ESC: Volunteering at OJA Dornbirn | Solidarity & Diversity in Vorarlberg
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About the project
ESC: Volunteering at OJA Dornbirn | Solidarity & Diversity in Vorarlberg
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The association Offene Jugendarbeit Dornbirn (OJAD) – Open Youth Work Dornbirn – was founded in 1992 with the purpose to offer young people space for leisure time activities. In the course of time it has been adapting its activities to the changing realities and is now – apart from the leisure time activities – also providing services in the field of education and youth employment. It is financed by the local and regional government. Part of the fundings we get from various projects that we do with different organisations with different focuses (integration, employment, etc.). The team runs two youth centres, two big projects on the topic of education (Albatros – Hauptschulabschluss: Courses for early school leavers) and employment (Job Ahoi!: Job insertion project with manual workshops), and a skateboarding area. The youth centre Vis.m.u.t. (Vision: human dignity and tolerance) accommodates the youth café Vismut which is mainly visited by young people under 16 and the Kulturcafé Schlachthaus where parties, concerts and discussions are organised. The youth centre Arena also runs a youth café and has the focus on sports (tabletop football, skating, basketball etc.). Our target group are young people between 13 and 20 years of Austrian and of migrant origin.
💼 What the programme involves
🏠 Accommodation on site
🍲 Food
You will receive your food- and pocket money always in the beginning of the month.
At most of the organizations it's their own responsibility to buy their own food. At sunnahof they get lunch from Monday- Friday. They serve different dishes each day but also vegetarian options.
🎒 Leisure activities
We offer a wide range of leisure activities. Each month a former volunteer organizes a activity e.g. hiking in the mountains, welcome drinks in a bar, Christmas market visit, cinema, karaoke night,... It always depends on what the volunteers and the former volunteers are interested in.
⚠️ Requirements
Deadline: 31/03/2025 23:59
🤝 Meeting point
The volunteers get picked up at the train station in Dornbirn.
ℹ️ Additional information
The volunteer will have following trainings and opportunities: - On-arrival Training; organised by the NA Austria - Midterm-Meeting; organised by the NA Austria - German course; organised by the supporting/coordinating organisation - Regular evaluation meetings together with the supporting/coordinating organisation - Regular meetings with your mentor in the hosting organisation
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.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
AT44389
06/10/2025 at 00:00 → 30/06/2026 at 00:00
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
6850 Dornbirn, Austria
Austria
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 22:05 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken