ESC: Growing by helping the elderly in Rennes!

Name: ESC: Growing by helping the elderly in Rennes!
Start: 2026-10-05
End: 2027-10-04
Location: Rennes, France

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France European Voluntary Service Social work European Voluntary Service Social work Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

les petits frères des Pauvres
Petits Frères des Pauvres (région Ouest)

Rennes, France

💼 What the programme involves

Like many young people before you, who have had a fantastic experience with our senior citizens, join our association and become part of this wonderful chain of solidarity. Together with another European volunteer, your goal will be to help elderly people who suffer from loneliness and social isolation. How? Main mission: the ‘Listen to Me’ project: collect and promote the testimonies of elderly people (written, audio, video). Visit isolated elderly people regularly, take part in group activities, run digital workshops and participate in training and community life. You will be part of a team of French colleagues whose mission is to support 31 teams of volunteers of all ages at the regional level. We want to give you a memorable and exciting volunteering experience within a recognised organisation where staff and volunteers work hand in hand!

- You will benefit from dedicated trainings during all the year (it takes place in different cities in France: it is a great occasion to discover France and to meet with other volunteers from every age!). - You will take part in the trainings organized by the French National Agency ('On-arrival' and 'Mid-term'). - Supervision and advices will be provided by experimented staff and volunteers. - Conditions will be created to help you to fit-in well in your new environment and to get to meet other young people. You will access French courses.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will be 2 European volunteers. Location of accomodation and mission: 35700 Rennes (Bretagne region). You will live in the city center, hosted in a youth worker building. The place of the mission is the regional offices of the organization. You will receive pocket money 530€/month). You will benefit from health insurance.

📍 About the location

Rennes, France

🎒 Leisure activities

⚠️ Requirements

The mission is perfect for someone who: 1/ like talking with people in general, and elderly in particular 2/ like team work but also autonomy 3/ want to feel useful, want to give and are ready to receive 4/ is able to have a conversation in French and have the will to progress 5/ is open-minded and want to acquire social, intercultural and personal skills TO APPLY: click on "APPLY" and explain in few sentences why you are motivated by this project :) It is a plus to have a driving licence but not compulsory.

Application deadline: 04/08/2026 16:57

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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