ESC: Do you LOVE to build and fix things? Help us build our container village Frihamnstorget, a beautiful urban oasis of community and culture in the heart of Stockholm!

Name: ESC: Do you LOVE to build and fix things? Help us build our container village Frihamnstorget, a beautiful urban oasis of community and culture in the heart of Stockholm!
Start: 2026-01-19
End: 2027-01-15
Location: Sweden

Code: 47300 Copied

Sweden European Voluntary Service Culture European Voluntary Service Culture Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

House Blivande is a creative community and cultural center located in Stockholm, Sweden. It serves as a hub for artists, entrepreneurs, civic actors, and innovators, fostering collaboration and professional and personal growth amongst community members. Blivande runs co-working spaces, studios, event spaces and a public container village where individuals can work, create, and connect. The community is highly participatory, encouraging members, locals and associated cultural actors to actively engage in shaping the space according to their dreams. We are a hybrid community that exists online and offline, where we use contemporary platforms to organize asynchronously. Through workshops, dialogue, and artistic endeavors, Blivande promotes interdisciplinary collaboration, experimentation, and the exploration of new ideas. We have received several grants from the Swedish innovation agency, specifically to build our digital infrastructure through collaborative money management tools and to develop the container village Frihmanstorget, the first of its kind in Sweden. Our main aim is to create a “plus-sum-center”, where creatives, initiatives, businesses and organisations develop in synergy. We are focused on hyperlocal action and democratic citizen involvement in Stockholm, but connect to a global context through several international networks (TEH, ECHN, MiSo). Our space is an independent contributor to the culture, policy innovation and urban development of our city.

💼 What the programme involves

We are looking for a builder that can support the physical developments and upkeep of our creative Hub Blivande and adjacent container village Frihamnstorget. You will be a hands-on and practical support behind renovations, building projects, and overall support to the community in developing the space. We will teach you the logistics of the house and outdoor spaces, and you will be able to answer when community members and visitors have practical questions. As someone with a solid interest in tools and handy problem- solving attitude, you will contribute to ongoing building projects such as “Reasons to Stay” and “Growing Beauty,” where we build physical structures with groups of citizens and youths to make the container village more engaging, thought-provoking and unique. In between projects, you will have time to research ideas, materials, and solutions for improving the spaces. During the summer months, we host a public cultural program, where you will join the bigger team.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will have a private room, either in a shared flat or collective living. In addition to your pocket money, you’ll receive food allowance to buy and cook your own meals, giving you flexibility. For local transport, you can choose between a bicycle or a public transport card for the duration of your stay.

🎒 Leisure activities

Learn to use a variety of tools and work with different materials, both indoors and outdoors. Training includes safety procedures and building techniques. Hone your creativity to solve practical problems and gain experience collaborating with a wide range of people. Get hands-on insight into event production and working in the cultural sector. Tasks are adapted to your skill level, with the possibility to initiate your own project if time allows (optional).

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: As a volunteer you will thrive at Blivande if you are hands-on, proactive, and community-minded, and enjoy working in a creative and dynamic environment. For this role it is important that you have a builder mindset, are not afraid of physical work and like fixing problems. It will be easier for you to jump into action if you have some previous experience with tools. As you will work with a large variety of people, it is important that you enjoy helping others, have an inclusive mindset (we have many neurodivergent community members) and thrive in community settings, where many people need to be taken into account for decision making. Communication is key in our organisation as we are running so many parallel processes and projects. Please be aware that a lot of cultural productions happen during the weekend and evenings. This means that we have flexible working hours. Sometimes you will be working on weekends or evenings, but you can then take days during the week off, to compensate and rest. As you will work with a large variety of people, it is important that you enjoy helping others, have an inclusive mindset (we have many neurodivergent community members) and thrive in community settings, where many people need to be taken into account for decision making. We are looking only for volunteers that want to spend an entire year with us from mid January 2026 to mid January 2027. We currently can’t accommodate different timelines, therefore we would ask you to only apply if you can commit to this timeframe. Finally, part of your role includes supporting the taking care of the premises. Every team member (both staff and volunteers) has certain responsibilities to help keep the space clean and tidy for everyone.
Deadline: 15/08/2025 14:00

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

SE47300

19/01/2026 → 15/01/2027

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Deadline: 15/08/2025

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

Södra Hamnvägen 9, 115 41 Stockholm, Sweden

Sweden

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Sweden Krona (SEK / kr)

Exchange rate

1 SEK = 0.091120 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:22 (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 Swedish