ESC: ESC adventure with youth in the Netherlands

Name: ESC: ESC adventure with youth in the Netherlands
Start: 2026-07-30
End: 2026-08-30
Location: Rijswijk, Netherlands

Code: 51931 Copied

Netherlands European Voluntary Service Social work Education Culture Sport European Voluntary Service Social work +4 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Don Bosco Rijswijk is a organisation, located close by the well known city of The Hague, in a green area in Rijswijk. We work with children and youths from different backgrounds for more than half a century. We welcome 7000 to 8000 young and elderly visitors per year. We have a varied array of activities for children and youths with a special focus on free time activities and non-formal education. In the summer month we are focusing on holiday activities for the children ages 4 till 16. Volunteers will be involved in all of the activities: full day programs with up to 150 different children a day. There is an immeasurable variety of activities (sports, big games, crafts, theater…); a volunteer will have many opportunities to learn a lot of different skills and will be able to share their own talents and values many times during the volunteering experience.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Participants will live in a flat/house with one other volunteer. Each has their own room and they share the kitchen, bathroom and living room. Each participant will receive the food allowance and pocket money each month and a bike as a main form of transportation. We have several locations of the house and it can take approx. 10 min or 30 min biking to reach the youth center.

🎒 Leisure activities

We will provide different workshops throughout the experience to make sure every individual is confident and comfortable in working at Don Bosco Rijswijk. For example: how to organize games, how to work as a professional youth worker, how to maintain boundaries and healthy relationships, how to animate. We value good communication and spend a lot of time and effort to organize activities which promote team building and multicultural learning under the roof of Don Bosco organizations mission.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: For the short term project in Rijswijk we keep the background of the volunteer candidates as open as possible so that all young people (age 18-30), especially unemployed and with fewer opportunities (social and economic difficulties) could easily take part in this project. Volunteers are expected to work with other team members to carry out the program. Speaking and understanding a basic level of English is required. We would like to welcome people who are motivated to work with children and peers. We provide different workshops throughout the experience to make sure every individual is confident and comfortable in working at Don Bosco. We only read applications and CV's written in English and we will only consider the applications through European Youth Portal!
Deadline: 27/05/2026 09:42

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

NL51931

30/07/2026 → 30/08/2026

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Deadline: 27/05/2026

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

Rijswijk, Netherlands

Netherlands

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:47 (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