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ESC: Bring happiness to social centre in Slovakia

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About the project

ESC: Bring happiness to social centre in Slovakia

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

INEX Slovakia is a non-profit organization offering remarkable experiences, personal development and meaningful spending of leisure time for young people, through international voluntary activities and non-formal education.
Our vision is to have active people with healthy self-confidence, tolerance, critical thinking, general overview and willingness to help those in need.
In Slovakia, we are the only organization of its kind, established in 1993. Our activities are for young people, leaders, youth workers, volunteers and also the general public. The main target group is young people from 15 up to 30. The activities are focused on the youth mobility and non-formal education. Main aim of volunteering activities is to provide help to the local community or to any project necessary (social, environmental, renovation, cultural etc.). Young volunteers can spend their time valuably, can meet other people coming from different cultures, learn from each other, gain new competences and enjoy their lives differently.
Main activities of the organisation are:
1. Volunteering activities
- one day volunteering activities in Slovakia
- weekend volunteering activities in Slovakia
- international volunteering activities (workcamps), in Slovakia, abroad or online
- European Solidarity Corps (as supporting, leading and hosting organisation)
- long-term and mid-term volunteering projects
2. Educational activities
- one-day educational activities
- accredited trainings for leaders of workcamps
- international trainings
- youth exchanges
3. Promotional activities
- online promotion of volunteering and non-formal education
- offline promotion of volunteering and non-formal education
4. Development of international volunteering in Slovakia or abroad.
Thanks to membership in the international networks Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations and Service Civil International, we offer volunteers more than 1400 projects in 80 countries around the world. The Youth Council of Slovakia is our umbrella organization in Slovakia. INEX Slovakia office is based in Bratislava but offers its activities on national level, around whole Slovakia.

💼 What the programme involves

The volunteers will organize free time activities for young people with disabilities and seniors from NGO Barlicka. Young people from Barlicka are 18+ years old. The activities will be organized during the daily summer camp – summer activities, trips, competitions, and games. Most of young people and seniors are on the wheelchairs. On Saturday 19.07., volunteers together with camp leaders will plan the activities and program for daily summer camp. On the first work day volunteers will have short training how to manage wheelchair and they will get information about young people and seniors. There are no special skills required. Important is motivation and empathy. The staff of social centre will be guiding the volunteers during the work. The working hours are from Monday to Friday divided as follows: 9:00 – 12:00 and 13:00 – 15:30. You can find more info: https://shorturl.at/HLJ33 In case of any questions, contact Monika on [email protected]. Please, don't write to NGO Barlicka.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Lodging will be provided in the flat. Volunteers will sleep on beds in 3 shared rooms. They need to bring their sleeping bag. Kitchen facilities, washing machine and two shared bathrooms are provided. There is also a living room with sofa and TV for free time activities. Wifi is available. Info about traveling to the project and meeting point will be send in infosheet.

🍲 Food

Volunteers divided in the kitchen teams will be in charge of preparing the food for breakfast and dinner. The groceries will be provided. The lunch will be provided by local partner. On request, vegetarian meals can be provided.

🎒 Leisure activities


⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Young person from EU member country, age 18 to 30 who want to take part in an intercultural project in Slovakia. Personal motivation to step out of the comfort zone and become a volunteer for 2 weeks. Speak good English. MOTIVATION LETTER IS NEEDED – write why you want to participate and how you want to contribute on this workcamp on at least ¾ A4. As the volunteers are staying in the social centre, alcohol, cigarettes and other drugs are not allowed in the centre. From all accepted volunteers we need the certificate of good conduct.
Deadline: 07/07/2025 00:00

ℹ️ Additional information

The volunteers will prepare the "Feast of cultures" - an international food evening. Part of the program is “volunteering footprint” workshop and an educational workshop about current events in Europe. Our camps will follow the rules of Sustainability campaign.

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

SK44743

18/07/2025 at 00:00 → 02/08/2025 at 00:00

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1
Deadline: 07/07/2025

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

Prešov, Slovakia

Slovakia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:36 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Slovak