ESC: Voluntariado ambiental en el sur de Cataluña 2023

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

The ecological association www.gepec.cat (Tarragona) needs help from all volunteers in the different types of work it carries out: 1) Maintenance of the estate where the volunteers' accommodation is located 2) Maintenance and opening to the public of the environmental information office 3) Maintenance and actions on farms 4) Monitoring of fauna 5) Support for naturalist schools and other educational activities 6) Support to technicians and volunteers of projects and environmental defense 7) Support for local volunteer groups 8) Support for the communication and administration of the entity From the house to the main work area there are 15 minutes by bike and 10 to the train station that takes you in an hour to Barcelona. If the work has to be done further as main work area, or the association will pick up the volunteers or provide a ticket to travel by train/bus. We're serching for one volunteer to start in February/March 2023 until November/December 2023 (9 month).

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will live in an apartment with 9 bedrooms, 1 kitchen, 2 bathrooms and 1 living- and diningroom. The 13,000m2 pine forest where the apartment is located touches a small beach and is surrounded by villas between Altafulla and Torredembarra. The maximum number of volunteers per bedroom is 1 and they share the rest of the space. From the house to the main work area there are 15 minutes by bike and 10 minutes to the train station. The volunteers have 5€/day pocket money + 150€/month to buy food and the amount for travel (from/to home) provided by the European Solidarity Corps per km.

🎒 Leisure activities

The volunteers will receive training as volunteers in the entity of their original country. Also an arrival- and an intermediate training (of 1 week each) organized by the European Solidarity Corps with other European volunteers in other Spanish projects. Upon arrival, the volunteer coordinator will ensure that you have all the necessary information to be able to carry out your non-technical activities as a volunteer. The technical specialists of each field of work of the GEPEC undertake to explain the motivation and the way to carry out each work.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for young people who are sensitive to the environment, to nature, to plants, to animals. We want people capable of understanding the altruism of environmental associations. If these people are naturalists they will enjoy their experience in our association more and the most important is that they are motivated to learn and help in diferent areas. We need flexible and adaptable people. And we would like them to have a good level of Spanish and with sensitivity to learning Catalan and its culture.
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

ES32507

01/03/2023 at 00:00 → 30/11/2023 at 00:00

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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

Av. de Prat de la Riba, 18, 2n, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain

Spain

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:06 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish