🇳🇱 ESC Volunteering in Netherlands ⚽ Short Term Youth Work at a Youth Centre 🎲

Description

A day at Don Bosco = a day for action and new opportunities for volunteers and visitors. We are included in everyday life of the organization, preparing and developing games as well as creating new programs within a team of professionals, Dutch and other international volunteers. Together we make sure the place is safe and welcoming for everybody (for example: we do the dishes, clean the tables…)

The volunteers will get an opportunity to be a part of the organisation for a short pariod of time and participate in organizing different after school activities like playing hours, social projects or workshops.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

Participants will live in a flat with 2 other volunteers. Each has their own room and they share

the kitchen, bathroom and living room. Each participant will receive the food allowance and pocket

money each month and a bike as a main form of transportation. The youth center is located approx. 10

min from the house.

Training during the activity

We will provide different workshops throughout the experience to make sure every individual is confident and comfortable in working at Don Bosco Rijswijk. For example: how to organize games, how to work as a professional youth worker, how to maintain boundaries and healthy relationships, how to animate.

We offer extra support for learning Dutch with inhouse language course. We value good communication and spend a lot of time and effort to organize activities which promote team building and multicultural

learning under the roof of Don Bosco organizations mission.

Participant profile

We would like to welcome candidates who are interested in working in multicultural environment and actively participate in everyday life of the organisation. We keep it as open as possible so that all young people (age 18-30), especially unemployed and with fewer opportunities (social and economic difficulties) could easily take part in this project. Because it is a short term project, this opportunity is especialy good for young people who want to do ESC project but are not willing to commit for a long term project.

Volunteers are expected to work with other team members to carry out the program. Speaking and understanding a basic level of English is required. We would like to welcome young people who are motivated to work with children and peers. This might help you decide: https://europa.eu/youth/goabroad/volunteering/how-choose-goodvolunteering-opportunity_en

IMPORTANT: We will ONLY look at the applications in english through the European youth portal. No need to send emails, they will not count.

The application is a multistep process. If applicants are not contacted within reasonable time after the deadline, they have not been admitted in the next phase of the selection process.

Activity details

Activity type

Individual volunteering

Activity dates

From 14/01/2027 to 21/02/2027

Location

Don Boscolaantje 3, Rijswijk, Netherlands

Deadline

16/11/2026

Project code

2026-1-NL02-ESC51-VTJ-000401944

Topics

Looking for participants from

29 countries can apply. The activity takes place in 🇳🇱 Netherlands.