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ESC: Volunteering in an NGO office: meetings, workcamps and non-formal education

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About the project

ESC: Volunteering in an NGO office: meetings, workcamps and non-formal education

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Stowarzyszenie Promocji Wolontariatu (SPW) is a Polish non-governmental and non-profit organisation established in 1994. It is active in the field of international voluntary service considered as a tool of developing friendship, solidarity and mutual understanding among youth from different cultures and countries.
SPW organises summer workcamps and coordinates mid- and long-term individual voluntary projects in Poland, as well as sends youth from Poland to analogues projects abroad. The number of exchanged volunteers reaches approximately 250 volunteers each year (incoming - 100, outgoing - 150). Regular events of SPW include also trainings for mentors and workcamp leaders as well as information meetings and promotional activities for youth and institutions.
On the national level SPW cooperates with non-governmental organisations representing different fields from artistic education to ecology and public institutions such as nursery home or sociotherapy centre. SPW is involved in international voluntary service movement and cooperates with many organisations from the whole world.

💼 What the programme involves

SPW is an NGO that promotes international volunteering, intercultural education and active citizenship. We organize and coordinate volunteering projects in Poland and support Polish youth to join projects abroad. Examples of volunteer's tasks: - Workcamps: helping with communication in recruitment process during workcamp season (March-August), supporting preparatory meetings and evaluations for Polish volunteers, leading camps in summer in Poland; - ESC: supporting facilitation of trainings and workshops for other ESC volunteers in SPW (14 in total); proposing activities and games for better integration of the group; contacting other volunteers to arrange activities and exchange ideas; - Education: popularising concepts of intercultural learning, social issues and promoting active citizenship through meetings and workshops in schools and in SPW; coordinate group tasks (with other vols) such as preparation of presentations etc.; Infopack: https://www.spw.ngo/warsaw-office

🏠 Accommodation on site

- Accommodation: Single bedroom in a shared flat - Local transport: Volunteer receives city transport pass which allows to use all means of public transport in Warsaw - Pocket money: 180 EUR/month - International travel: reimbursement up to 211 EUR, 309 EUR or 395 EUR depending on the distance* - Language support: access to an online language course (EU Academy) provided by the program * a little extra fund is possible in case of "green travel"

🍲 Food

- Food: Each volunteer receives 150 EUR per month and is cooking on their own in the flat

🎒 Leisure activities


⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Participant profile: - good interpersonal and communication skills, fine with talking in public, doesn't mind to appear on posts/videos/websites - willing to be in contact with other volunteers, sociable, likes interacting with other people, willing to participate in group activities - wants to meet new people and makes friends easily - has participated in a workcamp at least once - good level of English - interested in non-formal education and wants to help actively in organizing volunteering projects, willing to learn - enthusiastic, extroverted, having initiative and ideas - creative, flexible (able to enjoy different types of activities - from office work to workshops and social gatherings) - reliable and diligent - interested in social topics, willing to expand knowledge about cultures, curious
Deadline: No application deadline

ℹ️ Additional information

- Orientation training (coordinating organization): introduction to the project, getting to know the cooridinators and the organization, integration with other volunteers, planning) - On-arrival training (National Agency): Getting to know Poland, ESC introduction (5 days) - Mid-term evaluation meeting (National Agency, 5 days) - Final evaluation (coordinating organization) - Evaluation meetings/trainings (coordinating organization): intercultural education, learning, cultural adaptation, communication (1 day, once every two months)

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.

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📅 Available sessions

PL45858

20/10/2025 at 00:00 → 18/10/2026 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

Parking, Chmielna 73B/15, 00-801 Warszawa, Poland

Poland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Poland Zloty (PLN / zł)

Exchange rate

1 PLN = 0.228363 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:10 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Polish