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ESC: Icelandic Red Cross - Social Support for Refugees - Youth Club, Women's Group

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Iceland European Voluntary Service Social work European Voluntary Service Refugees +1 Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: Icelandic Red Cross - Social Support for Refugees - Youth Club, Women's Group

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

AUS is an international non-profit youth organisation that promotes youth mobility, intercultural learning and international voluntary service. AUS is run by homecoming volunteers and the office has one part-time staff member and most of the time one ESC volunteer. AUS is a member of The National Youth Council of Iceland and of The International Cultural Youth Exchange (ICYE) Federation, which has national offices in over 40 countries. Founded in 1949, ICYE was designed to develop trust between people in Germany and the USA after the second World War. Ever since, ICYE has been giving young people the opportunity to experience new cultures and ways of life.

💼 What the programme involves

The volunteer will work as part of the Red Cross program Social Support for Refugees. The program’s main components are different weekly social activities for the target group. Activities currently take place in Reykjavík and in Reykjanesbær. Current activities include a Women’s Group, Youth Club, Open House and Language trainings. The program aims to reduce social isolation and offer a platform to meet, connect, socialize, and learn about Icelandic society. A key element of the Red Cross social support program is involving the community—through volunteering. The Red Cross also runs a volunteering project for Refugees, InterACT. This ESC volunteer will be responsible for two of our weekly activities, Women’s Group and Youth Club. The main tasks are planning and promoting the events, engaging and overseeing the local part-time volunteers who help with events, and building a community around the participants, helping with registrations into our database.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will live in a house near the centre of Reykjavik with up to 7 other volunteers. Each volunteer has a private bedroom, kitchen, living room and bathroom is shared. In order to apply to this vacancy you need to fill the form below and send us your CV to [email protected] Keep in mind that generic applications will not be considered. ONLY applicants who fill in this form will be taken into account: https://forms.gle/yscjoDfC62Tmj2KKA

🍲 Food

A food allowance will be given as well as a bus pass for the whole year and Icelandic courses.

🎒 Leisure activities

There is quite a lot of activities that volunteers can take part in but it does depend on interest. For example swimming, various sports, gyms, knitting clubs, hiking clubs, various artists clubs, events etc. There's a lot of things that volunteers can do in Iceland and as they are in the capital city they have access to a lot of activities.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Be 24 yrs old min. Social, interested in getting to know people, organized, able to perform well under pressure, able to work independently and take initiative. Good team worker. Good communication skills, open-minded and willing to listen and show empathy. Able to take initiative. Ready to commit to the fundamental principles and code of conduct of the IFRC. Have excellent English language skills. Other languages, especially Spanish, Arabic, Ukrainian or Russian are a strong advantage. Have basic computer skills. have a strong interest in the field of migration. Having previous experience working with volunteers. To apply, fill in the Google form: https://forms.gle/yscjoDfC62Tmj2KKA and send us your CV to: [email protected] Generic applications will not be considered.
Deadline: 22/06/2025 23:59

🤝 Meeting point

We pick up our volunteers when they arrive in Iceland and offer On Arrival at our offices prior to going to the project. The National Agency of Iceland also has an On Arrival training like all is required by the ESC programme.

ℹ️ Additional information

The volunteer is obliged to attend on-arrival training and midterm evaluation in Iceland and get informed on end-of-term evaluation meetings in the sending country. The volunteer will receive some language training whilst in Iceland. Ongoing support and training will be provided by the Icelandic Red Cross and personal support will be given by the volunteer’s mentor as well as the coordinating organisation AUS. To apply, fill in the Google form: https://forms.gle/yscjoDfC62Tmj2KKA and send us your CV to: [email protected] Generic applications will not be considered.

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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📅 Available sessions

IS46616

29/08/2025 at 00:00 → 28/08/2026 at 00:00

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1
Deadline: 22/06/2025

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

35VR+Q5P, Víkurhvarf 1, 203 Kópavogur, Iceland

Iceland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Iceland Krona (ISK / kr)

Exchange rate

1 ISK = 0.007321 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Greenwich Mean Time

Local time: 22:20 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

Danish English German Icelandic Norwegian Swedish