🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering Teams in Spain 🌊 Coastal Protection and Sustainable Seafood Community Project 🇪🇸

🌍 ESC Volunteering Teams Opportunity in Spain

SOLIDMAR – Solidarity Shores is an environmental volunteering project taking place in Cambados, Galicia (Spain). The initiative focuses on protecting marine ecosystems and strengthening the engagement of young people and coastal communities in sustainable use of sea and coastal resources.

Through international teamwork and hands-on activities, volunteers will contribute to environmental protection, pollution prevention and community awareness about sustainable seafood and coastal ecosystems. The project combines environmental action with non-formal education and intercultural collaboration.

Participants will work together in beach clean-up activities, awareness campaigns and community-based initiatives while learning about marine protection and environmental sustainability.

✨ Volunteer Activities

🌊 Participating in beach clean-up and coastal protection actions
♻️ Supporting activities focused on pollution prevention and waste reduction
📢 Organising awareness-raising campaigns on marine sustainability
👥 Participating in community engagement activities with local residents
🎓 Joining non-formal education workshops related to environmental protection
🌍 Working in an international volunteer team

🏠 Accommodation, Food & Travel Support

🏡 Volunteers will stay in shared rooms in a volunteer house in Cambados
🍳 Shared kitchen and common living spaces available
🍽 Food support through a daily allowance or food budget to cook together
🚌 Local transport related to project activities organised by the host organisation
✈️ Travel costs reimbursed according to ESC distance rules

🎓 Training and Learning

📚 Onboarding programme introducing the organisation and project activities
🌊 Learning sessions on marine protection and coastal sustainability
♻️ Training related to waste management and recycling
🤝 Workshops on teamwork, communication and intercultural learning
🧠 Reflection meetings to support learning and wellbeing

👤 Participant Profile

🌱 Young people interested in environmental sustainability and marine protection
🤝 Open-minded and motivated to work in an international team
🌍 Willing to participate in community activities and awareness campaigns
🏖 Comfortable with outdoor activities on beaches and coastal areas
🧹 Ready to share responsibilities in communal living (cooking, cleaning, daily routines)
📚 Basic English recommended for communication
✨ Proactive attitude and willingness to learn through non-formal education

📅 Activity Dates
04 May 2026 – 08 June 2026

📅 Application Deadline
31 March 2026 – 15:12

📍 Activity Location
Cambados, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain 🇪🇸

🌍 Eligible Countries

🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇮🇹 Italy 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇵🇱 Poland 🇵🇹 Portugal

🔗 Application Link
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/50366_en

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