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ESC: CREATIVE CULTURAL CHALLENGES

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

About the project

ESC: CREATIVE CULTURAL CHALLENGES

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Zory Library is a very dynamic place in the city. We recognize and fulfil educational and cultural needs of the local community. Our readers use not only books or magazines, but also take part in a self-development and self-realization processes, through all forms of activities the library offers them. The aim of the project is encouraging initiative, creativity and active participation of youth in cultural life, as well as development of our library. The project enables and encourages young people to play an active role in local communities, and helps develop solidarity, tolerance and responsibility, promotes European diversity in an attractive manner, and teaches respect for it, permitting young people from different societies to carry out common actions, creating broad possibilities of intercultural learning. We act on many fields connected with culture and education. Our volunteers lead their own workshops, especially for children and youth, but also for adults, or in marketing.

🏠 Accommodation on site

We offer: - work in a dynamic and modern cultural institution in an international team, - 35 hour work week (in the afternoon and evening), - our support, - accommodation, - money for food, - pocket money, - free public transport in our city. Travel costs - according to the grant given by ESC for the travel from the sending to the hosting country.

🎒 Leisure activities

- Internal training in the library (work and safety regulations) - ON ARR in Warsaw and MID TERM in Toruń (currently, these trainings are held online after coming to Poland). - Polish lessons, - Possibility to participate in all trainings and workshops conducted in our library.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profil: We wait strong motivated persons, active and creative having interesting hobbies, talented in the field of art, music, dance, photography, movie-making, handicraft (including sewing machine), DIY etc. We also welcome people with IT skills such as programming, 3d modeling, VR, robotics, film editing etc. They will lead their own workshops, especially for children and youth, but also for adults. If somebody has marketing or graphic designer skills can cooperate with our marketing team. Our volunteers should use English on a communicative level to avoid communication problems.
Deadline: Application deadline: 20/05/2022

ℹ️ Additional information

Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/ This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.

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📅 Available sessions

PL22538

01/05/2022 → 31/03/2023

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1
Deadline: 20/05/2022

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

Rybnicka 6-8, 44-240 Żory, 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 Standard Time

Local time: 20:59 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Polish