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ESC: Coloured Glasses - Intercultural Learning and More

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Denmark Culture Education European Voluntary Service Culture Education +1 Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: Coloured Glasses - Intercultural Learning and More

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

YFU Denmark is an independent not-for-profit, not-party-political youth organisation, which has existed sinced 1960. YFU exist in order to foster intercultural understanding based on mutual respect and appreciation of cultural diversity at local, national and global level. YFU Denmark further aim to promote social responsibility and active citizenship, life-long learning and a more peaceful world. The organisation primarily seeks to reach these aims through intercultural exchanges for young people and in relation to those a) preparation, training and on-going support to young exchange students and their host families b) training of the members of the organisation c) issuing scholarships and applications for economic support in order to make the programs accessible to all young people. d) strengthen the community among the participants in the activities and e) cooperate with organisations and individuals, who work with the same purpose. The vision of Youth For Understanding (YFU) is “Generations of empowered global citizens for a more peaceful and sustainable world.” To contribute to this long-term goal, “YFU’s mission is to advance intercultural understanding and lifelong learning, as well as the development of global competencies, mutual respect and social responsibility through transformational educational exchanges for generations of youth, families and communities.”

💼 What the programme involves

YFU Denmark is currently implementing the project “Coloured Glasses – Intercultural Learning and More”. As a part of this project, two international ESC volunteers will have the chance to come to Denmark and work together in order to contribute to or develop creative activities that aim to foster intercultural learning and active citizenship. The activities can for instance be 1. organization of intercultural learning workshops in schools, 2. support in trainings for exchange students before, during and after their exchanges, 3. participating or creating exciting local activities aimed at intercultural understanding or 4. development of tools and methods for storytelling within intercultural understanding and exchanges. During the project, the ESC volunteers will be part of the team in the YFU Denmark office, and the volunteers will receive trainings, guidance and support from the office staff.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will receive accommodation, food, travel to Denmark, insurance, local transport and pocket money financed through the project. The accommodation will be in a dormitory (possibly with a shared bathroom and kitchen). The daily work will be in the office of YFU Denmark in Nivå, north of Copenhagen. The office is in the countryside 20 min. walk from the Nivå train station.

🍲 Food

There is a monthly stipend for food and a stipend for pocket money according to the ESC rules.

🎒 Leisure activities


⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for volunteers who are open, optimistic, responsible, reliable and passionate about cultural diversity, intercultural understanding and youth exchanges. It is an additional advantage if volunteers have personal experiences with meeting intercultural challenges or living in diverse areas. Volunteers have to be able to communicate well in English (or a Scandinavian language). We are right now looking for two ESC-volunteers: 1. One volunteer who can arrive to Denmark approximately July-August 2025 and stay for approximately 10-11 months 2. One volunteer who can arrive to Denmark approximately October-November 2025 and stay for approximately 9 months For questions regarding the project and the volunteerships please contact [email protected] (Applications cannot be sent by mail. They have to be submitted through the form https://medlem.yfu.dk/esc). Please submit applications as soon as possible and before May 18th 2025.
Deadline: 18/05/2025 00:00

ℹ️ Additional information

Being an ESC volunteer is an opportunity to learn and develop. Before and during the project, we talk with the volunteers to jointly define the learning objectives of the individual volunteers as well as to match the learning objectives to the activities. Before the project, the volunteer will receive a pre-departure orientation and upon arrival the first two weeks will be an introductory phase. During the project, working time will be allocated for individual learning. ESC volunteers are expected to participate in On-Arrival Orientation and Mid-Year Orientation with other ESC volunteers.

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

DK45767

01/07/2025 at 00:00 → 31/08/2026 at 00:00

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 18/05/2025

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

Møllevej 11, 2990 Nivå, Denmark

Denmark

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Denmark Krone (DKK / kr)

Exchange rate

1 DKK = 0.134370 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:03 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

Danish English