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ESC: Volunteering in culture center– workshops, meetings, promoting culture

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Poland Culture Education European Voluntary Service Culture Education +1 Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: Volunteering in culture center– workshops, meetings, promoting culture

📝 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

Culture Centre of Pomiechówek Commune propagates and creates culture for and with the inhabitants of the commune. It organizes art, handicraft, music, bodyart, yoga and theatre classes and events for inhabitants and visitors of the Commune and works with people from 1 to 100 years old. The role of the volunteer is to add intercultural dimension to GOK activities as well as bring new ideas and initiatives. The volunteer will have opportunities to interact with local community and introduce own culture. Examples of tasks: -Intercultural and language meetings/workshops in the culture center and schools, language cafe -Help during meetings of local clubs -Help at art classes such as painting, handicrafts -Preparation of decorations for events -Technical help during projects and events such as monthly theatre meetings for children, art fair Artbazar -Own initiatives, also in cooperation with the volunteer from the Library https://www.spw.ngo/pomiechowek-cultur-center-infopack

🏠 Accommodation on site

-Accommodation: 2 volunteers will live in a house shared with its owners. They will stay in a flat on the first floor whereas the owners live on the ground floor. Their part of the house has its own kitchen and bathroom. -Pocket money: 180 EUR per month -Language support: online language course (OLS) provided by the program - International travel: reimbursement up to 211 EUR, 309 EUR or 395 EUR depending on the distance* *a little extra fund possible for a "green travel"

🍲 Food

Food: Volunteer receives 150 EUR per month and should be cooking on their own -

🎒 Leisure activities


⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Participant profile: - Interested in creative activities and culture (art, music, dance, theatre etc.) - Friendly, making relationship with people easily - Willing to work with people of different ages (from small children to seniors) - Communicative English - Independent, sociable, has own ideas and initiative and is ready to implement them - Reliable and diligent - Flexible, ready to work without fixed schedule and adapt to the event callendar (within the frame of maximum 38 hours a week)
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 and mentors, 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 (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

PL43926

01/09/2025 at 00:00 → 07/08/2026 at 00:00

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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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

Jana Kilińskiego 1, 05-180 Pomiechówek, 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 Standard Time

Local time: 22:17 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Polish