ESC: Volunteering in our small towns in Slovenia

Name: ESC: Volunteering in our small towns in Slovenia
Start: 2025-02-01
End: 2026-02-28
Location: Slovenia

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Slovenia Culture Education Environment European Voluntary Service Social work Sport Culture Education +4 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The Prestranek Elementary School has a long history since it was founded in 1953. The school consists of two units; 9 grades of primary school and 4 sections of kindergarten. Starting in kindergarten, the children can proceed into primary school. The children can also participate in after-school classes. The long-term goals of the Prestranek Elementary School are: 1. Gaining recognition in the local and wider environment through different projects which connect the school with the local (and wider) community. 2. Establishing the optimal development of children and their integration into the community through professional and responsible work. In addition to educational content, our priorities are: 1. Promoting a healthy lifestyle through education and by ensuring and promoting healthy eating habits, exercise and sports activities. 2. Creating tolerant and respectful relationships between students as well as teachers, other employees and the entire community. 3. Strengthening relationships between teachers, students and parents. We wish to include parents in organizing events and projects. In addition to the regular educational programme, we also organize different activities such as camps, afternoon activities and various projects. In order to enrich the lessons and extracurricular activities we cooperate with local communities, the Municipality of Postojna, other educational institutions, health and cultural institutions and other institutions in the immediate and wider area.

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteers will work in schools and a youth center, engaging with children through workshops. They will assist with homework, extracurricular activities, and organize events such as camps and sports days. Together with teachers, they will support children in overcoming academic challenges and help them integrate better into the school system. The volunteers will be active in two primary schools and in youth outreach. Their goal is to raise awareness among children and the community about the importance of environmental protection, solidarity, respect, and active participation in today's society. They will focus on ways to make the environment where we live more beautiful and better.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will stay in a comfortable, well-equipped house where you’ll have a single room. Other volunteers will also live in the same house, creating a shared community environment. The location will provide easy access to workplace.

🍲 Food

Financial Information: Each month, you will receive €200 for food expenses and €151 as pocket money. During the workday, you will receive free breakfast at the school.

🎒 Leisure activities

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Participants must be motivated to work in schools and youth center and they have to enjoy working with children. They have to be open to diversity of children. Another important feature is empathetic engagement and maturity. Particularly for volunteers, maturity is an important component and acceptance of responsibility for the work. The volunteer must be respectful and polite in all circumstances. He /She must take into account the commitment he/she is making by signing the volunteer contract and must respect it. Open and accepting of others. Ready for challenges and self-initiative. They are interested in environmental issues and especially likes to learn new ways of using digital tools. The level of education is not important here and in the selection of the candidate will be made by the enthusiasm and desire to participate in our project activity.
Deadline: No application deadline

ℹ️ Additional information

Additionally, your travel expenses to Slovenia and back home will be reimbursed, up to a maximum of €275 or €360 depends on your travel distance.

As part of the ESC program, volunteers are required to complete language courses on the Online Linguistic Support platform. Additionally, there are two mandatory training sessions organized by the National Agency: an On-Arrival Training at the start of the program and a Mid-Term Training partway through. Volunteers also have access to a variety of online training opportunities through the Salto platform, which cover multiple areas of interest and skill development. With the support of a mentor, each volunteer will complete a Youthpass certification to document their learning and achievements.

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.

📷 Project photos

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📅 Available sessions

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01/02/2025 at 00:00 → 28/02/2026 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

Ulica 25. maja 14a, 6258 Prestranek, Slovenia

Slovenia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:56 (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 Slovenian