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ESC: Respite tourism: supporting families with disabled children

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

About the project

ESC: Respite tourism: supporting families with disabled children

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

In our work, we promote 21st-century skills such as communication, collaboration and creativity. We work with refugees in Warsaw.
Through the years, we have been working with youth from Warsaw and all over Poland. We support them in participating in international activities, creating their own national and international initiatives, and equipping them with the skills essential to the labour market (focusing on 21st-century skills such as communication, collaboration, and creativity). We train young adults who want to become youth mentors, leaders and trainers by offering them international courses on such topics.
Since 2022 our Foundation has run a refugee house (Dom Uchodźcy "Gościniec Wesoła") in Warsaw, Wesoła district https://www.facebook.com/profile.php id=100082802210553. We currently host 40 children and youth (with their mothers). Except for accommodation, we provide psychological support, development activities, support in entering the labour market and facilitate the integration process. At the moment, this is the primary target group we focus on.
The Foundation coordinated the strategic partnership project Creative Playbook KA220 2021-1-PL01-KA220-YOU-000029256. Within the framework of the project, we are working on producing a publication which will include methods and tools to develop creativity among young people. This tool can be used directly by young people and youth workers in their daily work with young people.
Creative Playbook can be downloaded here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OfS05YnKdAeMPHJEkeVc9L3ewErpvE8d/view
Our organisation hosts European Solidarity Corps volunteers who carry out their volunteering project at Kindergarten number 151 in Sadyba, Warsaw.

💼 What the programme involves

If you like traveling actively, exploring places all over Poland, and enjoy working with children, are an empathetic person, and want to be an assistant to families of people with disabilities, this is the place for you. 

🏠 Accommodation on site

We run a community center with activities for the local community (Gościniec). We also run a support program for families with disabled children: respite tourism. Volunteers will help out during trips for our beneficiaries. The trips will be organized all across Poland. In the meantime, volunteers will have activities in the community center at Warsaw, based on their interests and skills.

🎒 Leisure activities

Volunteers will share a fully equipped flat at Mokotów district in Warsaw. Pocket money (6 EUR per day), full meals during activities and money for food (free time/weekends) and local transport costs are provided.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Apart from trainings provided by the National Agency, we offer a wide variety of preparatory trainings to be an assistant of a person with a disability.
Deadline: 01/09/2026 23:25

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.

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📅 Available sessions

PL53781

01/09/2026 → 31/08/2027

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 01/09/2026

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

Warsaw, Poland

Poland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Poland Zloty (PLN / zł)

Exchange rate

1 PLN = 0.228363 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:24 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Polish