ESC: Volunteering project in Jönköping Municipality (2024-2025)

Name: ESC: Volunteering project in Jönköping Municipality (2024-2025)
Start: 2024-09-01
End: 2025-08-31
Location: Jönköping, Sweden

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Sweden Culture European Voluntary Service Social work Culture European Voluntary Service +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The association Jönköpings kommun (Ung Fritid) is an organization based in Jönköping, Sweden, focusing on leisure activities for young people. Here is a brief overview:

Mission: The organization aims to offer stimulating and enriching leisure activities to young people in the Jönköping region, thereby fostering their personal, social, and cultural development.

Activities: Ung Fritid organizes a variety of recreational activities for young people, such as sports events, cultural outings, creative workshops, themed evenings, summer camps, and much more. These activities aim to encourage youth engagement in their community and promote a healthy and balanced lifestyle.

Partnerships and collaborations: The association works closely with other local organizations, schools, businesses, and public institutions to offer a diverse range of activities tailored to the needs and interests of young people.

Community engagement: Ung Fritid encourages active participation of young people in planning and organizing activities, thereby fostering their autonomy and sense of responsibility.

💼 What the programme involves

Our volunteering project aims to bring international perspective to the local youth work practices in Jönköping, and to enrich the existing activities and projects within Culture and Leisure Time Department. The setting for the project will be youth centres in the municipality of Jönköping – an area with almost 150.000 inhabitants. The youth centres are working with children and youth from different age groups, but especially target those who are 10-19 years old. They offer both after-school and evening activities, depending on which age group the youth centre in question is targeting. We are looking to host 7 volunteers for 12 months, starting 1st September 2024. The volunteers will be a part of everyday youth work of four locations: 2 volunteers will contribute to the work of Attarp youth center, 2 volunteers will be working in Stråga youth center, 2 volunteers will be at Brunnen meeting point, and 1 volunteer will assist in the activities of Stråga 2.0

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteers will be provided with a shared accommodation within student area of Jönköping, and will receive a public transport ticket. Each volunteer will have a room on their own. Volunteers will also receive money for food and pocket money. Read more about the project here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IgAq3xNI0PIzqr6x23KxLuXitcxUyPj1/view The applications are accepted only via the following form: https://esmaker.net/nx2/s.aspx?id=208155ea68c0 (applications via the Youth Portal are not enough).

🎒 Leisure activities

During the project duration, the volunteers will get an insight into a common daily youth work within a youth centre in Jönköping. The volunteers will improve leadership and communication skills, and will also learn how to cooperate in groups with both colleagues and youth. Further on, the volunteers will get to learn basics of Swedish language, and will improve their cultural awareness and expression competence. Volunteers will also join on-arrival and mid-term training organized by MUCF.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Interested in working as a volunteer with children and young people, as well as target groups of Attarp, Stråga, and Brunnen; - Willing to take initiative to plan, organize, implement, and/or evaluate activities within youth centers; - Ready to work on their own, as well as in international teams; - Open-minded and tolerant towards differences in backgrounds, identities, and abilities; - Willing to engage in learning opportunities offered during volunteering; - Experienced in arranging and organizing learning activities for children and youth (local and/or international environment);
Deadline: Application deadline: 15/04/2024

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

SE39302

01/09/2024 → 31/08/2025

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Deadline: 15/04/2024

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

Jönköping, Sweden

Sweden

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Sweden Krona (SEK / kr)

Exchange rate

1 SEK = 0.091120 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:59 (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 Swedish