ESC: Vanhamäki Activity Center

Name: ESC: Vanhamäki Activity Center
Start: 2022-04-01
End: 2022-10-31
Location: Finland

Code: 29739 Copied

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

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

IF YOU WANT TO APPLY, PLEASE FILL OUT THE APPLICATION FORM FROM THE WEBSITE: https://maailmanvaihto.fi/en/volunteer-in-finland/esc-available-projects AND SEND IT TO [email protected] AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. A full description of the project can be found in the same website. | Vanhamäki is an activity centre and an organic farm situated in Suonenjoki, Finland. The centre produces berries and vegetables and the products are also sold in the little shop. Vanhamäki provides activities for visitors and runs an organic farm, and a foster home. Vanhamäki also has a lunch restaurant. The centre provides various activities and work for people who have fallen out of the job market. The tasks of the volunteers vary according to the season: from spring to autumn time the work is focused mostly on organic farming, working outdoors planting, and harvesting the crops.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteers will be accommodated at the Vanhamäki centre in single rooms with shared kitchen and bathroom facilities. What comes to daily meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), the volunteers partly eat at the restaurant of Vanhamäki and partly cook meals themselves out of ingredients provided by Vanhamäki. The volunteers live at Vanhamäki, so they don’t need to commute daily to work. Suonenjoki town centre is about 3km’s distance from Vanhamäki. The volunteers will have the possibility to use bicycles to move easily to the centre of the town.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profil: It is important that the volunteers enjoy both practical and social work tasks and are ready to work outdoors in different seasons. It is good to have an interest in organic farming and nature. NB! Due to the tight schedule, the position is meant for a person who doesn’t need a residence permit to Finland. If you are an applicant with a physical or sensory disability, please contact Vanhamäki prior to applying for consultation if the volunteering environment and tasks would be suitable for you and if the support needed could be arranged.
Deadline: No application deadline

ℹ️ Additional information

Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/ This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.

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📅 Available sessions

FI29739

01/04/2022 → 31/10/2022

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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

Vanhamäentie 122, 77600 Suonenjoki, Finland

Finland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 20:55 (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