Youth Works Hub has gathered 17 fully funded ESC volunteering placements for 2026 and 2027 across 10 countries: Czechia, Germany, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Türkiye. Every call in this batch is a European Solidarity Corps placement, so it speaks to young people who want to volunteer abroad with children, people with disabilities, older people, local communities or the environment. Czechia leads with four placements and Romania follows with three, while two calls in Poland are listed as open as soon as possible. If the programme is new to you, our guide to what the European Solidarity Corps is explains how it works, and the article on whether ESC volunteering is fully funded shows what the funding covers.
Each call has its own angle:
🇵🇱 Poland: volunteers co-organise an inter-school art and language competition and help pupils prepare for a German language exam through friendly conversation.
🇵🇱 Poland: volunteers share their culture and mother tongue with young children at a municipal kindergarten, teaching foreign words through games.
🇷🇴 Romania: music, visual arts, theatre and storytelling become tools to encourage shy children and boost their imagination and language skills.
🇹🇷 Türkiye: volunteers help run workshops, language clubs, sports events and awareness campaigns for local youth work.
🇮🇹 Italy: a rural community farm combines gardens, bees, hens and a food lab with craft workshops alongside autistic adults.
🇪🇸 Spain: mountain landscapes are regenerated through direct seed sowing, seed protectors and tree survival counts.
🇨🇿 Czechia: a volunteer ambassador visits a variety of social care centres and creates photo, video and social media content along the way.
🇵🇹 Portugal: volunteers help plan creative workshops, awareness campaigns and community initiatives that promote active ageing.
Taken together, the batch suits young people who want a volunteering placement in social care, education or community work, with a reforestation project in Spain and an eco-social entrepreneurship laboratory in Germany. Each listing below shows the deadline, the location, a short description and the countries that can apply, so you can check your eligibility before clicking through. Our guide to ESC pocket money rates explains how the daily rates differ from one host country to another.
European Solidarity Corps volunteering is fully funded: travel, accommodation, food, pocket money and insurance are covered. According to Youth Works Hub's review, none of the 17 listings mentions a participation fee. The two Polish calls are listed as open as soon as possible, three Romanian calls close first, on 7 October 2026, and the Portugal call stays open until 31 December 2027.
📅 Deadlines: As soon as possible (2) · 7 Oct (3) · 10 Oct (3) · 17 Oct (2) · 2 Nov (1) · 15 Nov (4) · 30 Sep 2027 (1) · 31 Dec 2027 (1)
🌍 Countries: 🇨🇿 Czechia (4) · 🇷🇴 Romania (3) · 🇩🇪 Germany (2) · 🇵🇱 Poland (2) · 🇮🇹 Italy · 🇲🇹 Malta · 🇵🇹 Portugal · 🇸🇰 Slovakia · 🇪🇸 Spain · 🇹🇷 Türkiye
In This Batch
- 📅 As soon as possible! · 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 As soon as possible! · 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 07 Oct · 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 07 Oct · 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 07 Oct · 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 10 Oct · 🇹🇷 Türkiye · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 10 Oct · 🇸🇰 Slovakia · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 10 Oct · 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 17 Oct · 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 17 Oct · 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 02 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 15 Nov · 🇨🇿 Czechia · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 15 Nov · 🇨🇿 Czechia · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 15 Nov · 🇨🇿 Czechia · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 15 Nov · 🇨🇿 Czechia · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 30 Sep 2027 · 🇲🇹 Malta · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 31 Dec 2027 · 🇵🇹 Portugal · ESC Volunteering
What's in this batch:
17 ESC Volunteering Placements · 10 Countries
🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
1. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🎨 German Language and Art Education in Schools 📚
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
📍 Poland
Co-organise an inter-school art and language competition in Poland and help pupils prepare for a German language exam through friendly conversation, plus workshops for kids and adults. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇩🇪
2. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🧸 Intercultural Learning at a Municipal Kindergarten 🎈
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
📍 Poland
Share your culture and mother tongue with young children at a municipal kindergarten in Poland, teaching foreign words through games and running workshops and classes of your own. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇨🇾 🇬🇪 🇳🇴 🇷🇸 and 30 more!
3. 🇷🇴 ESC Volunteering in Romania ✂️ Handcraft Activities With Disadvantaged Children 🧒
📅 Deadline: 7 October 2026
📍 Romania
Plan handcraft activities that build fine motor skills, creativity and teamwork with children at a daily centre in Romania, and lend a hand with homework. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇪🇪 🇮🇪 🇲🇩 🇸🇰 and 24 more!
4. 🇷🇴 ESC Volunteering in Romania 📱 Social Media and Digital Promotion With Children 💻
📅 Deadline: 7 October 2026
📍 Romania
Create social media content, promote events and propose digital activities for children at a centre supporting disadvantaged kids in Romania. Open to applicants from 🇧🇪 🇫🇮 🇱🇻 🇵🇱 🇺🇦 and 24 more!
5. 🇷🇴 ESC Volunteering in Romania 🎨 Music Visual Arts and Storytelling With Children 📖
📅 Deadline: 7 October 2026
📍 Romania
Bring music, visual arts, theatre and storytelling to children in Romania, encouraging shy participants and boosting imagination and language skills. Open to applicants from 🇭🇷 🇫🇷 🇱🇺 🇵🇹 🇸🇪 and 24 more!
6. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🌍 Youth Work Culture and Community Engagement 🤝
📅 Deadline: 10 October 2026
📍 Türkiye
Help run workshops, language clubs, sports events and awareness campaigns in Türkiye, and create social media and photo content for local youth work. Open to applicants from 🇦🇿 🇫🇮 🇽🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇮 and 34 more!
7. 🇸🇰 ESC Volunteering in Slovakia ⛪ Youth Work in a Christian Catholic Community 🎬
📅 Deadline: 10 October 2026
📍 Slovakia
Share positive values with teenagers in a faith-based youth organisation in Slovakia, and use your skills to design posters, videos and other creative materials. Open to applicants from 🇭🇷 🇬🇱 🇮🇸 🇱🇹 🇵🇹 and 26 more!
8. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🌾 Community Farming With Autistic Young Adults 🍯
📅 Deadline: 10 October 2026
📍 Italy
Lend a hand on a rural community farm in Italy, tending gardens, bees and hens, making preserves in a food lab and joining craft workshops with autistic adults. Open to applicants from 🇦🇼 🇧🇪 🇪🇪 🇮🇪 🇵🇱 and 18 more!
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9. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🌳 Self Determined Learning at an Alternative School 📚
📅 Deadline: 17 October 2026
📍 Germany
Support children at a democratic alternative school in Germany where pupils choose what and how they learn, helping in class, on excursions and with projects of your own. Open to applicants from 🇦🇲 🇩🇰 🇬🇪 🇱🇺 🇪🇸 and 63 more!
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10. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🌳 Reforestation in the Mountains and Healthy Living 🧘
📅 Deadline: 17 October 2026
📍 Spain
Help regenerate mountain landscapes in Spain through direct seed sowing, seed protectors and tree survival counts, alongside workshops on permaculture and healthy living. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇪🇬 🇮🇹 🇱🇻 🇹🇷 and 63 more!
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11. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🌱 Eco Social Entrepreneurship Living Laboratory 💡
📅 Deadline: 2 November 2026
📍 Germany
Explore eco-social entrepreneurship, community living and collaborative decision-making at a Living Laboratory in Germany while developing your own idea or prototype with peers. Open to applicants from 🇬🇪 🇭🇺 🇱🇹 🇵🇱 🇹🇷 and 34 more!
12. 🇨🇿 ESC Volunteering in Czechia 👵 Supporting Elderly Residents at a Care Home 💛
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Czechia
Brighten everyday life for elderly residents at a care home in Czechia, helping with daily routines and joining memory, music and movement activities. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇩🇰 🇩🇪 🇮🇪 🇵🇱 and 25 more!
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13. 🇨🇿 ESC Volunteering in Czechia 🌱 Inclusive Education for Children With Special Needs 🤝
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Czechia
Become part of everyday school life at an inclusive school for children with special educational needs in Czechia, supporting creative activities and sharing time with pupils. Open to applicants from 🇧🇪 🇪🇪 🇱🇮 🇷🇴 🇸🇰 and 25 more!
14. 🇨🇿 ESC Volunteering in Czechia 📷 Volunteer Ambassador Across Social Care Centres 🤝
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Czechia
Visit a variety of social care centres in Czechia, from creative workshops to children's clubs and sheltered housing, while supporting people with disabilities and creating photo, video and social media content. Open to applicants from 🇧🇪 🇫🇮 🇮🇪 🇱🇺 🇸🇮 and 25 more!
15. 🇨🇿 ESC Volunteering in Czechia 🎵 Supporting Pupils With Disabilities at a Secondary School 📚
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Czechia
Offer personal support to pupils with disabilities at a secondary school in Czechia, from relaxation and music therapy to outdoor trips and help in class. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇨🇾 🇫🇷 🇱🇻 🇪🇸 and 25 more!
16. 🇲🇹 ESC Volunteering in Malta ♿ Inclusive Education and Therapeutic Programmes 🌟
📅 Deadline: 30 September 2027
📍 Malta
Support inclusive education and therapeutic programmes for children and young adults with disabilities in Malta, helping them grow in independence. Open to applicants from 🇦🇼 🇪🇬 🇮🇹 🇲🇪 🇹🇳 and 63 more!
17. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 👵 Active Ageing and Intergenerational Community Work 🤝
📅 Deadline: 31 December 2027
📍 Portugal
Support older people in Portugal by helping plan creative workshops, awareness campaigns and community initiatives that promote active ageing and connections between generations. Open to applicants from 🇨🇼 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇷🇪 🇪🇸 and 6 more!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do I have to pay a fee to join these ESC volunteering placements?
None of the 17 listings mentions a participation fee. European Solidarity Corps volunteering covers travel, accommodation, food, pocket money and insurance. Our guide on how to spot a real Erasmus+ or ESC project explains the red flags to watch for.
Who can apply for these ESC placements in Czechia, Romania, Germany and Poland?
The eligible countries differ from call to call. The placements in Malta, Spain and the alternative school in Germany are open to applicants from 68 countries, the Türkiye placement and the Living Laboratory in Germany to 39, the kindergarten placement in Poland to 35, the four Czech placements to 30, the Slovak placement to 31, the Romanian placements to 29, the Italian farm to 23 and the Portugal placement to 11. The German language and art placement in Poland is open only to applicants from Austria and Germany. Our guide to which countries can apply for Erasmus+ and ESC explains how eligibility works.
Which of these ESC deadlines closes first?
The two calls in Poland are listed as "As soon as possible!", so they come first. The three calls in Romania close on 7 October 2026, followed by Türkiye, Slovakia and Italy on 10 October, Germany and Spain on 17 October, the Living Laboratory in Germany on 2 November and the four Czech placements on 15 November. Malta stays open until 30 September 2027 and Portugal until 31 December 2027. Before applying, follow our guide to registering on the ESC Portal so your profile is ready.
Looked at by theme, the batch falls into three clear groups. Care and inclusion are at the heart of the five Czech and Maltese placements, where volunteers support people with disabilities, pupils with special educational needs and elderly residents, joined by the active ageing project in Portugal and the community farm with autistic adults in Italy. Education and creativity run through the German language and art placement and the kindergarten in Poland, the three Romanian placements with children, the alternative school in Germany and the youth work placements in Türkiye and Slovakia. Nature and new ideas come together in the mountain reforestation project in Spain and the eco-social Living Laboratory in Germany.
If you are about to start, our guide to your first steps as an ESC volunteer walks you through what to expect once you are selected. Find more fully funded European Solidarity Corps placements, explained in plain language, on Youth Works Hub. Pick the placement that fits you and send your application today.
