Volunteer Abroad Fully Funded: 32 ESC Placements Across 12 Countries 🌍

Volunteer abroad fully funded this autumn: 32 European Solidarity Corps placements are open right now across twelve countries and two continents. Every one is fully funded, so whether you are new or returning, what the European Solidarity Corps is comes down to a simple promise, and ESC volunteering really is fully funded: the EU pays young people to volunteer on solidarity projects, covering travel, accommodation, food, insurance and a monthly allowance. This batch has a strong thread of inclusion and care, with placements supporting people with intellectual disabilities across Valencia, children with special needs on Germany's North Sea coast, and refugees and migrants in Spain and Italy. There is also plenty of culture, environment and education: building an ecological village near Paris, turning plastic waste into change in Bremen, running a green festival in Romania, and teaching languages in Debrecen. Three are ESC Volunteering Teams for those who prefer to arrive as part of a crew, and two, in Bolivia and Peru, fall under the Humanitarian Aid strand, open up to age 35.

Whoever you are, something here fits. Drawn to inclusion and care? There are many placements with people with disabilities and high support needs, plus work with refugees and migrants. Love working with children? Kindergartens, after-schools and schools across Poland, France, Spain and Germany want you. Care about the environment? Ecological building, plastic recycling, community gardens and green festivals are all here. Into culture and the arts? North Macedonia, Portugal, Sweden and Italy offer creative, community-driven roles. Most are standard ESC placements for ages 18 to 30, open to applicants from across Europe and its neighbours, though a few are reserved for particular countries, so read the eligibility line on each. If you have never done this before, you will need to register on the ESC Portal to apply, and a specific motivation letter is often what gets you selected. Fourteen are open on a rolling basis, so if a placement speaks to you, apply today.

In This Batch

1. 🇷🇴 Romania, Snagov · non-formal activities for kids · 📅 ASAP
2. 🇪🇸 Spain, Burjassot (Valencia) · working with people with intellectual disabilities · 📅 ASAP
3. 🇧🇴 Bolivia, La Paz · admin & HR with Médicos del Mundo (humanitarian) · 📅 ASAP
4. 🇪🇸 Spain, Requena (Valencia) · inclusion & wellbeing work · 📅 ASAP
5. 🇫🇷 France, Franche-Comté · manual work, nature & collective life · 📅 ASAP
6. 🇵🇱 Poland, Pułtusk · a year with preschoolers · 📅 ASAP
7. 🇪🇸 Spain, near Valencia · supporting people with high support needs · 📅 ASAP
8. 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, Tetovo · culture, dialogue & peace · 📅 ASAP
9. 🇵🇱 Poland, Pułtusk · teach, play & share your culture · 📅 ASAP
10. 🇫🇷 France, near Paris · ecological building & nature living at Vir'Volt · 📅 ASAP
11. 🇪🇸 Spain, Burjassot · supporting people with intellectual disabilities · 📅 ASAP
12. 🇸🇪 Sweden, Stockholm · leading a youth centre in Rågsved · 📅 ASAP
13. 🇵🇱 Poland, Opole · creative learning with children at Fundacja FREE · 📅 ASAP
14. 🇵🇹 Portugal, Arcos de Valdevez · creative youth work in the rural north · 📅 ASAP
15. 🇪🇸 Spain, Valladolid · three months with children & youth · 📅 31 Aug
16. 🇫🇷 France, Nantes · running a children's environment club · 📅 2 Sep
17. 🇫🇷 France, Nantes · digital workshops for kids · 📅 2 Sep
18. 🇪🇸 Spain, Cardona · second-hand, food bank & inclusion · 📅 2 Sep
19. 🇫🇷 France, Nantes · bringing Europe to kids · 📅 2 Sep
20. 🇫🇷 France, Nantes · inclusion work with children with disabilities · 📅 2 Sep
21. 🇪🇸 Spain, Gijón · child-centred education at Andolina School · 📅 10 Sep
22. 🇩🇪 Germany, Magdeburg · hospitality, education & Christmas markets (Team) · 📅 13 Sep
23. 🇩🇪 Germany, Bremen · turning plastic waste into change · 📅 13 Sep
24. 🇷🇴 Romania, Târgu Jiu · running a green festival (Team) · 📅 14 Sep
25. 🇷🇴 Romania, Târgu Jiu · celebrating inclusion & diversity (Team) · 📅 14 Sep
26. 🇭🇺 Hungary, Debrecen · language teaching & culture exchange · 📅 15 Sep
27. 🇩🇪 Germany, Wilhelmshaven · supporting children with special needs · 📅 15 Sep
28. 🇮🇹 Italy, Lucca · volunteering & social inclusion with CNV · 📅 20 Sep
29. 🇪🇸 Spain, Teo (Galicia) · community & cultural volunteering · 📅 20 Sep
30. 🇮🇹 Italy, Tramonti · community garden & rural regeneration · 📅 30 Sep
31. 🇵🇪 Peru, Lima · human rights & culture of peace (humanitarian) · 📅 15 Oct
32. 🇪🇸 Spain (Vigo, León, Jerez) · social inclusion for refugees & migrants · 📅 15 Oct

32 Fully Funded ESC Placements · 12 Countries · Inclusion, Culture & the Environment

🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities

1. 🇷🇴 ESC Volunteering in Romania 🎨 Non-Formal Activities for Kids in Snagov 🧒

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!

Make learning an adventure for kids by the lake. With A4ACTION in Snagov you organize non-formal activities at the After School program for children aged 7-10 (team-building, arts and crafts, reading, English lessons), run workshops in local schools on civic engagement and eco-friendly practices, and help develop the A4ACTION Virtual Youth Center. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇭🇷 and 21 more. Apply here →

2. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 💛 Working with People with Intellectual Disabilities near Valencia 🎨

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!

Make a real difference just outside Valencia. With El Renaixer in Burjassot you support people with intellectual disabilities alongside professionals: assisting with sports, crafts workshops, occupational and therapeutic sessions, relaxation and physical exercises, outings and mealtimes, building genuine relationships in a respectful, inclusive environment. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇨🇿 🇭🇷 and 20 more. Apply here →

3. 🇧🇴 ESC Humanitarian Volunteering in Bolivia 📊 Administration & HR Support with Médicos del Mundo in La Paz 💼

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!

Support a health mission for women's rights from behind the scenes. With Médicos del Mundo in La Paz you assist administrative and accounting operations, help with budget monitoring and financial reports, manage HR documentation, publish job postings, organize interviews and update the personnel database, contributing to projects on sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence. Humanitarian Aid strand (ages 18 to 35). Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇹🇷 and 26 more. Apply here →

4. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 💛 Inclusion & Wellbeing Work in Requena, Valencia 🎨

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!

Trade the big city for authentic Spanish life and meaningful work. In Requena you support people with intellectual disabilities alongside experienced professionals: helping with occupational workshops, sports, crafts (mosaic, pottery, soap making), therapeutic and relaxation sessions, social inclusion outings, and canteen support, building genuine relationships in a caring environment. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇨🇿 🇭🇷 and 20 more. Apply here →

5. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🌿 Manual Work, Nature & Collective Life in Franche-Comté 🔨

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!

Make a big shared house feel like home. At Le Centre de Beaumotte (Solidarités Jeunesses) in a small village in Franche-Comté you take part in building renovation, gardening, organizing cultural events and workshops, collective life (cooking, cleaning), hosting groups, and leading summer workcamps, all built around solidarity and living together. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇭🇷 and 23 more. Apply here →

6. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🧒 A Year with Preschoolers in Pułtusk 🎈

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!

Turn songs, games and stories into a child's first taste of another culture. At Przedszkole Miejskie no. 5 in Pułtusk you assist teachers with daily activities, free play, art and excursions for children aged 3-6, and share your language and culture through informal English games and your own workshops. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇦🇿 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 and 27 more. Apply here →

7. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 💛 Supporting People with High Support Needs near Valencia 🤝

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!

Meaningful, hands-on care that changes lives. At the CDM Fuente de San Luís centre near Valencia you support people with intellectual disabilities and high support needs alongside professionals: positive behaviour support, sensory stimulation, alternative communication, cognitive training, gardening, household skills and physical wellbeing programmes, always person-centred. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇨🇿 🇭🇷 and 22 more. Apply here →

8. 🇲🇰 ESC Volunteering in North Macedonia 🎭 Culture, Dialogue & Peace in the Heart of the Balkans 🕊️

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!

Move the lines through art, education and civic engagement. With LOJA in Tetovo you help organize festivals, screenings and exhibitions, support local projects fostering dialogue between Albanian, Macedonian and Roma communities, co-run educational activities for youth, and help facilitate intercultural encounters. Open to residents of France. Apply here →

9. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🧒 Teach, Play & Share Your Culture in a Pułtusk Kindergarten 🎨

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!

Start when it suits you and spend a year with curious preschoolers. At Przedszkole Miejskie no. 5 in Pułtusk you assist teachers with daily activities, free play, art and excursions for children aged 3-6, and bring an intercultural spark through informal English games and workshops about your own culture. Flexible start date. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇦🇿 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 and 27 more. Apply here →

10. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🌲 Ecological Building & Nature Living at Vir'Volt 🌿

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!

Live in the forest, build with wood, share everything. At Vir'Volt (Solidarités Jeunesses), an ecological village near Paris with wooden accommodations (roulottes, yurts, tents), you take part in collective life (cooking, cleaning, logistics), ecological wood construction, hosting youth with fewer opportunities, and animating international summer workcamps, alongside 4 other volunteers. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇭🇷 and 22 more. Apply here →

11. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 💛 Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities in Burjassot 🤝

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!

A spring start to meaningful, hands-on care near Valencia. With El Renaixer in Burjassot you support people with intellectual disabilities alongside professionals: sports, crafts workshops, occupational and therapeutic sessions, relaxation and physical exercises, outings and mealtimes, building genuine relationships in a respectful, inclusive environment. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇨🇿 🇭🇷 and 18 more. Apply here →

12. 🇸🇪 ESC Volunteering in Sweden 🌟 Leading a Youth Centre in Stockholm's Rågsved 🎨

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!

Be the person who makes a youth centre feel like home. With Drömstort in Stockholm you support the daily work of a youth centre in Rågsved: creating a safe, inclusive space, planning and leading activities, backing young people's ideas, joining social projects and community events, and handling communication and social media. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇹🇷 and many more. Apply here →

13. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 💛 Creative Learning with Children at Fundacja FREE in Opole 🎨

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!

Reimagine learning through empathy and creativity. With Fundacja FREE in Opole you support children and youth (aged 7-15, including those with special educational needs) in home education: helping run thematic and creative workshops, leading after-school "świetlica" activities, having one-to-one conversations in your own language, and sharing your culture. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇭🇷 and 23 more. Apply here →

14. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 🎨 Creative Youth Work in Rural Northern Portugal 🌿

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!

Use art and creativity to bring a rural community together. With JVF in Arcos de Valdevez you are one of 2 volunteers using creativity and art to work with local children and young people: developing participatory activities, promoting intercultural dialogue and mutual learning, strengthening community life, and exploring rural Portugal. No artistic background needed. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇿 🇭🇷 and 22 more. Apply here →

15. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🎨 Three Months with Children & Youth in Valladolid 🧒

📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026

Three months of non-formal education in the heart of Castile. With Casa de Juventud Aleste in Valladolid you take part in an educational experience with children and young people at the youth centre, living alongside other volunteers and bringing your energy to community-based activities. Open to residents of Italy. Apply here →

16. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🌿 Running a Children's Environment Club in Nantes 🌱

📅 Deadline: 2 September 2026

Grow little eco-champions in a Nantes after-school. With Léo Lagrange you design and run nature and environmental-protection workshops for children aged 3-11, lead an environment club on a theme chosen with the kids, and work toward the science forum and Exposciences 44 in spring 2027. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇭🇷 and 17 more. Apply here →

17. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 💻 Digital Workshops for Kids in a Nantes After-School 🤖

📅 Deadline: 2 September 2026

Turn screens into creativity for kids. With Léo Lagrange you design and run digital-focused socio-educational workshops for children aged 3-11: coding, robotics and a neighborhood newspaper, using your digital skills to spark curiosity and learning in an after-school setting. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇭🇷 and 17 more. Apply here →

18. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain ♻️ Second-Hand, Food Bank & Inclusion in Rural Catalonia 🌍

📅 Deadline: 2 September 2026

Give objects, and people, a second chance. With Deixant Empremta in Cardona you work in second-hand shops within a circular-economy framework alongside people at risk of exclusion: sorting donated items, decorating the shop space, supporting the food bank, helping with social and employment orientation, and running occasional English groups in primary schools. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇭🇷 and 22 more. Apply here →

19. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🇪🇺 Bringing Europe to Kids in a Nantes After-School 🌍

📅 Deadline: 2 September 2026

Introduce children to Europe, one playful workshop at a time. With Léo Lagrange you develop children's citizenship and European culture (ages 3-11): running linguistic and cultural interactive workshops using non-formal methods, promoting the EU and its values, and creating activities around your own country and culture across two after-school sites. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇭🇷 and 16 more. Apply here →

20. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🧩 Inclusion Work with Children with Disabilities in Nantes 🤸

📅 Deadline: 2 September 2026

Spend eight months in Nantes helping children with disabilities thrive through play, adaptive sports and inclusive after-school activities. Own room, bus pass, meals and French classes included. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇭🇷 and 17 more. Apply here →

21. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🌿 Child-Centred Education at Andolina School in Gijón 🧒

📅 Deadline: 10 September 2026

Support learning that follows the child, not a rigid curriculum. At Andolina School, a family cooperative in Northern Spain, you join the teaching team as one of 3 volunteers: supporting English classes, maintaining and developing the school vegetable garden with permaculture principles, and bringing your own ideas that fit the school's child-centred philosophy. Open to residents of 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇮🇪. Apply here →

22. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering Team in Germany 🍽️ Hospitality, Education & Christmas Markets in Magdeburg 🎄

📅 Deadline: 13 September 2026

Try a bit of everything at a European youth education centre. With EJBM in Magdeburg you join a team of up to 15 international volunteers, getting insights into all areas: supporting the kitchen and meal prep, service and hospitality, reception and admin, and educational programmes for young people, plus helping with local Christmas markets in December. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇭🇷 and 22 more. Apply here →

23. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany ♻️ Turning Plastic Waste into Change with Precious Plastic Bremen 📹

📅 Deadline: 13 September 2026

Spend a year in Bremen turning plastic waste into resources, running recycling workshops and shaping a social enterprise's social media. Own room, 210€ pocket money, 323€ living allowance, insurance and travel covered. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇭🇷 and 24 more. Apply here →

24. 🇷🇴 ESC Volunteering Team in Romania 🌍 Running a Green Festival in Târgu Jiu 🌱

📅 Deadline: 14 September 2026

Turn your passion for the planet into a whole festival. With Colour Your Dreams in Târgu Jiu you help organize and facilitate the Green Festival over two months: workshops, movie projections, debates and non-formal activities that raise awareness about environmental issues, promote sustainable practices and inspire positive action in the local community. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇹🇷 and 27 more. Apply here →

25. 🇷🇴 ESC Volunteering Team in Romania 🎪 Celebrating Inclusion & Diversity in Târgu Jiu 🎉

📅 Deadline: 14 September 2026

Help build a festival where every ability is celebrated. With Colour Your Dreams in Târgu Jiu you play a key role in organizing and facilitating the Inclusive Education Festival over two months: running workshops, activities and events that promote inclusive practices, raise awareness of diversity and accessibility in learning, and celebrate everyone's unique talents. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇹🇷 and 27 more. Apply here →

26. 🇭🇺 ESC Volunteering in Hungary 🗣️ Language Teaching & Culture Exchange in Debrecen 🌍

📅 Deadline: 15 September 2026

Help young Hungarians find their voice in a new language. With Köz-Pont in Debrecen you teach English and other languages you know, run informal language classes and conversation clubs, help local youngsters develop their foreign-language skills in schools, promote ESC, and organize events, all built around real intercultural dialogue. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇨🇾 🇨🇿 🇭🇷 and 18 more. Apply here →

27. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 💛 Supporting Children with Special Needs by the Coast in Wilhelmshaven 🌊

📅 Deadline: 15 September 2026

A year of meaningful care on Germany's North Sea coast. At the Windrad Wilhelmshaven facility you support children and young people with disabilities in residential groups toward independent living: assisting specialists with daily activities, personal care and household tasks, helping them develop new skills, and accompanying them to activities, meals and outings. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇹🇷 and 17 more. Apply here →

28. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🤝 Volunteering & Social Inclusion with CNV in Lucca 🌍

📅 Deadline: 20 September 2026

Join Italy's volunteering heartland in beautiful Lucca. With Centro Nazionale per il Volontariato you take part in activities on youth, migration and active citizenship: identifying and coordinating projects for young immigrants, supporting the Civil Service desk, cooperating with the ESC office, and collaborating with local administrations to strengthen community initiatives. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇭🇷 and 19 more. Apply here →

29. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🎨 Community & Cultural Volunteering in Teo, Galicia 🌍

📅 Deadline: 20 September 2026

Bring Europe to a Galician community, from kids to elders. With Asociación Os Tilos in Teo you join cultural and leisure activities for children, teenagers, youth and elderly of the district, widening young people's awareness of different cultures and spreading knowledge about the ESC and European mobility. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇿 🇭🇷 and 24 more. Apply here →

30. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🌱 Community Garden and Rural Regeneration in Tramonti 🌿

📅 Deadline: 30 September 2026

Swap city life for a rural mountain village in southern Italy. On this ESC project in Tramonti you live in a small community, working the community garden, harvesting seasonal produce, researching wild edible plants, running sustainability workshops and joining daily life shaped by the land and seasons. Fully funded. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇮🇪 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 20 more. Apply here →

31. 🇵🇪 ESC Humanitarian Volunteering in Peru ✊ Human Rights & Culture of Peace in Lima 🕊️

📅 Deadline: 15 October 2026

Be an agent of change on the other side of the world. Through the ACT4PEACE project with MPDL and Brigadas de Voluntarios Bolivarianos del Perú in Lima, you support projects promoting social inclusion, youth participation, human rights and a culture of peace, gaining valuable professional and intercultural experience. Humanitarian Aid strand (ages 18 to 35). Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇹🇷 and 26 more. Apply here →

32. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🤝 Social Inclusion for Refugees & Migrants with Accem 🌍

📅 Deadline: 15 October 2026

Help walls disappear between people. With Accem's "Disappearing Walls" project you join multidisciplinary teams supporting refugees, asylum seekers and migrants: contributing to social inclusion, language learning, community engagement and cultural participation, while sharing your own culture. 9 placements across Spanish cities like Vigo, León and Jerez. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇭🇷 and 24 more. Apply here →

Thirty-two fully funded placements, twelve countries, and more ways to spend a meaningful year abroad than you can count. If you scrolled this far, one of them already caught you, whether it was inclusion and care across Valencia and Germany, working with children in Poland, France and Spain, environmental work in Bremen, Târgu Jiu and Tramonti, or human rights work in Bolivia and Peru. Two things will shape your shortlist: eligibility and timing. Most are standard ESC for ages 18 to 30, the Bolivia and Peru placements are Humanitarian Aid open up to 35, and durations range from a few months to a full year, so check each listing carefully, especially the ones reserved for particular countries. If you have never done this before, remember you will need to register on the ESC Portal to apply, and a specific, well-prepared motivation letter is often what gets you selected. On timing, fourteen are open on a rolling basis so apply as soon as you can, and the rest close between 31 August and 15 October. 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, join our broadcast channel through the link in our bio, where we share every new batch first.