🌍 ESC Volunteering in Bulgaria with Active Bulgarian Society ⭐ Empower Youth, Build Communities, Create Impact! 🇧🇬

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✨ Project Overview

This exciting ESC volunteering experience in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 🇧🇬, invites young people to join Active Bulgarian Society (ABS) and contribute to meaningful youth work, environmental initiatives, European mobility promotion, creative communication, and community engagement. Volunteers will design and lead activities that promote sustainability, civic participation, creative expression, and youth empowerment. The project offers a fully supported volunteering experience under the ESC framework.

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🎯 Main Activities

🌱 Organise environmental clean-ups, art clubs and DIY sustainability workshops
🎤 Promote ESC & Erasmus+ through school visits, info sessions and outreach activities
📸 Create content for social media, write articles, support visibility actions
💡 Develop and implement your own community project or creative initiative
🤝 Work within an intercultural team, collaborate on community-based tasks

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🏠 Accommodation, Food & Transport

🏡 Fully covered accommodation – rent + utilities (water, electricity, heating)
🍽️ Monthly food allowance + pocket money provided
👫 Shared apartments, fully furnished, walking distance to ABS office
🏢 Office located inside the modern co-working space in the city mall

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🎓 Training & Learning

👋 On-arrival training by the Bulgarian National Agency
📘 ABS Orientation on goals, mission, long-term projects and workflows
🧠 Workshops on:
 – Non-formal education
 – Website management
 – Photo editing & design
 – Social media strategy
 – Project planning & evaluation
🌍 Regular team meetings, buddy support and creative brainstorming sessions

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👤 Participant Profile

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Age: 18–26
🌍 From: Any ESC-eligible programme country
🗣️ Basic English communication skills
🚀 Motivated, proactive, open to teamwork and intercultural learning
🎨 Experience in youth activities is welcome but not required
💙 Strongly encouraging applications from young people with fewer opportunities

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🌍 Eligible Countries

🇦🇱 Albania, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇺🇦 Ukraine.

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🗓️ Activity Dates

02 February 2026 – 16 June 2026

No Application Deadline

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🔗 Application Link

https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49130_en

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