🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 📚 Supporting Cultural Activities at a City Public Library 🎨

Description

City Public Library in Gdynia promotes literacy and cultural activities among all members of the local society in different districts of the city.

The aim of the library is to meet cultural needs of the society and to promote reading in various ways. Another role is to promote cultural activities and enable all members of local society to participate in them.

Volunteer will work with the local community in one of the branches of the City Public Library in Gdynia, helping the librarians with typical librarian tasks and supporting the organization at cultural activities.

The activity should start 11th of January (arrival 8-10 January) and last preferably 12 months (minimum 8). More information please find here: https://cwm.org.pl/wolontariat-miedzynarodowy/567

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

Volunteer will be provided with accommodation in a rented flat, in a double room shared with another volunteer, monthly pocket money and allowance for food, monthly budget for bus ticket in Gdynia.

Training during the activity

Volunteer is obliged to participate in training provided by National Agency (On-arrival training and Mid-term training) as well as trainings run and and organized by the organizations involved in the activity.

Participant profile

We are looking for a volunteer who will be communicative and open for new experiences, creative and inventive. It is welcome if the volunteer has basic English language skills and is willing to study Polish. The volunteer should be interested in methods of active education, open for people from other countries and cultures and willing to co-operate and work in group. S/he should be open-minded.

We are searching for young people, who would contribute to the actions taken by the library and would like to develop his/her personality. Being interested in literature and librarian’s tasks or some artistic skills would be a positive asset taken into consideration during the recruitment process.

Activity details

Activity type

Individual volunteering

Activity dates

From 11/01/2027 to 10/01/2028

Location

ul. Świętojańska 141-143, Gdynia, Poland

Deadline

08/11/2026

Project code

2025-2-PL01-ESC51-VTJ-000368174

Topics

Looking for participants from

30 countries can apply. The activity takes place in 🇵🇱 Poland.