ESC: Maintenance of a house for young people
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Italy
European Voluntary Service
Social work
Environment
European Voluntary Service
Refugees
+2
Fixed dates
About the project
ESC: Maintenance of a house for young people
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Vedogiovane 24 years old non-profit organisation based in the North-West of Italy. Our missions are Youth policies – 2. Intercultural sector (Eurodesk Center)
Vedogiovane is a 24 years old non-profit organisation based in the North-West of Italy. Our mission
concerns young people and the social and cultural youth work. Our activities can be grouped up
into two branches: 1- Youth policies – This branch not only runs youth information centres, it also
develops new projects and reflections about the youth needs and the kind of answers given them by
governmental and non-governmental institutions, schools and adults in general. The youth policies
branch tries to identify new strategies to answer these needs and offers these strategies to the
institutions. Vedogiovane manage centres for disadvantaged youngsters, activites and workshops
before and after school time, leisure time activities. The area is mainly aimed at developing the local
community, it offers a new vision of young people and their needs. 2. Intercultural sector: the
Intercultural sector implements international youth exchanges, EVS, seminars and training courses.
The mission of the intercultural sector is to equip the youth of today to be leaders of tomorrow, by
instilling in them a sense of civic responsibility, encouraging them to excel in education and
entrepreneurship, and exposing them to diverse cultures throughout Europe. In this frame we work
to give motivation to young people to participate in EU projects. We also manage a local Eurodeks
centre with the mission to raise awareness among young people on learning mobility opportunities
and to encourage them to become active citizens.
Vedogiovane is a 24 years old non-profit organisation based in the North-West of Italy. Our mission
concerns young people and the social and cultural youth work. Our activities can be grouped up
into two branches: 1- Youth policies – This branch not only runs youth information centres, it also
develops new projects and reflections about the youth needs and the kind of answers given them by
governmental and non-governmental institutions, schools and adults in general. The youth policies
branch tries to identify new strategies to answer these needs and offers these strategies to the
institutions. Vedogiovane manage centres for disadvantaged youngsters, activites and workshops
before and after school time, leisure time activities. The area is mainly aimed at developing the local
community, it offers a new vision of young people and their needs. 2. Intercultural sector: the
Intercultural sector implements international youth exchanges, EVS, seminars and training courses.
The mission of the intercultural sector is to equip the youth of today to be leaders of tomorrow, by
instilling in them a sense of civic responsibility, encouraging them to excel in education and
entrepreneurship, and exposing them to diverse cultures throughout Europe. In this frame we work
to give motivation to young people to participate in EU projects. We also manage a local Eurodeks
centre with the mission to raise awareness among young people on learning mobility opportunities
and to encourage them to become active citizens.
💼 What the programme involves
Maintenance of a house for young people’ in Druogno, close to the Alps, is a short-term group volunteering project in European Solidarity Corps, which is carried out in the field of cooperativa Vedogiovane youth policies projects. The House is a facility in Druogno, Vigezzo Valley, it has a large park and features sports facilities. After being used in the years to welcome groups from all over the County Council, it’s time to renovate it and bring a fresh and young air in it. The project aims to renew the places of the house as renovating the soccer fields and nets, assembling the synthetic pitch, clean common areas,removing broken or worn items, storing and renew the bicycles, renovating and cleaning the 'bocce court' (tipical italian old game), painting tables and areas (proposal for artistic project are welcome!). The participants will also be involved in the local and traditional events of the community and we will also share time in hiking, waling and climbing.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will live in the House itself and will share the common areas with other groups living there in the same period. The volunteers will share the rooms only with the ESC volunteers and they’ll have the bathroom in the rooms. Each day there will be breackfast, lunch and dinner cooked from the kitchen staff. The kitchen is not accessible and it’s required participation in preparing tables, cleaning and keep common areas clean and tidy.
The House: https://www.casevacanze-comuninovaresi.it/it/servizi?idservizio=1#briciole
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteers work organized in different teams every working day, about 32 hours per week. Two days are off.
Two people will lead the volunteers: one is the youth leader who will be living with the group and supporting them during the whole time; one is the house keeper who’s going to give indications and tips in collaboration with the company that is planning the general renovation of the house.
Volunteers will have group meetings with the youth leader to share how the experience is going on and also individual support whenever necessary.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: We are looking for motivated, full of energy volunteers who would like to work to renovate a house bringing ideas and creativity within the manual daily work, take part with local community activities, have creative approach towards all the tasks and possibilities. No special profile needed.
Deadline:
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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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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
28853 Druogno, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy
Italy
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Summer Time
Local time: 21:49 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Italian