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ESC: SPJ/Centre Reine Fabiola

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About the project

ESC: SPJ/Centre Reine Fabiola

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteering opportunity in a residential centre hosting 400 mentally handicapped adults. The centre is located in a small village in Neufvilles. The volunteer's tasks consist of daily practical and educational supervision of the disabled person. They will be involved in a home hosting 15 residents. The volunteer will be included support the educational and pedagogical team in the day-to-day supervision of the residents (helping dressing up, cooking meals, playing with the residents, going for a walk,...). They will also be involved in activities (painting, soap, iron/woodwork, farm, etc.) where they will help the residents to carry out the tasks proposed to them. The volunteers will gradually be asked to carry out different tasks at their own pace. He will also have the chance to carry out it's own projects/ideas. The volunteer will help to organise the centre's events throughout the year (carnival, soapbox race, special olympics, etc.) and holiday trips organised for residents.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will live in a furnished studio apartment close to the centre (2.5km). The train station is 200m away. There are buses and trains to Mons and Soignies on weekdays and Saturdays, and trains to Brussels and Mons every day from Soignies. It is also possible to borrow a vehicle from the centre for trips to Soignies station. Food is provided by the centre 7/7. Volunteers can order food from the bursar's office and cook for themselves in their studio. They can also eat in the centre's canteen or with the residents when they work in the evening.

🎒 Leisure activities

The volunteers take part in the 2 training courses organised by the national agency for ESC volunteers, as well as the 4 residential seminars organised by the SPJ team (coordinating organisation). They regularly attend team meetings and have a tutor, a person within the institution to guide them during their experience. The tutor is the coordinator of the home. French lessons on site are possible. They will learn a great deal, which can be summarised as follows: Discovering and progressing in the world of social work and, more specifically, the world of people with learning disabilities.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Someone who is interested in people with mental disabilities. Someone who wants to get involved in a social project. Someone who is interested in differences and meeting new people. The activity is fully in french (the team and the residents speaks french) so someone curious to learn french, interested in working in an environment that is different from their everyday life, self-motivated, wanting to make a contribution to society. Everybody can be involved there regarding it's own aims, skills, specificities.
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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 ?
  • 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

BE49338

01/09/2026 → 30/06/2027

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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

Neufvilles, 7063 Soignies, Belgium

Belgium

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

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

🛡️ Before you leave

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English French