Youth Works Hub has rounded up 47 fully funded ESC volunteering projects closing between 2 and 8 November 2026, and this is the last chance to apply: every call has its deadline in that week. The calls are spread across 15 countries: Germany, France, Italy, Türkiye, Belgium, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Uganda, Bulgaria, Georgia, Slovakia, Romania and Tanzania, from kindergartens and libraries in Leipzig to a community school in Kampala and a media studio in Gaziantep. Germany leads with 10 calls, followed by France, Italy and Türkiye with four each. Our guide to what the European Solidarity Corps is explains how the programme works.
Each call has its own angle:
🇮🇹 Italy: young people share daily life with autistic adults in a small rural community in the Apennine hills.
🇹🇿 Tanzania: a six-month humanitarian aid volunteering project in Dar es Salaam supports a monitoring, evaluation and learning team.
🇷🇴 Romania: volunteers run art activities for children in hospitals and help prepare a traditional Christmas toy campaign where each volunteer plays Santa.
🇩🇪 Germany: a media lab in Leipzig works with children and young people who create their own films, photos, games and escape rooms.
🇪🇸 Spain: volunteers on a community farm in Sant Martí d'Albars regenerate soil following permaculture principles and care for farm animals and bees.
🇬🇪 Georgia: practical business training supports the economic empowerment of internally displaced youth and women in Tserovani.
🇫🇷 France: a vocational school built for underprivileged students needs someone in the classroom and outside it.
🇹🇷 Türkiye: a 30-day team activity in Sorgun covers disaster preparedness, first aid and search and rescue through workshops, field visits and simulations.
Taken together, the batch suits young people who want to volunteer abroad in youth work, education, social inclusion, media and communication or environmental work. Three calls are volunteering team activities, in Poland, Türkiye and Italy, a format explained in our guide to ESC Volunteering Teams. The call in Dar es Salaam is a humanitarian aid volunteering project, covered in our guide to ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering, and four calls are open only to residents of a single country, so check the eligibility line first.
European Solidarity Corps volunteering is fully funded: travel, accommodation, food, pocket money and insurance are covered. According to Youth Works Hub's review, 19 of the 48 calls close on 8 November 2026, and the first six, three in Portugal and one each in France, Germany and Romania, close on 2 November 2026.
📅 Deadlines: 2 Nov (6) · 3 Nov (2) · 4 Nov (10) · 5 Nov (3) · 6 Nov (8) · 8 Nov (19) 🌍 Countries: 🇩🇪 Germany (10) · 🇫🇷 France (4) · 🇮🇹 Italy (4) · 🇹🇷 Türkiye (4) · 🇧🇪 Belgium (3) · 🇵🇱 Poland (3) · 🇵🇹 Portugal (3) · 🇷🇸 Serbia (3) · 🇪🇸 Spain (3) · 🇺🇬 Uganda (3) · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (2) · 🇬🇪 Georgia (2) · 🇸🇰 Slovakia (2) · 🇷🇴 Romania · 🇹🇿 Tanzania
In This Batch
- 📅 2 Nov · 🇵🇹 Portugal · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 2 Nov · 🇫🇷 France · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 2 Nov · 🇵🇹 Portugal · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 2 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 2 Nov · 🇷🇴 Romania · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 2 Nov · 🇵🇹 Portugal · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 3 Nov · 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 3 Nov · 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 4 Nov · 🇷🇸 Serbia · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 4 Nov · 🇺🇬 Uganda · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 4 Nov · 🇷🇸 Serbia · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 4 Nov · 🇬🇪 Georgia · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 4 Nov · 🇺🇬 Uganda · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 4 Nov · 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 4 Nov · 🇹🇿 Tanzania · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 4 Nov · 🇷🇸 Serbia · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 4 Nov · 🇬🇪 Georgia · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 4 Nov · 🇺🇬 Uganda · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 5 Nov · 🇹🇷 Türkiye · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 5 Nov · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 5 Nov · 🇹🇷 Türkiye · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 6 Nov · 🇫🇷 France · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 6 Nov · 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 6 Nov · 🇫🇷 France · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 6 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 6 Nov · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 6 Nov · 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 6 Nov · 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 6 Nov · 🇫🇷 France · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇧🇪 Belgium · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇧🇪 Belgium · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇹🇷 Türkiye · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇸🇰 Slovakia · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇵🇱 Poland · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇧🇪 Belgium · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇪🇸 Spain · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇹🇷 Türkiye · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇸🇰 Slovakia · ESC Volunteering
What's in this batch:
48 ESC Volunteering Projects · 15 Countries
🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
1. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 🛠️ Erasmus+ Project Development Training 📝
📅 Deadline: 2 November 2026
📍 Braga, Portugal · 👥 Youth workers, project coordinators and NGO representatives
This individual volunteering activity in Braga is a training course on Erasmus+ KA210 and KA220 project development, covering proposal writing, project management and building international partnerships. It is for people who want to develop Erasmus+ projects and long-term partnerships and can attend all the dates. Open to residents of Portugal.
2. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🎓 Supporting Underprivileged Youth at a Vocational School 🤝
📅 Deadline: 2 November 2026
📍 France
A vocational school built for underprivileged students needs someone in the classroom and outside it: helping with language lessons, co-designing activities and offering the kind of one-on-one tutoring a busy timetable rarely allows. Open to applicants from 🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇸🇪.
3. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 🌍 European Mobility Programmes and Communication at a Youth NGO 📢
📅 Deadline: 2 November 2026
📍 Lisbon, Portugal · 👥 18-30
Help organise international youth exchanges and training courses, support Erasmus+ information sessions and create text, graphic and audio-visual content for a newsletter, blog and social media. This individual volunteering placement suits open-minded, proactive people who are eager to learn, and no particular formal education is required. Open to applicants from 🇧🇦 🇨🇿 🇮🇪 🇲🇪 🇲🇰 and 29 more!
4. 🇩🇪 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!
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5. 🇷🇴 ESC Volunteering in Romania 🎅 Art and Christmas Campaign for Children in Hospitals 🎨
📅 Deadline: 2 November 2026
📍 Bucharest, Romania · 👥 18-30
Run art and cultural activities such as drawing, origami, crafts, dance and music for children aged 3-18 in hospitals and social centres in Bucharest and help prepare a traditional Christmas toy campaign where each volunteer plays Santa. The project is for positive, responsible and team-minded young people who enjoy theatre, music or painting, with basic Romanian lessons and team support throughout. Open to residents of France.
6. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 🎨 Supporting Children at a Community Kindergarten 🧸
📅 Deadline: 2 November 2026
📍 Lisbon, Portugal · 👥 18-30
A community kindergarten in Lisbon is looking for young people to join an individual volunteering placement supporting children, with a focus on education, creativity and social challenges. Open to applicants from 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸.
7. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🎉 Youth Day and Christmas Events at a Youth Center 🎄
📅 Deadline: 3 November 2026
📍 Kwidzyn, Poland · 👥 18-30
This volunteering team activity in Kwidzyn lets you help run a Youth Day for around 400 young people and create Christmas workshops, handmade decorations and celebrations. Creative, proactive volunteers who enjoy working with young people and sharing their own traditions will feel right at home. Open to applicants from 🇳🇴 🇧🇪 🇬🇪 🇲🇹 🇸🇰 and 28 more!
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8. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🌿 Rural Community Life in Nature With Autistic Young Adults 🧩
📅 Deadline: 3 November 2026
📍 Ponte Nizza, Italy · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 30 weeks
Young people share daily life with autistic adults in a small rural community in the Apennine hills in this individual volunteering placement, caring for the vegetable garden and orchard, tending the henhouse, making honey, helping produce jams and preserves, preparing meals and joining craft workshops. Patient, flexible people who love nature and animals, are ready for manual outdoor tasks and feel comfortable in a quiet, isolated setting are the ones wanted. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇨🇿 🇪🇸 🇺🇦 🇸🇪 and 20 more!
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9. 🇷🇸 ESC Volunteering in Serbia 📸 Media and Communication Assistant at a Humanitarian Organisation 🤝
📅 Deadline: 4 November 2026
📍 Novi Pazar, Serbia · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 40 weeks
This individual volunteering placement is for young people who want to build communication skills through content creation, social media management, photo and video documentation and campaign analysis. Creative, communicative and detail-oriented people with a background or strong interest in communications, marketing, journalism or media will fit best. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇨🇿 🇱🇺 🇳🇱 🇵🇹 and 32 more!
10. 🇺🇬 ESC Volunteering in Uganda 💻 Digital Empowerment Trainer for Youth and Communities 🚀
📅 Deadline: 4 November 2026
📍 Kampala, Uganda · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 30 weeks
Help close the digital divide by training youth workers and local communities in digital skills in this individual volunteering placement. Tasks include running sessions on digital communication, social media and ICT, helping upgrade online platforms and evaluating the impact of each training. Tech-savvy, creative and adaptable people with an interest in digital communications, marketing or education are the ideal match. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 🇪🇪 and 32 more!
11. 🇷🇸 ESC Volunteering in Serbia 🤲 Social Program Assistant for Vulnerable Families 📋
📅 Deadline: 4 November 2026
📍 Novi Pazar, Serbia · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 40 weeks
This individual volunteering placement supports social inclusion work for vulnerable individuals and families, from planning and proposal writing to educational activities for at-risk youth, community outreach and humanitarian and administrative support. Empathetic, proactive people with an interest in social work, community development or humanitarian action are the ones wanted. Open to applicants from 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇱🇻 and 32 more!
12. 🇬🇪 ESC Volunteering in Georgia 💼 Entrepreneurship Training for Displaced Youth and Women 🌱
📅 Deadline: 4 November 2026
📍 Tserovani, Georgia · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 40 weeks
Support the economic empowerment of internally displaced youth and women through practical training in business planning, financial literacy and small enterprise development. Volunteers design and run sessions, guide participants in shaping viable business ideas and track progress. Encouraging, resourceful people with an interest in entrepreneurship, business development or economics will fit best. Open to applicants from 🇲🇹 🇲🇰 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇸🇰 and 32 more!
13. 🇺🇬 ESC Volunteering in Uganda 📚 Education and Teacher Development at a Community School 🍎
📅 Deadline: 4 November 2026
📍 Kampala, Uganda · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 30 weeks
Support learners and teachers at a community school by assisting in classrooms, running co-curricular activities, delivering digital literacy lessons and encouraging parents to take part in learning. It suits motivated people with a background or strong interest in education, teaching or pedagogy who are comfortable in a cross-cultural setting. Open to applicants from 🇫🇷 🇭🇺 🇮🇸 🇵🇱 🇸🇪 and 32 more!
14. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 📷 Photography and Community Storytelling Across Generations 🎥
📅 Deadline: 4 November 2026
📍 Lębork, Poland · 👥 18-30
Capture the stories of everyday life in Lębork through photography, video and conversations with local residents. In this individual volunteering project you will work with school students, children and elderly people, lead workshops on youth topics and help connect generations, with no previous experience needed. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇫🇮 🇬🇷 🇱🇻 🇳🇴 and 24 more!
15. 🇹🇿 ESC Volunteering in Tanzania 📊 Humanitarian Volunteer in Monitoring and Evaluation 🤝
📅 Deadline: 4 November 2026
📍 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 6 months
A humanitarian aid volunteering project supporting a monitoring, evaluation and learning team, from adapting project monitoring tools to assessing needs and applying lessons learnt. This one suits motivated team players who are curious about data analysis and international cooperation. Open to applicants from 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇱🇺 🇲🇰 🇪🇸 and 32 more!
16. 🇷🇸 ESC Volunteering in Serbia 📊 Project Assistant for Social Inclusion Initiatives 🤝
📅 Deadline: 4 November 2026
📍 Belgrade, Serbia · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 52 weeks
This individual volunteering placement supports initiatives promoting social inclusion and dignity for vulnerable groups such as homeless people, ethnic minorities and care leavers. Tasks include project administration, document drafting, preparing meetings and workshops, supporting proposal writing and joining field visits. Culturally sensitive team players eager to build project management skills are welcome. Open to applicants from 🇧🇪 🇪🇪 🇬🇷 🇮🇪 🇱🇹 and 32 more!
17. 🇬🇪 ESC Volunteering in Georgia 📣 Communication Social Media and Fundraising for Displaced Communities 💡
📅 Deadline: 4 November 2026
📍 Tserovani, Georgia · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 40 weeks
Strengthen the visibility and funding of organisations supporting internally displaced communities in this individual volunteering placement. You will create content, manage social media, run fundraising campaigns and expand digital outreach through newsletters and press materials. Creative, proactive and digitally fluent people with an interest in communications, digital marketing or fundraising are welcome. Open to applicants from 🇫🇮 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇮🇪 🇱🇻 and 32 more!
18. 🇺🇬 ESC Volunteering in Uganda 🧸 Inclusive Education and Care for Children With Special Needs 💛
📅 Deadline: 4 November 2026
📍 Kampala, Uganda · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 30 weeks
Support children with special needs through daily care, basic life skills, early childhood lessons, therapies, games and sports in this individual volunteering placement. Volunteers also visit families in the community and help promote the rights of children with disabilities. Patient, empathetic and adaptable people with an interest in social work, education, psychology or special needs care are the ones sought. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇱🇮 🇱🇹 🇱🇺 🇳🇱 and 32 more!
19. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🌱 Youth Work Culture and Community Engagement 📸
📅 Deadline: 5 November 2026
📍 Sorgun, Türkiye · 👥 18-30
Support youth work, culture, environment and community engagement by helping organise workshops, intercultural learning activities, language clubs, sports events and awareness campaigns, and by contributing to social media, photography and video content in this individual volunteering placement. Motivated, open-minded and responsible people who are comfortable communicating in English are welcome. Open to applicants from 🇦🇿 🇧🇦 🇩🇰 🇲🇪 🇳🇴 and 34 more!
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20. 🇧🇬 ESC Volunteering in Bulgaria 📰 Positive Journalism and Media Content Creation 📱
📅 Deadline: 5 November 2026
📍 Sofia, Bulgaria · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 26 weeks
Join the media life of a positive journalism outlet in Sofia, taking part in campaigns and events, evaluating news and interviews, writing articles, creating informative visuals and publishing on social media, with professional support and mentoring. It is for young people who speak Bulgarian and English and want to gain skills in media and communication. Open to residents of Ukraine.
21. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🚨 Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience 🌍
📅 Deadline: 5 November 2026
📍 Sorgun, Türkiye · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 30 days
This volunteering team activity is for young people who want to learn about disaster preparedness, climate change, first aid, search and rescue and community resilience. Through workshops, field visits and simulations, volunteers organise training sessions, events and campaigns for local children, young people and adults. Team-oriented, responsible and open-minded people with an interest in preparedness are the ideal match. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇦🇿 🇧🇦 🇬🇪 🇲🇪 and 35 more!
22. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🌳 European Openness and Sustainable Development at a Middle School 🏫
📅 Deadline: 6 November 2026
📍 Égletons, France · 👥 18-30
A middle school with a strong European outlook welcomes an individual volunteer to co-facilitate workshops, share their culture in classes and contribute to projects around the Sustainable Development Goals. The team looks for autonomous, adaptable people with experience supervising groups of young people, confidence with IT tools and social media, and an interest in rural life. Open to applicants from 🇧🇪 🇨🇿 🇮🇪 🇱🇹 🇷🇴 and 17 more!
23. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🌱 Agroecology Permaculture and Community Farm Life 🐝
📅 Deadline: 6 November 2026
📍 Sant Martí d'Albars, Spain · 👥 18-25 · ⏳ 17 weeks
Live and work on a community farm in this individual volunteering placement: tend the vegetable garden and regenerate soil following permaculture principles, care for farm animals and bees, join ecological building and tree planting projects and share the collective tasks. English or Spanish is enough to take part. Open to residents of France.
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24. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🏫 Boarding School Life and Civic Engagement 🌱
📅 Deadline: 6 November 2026
📍 Felletin, France · 👥 18-30
At a boarding school in this individual volunteering placement, you support the student union and eco-delegates, help organise events and projects and bring an intercultural dimension to school life. Curious, motivated and dynamic people with an interest in education, sustainable development and digital communication, who can adapt to a rural setting, are the ideal match. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇭🇷 🇭🇺 🇲🇹 and 20 more!
25. 🇧🇬 ESC Volunteering in Bulgaria 📸 Project Event Management Communication and Creative Media 🎬
📅 Deadline: 6 November 2026
📍 Sofia, Bulgaria · 👥 18-27 · ⏳ 8 months
An individual volunteering experience built around project and event management, social media, photography, videography and graphic design. Creative, proactive young people who can communicate in English get mentorship and hands-on practice along the way. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇫🇷 🇮🇸 🇳🇱 🇫🇮 and 24 more!
26. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🏔️ Community Life and Social Inclusion at an Ecumenical Center 🤝
📅 Deadline: 6 November 2026
📍 Prali, Italy · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 2 weeks
A volunteering team activity in the Italian Alps of Piedmont, joining the life of a community center that promotes inclusive, intercultural and democratic societies. Volunteers support the resident group in the kitchen, cleaning, bar, table service and maintenance, take part in non-formal education moments and enjoy leisure activities like team games, hiking and creative workshops. No previous experience is needed, only motivation and readiness to step out of the comfort zone. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇧🇦 🇨🇾 🇮🇪 🇲🇩 and 34 more!
27. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain ♿ Supporting Inclusion of People With Intellectual Disabilities 🤝
📅 Deadline: 6 November 2026
📍 Tarrega, Spain · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 10 months
Help people with intellectual disabilities become more autonomous and included in the local community in this individual volunteering placement in the heart of Catalonia. Volunteers support the professional team across services like occupational therapy, special education and leisure activities, and can also develop a personal project. Autonomous, organised and flexible people with a responsible attitude are the ideal match. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇭🇷 🇮🇹 🇳🇱 🇵🇱 and 24 more!
28. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🧒 Childhood and Youth Teams Sharing European Culture 🌍
📅 Deadline: 6 November 2026
📍 Le Mans, France · 👥 18-30
Le Mans is looking for one more individual volunteer to join its childhood and youth teams. Volunteers visit schools to share their culture, language and games with children, and help teenagers at the Youth Service build their own projects. Enthusiastic, adaptable people who enjoy spending time with children and young people are welcome, and some French is a plus. Open to applicants from 🇨🇿 🇪🇪 🇮🇪 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 and 23 more!
29. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🧸 Inclusive Kindergarten Work With Young Children 🎨
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Leipzig, Germany · 👥 18-30
Kindergartens in Leipzig are opening several places for volunteers to work with young children, with different focuses such as aesthetic education, sports, gardening and media literacy, all with inclusive education at heart. This individual volunteering placement suits communicative, open-minded young people who like working with children and enjoy being creative. Open to applicants from 🇨🇿 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇹 🇪🇸 and 63 more!
30. 🇧🇪 ESC Volunteering in Belgium 🤝 Social Solidarity at a Food Bank and Second Hand Shop ♻️
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Rochefort, Belgium · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ Year-long
Join a volunteering placement supporting a hosting venue for single-parent families and isolated people, a food bank and a second-hand shop working on circular economy principles. It is for motivated, open-minded and proactive young people who accept a flexible schedule, are keen to learn and try new things and are sensitive to the privacy of the residents. You will join seminars from the National Agency, residential weekends and French classes. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇭🇷 🇮🇸 🇱🇹 🇳🇱 and 24 more!
31. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 📚 Creative and Arts Work at a Public Library 🖌️
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Leipzig, Germany · 👥 18-30
One of Germany's largest public library systems, in Leipzig, is looking for a creative volunteer to paint and do arts and crafts with children after school and to decorate the library for seasonal and festive occasions. This individual volunteering placement is for open-minded, empathetic young people who enjoy working with children and older people and are willing to learn German. Open to applicants from 🇩🇿 🇦🇿 🇮🇱 🇱🇧 🇹🇳 and 63 more!
32. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🏡 Supporting Teenagers in a Housing Community 🤝
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Menfi, Italy · 👥 Up to 30
A social cooperative is looking for ESC volunteers to support educators in a shelter for teenage boys in Menfi, Sicily, as they work toward rehabilitation and social inclusion. In this individual volunteering placement for patient, creative young people up to 30 years old, ideally with studies or experience in social work or psychology, you will run homework support, language exchange and workshops like cooking and theatre. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇪🇪 🇱🇺 🇷🇴 🇺🇦 and 16 more!
33. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🏛️ European Political Education and Youth Mobility Work 🌍
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Leipzig, Germany · 👥 18-30
Be part of an international team in Leipzig that brings the European Union closer to its citizens through civic education, youth mobility and public engagement. In this individual volunteering placement you will support European communication activities, organise mobility opportunities such as Erasmus+ and lead multilingual city tours, with an interest in European affairs and good English needed. Open to applicants from 🇦🇲 🇭🇷 🇯🇴 🇲🇩 🇹🇳 and 63 more!
34. 🇧🇪 ESC Volunteering in Belgium 🎭 Youth Club and Homework Support for Children 📚
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Jemelle, Belgium · 👥 18-30
This individual volunteering placement offers after school support, free time at the youth centre, and theatre, music and cooking workshops for children and young people. Motivated, flexible volunteers who enjoy youth work, take initiative and are willing to learn French are exactly who this team needs. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇩🇰 🇩🇪 🇱🇻 🇳🇱 and 24 more!
35. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🎭 Artistic and Cultural Work at a Children and Youth Centre 🖼️
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Leipzig, Germany · 👥 18-30
A public children and youth culture workshop in Leipzig offers courses and projects in theatre, art, photography, multimedia and pottery, and it wants a volunteer who brings their own ideas. This individual volunteering placement is for creative young people who enjoy working with children and teenagers, ideally with skills in media, graphic design, textiles or ceramics. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇪🇬 🇯🇴 🇲🇦 🇺🇦 and 63 more!
36. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 📺 Media Studio Education and Community Support Activities 🤝
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Gaziantep, Türkiye · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 8 weeks
Support educational activities with local students, learn video editing, photography and digital storytelling in a professional media studio and help with humanitarian aid and environmental work in this individual volunteering placement. You will also build skills such as creativity, teamwork and problem-solving, along with Turkish lessons and English-speaking clubs. Open to applicants from 🇭🇷 🇬🇪 🇲🇰 🇳🇱 🇸🇰 and 27 more!
37. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🌍 International and Cultural Youth Work at a Culture Workshop 📣
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Leipzig, Germany · 👥 18-30
A cultural workshop in Leipzig offers volunteers a place in international and cultural youth work, with room to choose projects and shape the focus of the work together. In this individual volunteering placement you could work on public relations, organise meetings, run open youth work or help with international projects, and experience in project writing and Erasmus+ is a plus. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇧🇦 🇪🇬 🇲🇦 🇵🇸 and 63 more!
38. 🇸🇰 ESC Volunteering in Slovakia ⛪ Youth Centre and Camps in a Catholic Community 🏕️
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Trstená, Slovakia · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 2 months
This individual volunteering placement helps maintain a youth centre, support camps and community centres and prepare and lead activities for young people. A positive attitude towards Christian values is preferred, although anyone open and willing to learn new things is welcome, and previous volunteering or work with children and young people is a plus. Open to applicants from 🇫🇮 🇮🇹 🇱🇮 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 and 27 more!
39. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🎬 Media Lab Film Photography and Game Design With Young People 🎮
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Leipzig, Germany · 👥 18-30
A media lab in Leipzig invites volunteers to work with children and young people who create their own films, photos, games and escape rooms. In this individual volunteering placement for independent young people who enjoy teamwork, you will join workshops on graphic design, animation, film editing, programming and digital games, ideally with an interest in non-formal media education. Open to applicants from 🇦🇿 🇨🇾 🇮🇪 🇱🇧 🇸🇰 and 63 more!
40. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 📚 Supporting Cultural Activities at a City Public Library 🎨
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Gdynia, Poland · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ Preferably 12 months
A city public library in Gdynia is looking for a volunteer to help librarians in one of its district branches and to support cultural activities for the local community. In this individual volunteering placement of preferably 12 months, communicative, creative young people interested in literature or artistic skills are welcome, and willingness to learn Polish is valued. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇬 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇺🇦 and 25 more!
41. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🎵 Cultural and Music Youth Work at a Sociocultural Centre 🎸
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Leipzig, Germany · 👥 18-30
A sociocultural centre in Leipzig is looking for a volunteer to join its cultural and music youth work, from an open stage and youth band projects to band coaching, songwriting and music workshops for children and young people. This individual volunteering placement is for young people who are open to meeting people of different ages and backgrounds, and playing an instrument would be ideal. Open to applicants from 🇩🇿 🇱🇹 🇲🇪 🇵🇱 🇸🇮 and 63 more!
42. 🇧🇪 ESC Volunteering in Belgium 🏡 Supporting Children and Young People at a Care Home 🤝
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Havelange, Belgium · 👥 18-30
Havelange, in southern Belgium, is where two volunteers help care for children and teenagers who need extra support, with homework help, games and leisure activities, and join local activities with young people and people with mental disabilities. This individual volunteering placement is for motivated people with a caring attitude toward young people, an interest in active citizenship and the wish to learn French and live in a rural area. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇮🇸 🇱🇹 🇸🇰 and 24 more!
43. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain ♿ Supporting Inclusion and Leisure for People With Disabilities 🌟
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Malagón, Spain · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 36 weeks
Raise awareness of disability, help run leisure activities and support the work inclusion of people with disabilities in this individual volunteering placement. Motivation, a positive attitude and good Spanish are essential, and experience in social work or a strong interest in working with people with disabilities or youth is a plus. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇧🇪 🇬🇷 🇱🇮 🇵🇹 and 26 more!
44. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🎙️ Media Education and Humanitarian Support in a Foundation Campus 🌳
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Gaziantep, Türkiye · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 8 weeks
Share your experience with local students, create content in a radio and TV studio and take part in humanitarian aid, psychosocial support and tree planting in a forest area during this individual volunteering placement. Communicative, adaptable and tech-savvy people with a strong sense of social responsibility and respect for other cultures are the ideal match. Open to applicants from 🇦🇲 🇧🇪 🇩🇪 🇮🇸 🇱🇺 and 28 more!
45. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy ⚖️ Promoting Volunteering and Human Rights Through Digital Tools 📱
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Cagliari, Italy · 👥 18-30 · ⏳ 30 weeks
Promote solidarity, human rights and volunteering using blogs, podcasts, TikTok and Instagram in this individual volunteering placement. Volunteers also run face-to-face workshops and organise local activities. A positive attitude, a taste for cooperation, some volunteering experience and the will to explore digital tools are what count. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇧🇪 🇲🇩 🇳🇴 🇺🇦 and 31 more!
46. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🧒 After School Care at a Neighbourhood School 🎨
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Leipzig, Germany · 👥 18-30
Get to know the work of an after school care centre and nursery in this individual volunteering placement, spending time with school children and even developing a project of your own with them. Volunteers should be open to contact with people of different ages, world views and religions and curious about working with children. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇨🇾 🇫🇷 🇮🇪 🇱🇺 and 21 more!
47. 🇸🇰 ESC Volunteering in Slovakia ⛪ Youth Work and Creative Media in a Catholic Community 🎬
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Trstená, Slovakia · 👥 18-30
A long-term individual volunteering placement to work with teenagers and create posters, videos and other creative media for a youth work team. A positive attitude towards Christian values is preferred, although anyone open and willing to learn is welcome, and previous volunteering or work with children and young people is a plus. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇩🇪 🇬🇱 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 and 26 more!
Frequently Asked Questions
What do these fully funded ESC volunteering projects cover?
European Solidarity Corps volunteering is fully funded, covering travel, accommodation, food, pocket money and insurance. The projects in this batch include a two-week team activity in Prali, Italy and a 52-week placement in Belgrade, Serbia. Our guide on whether ESC volunteering is fully funded explains what the funding covers.
Who can apply for these ESC volunteering projects?
Each call is open to its own list of countries, and four are open only to residents of a single country. The Braga training course is open to residents of Portugal, the Bucharest and Sant Martí d'Albars calls to residents of France and the Sofia positive journalism outlet to residents of Ukraine. At the other end, seven of the eight Leipzig calls are each open to applicants from 68 countries, and the age range differs too: the farm in Sant Martí d'Albars is for ages 18-25, the creative media placement in Sofia for ages 18-27 and the shelter in Menfi for people up to 30. Our guide to who can apply for Erasmus+ and ESC explains the general eligibility rules.
Which ESC deadline closes first?
The first six calls close on 2 November 2026: three in Portugal and one each in France, Germany and Romania. Two calls, in Kwidzyn, Poland and Ponte Nizza, Italy, close on 3 November, and ten close on 4 November, in Serbia, Uganda, Georgia, Poland and Tanzania. The last 19 calls, in Germany, Belgium, Italy, Türkiye, Slovakia, Poland and Spain, close on 8 November 2026. Our step-by-step guide on how to apply for ESC helps you get your application ready in time.
Looked at by theme, the calls fall into a few clear groups. Children and education run through the kindergartens in Lisbon and Leipzig, the school placements in Égletons and Felletin and the community school in Kampala, while media and communication shape the placements in Novi Pazar, Tserovani, Sofia, Cagliari and the media studios in Gaziantep. Social inclusion links the autistic adults' community in Ponte Nizza, the support for people with disabilities in Tarrega and Malagón and the children with special needs in Kampala. Before you send anything, our list of ESC application mistakes to avoid helps you check your application.
Every call above links to its full page on Youth Works Hub, so you can read the details and apply, and our guide to writing an ESC motivation letter helps you get started. Pick the calls that match your profile and apply now.
