ESC: Volunteering in a TEAM for 2 weeks at a permaculture farm

Name: ESC: Volunteering in a TEAM for 2 weeks at a permaculture farm
Start: 2023-07-10
End: 2023-07-24
Location: Kotten, Netherlands

Code: 35295 Copied

Netherlands European Voluntary Service Environment European Voluntary Service Environment Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

From 9-23 of july, you are invited to participate in a challenging TEAM experience with a group of 15 European volunteers in total. During your stay, you will contribute to nature, biodiversity and healthy organic food production on the 2 hectares of land. , share the campfire in the summer-evening and work in a group with young people from all over Europe. An unforgettable experience! For 2 weeks, we will ask you to help in the maintenance of our ponds, which will need a lot of pruning and taking out seedlings. You will help also in a project to build a 'bee-park' for wild bees and other rare insects and mammals who need a protected area. Of course there is also a lot to do with weeding, harvesting and preparing jams etc.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Aarde-Werk de Stegge will accommodate you partly in our courseroom, and partly in tents in the beautiful meadow. You will camp under a sky full of stars, (the nights are still dark here). We will provide you mostly with organic fresh food from the gardens and orchards. You will enjoy preparing food for each other in the big shared kitchen in our Courseroom 'De Schoppe".

🎒 Leisure activities

We will start the first days with a team-training by a professional trainer and coach who is one of our appreciated volunteers. Later we will explain you a lot about permaculture in practice: online and on the spot. You will also be trained in different practical skills that you will need to perform the desired quality, working with respect for the laws of nature, for example a special way of mowing and picking up the mowed material on 'hay-stakes'.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We look for a multi-tasker with social skills; • eager to learn; • curious to understand natural processes in Nature; • positive towards working and living outdoors and curious to know more about permaculture.
Deadline: Application deadline: 15/06/2023

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 ?

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.

📅 Available sessions

NL35295

10/07/2023 → 24/07/2023

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Deadline: 15/06/2023

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

Geessinkweg 3, 7107 AR Kotten, Netherlands

Netherlands

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:45 (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 Dutch Western Frisian