ESC2ESC III – Escape from Societal Cynicism to Engage Social Change


ESC2ESC III – Escape from Societal Cynicism to Engage Social Change

Centro Culturale Ricreativo Fonti San Lorenzo

Recanati (MC), Italy

The application deadline has passed.

Activity description

The Centro Culturale Fonti San Lorenzo works everyday for its community encouraging the coexistence and intergenerational exchange among the elderly, adults, teens, and children. Daily the Youth Centre offers, thanks to the work of volunteers and professional educators, a qualified educational service, unique to the area, and proposals related to culture, art, music, critical consumption, environment, and participative democracy. You will be choosing one or more of the following activities - working with children in a dynamic context (toy library and playground) - Youth Aggregation Center (children aged 11 and over) - Taking care of Common Goods (garden, square, the aggregation center); - Proposal and management of training and self-training courses - Communication, organization, and promotion of events - Support the building up of an educational community in the neighborhood - Activities of promotion of solidarity in Europe - Promoting inclusion with sports activities

Gisting, fæði og ferðatilhögun

You will live in a flat in Recanati, 1 minute walking from the Centro Culturale Fonti San Lorenzo and 15 from the city center. You will have an individual room or twin room in a shared apartment. We will also provide an allowance for shopping and food and pocket money for personal expenses. The travel expenses will be refunded on the basis defined by the European Commission.

Training during the activity

- Pre-departure training for cross-border activities, guaranteed by participating organizations; - Training on arrival, guaranteed by national agency; - Intermediate evaluation guaranteed by national agency; Furthermore, the association provides all the learning support for the everyday activities based on anti-authoritarian and self-managed methodologies, and also Italian classes, besides OLS (online language support) given by the European Commission.

Participant profile

We are looking for 4 volunteers. The ideal volunteer should be a young person that feels like to work with children, youngsters, and the elderly, every day. We search for a person that fits in the values of the cultural center like tolerance, interculturality, participation, democracy, and teamwork. The typical profile of the volunteer: - be open-minded with a positive attitude; - flexibility to adapt to possible changes - initiative, creativity, and respect to others and to different ideas; - motivated to work with people; - determined to learn more - communicative

Activity dates

[tala] vika(-ur) alls á tímabilinu 01/02/2021 til 31/05/2022


Activity location

Via Aldo Moro 12, 62019 Recanati (MC) Italy


Looking for participants from

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia, Croatia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland


Activity topics

Borgaraleg og lýðræðisleg þátttaka

Nám og þjálfun

Sköpun og menning


Deadline for applications

Umsóknarfresti: 11/12/2020