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ESC: Die Bäckerei - bakery of culture and participation

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

About the project

ESC: Die Bäckerei - bakery of culture and participation

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Komm!unity is a non-profit NGO based in Wörgl, that is specialized on youth, integration and community work. The association was established in 2012 and has been growing since. komm!unity networks with committed people and organisations, takes up exciting and meaningful initiatives, implements projects and events for a vivid and inclusive society. We run seven youth centers (open youth work), a street work department (mobile youth work), a youth information center, an integration and diversity department and a leisure time work project for youngsters. Additionally, we manage a small culture facility in Wörgl. Our target groups are young people and migrants in our region. Furthermore, we also work with multipliers (all people in our region working or living with young people and migrants) and the local community in general. We organize events for our target groups in and around Wörgl and run different social projects in our working area. Our youth centres work according to the principles of professional open youth work and are places for young people between 10 and 18 years to spend their leisure time. The youth centres provide space for various needs of young people and are open to all, regardless of social, religious or ethnic background. The volunteers we host, are mainly supporting the teams of our youth centers, but can also be involved in other departments and projects, according to their interest.

💼 What the programme involves

The "Bäckerei" (german word for bakery) is an old former bakery, which had been abandoned for ten years, until 2010. A motivated bunch of people took over and breathed life into the buliding. It has now become a successful platform for cultural exchange and social innovation in Innsbruck which aims to enable people to share knowledge and know-how on cultural themes and topics of social interst. There is no specific target group of "Die Bäckerei - Kulturbackstube" - we have a wide range of activities suitable for a big spectrum of audience. Whether someone wants to host weekly Yoga classes, music workshops, regular startup meetings or organize a concert or any kind of artistic endeavour, we provide support to make it happen. Every year we organize, co-organize and host more than 300 cultural activities, we offer a very diversecultural programme, which overall leads to an exciting and diverse work environment and a wide set ofskills that can be developed.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Equipped flat provided in the heart of Innsbruck, Tyrol. You will share a flat with other employees from the Bäckerei where you will have a private room. Your working place is 20 minutes away from your accommodation. A free bicycle will be applied. Furthermore you will be provided with a ticket for the public transport. Additionally you will receive sufficient monthly food money and 7 Euros daily (pocket money).

🎒 Leisure activities

You will work five days and around 35 hours a week. There will be a weekend, this means two consecutive days off every week. You have two days of holidays every month during your project time. Working shifts can be various (late afternoon, evening). You will be a part of the team of Bäckerei, where your proactive personality is welcome but where you will receive support too, at any time. Culture management, creating web content, maintenance of the venue and a personal project during your volunteering time, are parts of the daily working routine which you`ll get to know step by step

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: - between 18 and 30 years - personal interests in arts, culture, media, film, photography, communication, etc. - open minded and flexible personality who is interested in people, new learnings (media management) and development in general - culture management, creating new events formats and working with existing ones at Bäckerei should be part of your motivation - willing to find out about personal skills during the volunteering time at Bäckerei - the volunteering year is a full program which requires focus (so you cannot be registered as a student or in any other job during that time). - You can also send something creative to express your motivation additionally.
Deadline: 14/07/2025 23:55

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

AT47239

01/10/2025 → 30/06/2026

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 14/07/2025

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

Dreiheiligenstraße 21a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Austria

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:10 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English German