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ESC: Beccogiallo - integration in day care centre

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About the project

ESC: Beccogiallo - integration in day care centre

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

FPD was founded in 2009, thanks the Regional Governament which granted its foundation on the basis of the activities planned for the social development of the regional rural areas. It is a non-profit regional civil organization, made by young and senior people. It's mission is to promote and facilitate the development of rural areas of the Puglia Region, thanks to the implementation of projects concerning volunteering, youth, social inclusion, environment protection, sustainable development, promotion of the importance of biodiversity, organic farming, nature and sport and outdoor activities. FPD focuses its attention on European mobility, both for the personal development of its single members and for the growth of local partner organizations at International level. The main target group is youth under 35 y.o., but the organization also works with senior people. Both the categories have in common the fact they are made of disadvantaged people from rural areas. The young people are mainly NEET, which means FPD offers them several opportunities to learn, be trained and educated at local and European level in order to enrich their curricula and get more chances for their job-placement or self-employment. FPD cooperates with several Public and Private entities at all levels, such as: a) Municipality of Taurisano (IT) - FPD cooperates in the organization of local events in several fields (waste collection, Music festivals, youth participation in decision making processes, cultural activities, music events, photo exhibitions....); b) Province of Lecce (IT) – FPD had a project concerning young people's involvement in local initiatives concerning ecology and biological food, re-use of different materials and recycle of waste; c) Region of Puglia (IT) – FPD cooperates with its Region on projects concerning promotion of natural resources of rural areas; d) Several EU NGOs are partners in the implementation of Youth Exchanges, Youth and Democracy projects, Training Courses, seminars, workshops, volunteering activties in different fields. What is more, FPD is member of numerous European Networks financed by the Europe for Citizens Programme, for the valorization of the EU Cultural Heritage (tangible, intangible, digital and natural), the promotion of Youth Mobility for learning, training, working, studying and volunteering abroad, the active participation (mainly digital participation) at EU level of youth and seniors.

💼 What the programme involves

The Association "Il beccogiallo" is since 1986 a permanent space of sharing and cultural care in favor of aggregation and implementation of all the social components available in order to promote a real CULTURE OF CHILDHOOD. The very young members, aged from 3 to 14 years, are currently about 250; adult volunteers are about 15 and they take care of educational, cultural and organizational aspects together with the professional educators and staff. Since 1997 the association signed an agreement with the City of Matera for the Partial Socio-Educational Custody of children with social, economic and migrant background. Within the association, those issues are faced thanks to the plurality of cultures and social situations among the children. During all year Il Beccogiallo organizes activities to support the children to grow open-minded, without limits and no stereotypes. The daily activities are based on home-work support, leisure time activities so as summer camps and cultural visits.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The project is located in the European Capital of Culture 2019 Matera. The volunteers do get hosted in apartments, self managed, in double rooms, fully equipped kitchen, laundry, shared bathroom. The apartments are in the centre of Matera city, so there is no need for transportation. The other room mates are also volunteers coming from all of Europe for other volunteering projects, apartment is with shared rooms. Volunteers receive money for food monthly and as rule of ESC program receives pocket money (calculated as 6€ per day) and food money (200€) via bank transfer.

🎒 Leisure activities

The volunteers will be involved in the following activities: - support the daily life of the association, helping the staff with after school activities of kids from 6 to 14 years or, leisure time activities for kids from 3 to 6 years, and general management of the space, break time, entrance and exit of the kids; - activities related with literature, sports, music or theater for children, sometimes open to parents and the local community; Volunteers will be involved from the preparation to the phase of implementation; IMPORTANT READ: https://mtv2019.wordpress.com/projects/il-beccogiallo/

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Beccogiallo searches for a person who does love CHILDREN, EDUCATION and FUN. It is important that the volunteer wants to be an example for the children and might have the goal to realize this kind of work as a profession in the future, so to have personal goals in learning education styles and be really supportive to the staff. It is possible to choose if to work with the class of the small ones (3-5 years) which means more leisure time activities or with the scholars (6-14 years) and support the home work and studying part which implies to speak Italian and know how to support kids with after school activities. General request: between 20 and 30 years; possibly with basic Italian skills.
Deadline: 08/09/2025 12:30

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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📅 Available sessions

IT47840

16/09/2025 → 16/03/2026

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 08/09/2025

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

Via dei Messapi, 43, 75100 Matera MT, Italy

Italy

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:00 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Italian