6-months Volunteers at Rural Cultural Hub in Tuscany, Italy
Creative Art Farm in Italy APS
Montepulciano (Loc. Salcheto), l-Italja
Deskrizzjoni
Are you curious to experience life in rural Tuscany while exploring how art, creativity and community work can strengthen sustainability, inclusion, and European values? We are looking for 3 volunteers from European countries (2 volunteers from EU Member States + 1 Italian volunteer)
Volunteer role:
- support sustainable & inclusive rural community-building through art.
Tasks:
- logistics/space care (prepare & clean indoor/outdoor areas, organize shared spaces, light repairs, creative upcycling);
- creative support (assist workshops, language exchange, open studios & local events; set-up, materials, welcoming, photo/video);
- communication/digital (simple website & social content, storytelling, short interviews);
- promote European values
- support videomapping/digital art/installations)
- sustainability in practice (waste/resource reduction, reuse; seasonal firewood + vegetable garden; Mediterranean cooking sessions)
- non-formal education activities
Akkomodazzjoni, ikel u arranġamenti tat-trasport
- Logistics: Food covered by CAFI (ESC); volunteers cook; weekly grocery shopping with staff (mostly vegetarian Mediterranean).
- Accommodation: Casa Salcheto, renovated Tuscan farmhouse with Wi-Fi, big kitchen, wood underfloor heating, laundry/dishwasher, 3 toilets; shared rooms by gender (owners + CAFI Art Lab on ground floor).
- Pocket money: €6/day (mid-project bank transfer)
- Insurance: Henner covered by ESC Project
- Travel reimbursed A/R up to €211/€309/€395 (+bonus if >50% sustainable)
- Pre-departure online meeting required.
Taħriġ matul l-attività
Join to gain hands-on experience in community cultural work, using art for social engagement. Build practical rural/sustainable living skills and strengthen initiative, responsibility, teamwork and problem-solving. Work with local communities and young people, experiment with creative formats (visual storytelling, digital art, comics, motion graphics, participatory activities), understand day-to-day NGO operations (logistics to programming), and reflect through mentoring + Youthpass.
Profil tal-parteċipant
Criteria
- Available for the whole duration of the project
- 18-30 years old
- Resident in a EU member country (Italy included)
- Ready to live in an intercultural context in a rural area, where the closest town with facilities is at 20 minutes on foot
- Ready to share a room and common moments and spaces with other volunteers and guest of the Salcheto House.
- Good time management, flexibility, pro-active, patience, open-mindedness, and team-work
- Basic level in English
- Previous education and working experiences in the described activities are welcome but not necessary
- You are facing challenging situations in your life as described here -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vxcc-lxpQihcoeVOSa9qPN8mZQYUs4YP/view?…
Dati tal-Attività
Minn 13/04/2026 sa 31/10/2026
Post tal-Attività
Strada Statale 326 Est n.44, piano terra, Montepulciano (Loc. Salcheto), l-Italja
Tip ta’ attività
Volontarjat individwali
Qed infittxu parteċipanti minn
Franza, Spanja, il-Belġju, il-Kroazja, il-Latvja, il-Litwanja, il-Polonja, il-Portugall, il-Ġermanja, in-Netherlands, ir-Rumanija, l-Awstrija, l-Estonja, l-Irlanda, l-Italja
Temi tal-attività
Social challenges
Citizenship and democratic participation
Creativity and culture
Data ta’ skadenza għall-applikazzjonijiet
Ma hemmx skadenza tal-applikazzjoni
Kodiċi tal-Proġett
2025-2-IT03-ESC51-VTJ-000369034