🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 📚 Creative and Arts Work at a Public Library 🖌️

Description

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The "Leipziger Städtische Bibliotheken/ Leipzig's municipal libraries" (LSB) are an important part of the city's cultural and educational landscape and provide centers for communication and information, reading promotion and education. With a central library, 15 branches, a mobile library and an online-library, Leipzig Public Libraries (Leipziger Städtische Bibliotheken, LSB) are one of the largest public library systems in Germany, serving about 630,000 Leipzig residents. LSB have 750,000 items in their collections including books for people of all ages, DVDs, e-books, e-magazines, autographs, art works, and musical scores. We offer a wide range of services, such as (early) literacy programs, computer and library training, after school activities for children and special services for immigrants.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

You will live together with other volunteers in a shared flat, with your own single bedroom. Furthermore, you will receive food- & pocket money as well as a ticket for public transportation in Leipzig. Check our website for more information about your ESC in Leipzig: https://villa-leipzig.de/europaeischer-solidaritaetskorps/hosting

Training during the activity

During the ESC: the volunteers receive a basic language training of some kind (not always an official course), also other training needed to carry out agreed tasks and the volunteer attend the On-Arrival training and Mid-term seminar offered by NA. In addition, there will be realized several project days towards topics of solidarity in Europe / participation / social projects for all ESC volunteers.

Participant profile

We are looking for someone who is open-minded, socially competent and empathetic, and interested in working with older people and children. You should be interested in cultural and educational work. You should also be able to work well in a team and be willing to learn German. Most importantly, you should be creative and artistic because one of the main areas of work during the volunteering will be doing painting and arts and crafts with kids after school. Another important aspect of the role is decorating the library for seasonal or festive occasions, as well as painting the windows in the library. Therefore, we need someone who is open to versatile tasks and for whom being creative comes naturally.

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Activity details

Activity type

Individual volunteering

Activity dates

From 01/03/2027 to 29/02/2028

Location

Lessingstraße 7, Leipzig, Germany

Deadline

08/11/2026

Project code

2026-1-DE04-ESC51-VTJ-000400956

Topics

Looking for participants from

68 countries can apply. The activity takes place in 🇩🇪 Germany.