Forty-nine fully funded European Solidarity Corps placements close within the next seven days, spread across twenty-one countries, and the closing dates are anything but evenly spaced: seven go tomorrow, then a slow trickle through midweek, and then twenty-four close on Sunday 27 September alone. At Youth Works Hub we pulled every placement with a deadline between 21 and 27 September into one list so nothing gets lost in a feed. If you have been circling ESC volunteering for weeks without applying, this is the week that decides whether you go in 2026 or wait for the next round.
The range in this batch is genuinely wide. In Bulgaria, a young foundation in the mountain village of Chavdar is recruiting two teams of five to build its infrastructure from scratch, brand identity, a European outdoor portal and an inclusive outdoor programme designed with local children. In Slovenia, Ljubljana Pride Association wants an LGBTIQ+ volunteering ambassador to coordinate its ESC team and help deliver the 2027 festival. In Sweden, a self-sustaining ecovillage teaches permaculture gardening and low-tech construction. In Togo, two placements combine hygiene and public health work with practical business training for women's cooperatives. In Italy, a butterfly house needs someone to build its media presence through photography and video. And across Ghana, five separate placements cover women's financial literacy, monitoring and evaluation systems, vocational skills coordination, artisan cooperatives and ICT education. If ESC is new to you, what the European Solidarity Corps actually is takes ten minutes, and registering on the ESC Portal is the step most first-time applicants leave too late.
Geographically, seventeen of the twenty-one host countries are European and four sit outside the continent: Ghana, Kenya, Togo and Uganda, all open through the partner country track. Spain has the most placements with eight, followed by Ghana and Romania with five each, Italy with four and Serbia with three. Croatia, France, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Togo, Türkiye and Uganda have two each, and Bulgaria, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Kenya, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia have one each. Thematically the batch splits into work with children and teenagers, which is the largest group, media and communication roles, inclusion and disability support, economic empowerment, and environmental or outdoor work.
Funding is the standard ESC package and it does not change between these placements: travel reimbursed by distance band, accommodation, food, insurance and monthly pocket money covered for the full duration, plus free language support and a Youthpass certificate at the end. There is no participation fee anywhere in this batch and no salary either. Two eligibility details are worth flagging before you start writing. The Ghana monitoring and evaluation placement is open only to volunteers who have already completed ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering training, so it is closed to first-timers. And four placements restrict applications to residents of a single country: Poland to Polish residents, Portugal's Red Cross placement to Italian residents, Spain's sewing and toy library placement to Portuguese residents, and Spain's intellectual disability placement to Austrian residents.
In This Batch
1- 🇵🇹 Portugal · ESC Volunteering · 📅 21 Sep
2- 🇹🇬 Togo · ESC Volunteering · 📅 21 Sep
3- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 21 Sep
4- 🇹🇬 Togo · ESC Volunteering · 📅 21 Sep
5- 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering · 📅 21 Sep
6- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 21 Sep
7- 🇵🇹 Portugal · ESC Volunteering · 📅 21 Sep
8- 🇸🇪 Sweden · ESC Volunteering · 📅 22 Sep
9- 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering · 📅 22 Sep
10- 🇭🇷 Croatia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 22 Sep
11- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 22 Sep
12- 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering · 📅 22 Sep
13- 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering · 📅 23 Sep
14- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · ESC Volunteering · 📅 23 Sep
15- 🇸🇰 Slovakia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 24 Sep
16- 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering · 📅 24 Sep
17- 🇫🇷 France · ESC Volunteering · 📅 24 Sep
18- 🇬🇷 Greece · ESC Volunteering · 📅 24 Sep
19- 🇹🇷 Türkiye · ESC Volunteering · 📅 24 Sep
20- 🇸🇮 Slovenia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 25 Sep
21- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 25 Sep
22- 🇭🇷 Croatia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 25 Sep
23- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 25 Sep
24- 🇹🇷 Türkiye · ESC Volunteering · 📅 25 Sep
25- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · ESC Volunteering · 📅 26 Sep
26- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
27- 🇬🇭 Ghana · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
28- 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
29- 🇬🇭 Ghana · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
30- 🇷🇸 Serbia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
31- 🇬🇭 Ghana · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
32- 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
33- 🇬🇭 Ghana · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
34- 🇺🇬 Uganda · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
35- 🇬🇭 Ghana · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
36- 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
37- 🇰🇪 Kenya · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
38- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
39- 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
40- 🇷🇸 Serbia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
41- 🇫🇷 France · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
42- 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
43- 🇺🇬 Uganda · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
44- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
45- 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
46- 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
47- 🇬🇪 Georgia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
48- 🇷🇸 Serbia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
49- 🇸🇪 Sweden · ESC Volunteering · 📅 27 Sep
What's in this batch:
49 ESC Volunteering Placements · 21 Countries · All Closing Within 7 Days
🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
1. 🇵🇹 Art and Emotional Expression for Hospitalised Children, Portugal
📅 Deadline: 21 September 2026
Use art and creative activities to help hospitalised children reflect and express their emotions, while supporting communication and solidarity events in a welcoming Portuguese village community. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇱🇺 🇲🇹 🇷🇴 and 21 more!
2. 🇹🇬 WASH and Women's Business Empowerment, Togo
📅 Deadline: 21 September 2026
Support hygiene and public health sessions, help build latrines and lead practical business training for women's cooperatives covering budgeting, pricing and small-business planning, alongside education activities for local children and young people. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇩🇰 🇫🇷 and 26 more!
3. 🇪🇸 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 through inclusive communication. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇪🇪 🇮🇸 🇱🇺 and 23 more!
4. 🇹🇬 Hygiene Education and Women's Empowerment, Togo
📅 Deadline: 21 September 2026
Support hygiene and public health awareness in schools and communities, help build latrines and guide women's cooperatives through practical business training in budgeting, pricing and marketing, alongside education activities for local children. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇭🇺 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 and 26 more!
5. 🇮🇹 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. Help young people build confidence and new skills through hands-on, learn-by-doing activities alongside a team of educators. Open to applicants from 🇩🇰 🇱🇺 🇲🇹 🇳🇴 🇷🇴 and 23 more!
6. 🇪🇸 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, working directly with young people and partners to promote European mobility and intercultural dialogue. Open to applicants from 🇨🇾 🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇮🇪 🇵🇱 and 23 more!
7. 🇵🇹 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. Take part in varied, practical activities including environmental initiatives and local fundraising events. Open to residents of Italy.
8. 🇸🇪 Permaculture and Ecovillage Living, Sweden
📅 Deadline: 22 September 2026
Join a self-sustaining ecovillage community and dive into permaculture gardening, low-tech construction and sustainable food production, learning practical green skills alongside an international group. Open to applicants from 🇦🇲 🇲🇦 🇷🇸 🇹🇳 🇺🇦 and 20 more!
9. 🇮🇹 Media and Storytelling for a Butterfly House, Italy
📅 Deadline: 22 September 2026
Bring a butterfly house's story to life through photography, video production and social media storytelling, from planning shoots to managing daily content and helping shape its wider media strategy. Open to applicants from 🇮🇸 🇱🇻 🇳🇱 🇵🇱 🇸🇪 and 21 more!
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. Write articles and podcast content, run school workshops and street actions, and use photo, video and social media skills to counter hate speech and raise awareness. Open to applicants from 🇬🇪 🇽🇰 🇲🇪 🇱🇮 🇺🇦 and 32 more!
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. Create social media content and take part in cultural activities. Open to residents of Portugal.
12. 🇮🇹 Supporting Unaccompanied Foreign Minors at a Residential Centre, Italy
📅 Deadline: 22 September 2026
Support educators at a residential center for unaccompanied minors, helping with daily life, building relationships through free play, organising recreational activities and looking after shared spaces and meals. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇿 and 16 more!
13. 🇮🇹 Community Health and Social Support, Italy
📅 Deadline: 23 September 2026
Support health education, food aid distribution and social inclusion activities for people with disabilities and homeless individuals, contributing to everyday solidarity in a small Northern Italian community. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇮🇱 🇱🇺 🇲🇩 🇲🇪 and 32 more!
14. 🇱🇹 Sharing Daily Life With People With Disabilities, Lithuania
📅 Deadline: 23 September 2026
Join a community in Lithuania spending daily life alongside people with disabilities, supporting their everyday activities and taking part in creative, social and community activities together. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇿 and 24 more!
15. 🇸🇰 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 in meaningful activities. Open to applicants from 🇧🇪 🇭🇷 🇬🇱 🇱🇻 🇵🇹 and 27 more!
16. 🇵🇱 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, cultural exchange and mental health support. Take part in event planning and community-driven initiatives that build skills and resilience. Open to residents of Poland.
17. 🇫🇷 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. Help build community, encourage participation, and create engaging activities alongside a dynamic local team. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇨🇾 🇮🇪 🇱🇹 🇷🇴 and 21 more!
18. 🇬🇷 Media Lab, Digital Content and Composting Campaigns, Greece
📅 Deadline: 24 September 2026
Join a media lab producing digital content like articles, podcasts and social media campaigns on ecological sustainability, composting and waste management, while running media literacy workshops for local youth. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 and 21 more!
19. 🇹🇷 Supporting a National Taekwondo Championship, Türkiye
📅 Deadline: 24 September 2026
Join an international team of volunteers supporting the organisation of a major national sports championship, helping prepare competition areas, equipment and venues before travelling together to the event's final stage. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇦🇹 🇦🇿 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 and 29 more!
20. 🇸🇮 LGBTIQ+ Ambassador at Ljubljana Pride, Slovenia
📅 Deadline: 25 September 2026
Ljubljana Pride Association is looking for a volunteering ambassador to support its LGBTIQ+ volunteering programme, coordinate the ESC team through schedules, tasks, group dynamics and mentoring, help deliver the Ljubljana Pride Festival 2027, and run day-to-day office work including promotion, correspondence, events and workshops. Open to LGBTIQ+ young people and those facing intersectional discrimination from 🇸🇮 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and 23 more!
21. 🇪🇸 Support for Hospitalised Children, Spain
📅 Deadline: 25 September 2026
Bring creativity and play to hospitalised children through recreational activities that ease the hospital experience, build connections between young patients, and give families moments of respite. Open to applicants from 🇧🇪 🇩🇰 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇪 and 3 more!
22. 🇭🇷 STEM Workshops, Media and Youth Work in the Community, Croatia
📅 Deadline: 25 September 2026
Support STEM workshops and community events for children and young people, creating promotional content, photos and videos while contributing to digital campaigns and Eurodesk information activities in a smaller Croatian city. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇦 🇧🇬 and 33 more!
23. 🇪🇸 Communication and Youth Participation, Spain
📅 Deadline: 25 September 2026
Support communication, social media and public relations activities that promote youth participation and community engagement. Create digital content, connect with local organisations and take part in creative, intercultural project work. Open to applicants from 🇧🇦 🇬🇱 🇷🇸 🇸🇽 🇪🇪 and 21 more!
24. 🇹🇷 Short Term Team Volunteering and Non Formal Education, Türkiye
📅 Deadline: 25 September 2026
Join a short-term volunteering team project in Türkiye focused on non-formal education, hosted by a local association from 15 October to 7 November 2026. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇿 and 16 more!
25. 🇧🇬 Start Something Real in Chavdar, Bulgaria
📅 Deadline: 26 September 2026
Be there at the founding moment of a young European foundation. In the mountain village of Chavdar, EIOPE is working to open outdoor spaces to everyone, and you will help build its infrastructure from scratch: develop the brand identity and logo, build out outdoorportal.eu as a European hub for inclusive outdoor resources, strengthen the NGO, researcher and municipality network, and co-design inclusive outdoor activities with local children, youth and people with fewer opportunities. Two teams of five. Open to applicants aged 18 to 30 from 🇧🇬 🇩🇪 🇹🇷 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and many more!
26. 🇪🇸 Supporting People With Intellectual Disabilities and Inclusion, Spain
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Support adults with intellectual disabilities and promote social inclusion: accompany participants in daily living and care activities under professional supervision, lead recreational, educational and sports workshops, and join outings and sports events at a leisure club and residential centres. Open to residents of Austria.
27. 🇬🇭 Women's Financial and Digital Literacy, Ghana
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Empower women's groups with digital tools and financial literacy training, helping them build financial records, access credit and gain the digital skills to run their community groups more effectively. Open to applicants from 🇮🇪 🇱🇻 🇲🇰 🇸🇪 🇲🇹 and 26 more!
28. 🇷🇴 Cultural Awareness and Critical Thinking With Teenagers, Romania
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Support a daily centre for disadvantaged teenagers, many from the Roma community, designing activities that build cultural awareness, sharpen critical thinking and help prevent addictions, alongside homework support and staff collaboration. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 and 23 more!
29. 🇬🇭 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Systems, Ghana
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
This humanitarian aid placement is open only to volunteers who have already completed ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering training. Help strengthen monitoring and evaluation systems, build practical data tools and mentor local teams to build a culture of learning and evidence-based decision making. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇭🇺 🇵🇱 and 26 more!
30. 🇷🇸 Social Program Assistant for Inclusion and Community Outreach, Serbia
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Support the planning and delivery of social inclusion programmes for vulnerable individuals and families, combining community outreach, educational activities and administrative support with a local humanitarian organisation. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 and 26 more!
31. 🇬🇭 Vocational Skills and Employability Coordination, Ghana
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Coordinate vocational training projects that build employability and entrepreneurship skills, working closely with trainees, trainers and local craftspeople to help participants achieve real economic independence. Open to applicants from 🇨🇾 🇩🇰 🇬🇷 🇱🇹 🇸🇰 and 26 more!
32. 🇷🇴 Social Media Content and Digital Activities for Children, Romania
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Create content and manage social media for a daily centre supporting disadvantaged children, mostly from the Roma community, promoting its activities online while proposing digitalisation activities and helping with homework. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 and 23 more!
33. 🇬🇭 Women's Artisan Cooperatives and Market Access, Ghana
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Help strengthen women's cooperatives in shea butter, basket and cloth weaving, building lasting skills and economic independence while connecting local artisans with new European markets. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇭🇷 🇵🇹 🇹🇷 and 26 more!
34. 🇺🇬 Education and Teacher Development at a Community School, Uganda
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Support learner-centered teaching at a community school, assisting in classrooms, helping deliver digital literacy lessons and contributing to teacher training and co-curricular activities that improve student outcomes. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 and 26 more!
35. 🇬🇭 ICT and Digital Skills Education, Ghana
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Help strengthen computer literacy among school children and the wider community, using a newly equipped ICT classroom to promote digital skills and open up future opportunities for young learners. Open to applicants from 🇨🇿 🇪🇪 🇮🇸 🇱🇺 🇳🇱 and 26 more!
36. 🇷🇴 Sports, Dance and Movement Activities for Children, Romania
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Organise sports and dance activities for disadvantaged children, mostly from the Roma community, adapting to different skill levels and promoting teamwork, communication and inclusivity through movement. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 and 23 more!
37. 🇰🇪 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, literacy support and creative activities. Work alongside local teachers to build capacity and contribute to long-term improvements for children from vulnerable backgrounds. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇭🇺 🇱🇻 🇵🇹 🇸🇮 and 26 more!
38. 🇪🇸 Volunteer Management and Community Youth Work, Spain
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Support volunteer management and community youth work in Spain, helping gather local groups' needs, promote European Solidarity Corps opportunities and strengthen the quality of youth services offered to the community. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇪🇪 and 18 more!
39. 🇷🇴 Handcraft Activities and Fine Motor Skills for Children, Romania
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Plan handcraft activities that build fine motor skills, creativity and teamwork for disadvantaged children, mostly from the Roma community, weaving in themes of social inclusion and cultural awareness alongside homework support. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 and 23 more!
40. 🇷🇸 Media and Communication Assistant at a Humanitarian Organisation, Serbia
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Support a humanitarian organisation's public engagement through content creation, social media management, and photo and video documentation, while tracking campaign results to strengthen public awareness of its work. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 and 26 more!
41. 🇫🇷 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. Help build life skills, encourage participation, and connect young people with their local community. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇱🇻 🇲🇹 🇸🇰 and 21 more!
42. 🇷🇴 Music, Visual Arts and Storytelling for Children, Romania
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Engage disadvantaged children, mostly from the Roma community, in music, visual arts and storytelling through theatre-based activities, creative writing and rhythm and melody games, building a supportive space for shy participants. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 and 23 more!
43. 🇺🇬 Inclusive Education and Care for Children With Special Needs, Uganda
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Support the daily care of children with special needs at a centre challenging stigma and neglect, helping build basic life skills, deliver early childhood development lessons, and conduct community visits that support families and promote inclusion. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 and 26 more!
44. 🇪🇸 Bringing Art and Culture Closer to Young People, Spain
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Join "Youth and the Museum 2026", a collaboration bringing art and culture closer to young people through a board game based on a museum's collection, school talks, on-site activities and intercultural events in Spain. No previous art or culture experience needed, just genuine interest and openness to working with people. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 and 22 more!
45. 🇩🇪 International Youth Work Through Sports, Germany
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Join a sports youth organisation's Department of International Cooperation, supporting the planning and organisation of international projects, learning about EU youth funding and looking after young people visiting from abroad. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 and 21 more!
46. 🇵🇱 Halloween Community Event in a Youth Centre Garden, Poland
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Support the preparation of a Halloween-themed community event with local young people, creating decorations and activities together to transform a community garden into a creative, welcoming space. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇦🇹 🇧🇾 🇧🇪 🇧🇦 and 31 more!
47. 🇬🇪 Entrepreneurship Training for Displaced Youth and Women, Georgia
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Support the economic empowerment of internally displaced youth and women by delivering training in business planning, financial literacy and small enterprise development, helping participants build sustainable ventures. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 and 26 more!
48. 🇷🇸 Community Center Coordinator Supporting Vulnerable Groups, Serbia
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Help coordinate activities and volunteers at a community center focused on children, youth, ethnic minorities and other vulnerable groups, working with partners, gathering participant feedback and helping foster empowerment and social integration. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 and 26 more!
49. 🇸🇪 Social Media Content Creation for Youth Centres, Sweden
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Help create engaging photos, videos and stories that showcase youth centre activities and inspire more young people to get involved, while also promoting international mobility opportunities like volunteering and exchanges. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 and 23 more!
Seven days, forty-nine placements, and a closing curve that punishes hesitation: twenty-four of these forty-nine close on Sunday 27 September, which means the single busiest deadline day in this batch is also the last one. Seven close tomorrow on 21 September, five on 22 September, two on 23 September, five on 24 September, five on 25 September and one on 26 September. If you are reading this on the day it publishes, the Portugal, Togo, Spain and Italy placements at the top of this list need a decision within hours rather than days.
Where you apply changes what the year looks like. The four placements outside Europe, in Ghana, Kenya, Togo and Uganda, are the ones people most often overlook and they carry the widest brief: five roles in Ghana alone span digital literacy for women's groups, evaluation systems, vocational coordination, artisan cooperatives and ICT teaching. Inside Europe, Spain's eight placements range from hospital play work to museum communication, Romania's five all centre on disadvantaged children and Roma communities, and the one-off placements carry the strongest individual character: Ljubljana Pride's LGBTIQ+ ambassador role, Bulgaria's founding team in Chavdar, Sweden's ecovillage, Croatia's Roma media advocacy project and Türkiye's taekwondo championship team.
Before you write anything, check two lines on the listing: your residence and the deadline. Four of these placements accept only residents of one specific country and the Ghana evaluation role requires prior ESC Humanitarian Aid training, so a strong motivation letter cannot rescue an ineligible application. Everything else in this batch is fully funded with no fee, which means the only real cost is the hour you spend applying. Youth Works Hub tracks these deadlines so you do not have to open forty-nine tabs to find the three that fit you. Pick yours, check your eligibility, and apply before the clock runs out.
Not ready to commit to months abroad? Youth Works Hub also lists short Erasmus+ training courses and youth exchanges every week → Erasmus+ Opportunities
