ESC: Unity in Action
Code: 42086 Copied
Latvia
European Voluntary Service
Education
European Voluntary Service
Education
Fixed dates
About the project
ESC: Unity in Action
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
We are the modern,active and open-minded young people from Riga(Latvia). We have groups of youth in Art,Photo,Video,Businness, Urban Folks,Green Folks, YF Sport
Young Folks LV is also non-formal learning space for useful competences and skills for young people. In Young Folks LV teenagers participate in different types of activities – trainings and workshops, volunteering and team work, travelling and youth exchanges. We are very encouraged to participate in the international youth projects and support our teenagers of 13-16 and youth 16-30 years old in setting up Youth Exchanges and Youth Initiatives under Erasmus+ programme. We are very interested in meeting new friends from all over the world, travelling, discovering new cultures and lifestyles, communicating in English and trying to learn other languages, getting new experience and great memories!
We started our new project of Youth Center of Social Entrepreneurship to foster young people employability and support their entrepreneurship spirit. We help our youngsters to develop their creative ideas and get financing in the local projects; we provide an opportunity to make own money through workshops; we organise non-formal education for languages and career guidance, and we support the volunteering activities.
In Young Folks LV we organised a nice and cosy youth space – YUMTA. It’s the best youth place in Riga for learning and leisure, and everybody is very welcome!
Young Folks LV in pictures — @youngfolkslvofficial
Young Folks LV in Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/YoungFolksLv
Young Folks LV is also non-formal learning space for useful competences and skills for young people. In Young Folks LV teenagers participate in different types of activities – trainings and workshops, volunteering and team work, travelling and youth exchanges. We are very encouraged to participate in the international youth projects and support our teenagers of 13-16 and youth 16-30 years old in setting up Youth Exchanges and Youth Initiatives under Erasmus+ programme. We are very interested in meeting new friends from all over the world, travelling, discovering new cultures and lifestyles, communicating in English and trying to learn other languages, getting new experience and great memories!
We started our new project of Youth Center of Social Entrepreneurship to foster young people employability and support their entrepreneurship spirit. We help our youngsters to develop their creative ideas and get financing in the local projects; we provide an opportunity to make own money through workshops; we organise non-formal education for languages and career guidance, and we support the volunteering activities.
In Young Folks LV we organised a nice and cosy youth space – YUMTA. It’s the best youth place in Riga for learning and leisure, and everybody is very welcome!
Young Folks LV in pictures — @youngfolkslvofficial
Young Folks LV in Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/YoungFolksLv
💼 What the programme involves
Young Folks LV, a youth non-governmental organization from Riga, would like to host three volunteers with the main aim of strengthening and promoting social inclusion and European integration within the organization, local community, and also on a national level by facing various local challenges - developing a proactive youth community both at Young Folks, local community and in Latvia. With the help of foreign volunteers, the youngsters in the Latvian community will be able to learn about solidarity, and democracy, be more unified, and as well gain new competencies for personal, educational, social, cultural and professional development and in general more involved in proactive activities locally.
In the project, we are preferably looking for volunteers from any European country to work in the following fields:
-marketer, copywriter, SMM
-youth worker, working with teenagers and young adults
-office manager
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will share the apartment specially rented for them in Riga city center, near to Young Folks office. Each volunteer will have his/her own room, but they will have a common kitchen and bathroom. The flat will be safe, clean, and fully equipped. The apartment will be located in the city center with good connections to shops and transport.
The money envisaged for food and pocket money will be provided monthly in cash.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: We encourage the participation of everyone, especially young people with fewer opportunities (e.g. economic obstacles, cultural differences, educational difficulties), in our project. That is why this project is open to everyone and any person from 18 to 30 years old can propose his/her candidature. There is no strict criteria in volunteer selection, but we will take into consideration motivation, wish to exchange (ideas,
knowledge, energy etc.) and build together of candidates. We are seeking for someone, who speaks English and has a slight knowledge of Russian in order of easier integration
Deadline: 05/09/2024 12:00
Deadline: 05/09/2024 12:00
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 ?
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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LV42086
15/09/2024 → 15/08/2025
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Deadline: 05/09/2024
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
Krišjāņa Barona iela 32, Centra rajons, Rīga, LV-1011, Latvia
Latvia
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Eastern European Summer Time
Local time: 20:55 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Latvian
Russian
Lithuanian