ESC: Volunteers in action for youth

Name: ESC: Volunteers in action for youth
Start: 2026-09-14
End: 2027-07-02
Location: Rijswijk, Netherlands

Code: 52943 Copied

Netherlands European Voluntary Service Social work Education Culture Sport European Voluntary Service Social work +3 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

A day at Don Bosco = a day for action and new opportunities for volunteers and visitors. We are included in everyday life of the organization, preparing and developing games as well as creating new programs within a team of professionals, Dutch and other international volunteers. Together we make sure the place is safe and welcoming for everybody (for example: we do the dishes, clean the tables…) During the school period we start the day with our lunch services where we spend lunch time with children at 2 nearby located school. The volunteer takes care of preparing lunch, setting the rooms and organizing different leisure activities such as football, dodgeball and handcrafts in order to offer the children a safe, welcoming, learning and meaningful social experience. This is a good time for volunteers to test their pedagogical and didactical skills. After having a short evaluation we start to prepare for the afternoon activities like playing hours, social projects or workshops.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Participants will live in a flat/house with one other volunteer. Each has their own room or studio and they share the kitchen, bathroom and living room. Each participant will receive the food allowance and pocket money each month and a bike as a main form of transportation. The youth center is located approx. 10 min or 20 min from the house.

🎒 Leisure activities

We will provide different workshops throughout the experience to make sure every individual is confident and comfortable in working at Don Bosco Rijswijk. For example: how to organize games, how to work as a professional youth worker, how to maintain boundaries and healthy relationships, how to animate. We offer extra support for learning Dutch with inhouse language course. We value good communication and spend a lot of time and effort to organize activities which promote team building and multicultural learning under the roof of Don Bosco organizations mission.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We would like to welcome candidates who are interested in working in multicultural environment and actively participate in everyday life of the organisation. We keep it as open as possible so that all young people (age 18-30), especially unemployed and with fewer opportunities (social and economic difficulties) could easily take part in this project. Volunteers are expected to work with other team members to carry out the program. Speaking and understanding a basic level of English is required. We would like to welcome young people who are motivated to work with children and peers. This might help you decide: https://europa.eu/youth/goabroad/volunteering/how-choose-goodvolunteering-opportunity_en IMPORTANT: We will ONLY look at the applications in english through the European youth portal. No need to send emails, they will not count. The application is a multistep process. If applicants are not contacted within reasonable time after the deadline, they have not been admitted in the next phase of the selection process.
Deadline: 07/07/2026 00:42

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

NL52943

14/09/2026 → 02/07/2027

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Deadline: 07/07/2026

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

Rijswijk, Netherlands

Netherlands

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:30 (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 Dutch