Twenty-eight ESC volunteering placements are open right now across sixteen countries, closing between 20 September and 5 October. At Youth Works Hub, we pulled together this week's full spread, from social media work with a Swedish youth organisation to climate resilience projects across Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and Georgia, so you can compare settings before deciding where to apply.
This batch leans heavily into two clear themes: refugee and migrant support (Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain) and climate and environmental work stretching well beyond Europe (Georgia, Ghana, Uganda). Alongside those, there is media and content creation in Slovenia, Croatia and Türkiye, community and disability support in Belgium, and education work with children from Kenya to rural Poland.
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 new to the programme, what the European Solidarity Corps actually is is worth a read before you dive into which of these twenty-eight fits.
In This Batch
1- 🇸🇪 Sweden · ESC Volunteering · 📅 20 Sep
2- 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering · 📅 20 Sep
3- 🇸🇮 Slovenia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 20 Sep
4- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 20 Sep
5- 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering · 📅 20 Sep
6- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 20 Sep
7- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 21 Sep
8- 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering · 📅 21 Sep
9- 🇵🇹 Portugal · ESC Volunteering · 📅 21 Sep
10- 🇭🇷 Croatia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 22 Sep
11- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 22 Sep
12- 🇸🇰 Slovakia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 24 Sep
13- 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering · 📅 24 Sep
14- 🇫🇷 France · ESC Volunteering · 📅 24 Sep
15- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 25 Sep
16- 🇰🇪 Kenya · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
17- 🇫🇷 France · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
18- 🇧🇪 Belgium · ESC Volunteering · 📅 28 Sep
19- 🇧🇪 Belgium · ESC Volunteering · 📅 28 Sep
20- 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering · 📅 30 Sep
21- 🇹🇷 Türkiye · ESC Volunteering · 📅 30 Sep
22- 🇺🇬 Uganda · ESC Volunteering · 📅 30 Sep
23- 🇬🇪 Georgia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 30 Sep
24- 🇺🇬 Uganda · ESC Volunteering · 📅 30 Sep
25- 🇬🇭 Ghana · ESC Volunteering · 📅 30 Sep
26- 🇰🇪 Kenya · ESC Volunteering · 📅 30 Sep
27- 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering · 📅 04 Oct
28- 🇧🇪 Belgium · ESC Volunteering · 📅 05 Oct
What's in this batch:
28 ESC Volunteering Placements · 16 Countries
🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
1. 🇸🇪 Social Media and Communication at a Youth Organisation, Sweden
📅 Deadline: 20 September 2026
Support social media management and content creation for a youth organisation's international department, contributing to communication campaigns and outreach activities.
2. 🇩🇪 Language Support and Career Orientation With Young Refugees, Germany
📅 Deadline: 20 September 2026
Support young refugees and migrants with German language learning and professional orientation at a vocational school, guiding them into education or employment.
3. 🇸🇮 Youth Center Media Content and Event Support, Slovenia
📅 Deadline: 20 September 2026
Create media content for social platforms while supporting youth centre events through photography, filming and documentation, and develop your own personal project.
4. 🇪🇸 Supporting Children and Young People at a School, Spain
📅 Deadline: 20 September 2026
Support children and young people's educational development at a local school through non-formal learning workshops and conversation activities. Open to residents of Spain.
5. 🇮🇹 Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers Towards Integration, Italy
📅 Deadline: 20 September 2026
Support refugees and asylum seekers with daily life management, integration activities like Italian courses, sports and cultural events, and access to legal and job market support.
6. 🇪🇸 Youth Information, Participation and Inclusion Activities, Spain
📅 Deadline: 20 September 2026
Support youth information, participation and inclusion activities through non-formal education workshops and local events. Open to residents of Spain.
7. 🇪🇸 Supporting Erasmus+ Youth Exchanges, Spain
📅 Deadline: 21 September 2026
Join an international projects team supporting the organisation and documentation of Erasmus+ youth exchanges and training courses.
8. 🇮🇹 Youth Center Workshops and Study Groups, Italy
📅 Deadline: 21 September 2026
Join a youth center supporting teenagers through mentoring, study groups and creative workshops in art, music and theatre.
9. 🇵🇹 Red Cross Food Bank, Elderly Care and Permaculture Work, Portugal
📅 Deadline: 21 September 2026
Get hands-on with community support work across a Food Bank, elderly care, a rehabilitation centre, a local primary school and permaculture farming. Open to residents of Italy.
10. 🇭🇷 Roma Inclusion Media Work and Minority Rights, Croatia
📅 Deadline: 22 September 2026
Support a media and advocacy project promoting Roma inclusion and minority rights, writing articles and podcast content and running school workshops and street actions.
11. 🇪🇸 Educational Workshops and Sewing With Migrant Communities, Spain
📅 Deadline: 22 September 2026
Support educational workshops for children at a toy library, help run a community shop, and join sewing workshops with the local migrant community. Open to residents of Portugal.
12. 🇸🇰 Christian Community Support and Creative Content, Slovakia
📅 Deadline: 24 September 2026
Join a Christian community supporting local youth, sharing values through mentorship and creating posters, videos and other creative content to engage teenagers.
13. 🇵🇱 Youth and Refugee Integration Center Support, Poland
📅 Deadline: 24 September 2026
Support a youth and refugee integration centre bringing together local and refugee communities through non-formal learning and cultural exchange. Open to residents of Poland.
14. 🇫🇷 Youth Activities and Community Building for Teenagers, France
📅 Deadline: 24 September 2026
Support a youth club offering culture, music, dance, radio, podcast and theatre workshops for children and teenagers.
15. 🇪🇸 Communication and Youth Participation, Spain
📅 Deadline: 25 September 2026
Support communication, social media and public relations activities that promote youth participation and community engagement.
16. 🇰🇪 Early Childhood Education at a Community Kindergarten, Kenya
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Support early childhood education at a community kindergarten, helping children aged 3 to 6 through play-based learning and literacy support.
17. 🇫🇷 Sport, Culture and Community Workshops for Young People, France
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Support a community youth program engaging young people through sport, culture and environmental workshops, helping build life skills and participation.
18. 🇧🇪 Community Solidarity and Circular Economy, Belgium
📅 Deadline: 28 September 2026
Support a welcoming venue for families and isolated people facing hardship, help run a local food bank and contribute to a circular-economy second-hand shop.
19. 🇧🇪 Coordinating Volunteer Networks and Exchanges, Belgium
📅 Deadline: 28 September 2026
Help promote and coordinate local volunteering projects like workcamps, youth exchanges and environmental days, building connections across a network of 25+ volunteers.
20. 🇮🇹 Greenhouse Maintenance and Butterfly House Support, Italy
📅 Deadline: 30 September 2026
Support a butterfly house and tropical greenhouse, helping care for insects, maintain plants and gardens, and assist with guided tours and educational workshops.
21. 🇹🇷 Youth Bridge Media Skills and Community Solidarity, Türkiye
📅 Deadline: 30 September 2026
Develop media and broadcasting skills using a professional TV studio and radio station, while supporting local students and humanitarian aid distribution for refugees and earthquake-affected communities.
22. 🇺🇬 Digital Skills and ICT Training for Communities, Uganda
📅 Deadline: 30 September 2026
Support digital skills and ICT capacity-building for local staff, schools and community organisations, delivering training on social media and digital communication.
23. 🇬🇪 Climate Resilience and Disaster Preparedness with Communities, Georgia
📅 Deadline: 30 September 2026
Support community climate resilience and disaster preparedness work, helping run workshops and awareness events on flood and extreme weather risks.
24. 🇺🇬 Education Support and Teacher Training at a Rural School, Uganda
📅 Deadline: 30 September 2026
Support education at a rural community school by training teachers in innovative teaching methods and strengthening school management.
25. 🇬🇭 Climate Adaptation and Resilience in Rural Communities, Ghana
📅 Deadline: 30 September 2026
Support climate adaptation and resilience-building in rural communities facing drought, flooding and erratic rainfall, helping conduct climate vulnerability assessments.
26. 🇰🇪 Digital Literacy for Youth and Vulnerable Children, Kenya
📅 Deadline: 30 September 2026
Support a digital literacy project empowering youth and vulnerable children at community resource centres, teaching digital tools and online safety basics.
27. 🇵🇱 Active Citizenship, Media and Non Formal Education, Poland
📅 Deadline: 4 October 2026
Support an international NGO's active citizenship and non-formal education work through article writing, media production and community outreach.
28. 🇧🇪 Creative Workshops for People with Disabilities, Belgium
📅 Deadline: 5 October 2026
Join creative workshops in carpentry, art, gardening, music and sport for people with physical, mental or multiple disabilities, while helping run a community swap shop.
Twenty-eight placements, sixteen countries, and a batch that leans hard into two real themes this time: refugee and migrant support running through Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain, and climate and environmental work stretching from Georgia to Ghana, Uganda and Kenya. If you have been looking for an ESC placement outside the standard youth-centre format, this week's list has more of that than most.
If you have not registered on the ESC Portal yet, do that before applying to any of these twenty-eight, since your profile there is what every project coordinator reviews. Several listings here (rows 4, 6, 13) are in-country placements open only to residents of that country, so check eligibility carefully before you draft a motivation letter.
Not into volunteering this time? This week Youth Works Hub also lists fully funded Erasmus+ opportunities across Europe → Erasmus+
