🌍💛 European Solidarity Corps Volunteering in France – Supporting Disadvantaged Young People & Rural Families 🇫🇷 | Empower, Connect & Build Community! ✨🤝

🌟 About the Opportunity

This ESC volunteering opportunity in Montdidier, France 🇫🇷 is hosted by Fondation Apprentis d’Auteuil, an organisation operating more than 200 youth centres across the country and supporting over 40,000 young people and families. The mission aims to empower disadvantaged children and parents through educational support, creative workshops, and human-centred social engagement. Volunteers contribute directly to building confidence, developing personal skills and strengthening family dynamics in a welcoming, community-focused environment.

🧒👨‍👩‍👧 Main Activities

Volunteers support the Family Centre through:
✨ Organising workshops for children and parents (environment, ecology, food, digital skills)
🎲 Facilitating games, awareness activities and intercultural exchanges
🌱 Promoting learning, leisure and social integration for disadvantaged youth
👥 Supporting families in extracurricular life and training
💬 Helping create a friendly, warm and inclusive community space
🌍 Sharing cultural perspectives and participating in team-driven social activities

Tasks are adapted according to volunteer skills, interests and motivation.

🏡 Accommodation, Food & Transport

Montdidier is a quiet rural town of 6,000 inhabitants in the Hauts-de-France region 🇫🇷.
Volunteers are provided with:
🏠 A furnished studio OR a room in a family/shared intergenerational house
🚆 Transport pass allowance
🚗 Optional use of a car during free time (upon agreement)
🌾 Easy access to shops, markets and Amiens (40 minutes by train)

🎓 Training & Learning

Volunteers receive:
📘 Two ESC training seminars organised by the French National Agency
💻 OLS online French language courses
🎓 Internal training such as “How to facilitate activities on citizenship and international solidarity”
Ongoing guidance and adaptation of tasks based on volunteer goals.

👤 Participant Profile

This opportunity is ideal for volunteers who:
🤝 Enjoy teamwork and engaging with families
💛 Are motivated to support young people facing difficulties
🌍 Are open-minded and willing to share their culture
🎨 Preferably have skills in animation or creative activities
🗣️ Have basic French skills for communication
✨ Are eager to explore social sector professions and build meaningful human connections

The mission will be tailored to the volunteer’s interests and strengths.

🌍 Eligible Countries

🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇸🇪 Sweden

📅 Activity Dates

15 February 2026 – 31 July 2026 (22 weeks)

🔚 Application Deadline

10 January 2026 – 22:08

🔗 Application Link

https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49139_en

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