Young Folks LV
Riga, Latvia
⭐️ Activity Title
Youth Center in Riga, Latvia :)) (YOUTH WORK, DESIGN, VIDEO, PODCAST, COMMUNITY MANAGING, PROJECT MANAGING)
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🔷 Activity Details
Description
We invite you to join a 12-month (long term) ESC project in Riga, where you will have the opportunity to choose one of several roles and help develop a youth community. Depending on your skills and experience, you may: organize events (clubs, gatherings, festivals), create designs, shoot videos and photos, manage a community, run an interest-based club, work on marketing activities, manage projects and many more.
About YOUNG FOLKS LV :
Young Folks LV has been working with young people in Riga since 2011. Every month we run 120+ activities for different age groups - clubs (music club, japanese/english/french/german/latvian language clubs, roblox club, 3d printing club, dnd club, boardgames club, ecology club, theater club etc), events etc
We create a space where teenagers and young people can try new things, develop their ideas, meet others and find their own way to get involved
More info: https://www.instagram.com/p/DcidkxcoF6a/
Application form: https://forms.gle/JokkmWoPZQZhNccs6
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
ESC volunteering is fully funded by the European Union. The programme covers accommodation, food, pocket money, insurance and travel reimbursement. Travel costs are usually reimbursed at the end of the mobility, according to ESC programme rules and distance limits.
Accommodation: private rooms, shared kitchen and bathroom in an apartment located in Riga center area.
Food: 150 euros per month
Pocket money: 150 euros per month (5 euros per day)
Training during the activity
3 trainings from the National agency
Predeparture training
Monthly trainings&teambuildings for volunteers
Participant profile
18-30 years old
Eligible country
Openminded, motivated to work with young people, take responsibility and be ready to create your own project or initiative
Respectful to our rules and regulations (no smoking&drinking at the workplace, no bullying, no discrimination etc)
Application form: https://forms.gle/JokkmWoPZQZhNccs6
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🔑 Key Information
Activity dates
A total of 52 week(s) during the period 08/09/2026 to 07/09/2027
Activity location
Kr Barona 32, Riga, Latvia
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine
Activity topics
Social challenges
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Working against discrimination (including gender discrimination)
Deadline for applications
No application deadline
Project code
2026-1-LV02-ESC51-VTJ-000404260
🔗 Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/54033_en
