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ESC: Better together

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Poland European Voluntary Service Social work Education European Voluntary Service Social work +1 Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: Better together

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Caritas of the Archdiocese of Gdansk (CAG) is a church charity organization established on 25 April 1990. The organisation brings help to every single person in need regardles worldview, religion, gender, age or health status. The purpose of the organization's activities: charitable and humanitarian activities in the spiritual and material needs of people. Main groups of people who are supported by CAG: - youth and children (from communities at risk of social exclusion), - elderly people, - people with disabilities (including mental disabilities), - poor and homeless people, - sick people, - mothers with babies without place to live. CAG supported by employees, volunteers, church members and school caritas group is providing stable help to many people by it’s various activities. The main ones are following: - run the canteen and bathhouse for poor and homeless, - run therapy centers for people with disabilities where they can achieve educational, social and psychological suport, - run common rooms and centers for children and youth where they can get help with their school homework and spend free time with youth leader organizing different activities such as sport, outdoor, preventive classes in the field of counteracting addictions, - organizing summer and winter camps for youth and children from disadvantage families, - run seniors’ clubs, - run a hospice, - running a center for people chronically ill people where they receive proffesional medical support and rehabilitation assistance, and daily care, - running a center for mothers with their babies in hard situations (for exmple without any place to live or without any family support).

💼 What the programme involves

The ideas of the project were inspired by multifaceted benefits and positive changes that were brought by experience gained by various branches of Caritas in the international volunteering field. The project invites everyone to take an enthusiastic step towards a professional and human experience for making a better future and to discover their potential of creating a better worldview for a young person. As a volunteer you will be involved in work at choosen Caritas facility, from community centres for children and elderly, hospice and art therapy centres, to supporting recently arrived refugees from Ukraine.

🏠 Accommodation on site

In a Voluntary Activity project, the Commission covers costs of accommodation, food, travel and living expenses of the volunteer. All volunteers are insured by Henner insurance company. Volunteers will be paid an allowence each month. Volunteers will receive money to buy food on a monthly basis.

🎒 Leisure activities

Before coming, volunteers will have a pre-departure session in their country of origin, an on-arrival session when they get to Poland will have additional mid-term training. Training will be about the volunteering experience and include a Youthpass certificate. As you will be involved in the Caritas Volunteering Centre you may also have access to various training provided in the facility.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Volunteers will be aged 18-30 years old, open-minded, eager to learn and passionate about working on the proposed project activities. The volunteers should be motivated to work on various activities, work with people, especially with children in a non-formal education context. They should like to develop and improve their skills and abilities, be open to experimenting, have some hobbies or interests and like to share them when organizing activities, discussions, and projects for the local community.
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.

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📅 Available sessions

PL39588

01/04/2024 → 31/12/2024

Closed
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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

Aleja Niepodległości 778, 81-805 Sopot, Poland

Poland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Poland Zloty (PLN / zł)

Exchange rate

1 PLN = 0.228363 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 20:55 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Polish