Volunteering in Lužánky
What is Solidarity corps?
The European Solidarity Corps enables young people to go abroad to provide unpaid service for maximum of one year. This is a true learning process in which young people face challenges in an unknown environment, and learn to exploit their own potential and abilities by engaging in activities in the field of culture, youth work, sport, social care, civil protection, environment, etc.
The scheme is open to young people 18-30 years old from 33 programme countries: the 28 Member States of the European Union, as well as Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey, but also within the 22 neighboring countries (Eastern Europe and south-eastern Europe) and 118 other countries in the world. Project are in duration between 2 and 12 months and all necessary costs are covered by EU grant.
Learn more europa.eu/youth/solidarity
SVC Luzanky, Brno, Czech Republic
Centre of leisure time Luzanky (SVC Luzanky) is a regional organization formed by the Region of South Moravia. Our goal is to offer free time activities for people of all ages and social groups. Luzanky has just entered the 70th season, being the oldest and the biggest leisure time centre in the Czech Republic. Luzanky is formed by 11 centers situated in different parts of the city, mainly suburbs. We offer about 600 courses and hobby groups of different topics and interests for more than 11 000 participants every year. Every summer we organize the summer camps and various courses for the children, youth and adults. During the school year we offer also the education programs for the schools in Brno.
There is a strong tradition of voluntary work and cooperation with volunteers in our organization. Our philosophy is to create the conditions to fulfill the interests of all the branches of leisure time activities for all the age andsocial groups.
Learn more on luzanky.cz
OPEN calls for 2025/2026
We will host 8 volunteers in 2025-2026 season.
What do you know about Brno?
Brno is the second biggest city of the Czech Republic with 400 000 inhabitants, many students and cultural places.
You can enjoy dozens of theatres, concert halls, art galleries and festivals during the whole year. Moreover, the nature around offers famous caves Macocha or the castles Lednice and Valtice), and the places for skating, cycling, hiking, and much more. And for those who like parties, many pubs and clubs are opened all night long.
And of course, the city is located in the heart of Europe. Surrounded by Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Austria, it is really easy to visit the neighboring countries.
More affordable than Prague, Brno offers a pleasant and dynamic life-style.
Map of our volunteers Where do they come from?
Here ares some stories of our incoming volunteers.
Enjoy the reading!
Basma
This is Basma. She is from Morocco. She loves travelling, journaling and reading books so she can make out of every problem a quote to ease it up. She works in both Lyska and Legato this year and her responsibilities are to assist the trainers and help the most in the ceramics department, she is stilla student in university yet came to Brno looking for a new adventure :)
Elias
This is Elias. He is born and raised in the north of Sweden. He likes to spend his free time outside, hiking, running or just enjoying nature. During his year in Brno he will be working in Lusk and Liška. His tasks will be to assist and participate in the different activities such as wood working, arts and crafts, English and more.
Franziska
This is Franziska. She is from Germany and just graduated from high school. This year she is assisting in art courses in Lidická. She loves everything to do with arts and crafts and wants to share this passion with the children.
Johanna
She is from Germany, from the lovely city of Lipsko. In her free time, she plays volleyball, the piano, and the ukulele and loves to sing. Her favourite way to spend time though is by drawing painting. (everything and everywhere...;)) She is working at Louka, a kindergarten and school where she assists mostly in art classes but also in theater and sports clubs. When there are special events such as sleepovers, festivals, or camps, they need her most in order to prepare everything for the kids!
Nastia
This is Nastia from Ukraine. She loves watching movies, finding the best pieces in second-hand shops, and going for long walks in the city (but never invite her for a hike). Nastia's main workplace is Atelier Lavka at Legato. There she assists during the classes, helps prepare the equipment, and makes photo documentation of the events. Also, she helps with making the theatre play at Labyrint writing the script and acting.
Rita
This is Rita. She is passionate about traveling and would love to explore every corner of the world. Before coming to Brno, she lived in Australia for almost two years. Currently, she is working in the art department at Lidická, assisting in ceramics and painting classes. Her main goal in working here is to learn about non- formal education and contribute to creating a supportive, creative environment where students feel inspired to express themselves freely.
Sani
This is Sani, a 22-year-old psychologist from Georgia! Currently, she is volunteering at Siska, a forest kindergarten, through the European Solidarity Corps. Working with children every day motivates and helps her to grow. Outside of volunteering, she is passionate about journaling, film photography, exploring new places, and hiking the breathtaking Georgian mountains that enrich her adventures.
Wiktoria
This is Wiktoria, a circus pedagogy trainer from Poland! Her project workplace is Cirkus LeGrando - Legato. She supports most of the circus classes for kids there, sometimes makes games and exercises for teenagers (trying herself in cestina) or workshops for students. Simultaneously organizing seminars in Poland she tries to attend a lot of Czech same-topic seminars so she can improve and learn more about good leader competencies, DOs, and DON'TS. Her main interests are accessibility in the circus branch and community-building processes. Privately Wiktoria is a tea lover, genealogy enthusiast, and sauna fan.
Yaren
This is Yaren. She is from Turkey and she is an English Language Teacher. She likes reading books and listening to music. She is working in Lata this year and her responsibilities are teaching english and assisting the classes. In addition, she is responsible for helping in the promotion of ESC on social media accounts.
Contact
Common contact e-mail for coordinators of European Solidarity Corps evs@luzanky.cz
Natálie Rivolová
ESC coordinator for incoming volunteers
Lucie Moravcová
ESC sending
Hana Klenovská
ESC project manager