ESC: Volunteering in Ecovillage Torri Superiore, Italy 2025

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Italy European Voluntary Service Social work Environment Education European Voluntary Service Social work +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Ecovillage Torri Superiore is a 35 years old community and cultural centre in western Liguria, next to the French border. The volunteers will spend their time in an open "family" of adults and children, well acquainted to sharing the space with non-residents, guests and visitors from different countries. The volunteers’ tasks will focus on the non profit-making aspects of the Ecovillage, and will not replace any paid employment. His/her activities will vary greatly and touch many aspects of the Ecovillage daily life, according to the most urgent needs of the moment and personal inclinations and skills: farming, trail maintenance, dry walls building, cooking for visitors and refugees, and others. The volunteers will share the daily chores, like cooking and cleaning, with the other staff and residents. They will also have the chance to propose activities related with his/her country of origin (films, photos, debates) and offer a personal presentation about their background.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteers will live at the Ecovillage in two private apartments with individual or shared bedrooms. The kitchen and bathroom facilities in the apartment are shared with other volunteers. All meals will be prepared by the cooperative and available in the dining area at fixed times. All guest and residents have access to a small library with open wifi, a large meeting room, a yoga room. Most residents have their own cars and regularly drive to and from the town of Ventimiglia for shopping or other errands, so lifts can easily be arranged; a local bus runs five times a day.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: The profile of the ideal volunteer should include most of the following features: a deep interest in ecology and sustainability-related topics; willingness to share a part of his/her daily life with the resident community and guests, and enjoying some private moments as well; mental openness to meet new situations and people; a flexible and responsible approach to work regarding tasks and times, than can change also on a short notice; willingness to learn basic Italian to communicate with non-English speakers; high level of motivation to try out community living and sharing time with the locals.
Deadline: 09/03/2025 23:06

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

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01/04/2025 → 30/09/2025

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Deadline: 09/03/2025

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

Via Torri Superiore, 5, 18039 Torri IM, Italy

Italy

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:58 (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 Italian