New Wellness Education – APS was established in 2020 in Lecce, Italy, and has expanded its operations to two premises in the Cuneo province: Cortemilia since 2020 and Bergolo since 2022. The organization focuses on providing educational opportunities for local and international youth, including those who are NEET, young migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees, with the support of international funding programs such as Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps as well as national programs such Garanzia Giovani, Fondo Sociale Europeo led and promoted by Agenzia Nazionale Politiche Attive Lavoro. The NGO's vision is to offer comprehensive education and promote wellbeing, aiming to enhance the mental, physical, and overall quality of life for both local and foreign youth. Our work covers various topics such as youth employability, sustainable practices, permaculture, cyber safety, digital education, entrepreneurial skills, and active participation in cultural, social, and educational aspects of communities. By focusing on education, wellbeing, and social engagement, the organization believes it can address significant social issues like unemployment and social exclusion while harnessing the creativity and spontaneity of young people for a better future in Europe. The strategic priorities of New Wellness Education – APS are categorized into three areas: Work Well, Learn Well, and Digital Wellbeing. These priorities are implemented through six pillars: Learning How to Learn, Art & Culture, Food, Relationship & Communication, Body & Self Awareness, and Environment & Space. The organization utilizes various methodologies such as online learning, trainings, youth exchanges, volunteering, disconnection camps, individual coaching, conferences, podcasts, and events to achieve their objectives. The key objectives of the organization include providing educational opportunities, promoting physical and mental wellbeing, fostering youth participation in social life, encouraging healthy lifestyles and sustainable practices, supporting young people in their professional careers, nurturing creativity and initiative, instilling a proactive attitude toward education, promoting European and universal values in education, incorporating non-formal learning practices, and enhancing the recognition and quality of youth work. New Wellness Education – APS has been actively engaged in organizing educational opportunities at different levels and forms, including training courses, international mobilities, volunteering, and events. We have received grants from programs such as Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps, and have successfully implemented several projects, including courses for NEET youth and young migrants, a free online learning project during the global pandemic, and a Solidarity Project (under European Solidarity Corps program) called "Learn Well - Educazione al Benessere." We have also established partnerships with local municipalities and private foundations in the Cuneo area, and their activities have involved approximately 400 youth in 2021, 2022 and 2023 at local and international levels. We have expertise in implementing: 2 Solidarity Projects under European Solidarity Corps program, 3 Learning Mobilities for Individuals under Key Action 1 (specifically 2 Youth Exchanges and 1 Mobility for Youth Workers), 1 Key Action 2 Small Scale Partnership Project, 2 Long Term Individual Activities under European Solidarity Corps program as hosting organization. 1 Team Activity under Volunteering Team in High Priority Areas (part of European Solidarity Corps program) as hosting organization. We are also active key partners in 3 projects funded by Fondazione Compagnia di San paolo with 2 municipalities and Fondazione Cassa Di Risparmio di Cuneo. We have our VAT number and provide our educational services to various national and international organisation, design services, coaching strategic planning and facilitation and training. The organization views youth mobilities as a significant starting point and remains committed to collaborating closely with international partners to further develop and implement these initiatives, recognizing their potential for positive impact and future growth. Our target audience is youth, municipalities, other NGOs, informal groups and other entities. We want to create and bring systemic changes with long-term effects and impact.

Eyes Wide Open volunteering team in high priority areas focuses on raising awareness, promoting and supporting the preservation of cultural landscapes in rural areas. Main goals of volunteering are protection and promotion of cultural landscapes, learning about visual media, and reconnecting with nature. To learn more about the project visit https://bit.ly/3TvUVk5.

Accommodation, food and transportation is covered by EU funds. More info: https://bit.ly/3TvUVk5 Our accommodation will be the cozy Alveare Hostel, named "The Hive," Participants will cook and have meals in the hostel kitchen. The food budget will be provided for the group. Volunteers will be in charge of preparing meals together as a team.

We will organise trainings to provide volunteers with skills about video making and visual media products called “guerrilla filmmaking” which is a method to produce visual media using materials and non-professional equipment. We are going to use our phones and any other film making equipment already available. Volunteers will learn the whole process of digitalization from physically identifying the sites, rediscovering their history, creating a detailed description, categorization, inputting in database and updating the website.

The Participant profile: We are offering this opportunity to 10 participants from different countries, to ensure the intercultural dimension of the project. Participants should meet the requirements: 18-30 years old (not older than 30 on the 25th of August 2025) Resident in countries covered by the programme, without need to apply for VISA to enter Italy Facing challenging situations in your life Ready to live in a rural environment for 4 weeks With interest to visual arts or digital tools or culture and art Enthusiastic with hands-on activities and practical tasks like gardening, painting, cooking, cleaning, etc ​Special Skills ​We are also looking for a couple of volunteers with media skills such as photography and filmmaking to document this whole experience for everyone but also support our activities, digital marketing, and promotions.
Deadline: 20/08/2025 17:00

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?

• Training before and after the project
• Health insurance during your project
• round-trip travel reimbursement
• accommodation and food
• pocket money
• language course
• Return Week-end
• Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.