4-months Volunteers at Rural Cultural Hub in Tuscany, Italy
Creative Art Farm in Italy APS
Montepulciano (Loc. Salcheto), Italy
Description
Are you curious to experience life in rural Tuscany while exploring how art, creativity, and community work can promote inclusion, sustainability, and European values? CAFI is looking for 3 EU Residents volunteers. Volunteer role: support inclusive rural community-building through art, culture, and environmental awareness. Main tasks: - support cultural activities such as workshops, exhibitions, performances, film screenings, and multicultural festivals involving young people from different backgrounds; - help organize non-formal education activities promoting active citizenship, inclusion, and intercultural dialogue; - assist communication and storytelling (social media, website, photo/video); - contribute to creative and digital projects (AI, AR, and digital art); - support environmental awareness initiatives (biodiversity, recycling, healthy lifestyles) and outdoor activities; - assist with logistics, preparation of spaces, materials, and welcoming participants;
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
- Logistics: Food covered by CAFI (monthly fee of 150€); volunteers cook; weekly grocery shopping with staff (vegetarian Mediterranean is welcome). - 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.
Training during the activity
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. CAFI provide a Mentor.
Participant profile
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?usp=sharing
Activity dates
A total of 17 week(s) during the period 01/05/2026 to 28/08/2026
Activity location
Strada Statale 326 Est, Montepulciano (Loc. Salcheto), Italy
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo * UN resolution, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Barthélemy, Serbia, Sint Maarten (dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, St Pierre and Miquelon, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Wallis and Futuna
Activity topics
Social challenges
Citizenship and democratic participation
Environment and natural protection
Creativity and culture
Deadline for applications
No application deadline
Project code
2025-2-IT03-ESC51-VTJ-000369034