ESC: Joyce Builders Circle
Code: 47780 Copied
Greece
European Voluntary Service
Environment
Education
Culture
European Voluntary Service
Environment
+2
Fixed dates
About the project
ESC: Joyce Builders Circle
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Joyce 'n' Fun is a social cooperative on the island of Skiathos, Greece created as a way to give to the children more opportunities to discover the world.
Joyce 'n' Fun is a social cooperative on the island of Skiathos, Greece.
Skiathos is a small island full of tourists in the summer but where young people don't really have the opportunity to open up their mind the rest of the time.
We created our social cooperative as a way to give to the children more opportunities to discover the world through the eyes of our volunteers.
Our main objectives are to help children of all age discover foreign languages and cultures,through workshops, activities and games and help teenagers develop new talents in their more advanced workshops. In that way, we want to modernise education by promoting its non-formal, life-long forms.
Working and playing with the children and teenagers of Skiathos is a wonderful opportunity for all of volunteers to find again that lost child we all have in us. Sharing their knowledge of their own country's habits and culture with the children and other volunteers helps them create a better identity as a citizen of their country but also of Europe.
Our organization's actions promote active citizenship, intercultural diversity and social involvement while we stimulate social and cultural tolerance to form an open minded civil society
Joyce 'n' Fun is a social cooperative on the island of Skiathos, Greece.
Skiathos is a small island full of tourists in the summer but where young people don't really have the opportunity to open up their mind the rest of the time.
We created our social cooperative as a way to give to the children more opportunities to discover the world through the eyes of our volunteers.
Our main objectives are to help children of all age discover foreign languages and cultures,through workshops, activities and games and help teenagers develop new talents in their more advanced workshops. In that way, we want to modernise education by promoting its non-formal, life-long forms.
Working and playing with the children and teenagers of Skiathos is a wonderful opportunity for all of volunteers to find again that lost child we all have in us. Sharing their knowledge of their own country's habits and culture with the children and other volunteers helps them create a better identity as a citizen of their country but also of Europe.
Our organization's actions promote active citizenship, intercultural diversity and social involvement while we stimulate social and cultural tolerance to form an open minded civil society
💼 What the programme involves
We’re thrilled to invite you to be part of something very special this autumn on the island of Skiathos — our ESC volunteering project Joyce Builders Circle is officially happening!
What’s This Project About?
Join us on a beautiful off-grid land in Skiathos, Greece, for a 2-month adventure of building, learning, and living in community!
You’ll be part of a joyful volunteer team preparing for and supporting a Natural Building Workshop, where participants from all over Europe will come to learn how to build with earth, straw, and wood.
You’ll help us make the land ready, co-hold the space during the two-week seminar, and stay afterwards to clean up, finish structures, and celebrate what we’ve created together!
More info and application here : https://forms.gle/FJWbcA7v4f447ULE6
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be staying at the Joy’ce Kingdom, our Eco-Centered Learning Hub on the island of Skiathos, in a remote and wild corner of Greece — completely off-grid and powered by the sun.
Accommodation will be simple and nature-connected. You will sleep in your own tent. Outdoor compost toilets and solar-powered showers will support a low-impact lifestyle throughout the volunteering.
We invite you to embrace the experience of eco-living — it’s part of the learning too!
🎒 Leisure activities
You’ll Learn About:
Natural building methods
Community care and collective decision-making
Outdoor living and self-organization
Event preparation and facilitation
Living simply and sustainably on the land
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: This 2-month experience is for you if you want to:
️ get hands-on with natural building — preparing the space, crafting compost toilets, building showers, and more,
️ live simply and joyfully in an off-grid eco-hub surrounded by nature,
help host and participate in a beautiful 2-week Natural Building Workshop,
support a team of dreamers, doers, and creators from all over Europe,
grow new skills, make new friends, and leave your mark on a community-led project rooted in care, creativity, and sustainability.
If you’re between 18 and 30 and up for two months of learning, building, and meaningful fun — we can’t wait to welcome you!
Deadline: 23/08/2025 23:28
Deadline: 23/08/2025 23:28
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 ?
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.
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.
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24/08/2025 → 08/11/2025
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Deadline: 23/08/2025
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
Skiathos, 370 02, Greece
Greece
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Eastern European Summer Time
Local time: 20:50 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English