ESC: Atelier Luovilla

Name: ESC: Atelier Luovilla
Start: 2023-09-01
End: 2024-08-31
Location: Helsinki, Finland

Code: 36593 Copied

Finland European Voluntary Service Social work Education Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

The project offers you a possibility for intercultural learning and cooperating with people with special needs, while at the same time you open new possibilities and perspectives in life of people with mental and learning challenges disabilities. Atelier Luovilla offers workshop activities for 16 adults with intellectual disabilities. The activities are driven by the workshop's individual resources and a creativity-based way of working, as well as by the need to express through crafts or other arts. These workshops design and produce handicraft products and artworks with the help of both social field professionals and cultural directors for sales and exhibitions. They gives the opportunity to practice professional skills, based on one's own strengths, such as craft, textile designer, salesman and visualist, and also makes it possible to practice life skills. Your role is to support and assist the workshop with the various tutor. Working hours are on weekdays, from 8.30-16.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You'll be accommodated in one of the housing buildings of the coordinating organization, and will be sharing a room/house with other volunteers. Generally lunch and other meals are provided by the coordinating organization, but you'll have a further food allowance for special needs or to be used during holidays. The pocket money for your personal expenses is fixed in 150 euros per month. The travel costs from Italy to Finland and back will be fully reimbursed. Locally, you'll receive a monthly travel card for all the Helsinki region. Your volunteering will be covered by an insurance company.

🎒 Leisure activities

You' ll receive a pre-departure training in Italy, an on-arrival training a few weeks after your advent in Finland, and a mid-term training at around half of your experience. In the atelier, several tutor and a personal mentor will be working with you all along the year, training you about your duties.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: To participate in this project you must have good social skills and great motivation to work with people with special needs. Since the work can be dynamic at times, you must possess such a flexible mentality to cope with. It is really important to have the motivation to learn speaking at least a basic Finnish language.
Deadline: No application deadline

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.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

FI36593

01/09/2023 → 31/08/2024

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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

Tähkätie 4a, 00390 Helsinki, Finland

Finland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 20:59 (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 Finnish