ESC: "Culturall" al Plesso speciale 11

Name: ESC: "Culturall" al Plesso speciale 11
Start: 2023-11-01
End: 2024-06-30
Location: Kraków, Poland

Code: 37432 Copied

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

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Are you ready to assist teachers and therapists at a school of Krakow, working with children and youth (aged 5-24) with diversified types of mental and physical disability? Through various kinds of classes, pupils and youngsters learn how to deal with the daily life and overcome upcoming obstacles. You will be responsible for assistance of disabled children, will realize your own projects and, through this, will significantly increase your cross-cultural competences. Helping in educational process means to give a hand in feeding disabled students, support them during lessons and activities, assist the teachers to prepare lessons and educational materials and caring for order and cleanness in the school. The activities will be adjusted to your profile and fields of interest. The working hours are around 30 hours per week. An insurance coverage provided by the European Union will cover you from any possible risk during all your volunteering experience.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will be accommodated in a room shared with another volunteer, in a rented flat with access to kitchen and bathroom. Flats are furnished and equipped with pillows, duvet covers and pillow cases. Internet connection is usually provided, but not assured 100%. You will receive a food allowance every month, and there may be a possibility to eat meals in the hosting institution. You will also receive a pocket money determined by the European Union, paid in a local bank. The travel from your residence to Poland and back is fully reimbursed, as they are the local transports.

🎒 Leisure activities

You will attend three official training sessions: a pre-departure training before leaving Italy; an on arrival training in a few weeks after your advent in Poland; a midterm training, around the half of the volunteering experience. Other formative meetings are frequently organized with people concerned with the project. Thanks to this experience, you will acknowledge various methods of working with people with disabilities and will receive a lot of practical experience about.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: You are a committed and hard working volunteer, open, empathic and kind, who likes to work with disabled people and taking part in various activities during the day. You must share values such as solidarity, respect for human dignity and human rights,non discrimination, tolerance, justice and equal opportunities. You're ready to experience different cultures, while sharing your own with the other volunteers and in the local community, taking actions in the areas of environment, sustainability, inclusion and personal development. Obviously, you must be ready to learn a bit of Polish language.
Deadline: No application deadline

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.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

PL37432

01/11/2023 → 30/06/2024

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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

al. Adolfa Dygasińskiego 25, 30-820 Kraków, 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: 21:13 (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