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ESC: Come help grow a living experiment in community, sustainability, creativity, and human connection in rural Sweden!

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About the project

ESC: Come help grow a living experiment in community, sustainability, creativity, and human connection in rural Sweden!

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Fridhem offers a unique long-term volunteer experience in a close-knit ecological community in Sweden. Focused on sustainability, permaculture, shared living, and personal growth, the project gives volunteers the chance to develop practical skills while becoming part of everyday community life. Activities change with the seasons and may include gardening, growing and harvesting food, communal cooking with local and homegrown ingredients, building and restoration projects, maintenance, workshops, and community events. Volunteers are encouraged to contribute their own ideas, interests, and strengths. Life at Fridhem is built around cooperation, cultural exchange, and learning together. Volunteers receive regular support from a dedicated coordinator through meetings and daily check-ins. By the end of the experience, volunteers leave with practical knowledge, stronger confidence and communication skills, and a deeper understanding of sustainable living and community building.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Enjoy a private 1-room cabin or tiny house on wheels. Shared kitchen & bathroom in volunteer house with access to extra facilities in the main center building. Shared kitchen heated by making wood fires in the winter. Vegetarian food, mainly cooked and prepared together by volunteers. Green travel to and from the center. Pickup at the local train station in Hedemora (20 min drive). A car is available to arrange day trips & activities outside the village.

🎒 Leisure activities

Volunteers receive hands-on training in sustainability, permaculture, gardening, food growing, communal cooking, fermenting, wild foraging, and ecological living. Participants can also learn practical building and restoration skills, including natural building techniques such as timber-framing and clay construction. Training happens through daily work alongside experienced community members, with regular mentoring, reflection sessions, yoga, and mindfulness activities supporting personal growth and intercultural learning.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: This opportunity is for motivated and open-minded volunteers who are interested in sustainability, community living, and practical hands-on learning. No previous experience is required, but an interest in gardening, cooking, building, or ecological lifestyles is appreciated. Volunteers should be willing to participate actively in shared responsibilities, teamwork, and intercultural exchange. Flexibility, curiosity, and a positive attitude towards simple community living are important. This experience is for you who desires to develop your relationship and connection with body, nature and your impact in the world. Basic conversational english is preferred.
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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

SE51757

01/06/2026 → 30/05/2027

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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

776 74 Stjärnsund, Sweden

Sweden

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Sweden Krona (SEK / kr)

Exchange rate

1 SEK = 0.091120 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:07 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Swedish