ESC: Be active! - volunteer work at Hold My Hand Foundation

Code: 46066 Copied

Hungary European Voluntary Service Social work Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Our Foundation works with adult mentally disabled people. It operates two main services, one is the therapy- and work-related daycare centre, the other is living opportunity for the clients in a residental house. The key words describing our work is normalising, autonomy, acceptance. We would like to host volunteers, who are openminded, treat people equally, strife against prejudism. The project focuses mainly to help our clients improve their skills, their knowledge through leisure activities. We would like therefore to host one volunteer in our Daycare Centre and one volunteer in the Residental Home.We organise many integrated projects with students from gym In this project you can meet with people who has intellectual disabilities,but their hearts are so big and open. We used to have other volunteers from abroad and they always asking when will come the new member..so we are waiting for you! At here you can join the workshops we have and also go and have fun together with them!

🏠 Accommodation on site

We rent a 2 rooms apartmant (with internet) in Pécs, where the volunteers can live. Every month we give money or food, what the volunteer can spend for food and other products, she/he needs. Things for the apartmant the Foundation can supply, also other things once in awhile. The volunteer gets mobile phone with simcard. We provide buspass for use to travel around the city. There is a bycicle, which can be used by the volunteer also.

🎒 Leisure activities

The sending organisation organises training for the volunteer before she/he leaves. The receiving organisation have meetings and discussions after arrival to make sure the volunteer understands everything about the program and the project. The volunteer is asked to participate on arrival meeting and halfway meeting organised and implemented by the National Agency of Hungary. If possible, we like our volunteers to participate other trainings also, and even training after going home, when the project ends.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We would like our volunteers to be openminded and socially sensitive. We work with adult mentally disabled people, who are some ways act differently as "normal" people. Sometimes they don't look so nice. On the other hand they feel, if people don't accept them. We would like, that the volunteer would be capable of accepting our clients and treat them, as they would treat any other persons without disability. We don't await the volunteer to have experience from this field, but we would like, that she/he would be willing to learn from our professional helpers.
Deadline: 20/07/2025 22:00

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

HU46066

01/06/2025 → 30/06/2026

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Deadline: 20/07/2025

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

Pécs, Kovács Béla u. 10, 7634 Hungary

Hungary

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Hungary Forint (HUF / Ft)

Exchange rate

1 HUF = 0.002768 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:34 (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 Hungarian