Lahden Diakoniasäätiö
Lahti, Finland
⭐️ Activity Title
Dila Community Volunteering
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🔷 Activity Details
Description
The volunteers will meet and guide different customers in various environments like groups, open meeting places and food or goods aid. They will also join in the planning and organizing of community events and activities, social media contents as well as new projects. Tasks related to organizing food and goods aid will be for example accepting donations, maintaining goods in "saleable” condition, participating food logistics, packing food aid bags and working in customer service. Volunteers can highlight their own skills and interests, which can be taken into account in the tasks. Volunteers are also very welcome to innovate and develop their own projects as well. Volunteers will be part of the team of our workers and other volunteers of Dila.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
In Finland amount of the pocket money will be 7 e per day. It will be paid monthly. Every volunteer will have a single flat with batroom and kitchenette. Dila is operating mostly in the city center of the city of Lahti. Volunteers flats are situated in the same block were the most of the activities happens. Volunteers will get lunch everyday produced by restaurant in our block or bigger budget for food shopping. Volunteers will have bicycles available to use European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is required and own travel insurance is recommended.
Training during the activity
On Arrival Training in Villa Elba Youth Center in Kokkola, Mid Term Training in Lohirannan leirikeskus in Lohja, Finnish language course
Participant profile
We are looking for person who are keen on working with and for people and welfare. Any certain education is not needed. Active way of working, responsibility and curiosity of life are good starting points. At Dila, we work to reduce social exclusion and inequality, and we also expect volunteers to promote values that support human rights and equality.
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🔑 Key Information
Activity dates
A total of 26 week(s) during the period 01/09/2026 to 28/02/2027
Activity location
Vuorikatu 4, Lahti, Finland
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine
Activity topics
Social challenges
Citizenship and democratic participation
Health and wellbeing
Employment and entrepreneurship
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 31/08/2026 23:59
Project code
2025-1-FI01-ESC51-VTJ-000347726
🔗 Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/53897_en
