SHORT TERM VOLUNTEERING TEAMS SUMMER 2025- Youth4Youth Are you looking for a different experience for this summer? Are you an animator and what to grow your experience in international settings?? Then come join us this summer for our yearly edition of Youth4Youth! If you are interested keep reading!
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SHORT Term Volunteering in Youth Centre in Oostende
Do you want to explore youth work in an international setting? Do you want to spend your summer abroad?
Then this is your chance to spend two months with a fun international team learning about youth work!
If you are interested, keep reading!
Then this is your chance to spend two months with a fun international team learning about youth work!
If you are interested, keep reading!
When? July and August 2025 (Two months)
Where? Youth Center De Takel, Oostende, Belgium.
Who can participate? Anyone from 18 to 30 years old, with a good level of English.
Experience? Experience in youth work or similar.
What are the costs? There are no costs, since the experience is part of the ESC program you will receive a weekly allowance for food and pocket money. Travel expenses are also covered, budget depends on travel distance and means of transportation.
How can you apply? Read the following information and Send your CV and motivation letter to
Opportunity detail page | European Youth Portal
When selected you will be contacted for further information.
Deadline application: 30 May 2025
Where? Youth Center De Takel, Oostende, Belgium.
Who can participate? Anyone from 18 to 30 years old, with a good level of English.
Experience? Experience in youth work or similar.
What are the costs? There are no costs, since the experience is part of the ESC program you will receive a weekly allowance for food and pocket money. Travel expenses are also covered, budget depends on travel distance and means of transportation.
How can you apply? Read the following information and Send your CV and motivation letter to
Opportunity detail page | European Youth Portal
When selected you will be contacted for further information.
Deadline application: 30 May 2025
What is Short Term Volunteering?
Do you want to enjoy a summer in the Belgian coast working with youth and exploring Belgium with other volunteers?
Then this is your chance. This 2025 we are launching once again our Youth 4 Youths program in combination with a short term experience in Jeugdhuis De Takel in Oostende, a coastal city in Belgium.
The project consists of 2 months of volunteering in the Flemish Don Bosco Youth Center. The aim of the youth centre is to create an enjoyable and safe space for youth in the city. Since early days this centre has hosted activities for everyone in the city, but most specifically those with vulnerable situations or difficult backgrounds. With this said, the youth centre welcomes youngsters from 12-25 years old that have an arrange of nationalities, religions as well as believes, which makes it a very international an multicultural environment.
You will be part of a very international team, as you will support and work together to create and deliver fun, sport, and educative activities for the youngsters.
Furthermore, you will also take part in Youth 4 Youths, which means that for three weekends in July you will join other volunteers in a special program tailored to make your time in Belgium educational but also fun. You will be exploring different parts on Belgium with the help of our instructors. The cities where we will stay during this weekends will be: Halle, Leuven and Gent, but we will visit much more.
What about Accommodation, Food and Transport?
Accommodation is provided by the organisation, you will join other volunteers in a spacious house walking distance from the youth centre. All basic needs are provided: kitchen, bathroom, tv, internet… The rent is included in the ESC grant. Cooking will be done by the volunteers, so you will receive a weekly budget (to cover food and household costs) and pocket money. A bike will be provided for transportation around the city.
Travel costs will be covered until a max. of 309€ all depending on distance and means of transport used.
Please note that for the first three weekends you will join the teams project for the training and cultural visits. This will be covered by 60€ that you might have to pay.
Who can I contact for more information?
For more information you can contact Bosco Base vzw
Celia Aller @ [email protected]
How can I apply?
We work together with our Don Bosco partner countries from Don Bosco Youth-Net. They are the sending organizations. We also welcome to apply participants not coming from a Salesian background! For this project you will need a sending organisation in case you do not have one. You can apply in the European Solidarity Corps Platform or by sending your CV and motivation letter to the email below.
If you have questions about this project, you can send a mail to: [email protected]
Do you want to enjoy a summer in the Belgian coast working with youth and exploring Belgium with other volunteers?
Then this is your chance. This 2025 we are launching once again our Youth 4 Youths program in combination with a short term experience in Jeugdhuis De Takel in Oostende, a coastal city in Belgium.
The project consists of 2 months of volunteering in the Flemish Don Bosco Youth Center. The aim of the youth centre is to create an enjoyable and safe space for youth in the city. Since early days this centre has hosted activities for everyone in the city, but most specifically those with vulnerable situations or difficult backgrounds. With this said, the youth centre welcomes youngsters from 12-25 years old that have an arrange of nationalities, religions as well as believes, which makes it a very international an multicultural environment.
You will be part of a very international team, as you will support and work together to create and deliver fun, sport, and educative activities for the youngsters.
Furthermore, you will also take part in Youth 4 Youths, which means that for three weekends in July you will join other volunteers in a special program tailored to make your time in Belgium educational but also fun. You will be exploring different parts on Belgium with the help of our instructors. The cities where we will stay during this weekends will be: Halle, Leuven and Gent, but we will visit much more.
What about Accommodation, Food and Transport?
Accommodation is provided by the organisation, you will join other volunteers in a spacious house walking distance from the youth centre. All basic needs are provided: kitchen, bathroom, tv, internet… The rent is included in the ESC grant. Cooking will be done by the volunteers, so you will receive a weekly budget (to cover food and household costs) and pocket money. A bike will be provided for transportation around the city.
Travel costs will be covered until a max. of 309€ all depending on distance and means of transport used.
Please note that for the first three weekends you will join the teams project for the training and cultural visits. This will be covered by 60€ that you might have to pay.
Who can I contact for more information?
For more information you can contact Bosco Base vzw
Celia Aller @ [email protected]
How can I apply?
We work together with our Don Bosco partner countries from Don Bosco Youth-Net. They are the sending organizations. We also welcome to apply participants not coming from a Salesian background! For this project you will need a sending organisation in case you do not have one. You can apply in the European Solidarity Corps Platform or by sending your CV and motivation letter to the email below.
If you have questions about this project, you can send a mail to: [email protected]
 With the support of the European Solidarity Corps programma from the European Union |  |  #PoweredbyJint |
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