ESC: Work with children and youth in Leisure time activities center

Name: ESC: Work with children and youth in Leisure time activities center
Start: 2024-10-01
End: 2025-12-30
Location: Slovakia

Code: 41382 Copied

Slovakia European Voluntary Service Education Culture Sport European Voluntary Service Education +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

We are a governmental institution. Our target group is children and youth, aged 6 to 26. Our work is oriented towards areas of culture, sport, environment, crafts, social science and tourism, by making activities for children and their parents. Those activities are organised through clubs, interest groups, information groups, meetings and bigger social acitivites like "Santa Claus day", "International Children's day" and also activities during summer holidays - summer camps or bigger international activities like our Fort Boyard-like Key of the Stara Lubovna castle competition. In any given year there are about 30 clubs and interest groups on offer and on average almost 100 different meetings and activities (including competitions) with various themes. We cooperate with NGOs in our region to be able to prepare variety of interesting activities for children and youth: International exchanges, workshops and competitions. We help both talented children to better present themselves and their skills as well as having specially prepared activities for socially disadvantaged children.

💼 What the programme involves

The aim of this ESC project (11 months) is to introduce young people to the reality of out-of-school education institution and its activities, help them improve their skills and abilities, including foreign language while at the same time allowing them to learn new ones. For some this can also be the first time they are out of their home, in a foreign country and on their own. We are here to help them with all of those things. Volunteer's role will mostly consist of cooperation with people in our organisation. Volunteers will help them with ongoing activities prepared by the Centre for leisure time activities. They will be working with children and youth in the culture area like dance, music, but they can also be active in areas corresponding to their hobbies and interests that are available, like chess, floorball, fishing, falconry or languages to name a few. In addition, we organize big events for our town like International Children's day, St. Nicolaus Day and also summer camps.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Rented flat, shared with up to 3 volunteers. Each volunteer gets their own room, with kitchen and bathroom being shared. Transport is not needed, since the flat is less than 10 minute walk from the organization. However, public transport is available, as is the local train and bus station. The volunteers are able to use their kitchen to cook food or they can join us for regular lunch at one of the restaurants. For this they are provided with monthly sum of money in addition to the pocket money.

🎒 Leisure activities

Pre-departure training will be the task of your Sending organization. On arrival training roughly weeks to about 2 months after their arrival, to be conducted by our National Agency with other volunteers staying in the country. Followed by Mid-term training somewhere in the middle of their stay. Daily lessons in Slovak language with a designated teacher/tutor.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for volunteers that are still children in their hearts, open to new situations and things and who also want to work with children and the youth in the area of culture and eductation. Young people that will tolerante different cultures and those that are prepared by their sending organisation – to stay longer time without their family in another country. At least basic level of English is very welcome and helpful. As is having experience working with children and the youth and/or ability to dance, have interesting ideas, organize activities and a lot of patience.
Deadline: No application deadline

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

SK41382

01/10/2024 → 30/12/2025

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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

Farbiarska 35/7, 064 01 Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia

Slovakia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:57 (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 Slovak