ESC: Long-term volunteer to LEKO Folk High School, Finland

Name: ESC: Long-term volunteer to LEKO Folk High School, Finland
Start: 2023-08-12
End: 2024-08-11
Location: Hirvikoski, Finland

Code: 35888 Copied

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

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

LEKO is a private educational establishment with an 85-year-long history. It is located in Hirvikoski, a village in a calm and beautiful rural area of South-West Finland. LEKO works in the fields of formal, non-formal education, social work, spiritual work, children’s welfare, and hospitality services locally, regionally, and internationally. The largest group of our full-time students are non-finish national adults learning the Finnish language within the context of upper basic education programs and we are providing different courses. We have more than 20 nationalities in this year. Lately, we are working with Ukrainian refugees too. LEKO serves about 200 full-time students, and 50 staff members. The volunteer will be a part of our LEKO community and to give a hand, where it is needed the most. The tasks include for example assisting, organizing, and preparing free time activities for non-Finnish residential students and participating in the LEKO children playgroup.

🏠 Accommodation on site

We provide to live with other LEKO volunteers, in a shared apartment. There is a food service in the school during working days, with the possibility to pay attention to different diets. The school has bicycles and a car (B driving license preferred). Our work language at school is Finnish, but with the volunteers we use English.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for a person with curiosity, self-initiative, and willingness to help, cooperate and lead; to be part of LEKO, Loimaa, and the larger community. The position is suitable for any English-speaking (in the level of conversation) young person aged 18-30. We would be happy if the volunteer enjoyed socializing and doing activities within a multicultural society with tolerance. We hope our volunteer is positive and ready to take on different tasks. We are looking for a volunteer who wants to give their own involvement and get experiences from Finland.
Deadline: Application deadline: 09/07/2023

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.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

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12/08/2023 → 11/08/2024

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Deadline: 09/07/2023

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

Hirvikoski, Finland

Finland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 21:58 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Finnish