ESC: Towards Christmas Spirit 2024
Code: 43029 Copied
Finland
European Voluntary Service
Social work
Culture
European Voluntary Service
Social work
+1
Fixed dates
About the project
ESC: Towards Christmas Spirit 2024
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Established in 1982, Piispala is a youth center located in Kannonkoski in the north of Central Finland. Our primary mission is to promote youth activities and support the good life of children and young people. We also serve as a versatile centre of leisure, sports and wellbeing for families, seniors, businesses, and sports groups. Our clientele consists of camp school groups, sports groups, confirmation camps, family groups and international groups. In general, 90% of our customers are children and young people.
Piispala is one of the 9 national Finnish Youth Centres that are supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture and guided by the Youth Act and the National Youth Work and Youth Policy Programme. The common goal of Finnish Youth Centres is to promote the participation, influencing opportunities and conditions to work in society for the youth, and support their growth, independence, and community spirit. Piispala operates on local, regional, national, and international level.
The values that guide Piispala’s work are: Respect for life and environment, respect for individuals and sense of belonging, equality and participation and caring and appreciation. International youth work has been and will be one of the activities that we will keep on conducting, developing, and promoting. Main target groups for our international activities are mainly 13–30-year-old young people, youth workers, and municipalities. The international activities we carry out are youth mobilities, youth worker mobilities, volunteering activities, strategic partnerships and bringing and internationality to our region. We also promote and help different organisations, individuals, and municipalities to carry out international activities and projects. We also aim to develop international activities.
💼 What the programme involves
During the project the volunteers organize together good mood Christmas events and workshops for young people, families and seniors and decorate the environment. Project main aim is to develop accessibility and internationality in our Youth Centre and rural Northern part of Central Finland. The group will bring internationality to Piispala and our customers while making important contribution to creating the Christmas atmosphere - both social and cultural. This volunteering period is open only to applicants from the EU or applicants who do not need a visa to travel to Finland. Thank you! We will select the participants by first reading their applications and CV’s.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation is organized in a terrace house Kettu. Volunteers live together in the house, in different rooms where 2-4 people share a room. There is Wi-Fi in the accommodation and own toilets and showers in the rooms. There will be altogether 10-20 volunteers. Food is provided by Piispala Youth Center, either in our own restaurant (usually breakfast/lunch/dinner) or by giving take away meals. The nearest village is 7 kilometers away and the closest city is 400 € taxi ride away. Prepare to spend three weeks in a beautiful nature surrounded. There is no public transport from or to Piispala.
🎒 Leisure activities
Volunteers will get guidance to their work from the work leaders. Together with the work leaders the volunteers plan the events, workshop and decorate Piispala´s environment. Volunteers will work 5 days a week, 7 hours per day lunch hour included. Worktimes are mainly during the office work hours. There might be work sometimes in the evening and weekends too. We have excellent indoor and outdoor facilities, surrounded by forest and lake. Evenings and weekends are free time to do many activities (gym, swimming hall, bowling ect.) at Piispala, if not used by groups.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: We are looking for MOTIVATED volunteers who can be FULLY committed to take part in the activity. For this project we prioritize youth with fewer opportunities. We value equality and diversity in our work community. We welcome applicants from different backgrounds, such as people of different genders, abilities and members of different language, cultural or minority groups. Mention in your motivation statement your local supporting organisation.
Deadline: No application deadline
Deadline: No application deadline
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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10/11/2024 → 30/11/2024
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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
Kurssitie 40, 43300 Kannonkoski, Finland
Finland
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Eastern European Summer Time
Local time: 21:36 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Finnish