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ESC: This is Solidarity

Code: 49683 Copied

Poland European Voluntary Service Social work European Voluntary Service Social work Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: This is Solidarity

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Caritas of the Archdiocese of Gdansk (CAG) is a church charity organization established on 25 April 1990. The organisation brings help to every single person in need regardles worldview, religion, gender, age or health status. The purpose of the organization's activities: charitable and humanitarian activities in the spiritual and material needs of people. Main groups of people who are supported by CAG: - youth and children (from communities at risk of social exclusion), - elderly people, - people with disabilities (including mental disabilities), - poor and homeless people, - sick people, - mothers with babies without place to live. CAG supported by employees, volunteers, church members and school caritas group is providing stable help to many people by it’s various activities. The main ones are following: - run the canteen and bathhouse for poor and homeless, - run therapy centers for people with disabilities where they can achieve educational, social and psychological suport, - run common rooms and centers for children and youth where they can get help with their school homework and spend free time with youth leader organizing different activities such as sport, outdoor, preventive classes in the field of counteracting addictions, - organizing summer and winter camps for youth and children from disadvantage families, - run seniors’ clubs, - run a hospice, - running a center for people chronically ill people where they receive proffesional medical support and rehabilitation assistance, and daily care, - running a center for mothers with their babies in hard situations (for exmple without any place to live or without any family support).

💼 What the programme involves

You will be involved in the everyday life of charity organization of Caritas. We believe that no one should be left behind. Our mission is to support the most vulnerable members of our community—including the elderly, and those facing terminal illness, children and youth, the homeless and people with disabilities. This project invites dedicated volunteers to become part of our compassionate team, supporting a wide range of services that bring dignity, care, and hope to those in need. You are expected to work 6 hours per day, 5 days a week. The usual working days are Monday to Friday, however, you may occasionally be asked to take part in events during the weekend. In such cases, you will receive a day off during the following working week. You will work alongside Caritas staff and be supervised by the Volunteering Coordinator. will also have regular meetings with the Project Coordinator and receive ongoing mentoring. You will be entitled to 2 days of holiday for each working month.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will share accomodation with other volunteers who join the project. Single room with access to shared bathroom and kitchen is a standard. Depending on the facility that you are going to work in there may be 2-3 different living locations in the area. Caritas provides Accomodation and local transport money to get to work. There will be also regular pocket money and food support payments provided into your account every month - Pocket money – 6 Euro /Day; Food money – 500 PLN. Travel cost will be also covered from the project according to European Solidaryty Corp Guide.

🎒 Leisure activities

General Online Training is available primarily to registered candidates and participants selected for an activity. It is offered through the EU Academy platform and accessed via the European Solidarity Corps portal. Trainings provided by the National Agency, including: On-arrival, which is obligatory for all participants (usually held in Warsaw). Mid-term, required for participants whose mobility lasts longer than 6 months (usually held in Toruń). You will also receive access to a Polish course on the EU Academy as well as Polish language course to help you gain basic language skills.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Do you have a lot of empathy, enjoy meeting new people, and want to make a real impact on someone’s life? Join a project where your openness, energy, and willingness to help truly matter! If you have particular interests in social work,nursing, caregiving,education or working with children — great! If you don’t have any experience — no worries, we’ll teach you everything you need!
Deadline: 27/02/2026 00:00

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

PL49683

27/02/2026 → 28/12/2026

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 27/02/2026

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

Sopot, 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 Standard Time

Local time: 20:59 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Polish