Spain: ESC: From Europe to Vallekas: Primera Prevención Association

About the local hosting organization

Coordinadora Infantil y Juvenil de Tiempo Libre de Vallecas is a nonprofit association created by organizations and associations working with children and youth at risk of social exclusion in Vallecas district in the souht-east of Madrid, Spain. It has been declared PUBLIC UTILITY in 2001. Coordinadora gathers 22 associations , 500 volunteers and more than 2,000 children and youngsters are involved in their projects. The mission of the Coordinadora is to strength and encourage the networking of social organizations in Vallecas, promoting social transformation and betting for the development of children, youth and their families. Our values are: Participation / public awareness / strengthening the social environment.Independence.Transparency.Consistency.Pluralism.Sustainability.Cooperation versus competitionOur main working areas are:The Leisure time, as socialization space for children.The Leisure time, as socialization space for youngsters.The family, as the first socialization space.Volunteerism.Strengthening networks: common workspaces.European programmes.Coordinadora encourages participation in Europe as motivation and learning for young people, volunteers and workers through projects in education and youth non formal education like DAPHNE, Eurochild, Youht in Action, Grundtvig, Leonardo, Erasmus+.... One of the projects of Coordinadora is Europa Joven Madrid (www.europajoven.org) in cooperation with Madrid City Hall. It is an space offered by the City of Madrid conceived as an information center, Training and Promotion of European youth participation. It offers counselling and information service to all youngsters who want to go abroad to study, work, travel… One of the main activity is to promote mobility through the EVS European Voluntary Service by sending and hosting volunteers every year.We participate in the Eurodesk network as local desk , by providing information to young people of Madrid offering access to employment , mobility, practices , training opportunities in Europe helping them to find whatever they need to know to go abroad.

Presentation of the programme

Coordinadora Infantil y Juvenil de Tiempo Libre de Vallecas is a nonprofit association created by organizations and associations working with children and youth at risk of social exclusion in Vallecas district and Ciudad Lineal, in the south-east of Madrid, Spain. Coordinadora gathers 20 associations, 500 volunteers and more than 2,000 children and youngsters are involved in their projects. Our mission is to strength and to encourage the networking of social organizations in Vallecas, to promote social transformation and to bet for the development of children, youth and their families. Volunteer’s activity will be developped with one of our entities: Primera Prevención. This organization runs a project in Vallecas and there will be some activities in cooperation with Europa Joven Madrid office, from the Youth Department of Madrid City Hall.Tasks will be related to support the daily work of the associations like: school support, free time activities, workshops, summer camps...

About the accomodation

The volunteer will live in a shared flat with other volunteers or with locals in Madrid. This will be arranged by the organization unless the volunteer prefers to organize it by him/herself/themselves. The maximum budget for accommodation is 370€ (utilities included). The volunteer will receive the accomodation money, 200€ per month for food, 183€ of pocket money and monthly transportation card. Money will be provided at the beginning of each month via check or bank transfer.

About the leisure activities

Volunteers will attend the two trainings offered by the National Agency: On Arrival Training and Midterm Evaluation. Eventually, the volunteer will be able to attend training courses when the hosting organization may offer them.

Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for a highly motivated person to work with people at social risk (children, youth and families), minorities and a very intercultural environment. Spanish knowledge is welcome.Deadline: 22/10/2026 12:00