ESC: Tapola Camphill Village Community

Name: ESC: Tapola Camphill Village Community
Start: 2024-08-20
End: 2025-08-19
Location: Tapola, Finland

Code: 3872565de38d145abf Copied

Finland European Voluntary Service Social work European Voluntary Service Social work Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Tapola Camphill Village Community is a vibrant living and working community for adults with special needs. Tapola is a private social service provider. Our task is to maintain and improve our resident’s well-being. Tapola consists of: five homes for our residents biodynamic farm (taking care of animals and fieldwork) weavery (weaving rugs and tablecloths and other crafts) creamery (producing dairy products such as cheese, yogurt, and ice cream) maintaining and firewood group (working in the forests, making firewood, shoveling snow, and mowing the lawn) garden and herb workshop (taking care of plants and harvesting and making products such as tea and herbal mixtures) daytime activity group (crafts, art, and music) small village shop where we sell our workshop products

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteers live in the Tapola area in guest rooms. Everyone has their own room; other facilities are shared. The necessities for living are provided. Ten kilometers away is Tapola’s lakeside cabin, which can be used together or if available also with friends and families during the summer months. Every volunteer has 2 days off per week and is entitled to 2 holiday days a month. It is important to regularly take a rest and gather new strength for this rewarding but also difficult task.

🎒 Leisure activities

The volunteers will have an on-arrival training camp and mid-term evaluation camp organized by the Finnish National Agency of the European Solidarity Corps. In addition, they will be invited to the on-arrival training camp and mid-term evaluation camp of the coordinating organisation Maailmanvaihto – ICYE Finland. To help fit into the community and Finnish culture, Tapola offers for the volunteers regular mentor meetings and Finnish lessons in small groups.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Essential: Willingness to adapt and enthusiasm to learn Motivation to learn Finnish and get familiar with the residents, community life, and the Finnish culture Motivation to live in a countryside community and meet everyone as an individual No specific previous experience required We appreciate these skills: Ability to take care of others Basic knowledge of housework such as cleaning and cooking Tapola offers opportunities where the volunteers are free to create something new and bring in their own skills and abilities (music, sports, hobby groups, and events).
Deadline: Application deadline: 10/03/2024

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

FI38725

20/08/2024 at 00:00 → 19/08/2025 at 00:00

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Deadline: 10/03/2024

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

97900 Tapola, Finland

Finland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

West Africa Standard Time

Local time: 21:34 (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