💙 Inclusion and Social Work with People with Disabilities 🎨 · 📅 17 Aug

Support inclusion across a residential centre, apartments, a daily centre and a social chicken coop, joining creative workshops in leather, mosaics and ceramics plus pet therapy. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇬🇱 🇮🇪 and 24 more. Apply here →

5. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🎒 Homework Support and Workshops for Children 🎨 · 📅 17 Aug

Help with homework and create workshops and games for children at an educational centre in Forlì, with an Italian course and trainings included. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇬🇱 🇱🇻 and 24 more. Apply here →

6. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🇪🇺 European Citizenship at a Youth Information Centre 🌍 · 📅 17 Aug

Promote European citizenship and mobility for young people aged 11 to 30, support their initiatives and a student food-aid programme, and share your culture. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇱🇻 🇮🇪 and 21 more. Apply here →

7. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 🌍 Intercultural Community Work 🤝 · 📅 17 Aug

Manage social media, support office work and community activities with disadvantaged groups in Barcelos, a 120-day adventure with an international team. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 and 25 more. Apply here →

8. 🇦🇼 ESC Volunteering in Aruba 🐴 Donkey Sanctuary and Nature Care 🌴 · 📅 17 Aug

Care for donkeys on a sunny Caribbean island: daily animal care, reserve upkeep, welcoming visitors and educational activities with schools. An unforgettable 8-week experience. Open to residents of Italy. Apply here →

9. 🇷🇴 ESC Volunteering in Romania 🤝 Supporting Ukrainian Refugees in Timișoara 💙 · 📅 17 Aug

Lead art therapy for refugee children, offer language support, and help at a winter camp and the Timișoara Refugee Art Festival, with a strong gender-equality focus. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 and 25 more. Apply here →

10. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🦋 Communication for a Butterfly House Museum 📸 · 📅 17 Aug

Handle the photo and video storytelling of a Butterfly House in Bordano: shooting, editing, social media and design. A dream for anyone who loves nature and cameras. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 19 more. Apply here →

11. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🌱 Ecological Gardening and Rural Community Work 🏔️ · 📅 17 Aug

Connect with nature and community in a mountain village north of Madrid: social animation for children and elderly, youth work in schools, and street youth work. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 26 more. Apply here →

12. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🐄 Ecofarm Life & Solidarity Meals with Food for Life 🌱 · 📅 17 Aug

Care for land and animals at an ecofarm in Savona, bake in the pastry lab and distribute meals to the homeless. A simple, sustainable way of living. Open to applicants from 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 19 more. Apply here →

13. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🏔️ Youth and Community Work in the Mountains 🌍 · 📅 17 Aug

Support social animation for children in Puentes Viejas, help teachers at a high school with language lessons and a radio workshop, and promote international opportunities. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 27 more. Apply here →

14. 🇸🇰 ESC Volunteering in Slovakia ⛪ Long-Term Youth Work in a Catholic Community 🎨 · 📅 17 Aug

Support youth work, camps and community centres with VIAC in Trstená, and put your creative skills into posters, videos and content, over a full year. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 27 more. Apply here →

15. 🇸🇰 ESC Volunteering in Slovakia ⛪ Youth Work in a Catholic Community in the Mountains 🏔️ · 📅 17 Aug

Help run a youth centre, support camps and community centres and lead activities for young people in the Slovak mountains with VIAC. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 27 more. Apply here →

16. 🇺🇬 ESC Volunteering in Uganda 🧵 Fashion & Knitting Trainer for Women's Empowerment 💪 · 📅 17 Aug

Train disadvantaged girls and women in Kampala in fashion design, tailoring and knitting, run exhibitions and give financial-literacy training. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and 26 more. Apply here →

17. 🇷🇸 ESC Volunteering in Serbia 🚀 Youth Skills & Career Mentoring in Novi Pazar 💼 · 📅 17 Aug

Mentor youth from vulnerable communities: strengths, goals, CVs, interview prep and soft-skills workshops. No career-counseling background needed. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and 26 more. Apply here →

18. 🇷🇸 ESC Volunteering in Serbia 📊 MEAL Assistant for Humanitarian Projects in Novi Pazar 🤝 · 📅 17 Aug

Support monitoring and evaluation on real humanitarian projects: survey data, indicators, focus groups and documentation for displaced people and vulnerable families. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and 26 more. Apply here →

Closing 18 August

19. 🇬🇷 ESC Volunteering in Greece 🌿 Permaculture and Eco-Community Life 🌻 · 📅 18 Aug

Live off-grid on a 45-day project near Larissa: regenerative agriculture, natural building, a Forest School and Community Café. Learning by doing at its best. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 and 32 more. Apply here →

20. 🇭🇷 ESC Volunteering in Croatia ✊ Roma Rights and Media Activism 📣 · 📅 18 Aug

Write for a Roma portal and podcast, run school workshops and street actions, counter hate speech and shape your own projects for minority rights in Zagreb. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇹🇷 and 36 more. Apply here →

21. 🇧🇪 ESC Volunteering in Belgium 🎭 Youth House Activities and Animation 🤝 · 📅 18 Aug

Support young people aged 12 to 26 at a lively youth house in Ciney: workshops, projects, outings and holiday camps. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 and 22 more. Apply here →

22. 🇷🇸 ESC Volunteering in Serbia 🤝 Project Assistant for Social Inclusion in Belgrade 📋 · 📅 18 Aug

Assist the project manager with communication, admin and proposal writing for projects helping homeless people, minorities and care leavers with ADRA Serbia. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and 26 more. Apply here →

23. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye ⛑️ Disaster-Ready Communities Team Project in Yozgat 🌍 · 📅 18 Aug

Train for 30 days with a team of 10 on disaster preparedness, first aid and search and rescue, then run awareness campaigns for the community. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 32 more. Apply here →

Closing 19 August

24. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 💛 Community Life with People with Disabilities and Families 🤝 · 📅 19 Aug

Contribute to daily activities in welcoming communities supporting adults with disabilities, mothers and children, with strong tutor, mentor and language support. Open to applicants from 🇭🇷 🇫🇮 🇮🇪 🇱🇻 🇵🇹 and 20 more. Apply here →

25. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🤝 Social Inclusion for Migrants and Children 🌍 · 📅 19 Aug

Support the migrant and education programmes of a social-action NGO in northern Spain, helping children, adolescents and families and joining community actions. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇫🇷 🇭🇷 and 21 more. Apply here →

26. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🌳 Protecting Environment & Biodiversity in Carcassonne 🌱 · 📅 19 Aug

Plant trees and hedges by day and run environmental education in schools and disadvantaged neighbourhoods with Unis-Cité, in a team of eight. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 21 more. Apply here →

Closing 20 August

27. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🤝 Becoming Part of a Small Town Community 🎨 · 📅 20 Aug

Co-create social and cultural activities with residents, schools, a senior home and the youth city council in a small town near Wrocław. Open to applicants from 24 countries worldwide. Apply here →

28. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🌍 Intercultural Youth Work and Camps 🎪 · 📅 20 Aug

Support intercultural projects, seminars and camps with a youth non-profit in Stuttgart, with the chance to lead a summer camp and gain a youth-leader certification. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇵🇱 and 24 more. Apply here →

29. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🎒 Non-Formal Education at a Primary School 🌍 · 📅 20 Aug

Run clubs, bilingual English classes, eTwinning projects and a students' council at a primary school in one of Poland's oldest cities, plus a summer project. Open to applicants from 🇦🇲 🇭🇷 🇱🇻 🇲🇪 🇹🇷 and 29 more. Apply here →

30. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🏛️ Culture and Active Citizenship in Matera 🌍 · 📅 20 Aug

Promote active citizenship, inclusion and intercultural dialogue with a youth organisation in Matera, working with schools, institutions and cultural events. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇭🇷 and 14 more. Apply here →

31. 🇸🇰 ESC Volunteering in Slovakia 🎬 Independent Culture, Photo, Video and Tech 🎨 · 📅 20 Aug

Choose tech support or photo, video and design at two independent cultural centres in Žilina, powering 300+ events a year, for a full year. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 and 22 more. Apply here →

32. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🐾 Animal Behaviour and One Health 🐕 · 📅 20 Aug

Support therapy sessions for cats and dogs at Ankara University's Animal Behaviour Clinic and learn how human communication shapes animal behaviour. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇹🇷 and 60 more. Apply here →

33. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🤝 Supporting Refugees in Genoa 🌍 · 📅 20 Aug

Help manage residents' flats, run integration activities and support legal, health and job-market pathways for refugees in the historic heart of Genoa. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 and 17 more. Apply here →

34. 🇭🇷 ESC Volunteering in Croatia 🏎️ Culture in Motion with a Model Car Race 🏁 · 📅 20 Aug

Help kids build and race model cars, run English and German workshops, and join activities with children, elderly and foreign workers in Zagreb. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇭🇷 🇩🇪 🇵🇱 🇸🇰 and 2 more. Apply here →

35. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🌱 Social Farming & Inclusion in Rural Viterbo 🤝 · 📅 20 Aug

Work across a social farm, a daily centre and a migration centre with Muovimente in Viterbo. Hands-on, human and challenging, over a year. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 24 more. Apply here →

36. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🌍 Standing Beside Unaccompanied Minors in Genoa 🤝 · 📅 20 Aug

Support educators with daily life, games and workshops for 16 unaccompanied foreign minors at a residential centre in Genoa. Open to applicants from 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 and 16 more. Apply here →

37. 🇧🇬 ESC Volunteering in Bulgaria 🌍 Empowering Displaced Ukrainian Youth in Sofia 💪 · 📅 20 Aug

Join a team of five helping displaced Ukrainian youth rebuild their lives through web, social media, fundraising and employability workshops, over 37 days. Open to residents of Ukraine. Apply here →

38. 🇧🇬 ESC Volunteering in Bulgaria 📸 Communications & Media for Ukrainian Communities in Sofia 🎬 · 📅 20 Aug

Create photo and video content, manage TikTok and social media and design materials supporting displaced Ukrainian communities over ten months. Open to residents of Ukraine. Apply here →

39. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🌿 Renovating a Rural Farmhouse at Cascina EUtopia 🔨 · 📅 20 Aug

Join 17 volunteers for 38 days of renovation, upcycling and community life in Piedmont, turning a farmhouse into an inclusive space for vulnerable youth. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 11 more. Apply here →

40. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 💜 Supporting Young Girls in a Residential Community in Genoa 🤝 · 📅 20 Aug

Support the staff at residential centres for young girls with Buon Pastore in Genoa, preparing activities, joining outings and sharing daily life. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 23 more. Apply here →

41. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🌍 Two Months of Youth & Community Work in Yozgat 🎨 · 📅 20 Aug

Run workshops, language clubs, sports and awareness campaigns and create media content with SORGED in Sorgun, over two months in Anatolia. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 35 more. Apply here →

42. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🎨 Teens, Sport & Inclusion at a Milan Youth Center ⚽ · 📅 20 Aug

Work with teenagers from disadvantaged and immigrant backgrounds at the Tempo per il Barrio youth center in Milan: after-school help, sport, arts and intercultural events. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 24 more. Apply here →

43. 🇷🇴 ESC Volunteering in Romania 💼 Career Guidance & Youth Space Support in Târgoviște 🌱 · 📅 20 Aug

Support youth with CVs, interview prep and finding opportunities and help run the "Horizons" youth space with Be You in Târgoviște. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 20 more. Apply here →

Closing 21 August

44. 🇸🇮 ESC Volunteering in Slovenia 🌟 Living and Working with Adults with Intellectual Disabilities at L'Arche Barka 🌳 · 📅 21 Aug

Join workshops, group therapies and shared life with adults with intellectual disabilities in a L'Arche community. Basic Slovenian, Croatian or English required. Apply here →

45. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🌱 Youth Activities and Sustainable Development near Paris ♻️ · 📅 21 Aug

Run sustainability workshops and a permaculture garden, support European mobility and promote active citizenship at a youth service near Paris. Open to applicants from 26 countries across Europe. Apply here →

46. 🇬🇹 ESC Volunteering in Guatemala ⚖️ Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment ✊ · 📅 21 Aug

Develop training for women in rural highland communities, run workshops on new masculinities and organise awareness events, in a long-term humanitarian placement. Open to applicants from 31 countries across Europe. Apply here →

47. 🇬🇹 ESC Volunteering in Guatemala 📹 Communication and Community Awareness 📣 · 📅 21 Aug

Create educational materials, sensitise indigenous communities on gender and women's rights, and produce videos and infographics in the Guatemalan highlands. Open to applicants from 31 countries across Europe. Apply here →

48. 🇬🇹 ESC Volunteering in Guatemala 🌽 Food Security and Community Nutrition 🤝 · 📅 21 Aug

Deliver family-farming and agroecology training, run nutrition research and strengthen community health strategy, prioritising women's participation. Open to applicants from 31 countries across Europe. Apply here →

49. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🎲 Games and Play at a Community Center 🧩 · 📅 21 Aug

Lead games and play activities for children and all ages at a social centre near Paris, using board games to build social connection. Open to residents of Spain. Apply here →

50. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🐣 Kindergarten Life in the Upper Lusatian Countryside 🌳 · 📅 21 Aug

Support the educational team at a rural kindergarten through creative, musical and nature-based activities, with room for your own projects. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇬🇱 🇮🇪 🇱🇻 🇵🇹 and 27 more. Apply here →

51. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🧸 Kindergarten Work in a Rural Nature Region 🌲 · 📅 21 Aug

Join everyday life at a kindergarten surrounded by fields and forests, sharing your language and culture, with a mentor on staff. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇬🇱 🇭🇷 🇱🇹 🇵🇹 and 26 more. Apply here →

52. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye ☀️ Discover Antalya through Youth Work 🎨 · 📅 21 Aug

Support social, cultural and sports events, run English sessions and bring music to children in hospital on the Mediterranean coast. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 🇬🇷 🇦🇹 and 8 more. Apply here →

53. 🇺🇬 ESC Humanitarian Volunteering in Uganda 🏗️ Help Build a Youth Vocational Centre 🌱 · 📅 21 Aug

Join 15 volunteers building a vocational centre in Namayumba, setting up a greenhouse and rainwater system and engaging local youth and schoolchildren. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and 26 more. Apply here →

54. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 🤗 School Welcoming Week & Empathy Workshops in Pedome 🎨 · 📅 21 Aug

Design and run workshops on empathy and integration during "Empathy and Welcome Week" with AETA, celebrating diversity so every student feels welcome. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇧🇪 and 1 more. Apply here →

Closing 23 August

55. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🎭 Youth and Culture Work at a Community Centre in Normandy 🎨 · 📅 23 Aug

Lead creative projects, workshops and artistic events for young people at a Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture in Normandy, over a year. Open to applicants from 🇮🇪 🇲🇹 🇱🇺 🇭🇷 🇸🇪 and 21 more. Apply here →

56. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🤝 Migrant Integration Centre in Poznań 🌍 · 📅 23 Aug

Run language, artistic and creative activities for migrant children and youth, support events and design your own mini-project at a regional integration centre. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇬🇪 🇺🇦 and 30 more. Apply here →

57. 🇱🇺 ESC Volunteering in Luxembourg 🤝 Youth Engagement and Communication at a Humanitarian NGO 📣· 📅 23 Aug

Support a flagship youth-engagement programme and strengthen communication at a humanitarian NGO fighting poverty and injustice. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 and 9 more. Apply here →

58. 🇦🇱 ESC Volunteering in Albania 🎨 Ecology, Arts and Youth Activities 🌍 · 📅 23 Aug

Promote ecology and sustainability, run art activities and manage social media with Beyond Barriers in Tirana, over 8 months. Open to residents of Latvia. Apply here →

59. 🇨🇿 ESC Volunteering in Czechia 🎨 Hobby Clubs for Kids at Labyrint in Brno 🎭 · 📅 23 Aug

Assist at hobby clubs across theatre, sports and art and run your own miniprojects at Labyrint in Brno, over four months. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 27 more. Apply here →

Closing 24 August

60. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🎒 Supporting a Village Primary School 🌻 · 📅 24 Aug

Support classes, recess activities and events at a village primary school in Granada province, with library, sports and local associations too. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇫🇷 🇷🇸 and 26 more. Apply here →

61. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🎭 Cultural and Community Life in a Rural Town 🏰 · 📅 24 Aug

Prepare, run and promote cultural events, from theatre to castle visits, and document activities in a small town in Granada province. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇫🇷 🇷🇸 and 26 more. Apply here →

62. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🎨 Youth, Culture and Social Work in Erzurum 📚 · 📅 24 Aug

Work across projects, universities and community activities in eastern Türkiye: Erasmus+ and ESC info, social media, and events for children, disabled people and women. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇷🇸 🇬🇪 and 27 more. Apply here →

63. 🇳🇱 ESC Volunteering in the Netherlands 🌲 Youth Work and Ecology in a Veluwe National Park Community 🏡 · 📅 24 Aug

Support a youth centre and Erasmus+ activities and care for the environment in the largest national park in the Netherlands, over eight weeks. Open to applicants across the ESC eligible countries. Apply here →

64. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 📱 Communication Assistant Promoting Mobility in Coimbra 🎨 · 📅 24 Aug

Support the Communication Manager across social media, design, photography and video with ESN Portugal, running campaigns that promote mobility. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 21 more. Apply here →

65. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 🌍 Project & Mobility Assistant in Coimbra 📋 · 📅 24 Aug

Support the National Board of ESN Portugal managing projects like Erasmus in Schools, help apply for funding and promote opportunities for volunteers. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 21 more. Apply here →

Closing 25 August

66. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 👵 Combating Elderly Loneliness with Home Visits and Community Events 🤝 · 📅 25 Aug

Visit elderly people at home and in care homes, organise collective events and support their access to sport, culture and hobbies. Basic French conversation skills required. Apply here →

67. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🗣️ English Clubs and Ukrainian Culture 🤝 · 📅 25 Aug

Run English Speaking Clubs and support intercultural events at a Centre for Ukrainian Culture and Development, strengthening local integration. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇵🇹 and 23 more. Apply here →

68. 🇪🇪 ESC Volunteering in Estonia 🏝️ Youth Centre Work on a Baltic Island 🎨 · 📅 25 Aug

Run workshops and help youth workers at an open youth centre on a Baltic island, for young people aged 7 to 26. Island life included. Open to residents of Italy. Apply here →

69. 🇪🇪 ESC Volunteering in Estonia 💙 Supporting Children at Risk in a Care Centre 🎨 · 📅 25 Aug

Care for and play with children in two reception centres, support staff and share your culture through games, songs and outings. Open to residents of Italy. Apply here →

70. 🇪🇪 ESC Volunteering in Estonia 🎭 Youth Club and Creative Cultures with Minority Youth 🎨 · 📅 25 Aug

Work with children and teenagers across theatre, music, dance and media at a trilingual mobile youth organisation, close to the ethnic-minority community. Open to residents of Italy. Apply here →

71. 🇧🇬 ESC Volunteering in Bulgaria ✊ Challenging Hate & Spreading Inclusion in Sofia 🌈 · 📅 25 Aug

Design and deliver workshops and campaigns on human rights, gender equality and inclusion, reaching 2,000+ young people over ten months. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 22 more. Apply here →

72. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🎭 International Women's Theatre Festival in Frankfurt ✊* · 📅 25 Aug

Help build up and run the International Women's* Theatre Festival at protagon e.V., living in a vibrant community of caravans and tents. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 24 more. Apply here →

73. 🇧🇬 ESC Volunteering in Bulgaria ✊ Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination in Sofia 🌍 · 📅 25 Aug

Run interactive workshops and creative activities against discrimination with young people across Bulgaria, over a 52-day human-rights project. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 22 more. Apply here →

74. 🇧🇬 ESC Volunteering in Bulgaria 💜 Supporting Women & Children Survivors of Violence in Varna 🤝 · 📅 25 Aug

Support a shelter for women and children who survived domestic violence and trafficking with Foundation SOS in Varna, through leisure, crafts and school help. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and 21 more. Apply here →

75. 🇸🇮 ESC Volunteering in Slovenia 🧩 Supporting People with Autism in Koper 💙 · 📅 25 Aug

Assist in social-skills workshops and one-on-one support for children, youth and adults with autism, and create social media content in Koper. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 20 more. Apply here →

Seventy-five fully funded ESC placements, twenty-three countries, three continents, one window to apply. If you scrolled this far, something already caught you, whether it was the donkey sanctuary in Aruba, the humanitarian work across the highlands of Guatemala, the deeply human care placements with people with disabilities, refugees and children scattered across Italy, Spain, Estonia and beyond, or the creative pull of butterfly museums, independent culture centres and a women's theatre festival. This round has real depth in social care and inclusion, a strong creative and media streak, and a genuine cluster of environmental and rural-living projects, so the question is less whether there is something for you and more which one you choose. The two things that shape your shortlist are duration and eligibility: placements run from a few weeks to a full year, and while most welcome applicants from across Europe and its neighbours, several are open only to residents of a single country.

On timing, the list is ordered soonest-first for a reason: the earliest close on 17 August and the latest on 25 August, and the strongest placements fill as good candidates apply, so waiting rarely helps. If you are still unsure whether you meet the age, residence or ESC Portal requirements, or what exactly is covered, take five minutes with our complete guide at youthworkshub.org/esc first. Then do one concrete thing today: pick the placement that fits you, open its link, check the dates and eligibility, and send your application. And if you want rounds like this to reach you the moment they open, rather than scrolling 75 at once, join our broadcast channel through the link in our bio, where we share every new batch first.