25 Fully Funded ESC Placements Across 15 Countries
Youth Works Hub · 12 September 2026
Twenty-five European Solidarity Corps placements are open right now across fifteen countries, from a peacebuilding communications role with displaced communities in Georgia to hands-on archaeology at a Gallo-Roman heritage site in Belgium. At Youth Works Hub, we pulled together this week's full spread so you can compare settings, causes and deadlines in one place. Nine of these close as soon as possible, four fall together on 18 September in Romania, and the rest spread out through late September, with one outlier stretching all the way to April 2027.
The range here is wide even by ESC standards. There is a social enterprise jewelry studio supporting displaced women in Georgia, an eco-community practicing permaculture in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains (twice over, in fact), logistics support for sexual and reproductive health programmes in Sierra Leone, and four separate placements working with disadvantaged children in the same Romanian town. If you have been assuming ESC only means classic youth-centre or environmental work, this batch is a reminder of how far the programme's reach actually extends.
Every placement here is fully funded, as is standard for ESC: travel reimbursed by distance band, accommodation, food, insurance and monthly pocket money covered throughout. If you are still working out whether ESC volunteering is really fully funded, this is a useful batch to check the funding line on, since a few placements (like the Sierra Leone and Georgia roles) sit further from Europe than the typical ESC call.
In This Batch
1- 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering · 📅 ASAP
2- 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering · 📅 ASAP
3- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · ESC Volunteering · 📅 ASAP
4- 🇹🇷 Türkiye · ESC Volunteering · 📅 ASAP
5- 🇬🇪 Georgia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 ASAP
6- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · ESC Volunteering · 📅 ASAP
7- 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone · ESC Volunteering · 📅 ASAP
8- 🇬🇪 Georgia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 ASAP
9- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · ESC Volunteering · 📅 ASAP
10- 🇭🇷 Croatia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 14 Sep
11- 🇸🇮 Slovenia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 15 Sep
12- 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering · 📅 15 Sep
13- 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering · 📅 15 Sep
14- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 16 Sep
15- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 16 Sep
16- 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering · 📅 18 Sep
17- 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering · 📅 18 Sep
18- 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering · 📅 18 Sep
19- 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering · 📅 18 Sep
20- 🇳🇱 Netherlands · ESC Volunteering · 📅 20 Sep
21- 🇨🇾 Cyprus · ESC Volunteering · 📅 20 Sep
22- 🇱🇻 Latvia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 20 Sep
23- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 21 Sep
24- 🇧🇪 Belgium · ESC Volunteering · 📅 28 Sep
25- 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering · 📅 01 Apr 2027
What's in this batch:
25 ESC Volunteering Placements · 15 Countries
🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
1. 🇵🇱 Media Production for International Youth Work, Poland
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Create photo and video content for social media, support the promotion of international youth meetings and trainings, and get hands-on experience in project coordination for Erasmus+ and ESC activities.
2. 🇮🇹 Empowering Youth in Southern Italy Communities, Italy
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Support and inspire young people from disadvantaged backgrounds through media, education and community engagement projects, helping create welcoming spaces where youth from across Europe can grow and connect.
3. 🇧🇬 Youth Empowerment and Sustainability Campaigns, Bulgaria
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Support a youth-led ESC project focused on sustainability and community empowerment, organising environmental campaigns, creative workshops and outreach events promoting ESC opportunities.
4. 🇹🇷 Project Support and Social Media for Youth Initiatives, Türkiye
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Support a youth organisation's project office, social assistance and environmental work, contributing to social media and community initiatives based on your own skills and interests.
5. 🇬🇪 Digital Marketing for a Social Enterprise Jewelry Studio, Georgia
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Support a social enterprise jewelry studio empowering displaced women through traditional craftsmanship by delivering digital marketing training, building social media strategies and e-commerce approaches.
6. 🇧🇬 Permaculture and Regenerative Community Living in the Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Become part of a mountain eco-community practicing permaculture, natural construction and regenerative agriculture, sharing daily life and skill-building with a small international team.
7. 🇸🇱 Logistics Support for Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes, Sierra Leone
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Support the logistics team of a humanitarian organisation working on sexual and reproductive health programmes, building supplier databases and strengthening logistics procedures for public health projects.
8. 🇬🇪 Communications Volunteer for Displaced and Refugee Communities, Georgia
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Support a peacebuilding organisation working with displaced persons and refugee communities through communications and content creation, producing videos, photography and press releases.
9. 🇧🇬 Green Skills, Natural Building and Eco Community Life, Bulgaria
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible
Live in an eco-community in the Balkan Mountains focused on permaculture, natural building and sustainable living, learning to grow food and renovate with clay and wood.
10. 🇭🇷 Inclusive Sport for Children with Disabilities, Croatia
📅 Deadline: 14 September 2026
Support coaches at a field hockey club creating inclusive sport sessions for children and young people, including those with disabilities and ADHD, while organising games and community events.
11. 🇸🇮 Upcycling Rooms for an Inclusive Youth Hostel, Slovenia
📅 Deadline: 15 September 2026
Join a team of volunteers using discarded and upcycled materials to design warm, welcoming rooms in a youth hostel that gives people with fewer opportunities a safe space to grow.
12. 🇮🇹 Hostel Management and Educational Support in a Historic Town, Italy
📅 Deadline: 15 September 2026
Support a hostel promoting sustainable tourism in a historic town, helping with reception and guest activities, then join educational workshops and guided tours during the school term.
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13. 🇩🇪 After School Care and Multigenerational Center Activities, Germany
📅 Deadline: 15 September 2026
Support an after-school care programme helping children with homework and creative leisure activities, while also getting involved at a multigenerational centre with cooking, language and sports activities.
14. 🇪🇸 Content Creation and Digital Communications, Spain
📅 Deadline: 16 September 2026
Support a human rights and international cooperation network by creating engaging content across digital platforms, from social media graphics to newsletters and press materials.
15. 🇪🇸 Human Resources Technology and Process Improvement, Spain
📅 Deadline: 16 September 2026
Join the People Management team of an international NGO to support a digital transformation project improving HR processes and systems within a global human rights organisation.
16. 🇷🇴 Handcraft Activities for Disadvantaged Children, Romania
📅 Deadline: 18 September 2026
Plan handcraft activities that build fine motor skills, creativity and teamwork for children facing socioeconomic barriers, while supporting their homework in a warm, inclusive space.
17. 🇷🇴 Theater, Music and Storytelling for Kids, Romania
📅 Deadline: 18 September 2026
Bring theater, visual arts, music and storytelling to children through non-formal creative activities that build imagination, language skills and confidence.
18. 🇷🇴 Sports and Dance for Children's Wellbeing, Romania
📅 Deadline: 18 September 2026
Organise sports and dance activities that support children's physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, adapting games to different skill levels and fostering teamwork and inclusion.
19. 🇷🇴 Digital Content Creation for Community Center, Romania
📅 Deadline: 18 September 2026
Create photos and posts for a community center's social media, help promote events and introduce digital activities for children, alongside homework support.
20. 🇳🇱 Meditation Community and Campus Life, Netherlands
📅 Deadline: 20 September 2026
Join a vibrant international campus community, supporting dining, housing and garden work while learning Transcendental Meditation in a four-day course.
21. 🇨🇾 Green Skills in the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus
📅 Deadline: 20 September 2026
Join a team of volunteers promoting reduce, reuse and recycle practices in a mountain village community, running workshops and awareness campaigns while connecting with nature.
22. 🇱🇻 Youth Centre Support and School Workshops, Latvia
📅 Deadline: 20 September 2026
Support daily activities at youth centres in two cities, developing engaging initiatives for local youth and leading interactive workshops during school visits.
23. 🇪🇸 Digital Communication for a Culture Museum, Spain
📅 Deadline: 21 September 2026
Create visual, digital and multimedia content for a migration history museum, developing social media, campaigns and cultural activities that connect heritage with diverse audiences.
24. 🇧🇪 Hands On Work at a Gallo Roman Heritage Site, Belgium
📅 Deadline: 28 September 2026
Get hands-on with manual outdoor work at a Gallo-Roman archaeological site, from fixing fences and gardening to caring for animals and supporting reenactment events.
25. 🇷🇴 Inclusion and Anti Discrimination Workshops, Romania
📅 Deadline: 1 April 2027
Lead creative, educational and sport activities while organising anti-bullying and anti-discrimination workshops in schools, supporting children, people with disabilities, migrants and refugees.
Twenty-five placements, fifteen countries, and a genuinely broad range of causes: youth work and education across most of the list, but also digital marketing for a jewelry studio in Georgia, humanitarian logistics in Sierra Leone, and archaeology in Belgium. Nine of these close as soon as possible, so if Poland, Italy, Türkiye, Bulgaria (three separate placements), Sierra Leone or Georgia catches your eye near the top of this list, do not wait to apply.
If you have not registered on the ESC Portal yet, that is the first step before any of these twenty-five, since your profile there is what every project coordinator reviews. From there, match your own interests to the setting: the four Romanian placements all work with disadvantaged children but through different activities (crafts, theatre, sport, digital content), so read past the country and into the actual role before choosing which to apply for.
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