ESC: Advent Trail in Novo mesto 2025

Name: ESC: Advent Trail in Novo mesto 2025
Start: 2025-10-15
End: 2025-12-15
Location: Slovenia

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The Youth center Oton was founded in 2019 and is located in Novo Mesto. It was established with the aim of realizing the strategy of the Novo Mesto Municipality 2015-2030 and strategy for youth of Novo mesto 2021-2030, while relying on the European Youth Strategy 2019-2027, the resolution on the National Program for Youth 2013-2022 and the Act on Public Interest in the Youth Sector. MC Oton focuses on young people between the ages of 15 and 29 without racial, religious, ethnic or social preferences. Oton is a provider of youth programs as well as a platform, a supportive environment for other youth organizations and organizations for young people in the Municipality of Novo mesto. Our target group is also children who attend our workshops and holiday activities. The main activities carried out in MC Oton are in the field of community development: a day center where young people can spend quality free time, programs to strengthen the competences of young people, preventive workshops and workshops for the welfare of young people, promotion of active citizenship. In the area of overcoming the intercultural, intergenerational and social gap, we are developing: support for employment in the public sector and non-governmental organizations with mentoring, support for family education programs for cultural engagement and a network of youth points and a mobile unit. In the field of creativity, art and culture, we prepare cultural events for young people, and themed workshops.

💼 What the programme involves

In December, we have advent Novo mesto, which includes a music program, an ice rink, and an advent market on the square. As part of this event, we will set up a live Advent route along the river Krka, over two bridges. Advent Trail is a volunteering team project that gathers 10 persons from around Europe to Novo mesto 15. 10. – 15. 12. 2025. During the project, the volunteers will prepare and carried out Advent trail. Volunteers will function as an elf and do different kind of activities with the visitors around the Advent Trail. Work also includes helping the staff of Youth center Oton in serving for the advent time visitors of the youth center. The volunteer needs to have a support organization from their country. For the first month and a half, volunteers will meet at the Oton Youth Center, where they will write the story of the Advent Trail, make dresses, set the scene, and props.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer is insured during the project. Also, the volunteer needs to have a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). The volunteers will work 5 days a week 7 hours per day lunch hour included. Worktimes are during the office work hours. There might be work sometimes in the evening and weekends too. Volunteers will be staying in Hostel Situla. Participants need to pay travel themselves Zavod Novo mesto will reimburse the travel after the volunteering period. The volunteers get paid a certain amout of pocket money based on the National Agency regulations.

🎒 Leisure activities

During the project, the volunteers will prepare and carried out Advent trail. Volunteers will function as an elf and do different kind of activities with the visitors around the Advent Trail. Work also includes helping the staff of Youth center Oton in serving for the advent time visitors of the youth center. For the first month and a half, volunteers will meet at the Oton Youth Center, where they will write the story of the Advent Trail, make dresses, set the scene, and props. 2nd till 12th December will bring the project alive. We will organize walking tousr around the trail.

⚠️ Requirements

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?

Training before and after the project
Health insurance during your project
round-trip travel reimbursement
accommodation and food
pocket money
language course
Return Week-end
Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

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📷 Project photos

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📅 Available sessions

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15/10/2025 → 15/12/2025

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Deadline: 19/09/2025

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Novi trg 5, 8000 Novo mesto, Slovenia

Slovenia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:36 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Slovenian