ESC: Beyond the Classroom: Long term volunteering for Innovation in Education

Name: ESC: Beyond the Classroom: Long term volunteering for Innovation in Education
Start: 2025-07-01
End: 2026-03-31
Location: Poznań, Poland

Code: 4633368371bfa16329 Copied

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

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The Association Youth Initiatives Center Horyzonty works to strengthen civic attitudes and intercultural dialogue. Internationally, we operate by increasing youth participation in international seminars, conventions, training sessions, youth exchanges, and European Solidarity Corps projects. We have partners involved in implementing international projects under the Erasmus Plus Program, Europe for Citizens, and the Council of Europe. Nationally, we are a member of the federation of youth organizations PROM (Polish Council of Youth Organizations).
On the local level, CIM Horyzonty implements projects aimed at empowering young people, organizing the local community, and fostering development through non-formal education in the fields of interculturality, human rights, anti-discrimination, and social participation. Promoting international, intercultural, and intergenerational cooperation among youth, youth workers, and local activities is our passion and a way to live a meaningful life. Non-formal education is the common denominator and foundation of all our projects.
OUR GOALS
Initiating, conducting, and supporting educational, social, and cultural activities among young people.
Activating the local community.
Building intercultural dialogue.
Promoting and organizing volunteering.
OUR AREAS OF ACTIVITY
Socio-cultural animation,
Youth activation and support for entrepreneurship,
Intercultural and anti-discrimination education,
Civic education.

💼 What the programme involves

Do you love working with kids, organizing creative projects, or managing social media? This spring, we’re offering a fantastic opportunity to get involved! As a volunteer, you'll be leading fun and engaging non-formal education activities—such as language classes for kids and workshops on human rights, ecology, and culture. But that’s not all! You’ll also get to be part of the vibrant community in Poznań, co-creating cultural and artistic events, collaborating with local artists and activists, and capturing these moments for social media. This is a great chance to develop your skills, gain valuable experience, and make a real impact—all while being part of a supportive and inspiring team! Make sure to fill out the application form to join us : https://forms.gle/4AUcv64aYFMqWsAq8 INFOPACK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jPebnfTiGLDEf9Iv0FD0Kz6Ch-PSj_77/view?usp=sharing

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation is provided in a student dormitory called Jurand in the central part of Poznań so all workplaces can be reached easily. You will stay in an individual room with wifi, fridges and bed-sheets. The dormitory includes a common kitchen and bathroom. In the close area there are shops, supermarkets, and a green zone. Our organisation will provide local transportation cards and public transport is well organised in Poznan.

🍲 Food

We offer our volunteers allowance around 1300 PLN for pocket and food money, and reimbursement of travel expenses within ESC limits.

🎒 Leisure activities

Poznań is very open and vibrant city, so we have a lot of events and NGOs who organize leisure time for foreigners to integrate with local and international communities. Also, volunteers will have an opportunity to travel and explore Poland on their own during their days off.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Are you a motivated and enthusiastic young professional eager to gain hands-on experience in education? Whether you already have some experience or simply a strong passion for supporting kids in their exploration journey to knowledge, we’d love to hear from you! We’re looking for volunteers interested in non-formal education, organizing educational projects, or managing social media. Since English will be the main language of communication, it's important that you’re comfortable speaking and understanding it. Most importantly, we want someone who shares our values—believing in peace, inclusivity, diversity, and cross-cultural collaboration. If you’re open-minded, curious, and excited about working in an intercultural environment, this opportunity is for you!
Deadline: 08/06/2025 12:47

🤝 Meeting point

Each volunteer will be picked up individualy from train station/airport and escorted to the accomodation. So there's no meeting point upon arrival. As for the integration and introductions, we will dedicate a first week of the project for it, to ease in the volunteer into the project. Of course our coordinators and mentors will facilitate their integration during that time and on.

ℹ️ Additional information

At the beginning of the volunteers' stay we will organise an orientation introduction to discover our organisation, its values, people that volunteers will work with, projects and work's methodology. Participation in on-arrival and mid term evaluation trainings will be organised by Polish National Agency for all the international volunteers coming to Poland. You will also have support from other young volunteers, work mentor, experienced organisation team and psychologist if needed.

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

PL46333

01/07/2025 at 00:00 → 31/03/2026 at 00:00

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Deadline: 08/06/2025

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

Łużycka 22, 61-614 Poznań, 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: 21:49 (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 Polish