ESC: Be the change you want to see - Youth for Europe - Europe for youth
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About the project
ESC: Be the change you want to see - Youth for Europe - Europe for youth
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Europahaus Aurich is an extracurricular adult education centre; recognized and approved as such by the Lower Saxon adult education law. Its legal status is that of an association. The official name of the association is "Europahaus – German-Dutch Adult Education Centre". Its facilities are located in the city centre of the small town of Aurich. As an education centre with added boarding facilities, it has an infrastructure to care for the needs of various groups: it has smaller seminar rooms for workshops and smaller groups, but also conference rooms for 100-120 people (see attachment: Lageplan). Initially, the association was founded in 1956 with the aim of contributing to the reconciliation between Germans and Dutch people after the Second World War, mainly by organizing cross-border meetings and shared learning experiences, especially involving young people. The main part of our work today focuses on political education and within that scope on European issues. Political education is the basis of a functioning democracy. To us, the understanding of democratic values and participation in social processes are the prerequisites for living one's life responsibly and independently. Therefore, we define our work as that of political youth- and adult-education. We offer so-called 'Bildungsurlaube' and offer 4-5 international (youth) meetings per year. Together with the "Volkshochschule Leer", we have been one of the Europe Direct Centres since 2018.
EHA has many years of experience in the European Voluntary Service, the
subsequent European Solidarity Corps (ESC) and in working with young
volunteers as a whole. From 2002 to 2020 inclusive, it regularly facilitated international
volunteer services.
💼 What the programme involves
🏠 Accommodation on site
🍲 Food
Meals are usually prepared on a daily basis for guests and staff by Europahaus’ own kitchen. We would like volunteers to participate in the meals offered at Europahaus. During the weekends/their holidays, the volunteers cook for themselves - for this a food allowance is paid. Pocket money is paid according to ESC standards.
When there are seminars, our in-house kitchen prepares healthy and fresh food. We would like volunteers to participate in meals, if they are offered at Europahaus. Dietary needs and special requirements can be met. During (national) holidays/weekends/times with no seminars/food at Europahaus, volunteers will be paid a remuneration in kind (see attached file: Sachbezugswerte). The shared flat, in which volunteers live, has its own kitchen; so volunteers can cook/prepare their own meals as well.
🎒 Leisure activities
Aurich is a small town in a region, where the main two factors of income are farming and (nature-) tourism. There is a local swimming pool, a cinema, a skateboarding facility, a youth club, several different sports clubs, etc. The transportation infrastructure is poor though; volunteers should know that getting from A to B in this region may be difficult. Public busses are sometimes limited to the time of school activity.
⚠️ Requirements
Deadline: No application deadline
🤝 Meeting point
Usually, volunteers use the public bus from Leer for the last part of their journey to Aurich. The central bus station is a two minute walk from Europahaus and an eight minute walk to the volunteer’s flat. Some of our team usually go and pick up any new volunteer and accompany them to the volunteer’s flat, to make sure they find everything alright and have a chance to settle in right away.
ℹ️ Additional information
Depending on the interest and knowledge of each individual volunteer, they will be responsible for tasks (e. g. leading games, workshops, etc.) and topical areas (e. g. new media, ecology, etc.), which are relevant for the work at Europahaus. Training/tasks comprise(s), e. g.: - General office work & research - Organisational support before, during & after (international) seminars - Planning & executing workshops/events - Informing about ESC & Europe (e. g. in local schools) - Supporting the staff of Europahaus (education, admin., facility managment) - pursuing a self-chosen project
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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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
DE44018
01/04/2025 at 00:00 → 30/05/2026 at 00:00
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
Von-Jhering-Straße 33, 26603 Aurich, Germany
Germany
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Summer Time
Local time: 22:21 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken