ESC: Let’s produce an unforgettable season! Join us in the cultural hub Blivande and our container village Frihamnstorget and co-produce an amazing cultural program with us.
Code: 47303 Copied
Sweden
European Voluntary Service
Culture
European Voluntary Service
Culture
Fixed dates
About the project
ESC: Let’s produce an unforgettable season! Join us in the cultural hub Blivande and our container village Frihamnstorget and co-produce an amazing cultural program with us.
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
House Blivande is a creative community and cultural center located in Stockholm, Sweden. It serves as a hub for artists, entrepreneurs, civic actors, and innovators, fostering collaboration and professional and personal growth amongst community members. Blivande runs co-working spaces, studios, event spaces and a public container village where individuals can work, create, and connect. The community is highly participatory, encouraging members, locals and associated cultural actors to actively engage in shaping the space according to their dreams. We are a hybrid community that exists online and offline, where we use contemporary platforms to organize asynchronously. Through workshops, dialogue, and artistic endeavors, Blivande promotes interdisciplinary collaboration, experimentation, and the exploration of new ideas.
We have received several grants from the Swedish innovation agency, specifically to build our digital infrastructure through collaborative money management tools and to develop the container village Frihmanstorget, the first of its kind in Sweden. Our main aim is to create a “plus-sum-center”, where creatives, initiatives, businesses and organisations develop in synergy. We are focused on hyperlocal action and democratic citizen involvement in Stockholm, but connect to a global context through several international networks (TEH, ECHN, MiSo). Our space is an independent contributor to the culture, policy innovation and urban development of our city.
💼 What the programme involves
This volunteer role is about co-creating a lively and interesting cultural program. You'll help organise public cultural events using the shared resources of Blivande and the container village Frihamnstorget. You will support major community-led events like Valborg and the Mushroom Festival by helping with coordination and keeping track of to-dos. A lot of the work will be administrative, but some hands-on work before, during and after events is required.
You'll also be involved in producing civic activities in the square, such as the Longest Table—a communal outdoor dinner,and Swap N Swag—a playful clothes-swapping event. Part of your role is connecting with people who want to organise smaller gatherings, and reaching out to communities to invite them to create something at the square.
Indoors, you'll support non-profit and grassroots groups who receive space sponsorship for their events, helping them feel welcome and supported.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will have a private room, either in a shared flat or collective living. In addition to your pocket money, you’ll receive food allowance to buy and cook your own meals, giving you flexibility. For local transport, you can choose between a bicycle or a public transport card for the duration of your stay.
🎒 Leisure activities
Receive cultural producer training and learn project management with guidance from our experienced team. Gain insight into planning and executing large-scale events. Get hands-on experience in the creative and cultural sector while working closely with a variety of artists and community members. Tasks are adapted to your skills, and there’s space to explore your own initiative through a personal project if time allows (optional).
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: As a volunteer you will thrive at Blivande if you are hands-on, proactive, and community-minded, and enjoy working in a creative and dynamic environment.
For this role it is important that you are organised and enjoy keeping track of all things to-do. Some form of administrative and coordination experience will make it easier for you in the beginning as it will support your developing project management skills. Your role will entail a lot of communication with different stakeholders, so it is good that you feel comfortable with online and offline communication.
Please be aware that a lot of cultural productions happen during the weekend and evenings. This means that we have flexible working hours. Sometimes you will be working on weekends or evenings, but you can then take days during the week off, to compensate and rest.
As you will work with a large variety of people, it is important that you enjoy helping others, have an inclusive mindset (we have many neurodivergent community members) and thrive in community settings, where many people need to be taken into account for decision making.
We are looking only for volunteers that want to spend an entire year with us from mid January 2026 to mid January 2027. We currently can’t accommodate different timelines, therefore we would ask you to only apply if you can commit to this timeframe.
Finally, part of your role includes supporting the taking care of the premises. Every team member (both staff and volunteers) has certain responsibilities to help keep the space clean and tidy for everyone.
Deadline: 15/08/2025 14:00
Deadline: 15/08/2025 14:00
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.
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19/01/2026 → 15/01/2027
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Deadline: 15/08/2025
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
Södra Hamnvägen 9, 115 41 Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Sweden Krona (SEK / kr)
Exchange rate
1 SEK = 0.091120 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Central European Summer Time
Local time: 22:22 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Swedish