ESC: Discover Castle Vaeshartelt I

Name: ESC: Discover Castle Vaeshartelt I
Start: 2026-07-18
End: 2026-08-02
Location: Maastricht, Netherlands

Code: 52344 Copied

Netherlands European Voluntary Service Environment European Voluntary Service Environment Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

You will spend two weeks at Buitenplaats Vaeshartelt, a historic estate in the south of the Netherlands, known for its 19th-century architecture. This project focuses on sustainability, community, and living heritage. By growing vegetables on site, Vaeshartelt reduces transport, lowers CO₂ emissions, and keeps the food chain short and transparent. You will work in a shared vegetable garden where food is grown for the estate's own kitchen. The surrounding land belongs to the Vaeshartelt Foundation, which uses all profits from the hotel and restaurant to restore and protect the estate for future generations. You will work alongside seven local farmers, each with their own expertise, mostly on a voluntary basis. You can learn from them through workshops on gardening, food growing, or creative activities like flower arranging. Your tasks will include pruning, clearing paths, and working in fruit gardens, vineyards, and mushroom areas using circular gardening methods.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The accomodation is a stone scouting building, located in the city of Maastricht. It has separate dorms (m/f). We provide airbeds but volunteers need to bring a sleeping bag. A kitchen is available with all facilities. Volunteers will cook and clean together. Sometimes the farmers will cook for you. There is a big indoor and outdoor space for games, dinner, BBQ. Accomodation address: Scouting Eburonen Ankerkade 161 6222NL Maastricht Netherlands

🎒 Leisure activities

We will provide participants access to online training modules provided by the European Solidarity Corps and/ or SIW.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Participants must enjoy nature and be interested in the geografical and historical details of the project. It is also important that you enjoy working together in teams and that you are interested in making international contacts.
Deadline: 15/06/2026 23:00

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

NL52344

18/07/2026 → 02/08/2026

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Deadline: 15/06/2026

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

Maastricht, Netherlands

Netherlands

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:14 (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 Dutch