Youth Center Apartment Renovation | ESC Team Volunteering Project in Finland (Fully Funded)

An open call for 10 participants from ESC Program countries to join an exciting volunteering project for 19 days in North Finland. "Youth Center apartment renovation" is a short-term volunteering project that takes place in Inari, North Finland from 12-30 May 2025. This project is organized by "Youth Center Apartment Renovation" and funded by the European Solidarity Corps Program of the European Union. 

About the volunteering project 

Youth Center Apartment Renovation is calling 10 volunteers from all over Europe to join its volunteering project "Youth Center Apartment Renovation" which aims to renovate and maintain the youth center apartment. The main Volunteer working tasks are:

- Light renovation to the Youth Center's hostel-rated apartments: painting walls, fixing furniture, and other cosmetic and refreshing renovation tasks 

- Youth Center outdoor and indoor maintenance: weeding beach volleyball, mini golf, and football fields, planting herbs, etc. 

- Cleaning up trash from the environment and nature on the clean-up event day after the snow has melted 

- Assisting kitchen with dishes if there are big camp groups in the center

- Making social media content and promoting volunteering projects and youth work

- There can be additional tasks too

The aim and learning goals of the project are :

• Gaining experience and learning working life skills

• Gaining everyday life skills

• Developing English language skills

• Gaining cultural knowledge

• Raising awareness about international youth work and ESC projects

In the beginning, the volunteer gets to know the Youth Center as a working environment, and instructions about the work tasks get familiar with the Inari area and Finnish and Sami cultures. There will be one long-term volunteer and 4 short-term volunteers at the same time in the Youth Center.

The volunteer has a work instructor in Vasatokka who guides volunteers during the work and prepares work shifts. There is also a named mentor, who meets regularly with volunteers during the period and supports in settling into the environment and the project.

Eligibility | Who can apply?

Applications are open for young people aged between 18-30 from ESC Program countries who are:

- motivated to do renovation tasks, such as furniture sanding, painting walls, cleaning seams of glazed tiles… that require time and effort;

- has an eye for cosmetic renovations and is willing to study and learn more about it (doesn’t necessarily require earlier experience);

- responsible, always finishes the given tasks;

- communicative, able to ask for help, if there’s a need!

- represents Vasatokka as a staff member in front of other Vasatokka visitors

-  flexible, since there can be sudden changes to schedules, yet able to follow schedules.

- has positive energy.

- has a survivor attitude towards the rural circumstances and location.

Expenses and Benefits

This project is funded by the European Solidarity Corps (ESC), which covers:

- Volunteers will be accommodated in a Hostel-like apartment with shared bedrooms, a well-equipped kitchen, a common living room area, shared showers, and toilets. There will be 2-3 people per bedroom. The sauna is in a different building. Check more http://www.vasatokka.fi

- Bed linens and towels are provided, and there is a laundry machine in the youth center.

- Whenever there are bigger customer groups in the youth center, volunteers will have ready meals in the center’s dining room. On those days when ready meals are not served, volunteers cook by themselves in the apartment and shop for groceries from Inari village. Vasatokka provides food in a money amount that depends on how many days there are without ready meals.

- Each volunteer receives a Pocket money of 6€/day.

- Volunteers need a European health insurance card EHIC (free of charge) to get health care at the same price as Finnish citizens.

- It is strongly recommended to buy travel insurance if anything happens to the luggage. Travel insurance is not covered by ESC funding.

- Travel costs are reimbursed to the participants against travel tickets and receipts. The amount will be calculated based on the participant's travel distance. Example of the maximum amount of travel reimbursement:

• from 10 – 99 km - 56 EUR (Green Travel)/ 28 EUR (Non-Green Travel)
• from 100 – 499 km - 285 EUR (Green Travel)/ 211 EUR (Non-Green Travel)
• from 500 – 1999 km - 417 EUR (Green Travel)/ 309 EUR (Non-Green Travel)
• from 2000 – 2999 km -  535 EUR (Green Travel)/ 395 EUR (Non-Green Travel)
• from 3000 – 3999 km -  785 EUR (Green Travel)/ 580 EUR (Non-Green Travel)
• from 4000 – 7999 km - 1188 EUR (Green Travel) 1188 EUR (Non-Green Travel)
• from 8000 km or more 1735 EUR (Green Travel)/ 1735 EUR (Non-Green Travel)

- Participants are entitled to receive a youthpass certificate after finishing the project.

Timeline

Application deadline: 30th of March 202

Interviews: Most suitable candidates will be contacted for video interviews (45 minutes), which will be held on Thu-Fri 3rd, and 4th of April.

Arrival day: 12th of May 2025

Departure day: 30th of May 2025

How to apply?

Send your Motivation letter and your CV to the Partner organization in your own country, or directly to the project coordinator: anna-maria.marsynaho@inari.fi

More Details

For more details about the "Youth Center apartment renovation" Volunteering project, check the info pack of the project from HERE 

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