Location: Bremen, Germany
Hosting organization: Friedehorst
Sending organization: “Common Sense” Youth Organization
Your daily voluntary work will be at Friedehorst, an institution that provides competent help, trusting care and individual support to children, young people and adults. Founded in 1947 on a former barracks site in Lesum, the facility now offers a variety of opportunities and is unique in this form in Northern Germany. With around 1,400 employees who take care of around 2,000 people each year, Friedehorst is one of the largest employers in Bremen-Nord.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Working with a variety of people: children, youngsters, adults, people with physical disabilities in the ‘Freizeitzentrum’, a centre of leisure activities for the residents of Friedehorst
- Providing small activities for the residents, including own projects on topics that you are interested in
- Assisting the employees of ‘Friedehorst’ in the implementation of events
- Planning and implementing events together with the other volunteers for the community of Bremen
Please also find more information about the hosting organisation and the project here.
Project period: 06.10.2025 – 30.09.2026
Deadline: 20/06/2025 23:59
How to apply? Please find the application link here. Do not send CV´s or any motivation letters to the hosting organisation via e-mail.
How to get a registration number? – If you don’t have an account on European Youth
Portal, please watch our instruction videos from this link.
All costs are covered by European Solidarity Corps
No participation fee!
Language: English
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements:
You will be accommodated in a house just for ESC volunteers in Bremen, where you will have your own room. You will share the apartment with up to four other people.
As an ESC volunteer, you will receive health insurance, 210€ monthly pocket money, 290€ for living expenses. Travel costs will be reimbursed depending on the travel distance and according to the ESC-guidelines..
Application conditions and requirements for volunteering:
You can apply, if you…
… are a resident of an EU Country (not Germany) or partner country
… are between 18-30 years old (on the day you start your ESC)
… have at least A2 – B1 level of understanding, speaking and reading German
… have a high level of motivation, self-development and readiness to work with different age groups
… have patience and are a positive person, so you can work with people with illnesses and disabilities on a daily basis