ESC: Dila Community Volunteering

Name: ESC: Dila Community Volunteering
Start: 2026-09-01
End: 2027-02-28
Location: Lahti, Finland

Code: 51522 Copied

Finland European Voluntary Service Social work Education European Voluntary Service Social work +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

The volunteers will meet and guide different customers in various environments like groups, open meeting places and food or goods aid. They will also join in the planning and organizing of community events and activities, social media contents as well as new projects. Tasks related to organizing food and goods aid will be for example accepting donations, maintaining goods in "saleable” condition, participating food logistics, packing food aid bags and working in customer service. Volunteers can highlight their own skills and interests, which can be taken into account in the tasks. Volunteers are also very welcome to innovate and develop their own projects as well. Volunteers will be part of the team of our workers and other volunteers of Dila.

🏠 Accommodation on site

In Finland amount of the pocket money will be 7 e per day. It will be paid monthly. Every volunteer will have a single flat with batroom and kitchenette. Dila is operating mostly in the city center of the city of Lahti. Volunteers flats are situated in the same block were the most of the activities happens. Volunteers will get lunch everyday produced by restaurant in our block or bigger budget for food shopping. Volunteers will have bicycles available to use European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is required and own travel insurance is recommended.

🎒 Leisure activities

On Arrival Training in Villa Elba Youth Center in Kokkola Mid Term Training in Lohirannan leirikeskus in Lohja Finnish language course

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for person who are keen on working with and for people and welfare. Any certain education is not needed. Active way of working, responsibility and curiosity of life are good starting points. At Dila, we work to reduce social exclusion and inequality, and we also expect volunteers to promote values that support human rights and equality.
Deadline: 24/05/2026 16:00

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

FI51522

01/09/2026 → 28/02/2027

Closed

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Deadline: 24/05/2026

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

Lahti, Finland

Finland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Summer Time

Local time: 21:07 (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 Finnish