ESC: Help building a Youth Centre in The Netherlands

Name: ESC: Help building a Youth Centre in The Netherlands
Start: 2025-05-03
End: 2025-05-17
Location: Woerden, Netherlands

Code: 4430867ab94442e869 Copied

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

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

YMCA Nederland is een non-profitorganisatie. De organisatie is met name actief op het gebied van recreatie en vrije tijd voor jongeren van 6 tot 25 jaar. Door het hele land zijn er jeugdclubs en activiteiten in meer dan 250 locaties, en elk jaar zijn er ongeveer 120 verschillende kinderkampen en jeugdreizen. Meer dan 4000 vrijwilligers spelen een grote rol bij de Nederlanders YMCA. Bijna alle activiteiten voor jongeren worden door hen bedacht en uitgevoerd. Zo dragen ze bij aan de ontwikkeling van anderen en zichzelf. De YMCA biedt kinderen, tieners en jongeren een plaats waar ze zich thuis voelen en zich ontwikkelen. De YMCA daagt jonge mensen uit om dagelijks te ontdekken hun talenten en te gebruiken, dus we creëren iets waardevols voor nu en in de toekomst. Belangrijk voor de Nederlandse YMCA is dat de activiteiten met jonge mensen worden gedaan, voor jullie jonge mensen en gedaan worden door jonge mensen. YMCA Nederland is lid van YMCA Europe en de YMCA World Alliance.

💼 What the programme involves

YMCA Netherlands is working hard to open a new youth centre in Woerden. We need a lot of help with that! We invite seven young volunteers to help us with different tasks around the finalisation of this brand new youth centre. It’s a big job, and it requires a lot of hands! YMCA therefore invites European volunteers to help build the future of the YMCA! YMCA Netherlands invites seven European volunteers for two weeks (May 3 – May 17, 2025). Helpful hands and a good word of English are required! YMCA pays the travel expenses. The participants spend the night at the homes of local Woerden residents. Building is nearly finished, but there are some tasks that we need a lot of extra hands for, including: - garden work - painting (indoor and outdoor) - PR activities (like flyering) - helping to set up youth activities for local kids

🏠 Accommodation on site

- Volunteers will stay and eat with local Dutch families - Public transport costs to and from the youth centre will be covered - Volunteers will get free days and pocket money

🍲 Food

Volunteers will also be invited to cook and eat together on some days. Participants eat with the families they're staying at, and, in principle, don't get to choose, but we can make arrangements regarding specific dietary wishes, such as vegan/vegetarian, gluten free, lactose free and the likes.

🎒 Leisure activities

We do not provide leisure activities to volunteers at our short-stay projects.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for someone who: – Is from any EU country – Is available during the entire period (May 3 – 17) – Is handy and creative – Is a real team player. – speaks a fair bit of English – Can provide an equivalent of a Declaration of Good Conduct. Special skills or experience with painting, construction or youth work are an advantage.
Deadline: 01/04/2025 12:00

🤝 Meeting point

The meeting point of the project in Woerden will be Woerden station, from there we go to the accomodation.

ℹ️ Additional information

- Basic youth work training

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

NL44308

03/05/2025 at 00:00 → 17/05/2025 at 00:00

Closed

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Deadline: 01/04/2025

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

Hoge Rijndijk 3C, 3449 HA Woerden, Netherlands

Netherlands

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard 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

Dutch English Western Frisian