At Youth Works Hub, we went through these 16 European Solidarity Corps listings one by one, and every one is a fully funded volunteering placement in Europe, in Poland, Türkiye, Serbia, Portugal, Spain, Romania and Greece. Eight of them have no application deadline, two close today, 2 October 2026, four close on 15 December 2026, and two in Portugal stay open until 30 June and 30 September 2027. If you are wondering how long an ESC project lasts, this batch runs from 20 days in Barcelos, Portugal, to 52 weeks in Burgos, Spain.
A few placements stand out. In Sinop, Türkiye, a host caring for around 110 cats and several dogs is looking for veterinary students, young vets and veterinary nurses, who also assist at a municipal stray animal care centre. In Kozani, Greece, six volunteers form an ESC volunteering team that builds a public health festival for World Diabetes Day from scratch, and in Logroño, Spain, a theatre and dance association that uses the performing arts for social inclusion has two places for volunteers. In and around Białystok, Poland, four schools are looking for volunteers from January to June 2027, including a special vocational school for young people with intellectual disabilities and autism. In Ruma and Kragujevac, Serbia, the humanitarian organisation Philanthropy offers two placements in elderly care, humanitarian aid and homelessness support, both as ESC humanitarian aid volunteering. In Faro, Portugal, volunteers work with young people through arts, sports and theatre, in Pułtusk, Poland, a municipal kindergarten brings an intercultural touch to everyday learning, and in Barcelos, Portugal, SOPRO volunteers spend much of their time with elderly people who live alone.
The conditions vary, so read each listing carefully. The Sinop placement is aimed at veterinary students, young veterinarians and veterinary nurses with previous practical experience with animals, and the two Serbian placements ask applicants to be 18 to 35 and to have completed the compulsory Humanitarian Aid Volunteering training. The Logroño placement requires an accredited sending organisation and no previous long-term EVS or ESC project, and the Drăgășani placement asks you to be registered on the European Solidarity Corps Portal. The 20-day Connecting Shores placement in Barcelos is open only to applicants from Portugal, and the autism support placement in Burgos, Spain, is open to 14 countries.
Funding
Every placement in this batch runs under the European Solidarity Corps, which funds accommodation, food or a food allowance, pocket money, insurance and travel. According to Youth Works Hub's review of the 16 listings, these are the amounts and extras the hosts state:
🇷🇸 Ruma: accommodation paid by Philanthropy and €500 in pocket money.
🇷🇸 Kragujevac: accommodation paid by Philanthropy and a €500 monthly allowance for food and transport.
🇹🇷 Sinop: a €6 daily food allowance and €6 in pocket money, paid in cash, plus transport to the activity locations.
🇵🇱 Pułtusk: €150 a month for food, €180 a month in pocket money and travel reimbursed up to €211, €309 or €395.
🇵🇱 Białystok area: money for food, pocket money and a monthly city transport ticket.
🇵🇹 Barcelos, 75-day placement: €300 a month, €120 for food and €180 in pocket money.
🇵🇹 Barcelos, 20-day placement: €200 in total for food and pocket money.
Eight placements have no application deadline, two close on 2 October 2026, four close on 15 December 2026, one on 30 June 2027 and one on 30 September 2027.
In This Batch
1- 🇹🇷 Türkiye · ESC Volunteering · 📅 As soon as possible!
2- 🇷🇸 Serbia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 As soon as possible!
3- 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering · 📅 As soon as possible!
4- 🇹🇷 Türkiye · ESC Volunteering · 📅 As soon as possible!
5- 🇷🇸 Serbia · ESC Volunteering · 📅 As soon as possible!
6- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 As soon as possible!
7- 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering · 📅 As soon as possible!
8- 🇵🇹 Portugal · ESC Volunteering · 📅 As soon as possible!
9- 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering · 📅 2 Oct
10- 🇬🇷 Greece · ESC Volunteering · 📅 2 Oct
11- 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering · 📅 15 Dec
12- 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering · 📅 15 Dec
13- 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering · 📅 15 Dec
14- 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering · 📅 15 Dec
15- 🇵🇹 Portugal · ESC Volunteering · 📅 30 Jun 2027
16- 🇵🇹 Portugal · ESC Volunteering · 📅 30 Sep 2027
What's in this batch:
16 Fully Funded ESC Placements · 7 Countries · 8 With No Application Deadline
🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
1. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🐾 Animal Care and Veterinary Practice at a Shelter 🩺
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
This European Solidarity Corps project in Sinop, Türkiye, supports the daily care and welfare of around 110 cats and several dogs living in the host's Patient Room, village house and garden. Volunteers feed and clean, give medication and parasite treatments, care for sick, disabled and orphaned animals and monitor their health. A key part of the activity takes place at the Gerze Municipality Stray Animal Care Centre, where volunteers work alongside veterinary professionals, observing and assisting with examinations, treatments, spay and neuter surgeries and other operations, with training adapted to each volunteer's existing knowledge. The placement lasts 8 weeks within the period 15 December 2026 to 11 February 2027. Volunteers stay in a furnished shared house in Sinop with wifi, hot water, heating and a kitchen, with a private room for long-term volunteers, receive a €6 daily food allowance and €6 in pocket money in cash, and have transport to Gerze and Bektaşağa Village covered and international travel reimbursed under ESC rules. The host is looking for veterinary students, young veterinarians and veterinary nurses with previous practical experience with animals, and having pets alone is not considered enough experience.
2. 🇷🇸 ESC Volunteering in Serbia 🤝 Community Engagement and Humanitarian Aid Support 📦
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Philanthropy in Ruma provides home care for 35 older adults with a social worker and two caregivers, runs a second-hand shop and a computer classroom, and distributes humanitarian aid such as food, hygiene items and clothing every day, reaching 200 people a month. The volunteer helps raise community awareness of humanitarian initiatives, supports the daily distribution of food, clothing and essentials to vulnerable and homeless people, receives, sorts and tracks humanitarian aid, joins field activities for older people such as creative workshops, doctor visits and computer courses, and helps create simple communication materials. The placement lasts 38 weeks within the period 1 November 2026 to 31 December 2027. Philanthropy finds suitable accommodation 500 to 1,000 metres from its office in the city centre, pays all its costs and provides €500 in pocket money. Volunteers complete Code of Conduct and safeguarding training and can also receive training in Project Cycle Management and Monitoring and Evaluation. Candidates must be 18 to 35, live in an EU Member State, North Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Türkiye, have completed the compulsory Humanitarian Aid Volunteering training and not have taken part in individual Humanitarian Aid Volunteering before, and their total time in EU volunteering programmes cannot exceed 12 months.
3. 🇷🇴 ESC Volunteering in Romania 🌍 Green and Inclusive Volunteering With Young People 💼
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
This placement in Drăgășani, Romania, has three aims: promoting inclusion, diversity and solidarity through activities with young people in the local community, improving young people's employability through job search and digital skills and entrepreneurial ideas, and raising awareness of environmental protection, sustainable development and climate change. What makes the project distinctive, according to the listing, is that volunteers listen to young people's needs and work with them to shape and test solutions in these three areas. The placement lasts 48 weeks within the period 1 September 2026 to 30 December 2027, and accommodation, food and transport are provided within the project. The profile is 18 to 30 at the start of the activity, available for 12 months, motivated to work with young people, including those with fewer opportunities, and able to communicate in English well enough to work in the team, with no language certificate required. Applicants must be legally resident in an eligible country and registered on the European Solidarity Corps Portal, and selection involves a Europass CV, a short questionnaire and an online interview in English.
4. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🤝 Youth Work and Local Community Activities 🎨
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Cedid Association is looking for volunteers for a short-term, 59-day European Solidarity Corps placement in Siirt, Türkiye, running 8 weeks within the period 20 October to 18 December 2026. Volunteers take part in youth work, local community activities, cultural and language activities, educational activities and events organised by Cedid Association, and have the opportunity to develop activities based on their own interests, skills and ideas. They stay in a shared volunteer house in Siirt with shared bedrooms, a kitchen, bathrooms, a living room and wifi, with food support and travel reimbursement under European Solidarity Corps rules and local transport for project activities supported. Volunteers should not buy travel tickets before receiving approval from the host organisation. Previous volunteering or ESC experience is welcome but not required.
5. 🇷🇸 ESC Volunteering in Serbia 🏠 Shelter Support for Homeless People and Elderly 🤝
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Philanthropy has run emergency and development programmes since 1991 for marginalised and vulnerable groups, from psychosocial support and social services to economic empowerment and agricultural development. At the Shelter for Homeless Persons in Kragujevac, the volunteer provides professional support in areas such as social welfare, art or occupational activities, takes part in community events that aim to prevent homelessness, supports the distribution of food, hygiene kits and cash or voucher assistance, helps assess homelessness risks and works with stakeholders such as the Red Cross and the Center for Social Welfare. The placement lasts 38 weeks within the period 1 November 2026 to 31 December 2027. Volunteers live in an apartment near the shelter with all accommodation costs covered by Philanthropy and pay for food and local transport from a €500 monthly allowance. Training includes Code of Conduct and safeguarding, with possible training in Project Cycle Management and Monitoring and Evaluation. Candidates must be 18 to 35, live in an EU Member State, North Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Türkiye, have completed the compulsory Humanitarian Aid Volunteering training and not have taken part in individual Humanitarian Aid Volunteering before, and their total time in EU volunteering programmes cannot exceed 12 months.
6. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🧩 Supporting People With Autism at a Residential Service 🏡
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Autismo Burgos is a non-profit organisation that has provided services to people with autism since 1984. The volunteer helps the staff with the daily activities of the people they support, to improve their skills and quality of life, and the listing notes that its residences open from 5:00 PM. Volunteers have an individual room in a flat with other volunteers and receive training about autism in a professional and specialised environment, as well as Spanish language training. The listing gives a total of 52 weeks within the period 20 January 2026 to 19 January 2027 and is looking for young people interested in helping others. Only applicants from 14 countries can apply: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.
7. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🧸 Intercultural Learning and Language Play at a Kindergarten 🎨
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Przedszkole Miejskie no. 4 is one of three municipal kindergartens in Pułtusk, a town of 19,000 in northern Masovia about 60 km north of Warsaw, caring for and educating children aged 3 to 6. Volunteers assist the teachers in teaching and outdoor activities, free play, excursions, events, art activities and meals, and have plenty of space for their own workshops, presentations and classes introducing their culture and language, teaching foreign languages, mostly English, informally through games and exercises. The placement lasts 44 weeks within the period 15 October 2026 to 22 August 2027, with a flexible start date and hosting possible from the beginning of October 2026. Volunteers share a flat with three other volunteers of the same gender, receive €150 a month for food and €180 a month in pocket money, have international travel reimbursed up to €211, €309 or €395 depending on distance, and get an online language course through the EU Academy. The profile includes prior experience in a kindergarten, teaching, volunteering with children or leading children's camps, along with patience, creativity and English communication skills.
8. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 🎭 Youth Work Through Arts Sports and Non Formal Education ⚽
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
More Solidarity, Better Citizenship is a volunteering activity in Faro, Portugal, with the association Sê Mais Sê Melhor (SMSM, Be More, Be Better), whose office sits close to the city centre with youth rooms, computer stations, social spaces and arts and sports areas. Volunteers take part in social and educational work with young people through arts, sports, play, theatre, study and pedagogy, help organise activities and campaigns at the Sê+ Youth Space, support international trainings, youth work camps and exchange programmes, and help with administrative tasks and new partnerships, while being encouraged to develop their own projects. The placement lasts 24 weeks within the period 15 October 2026 to 15 April 2027. Volunteers share a furnished flat with separate rooms in Olhão, 10 km from the workplace, with a food allowance, including during the holiday period, and monthly pocket money under ESC rules paid by bank transfer, and receive online training, language support through the EU Academy and mentoring. No previous qualifications, specific experience or language knowledge is required.
9. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🎭 Theatre and Dance for Social Inclusion 💃
📅 Deadline: 2 October 2026
Asociación Teatral On&Off is a non-profit organisation in Logroño, La Rioja, in northern Spain, that uses theatre and dance for personal growth, social inclusion and community building, especially for people who are often left behind. It has two places for volunteers for close to 220 days, a total of 31 weeks within the period 15 October 2026 to 30 August 2027, supporting the team in daily tasks according to their skills and interests. The association's activities range from running an active office to leading theatre and dance workshops in its space and with schools and community groups, and it also organises and attends cultural trips, exchanges and festivals. Volunteers live in a shared apartment with their own room, receive a food allowance and can get bikes or bus cards, and they can join the theatre and dance workshops during working hours and develop a personal project. Basic Spanish, work experience, digital and audiovisual skills and artistic experience are valued. Applicants must be 18 to 30, come from a programme country, have an accredited sending organisation for an ESC project and not have taken part in a long-term EVS or ESC project before.
10. 🇬🇷 ESC Volunteering in Greece 💪 Building a Public Health Festival for World Diabetes Day 🎪
📅 Deadline: 2 October 2026
Healthy Connections within Society is a European Solidarity Corps volunteering team activity in Kozani, Greece, from 1 to 22 November 2026, where six international volunteers create a public health festival for World Diabetes Day on 14 November. Starting from a blank canvas, the team develops the festival concept, activities, visual identity, communication campaign, workshops, sport and wellbeing activities, community outreach and event logistics, exploring health broadly, from physical and mental wellbeing and prevention to health inequalities, stigma and social connection. Volunteers work with the local community and may engage schools, health professionals, sports organisations and youth groups, and applicants can apply for one of six roles according to their interests and skills. Accommodation is arranged for the whole activity, food support and pocket money follow ESC rules, travel to and from Kozani is covered within the distance bands, and participants receive ESC insurance and a Youthpass. The host is looking for young people aged 18 to 30 who are available from 1 to 22 November 2026, with basic English, and professional experience is not required.
11. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 📻 Creative Clubs and Cultural Exchange at a Primary School 🎨
📅 Deadline: 15 December 2026
Primary School No. 1 in Wasilków, just outside Białystok, has around 450 students aged 7 to 15 and 47 teachers and staff, in a community-driven school that values youth initiative and creative expression. The volunteer organises movement games, language rhymes, drawing and crafts in the after-school common room, runs the school radio station in a foreign language with music from their home country, livens up breaks with games and informal language practice, leads or co-hosts clubs based on their own interests, helps create content for a foreign language section of the school's social media, and assists teachers on trips and with seasonal decorations. The placement runs from 11 January to 25 June 2027. The volunteer lives in a flat in Białystok, around 11 km from the school, with their own room and a shared bathroom and kitchen, gets a monthly city transport ticket and receives money for food and pocket money, and takes part in the Polish National Agency's on-arrival training and mid-term meeting plus host trainings on Polish, ecological lifestyle and animation methods. The school is looking for volunteers ready to work with children aged 7 to 15.
12. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🏫 Bilingual and Creative School Companion 🌍
📅 Deadline: 15 December 2026
Primary School No. 24 with Bilingual Departments in Białystok is a state school with 552 students and 54 teachers, combining the standard curriculum with bilingual streams, modern learning methods and a strong focus on intercultural openness. The volunteer helps students with homework in the school common room, assists in hands-on workshops such as cooking, basic sewing, arts and crafts and sports, organises games and team activities during breaks, shares their native culture, language and traditions through presentations, quizzes and workshops, and proposes their own creative initiatives or clubs. The placement runs from 11 January to 25 June 2027. The volunteer lives in a flat in Białystok with their own room and a shared bathroom and kitchen, gets a monthly city transport ticket, receives money for food and pocket money, and takes part in the Polish National Agency's on-arrival training and mid-term meeting. The school is looking for volunteers ready to work with children aged 7 to 15.
13. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🧒 Education and After School Support 🎨
📅 Deadline: 15 December 2026
The Primary School in Złotoria is a small school just outside Białystok with around 80 students aged 3 to 14, where teachers and staff keep a close connection with every student and family. The volunteer assists teachers with the youngest group, aged 3 to 6, organises creative workshops, games, arts and crafts and outdoor play in after-school care, helps manage the school library and supports charity initiatives, seasonal events and field trips, and shares their language and culture through workshops, quizzes and conversations. The placement runs from 11 January to 25 June 2027. The volunteer lives in a room rented by the coordinating organisation in Białystok, together with other volunteers or students in a dormitory, with their own room and a shared bathroom and kitchen, gets a monthly city transport ticket, receives money for food and pocket money, and takes part in the Polish National Agency's on-arrival training and mid-term meeting. The school is looking for volunteers ready to work with children aged 6 to 15.
14. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🌱 Supporting Youth With Special Needs at a Vocational School 🤝
📅 Deadline: 15 December 2026
Special Vocational School No. 16 in Białystok is a school for young people with intellectual disabilities and autism, offering hands-on vocational workshops and comprehensive support. Volunteers assist students in practical workshops for cooks, hairdressers, gardeners and hoteliers, help them build daily life skills such as cooking, basic tailoring, computer literacy and household cleaning, support teachers in daily and creative activities including theatre, music and fine and applied arts, accompany trips to the cinema, theatre and opera, and join swimming, gym, aerobics and local sports competitions as well as speech therapy, sensory integration and social skills sessions. The placement runs from 11 January to 25 June 2027. Volunteers live in a rented flat or student residence in Białystok in single or double rooms, receive a monthly food allowance, pocket money and a city transport ticket, and take part in the Polish National Agency's trainings plus workshops on basic Polish and non-formal methods for working with young people with special needs. The school is looking for volunteers ready to work with young people with mental and physical disabilities, with an interest in ecological topics and ecological lifestyles.
15. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 🤝 Community Solidarity and Companionship for Elderly People 🌳
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2027
SOPRO, Solidariedade e Promoção, is a non-profit organisation in Barcelos, in the north of Portugal, that has worked for 30 years in solidarity, volunteering, education and community participation under the motto "Small gestures change the world." Volunteering Footprint is a 75-day project, a total of 11 weeks within the period 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2027, aimed especially at young people with fewer opportunities. Volunteers spend a large part of their time with elderly people who live alone or feel isolated, visiting them, talking, organising activities and keeping them company, and also support food collection campaigns, food baskets for local families, sorting books for SOPRO's projects in Mozambique, garden maintenance and awareness sessions in schools, with room to develop a personal initiative. They live in a shared house in Barcelos in triple rooms with a fully equipped kitchen, cook their own meals with a monthly allowance of €300, made up of €120 for food and €180 in pocket money, and have local transport for project activities fully covered. A basic level of English is accepted.
16. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 🫂 Supporting Isolated Elderly People and Solidarity Campaigns 🌱
📅 Deadline: 30 September 2027
Connecting Shores is a 20-day project by SOPRO in Barcelos, in the north of Portugal, created as a volunteering and mobility opportunity away from the islands, aimed especially at young people with fewer opportunities from the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira. Volunteers join the SOPRO team and partner organisations, spending much of their time with elderly people who live alone or feel isolated, and also support food collection campaigns, food baskets for local families, sorting books and goods for SOPRO's projects in Mozambique, garden maintenance and, possibly, awareness sessions in schools. The placement is a total of 3 weeks within the period 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027. Volunteers live in a shared house in Barcelos in triple rooms with international volunteers from other SOPRO projects, cook their own meals with €200 in total for food and pocket money for the 20 days, and have local transport for project activities fully covered; English is the main language in the house, but an advanced level is not required. Only applicants from Portugal can apply.
If animals are your field, the Sinop placement offers hands-on clinical experience, while health, events and creativity come together in the Kozani festival team and the Logroño theatre and dance association. Children and schools are at the heart of the four placements around Białystok and the Pułtusk kindergarten, and humanitarian work runs through the two Philanthropy placements in Ruma and Kragujevac. Youth work and community projects fill the placements in Drăgășani, Siirt and Faro, and elderly care is the focus in Barcelos, with autism support in Burgos. Before you apply, it is worth knowing how much pocket money you get on ESC, since the amounts stated in these listings range from a €6 daily food allowance to €500 a month. Check the profile and the eligible countries on each listing, because some placements look for specific backgrounds or are open to only one country.
Two placements, in Logroño and Kozani, close today, 2 October 2026, so if one of them is right for you, there is no time to lose. Eight of these fully funded European Solidarity Corps placements have no application deadline, while the four placements in and around Białystok close on 15 December 2026 and the two Barcelos placements stay open until 30 June and 30 September 2027. Make sure you register on the ESC Portal first, check your eligibility, then open the link and apply. Find more fully funded volunteering placements like these, explained in plain language, on Youth Works Hub.
Want something shorter, like a one-week training or a youth exchange? Youth Works Hub also lists fully funded Erasmus+ projects → Erasmus+
