European Solidarity Corps - Lyska • SVČ Lužánky Brno

Selection process:

Communicative level of English is needed at all our ESC positions, as this is the
language used among the ESC team (with coordinator, tutor/supervisor, group
of volunteers).
Please choose the ESC placement you are interested in, you will find descriptions
on our website here:
https://www.luzanky.cz/luzanky/european-solidarity-corps-open-calls and fill
in the google form https://forms.gle/442Bu1s1HdtyDicf9 to apply for the ESC.
Attention - in the google form you will be asked to answer around 5 questions
where you will describe your motivation for that particular ESC placement, so
be ready the filling of the google form might take you some time. You will be
asked to attach your CV and motivation letter as well.

No deadline for applications, the call is open until suitable candidate is found,
the sooner, the better.

If you have any questions, please contact us at evs.assistant@luzanky.cz

If you are chosen to the second round of selection, be ready for a video call
interview. Kindly note only the volunteers selected for the second round will be
informed about the results. Thank you for understanding!

Description of the workplace Lyska

Lyska is a part of Luzanky center existing since 2001 which is situated in Novy Liskovec district, close to the Medicine University campus, and it is the part of Luzanky center. Nowadays the team consists of 2 permanent pedagogues and some external staff expertise in different disciplines such as circus, sports, ceramics and music, among others.

Lyska - SVČ Lužánky

Our main activity is to provide non-formal education to the children and adults, mainly
in the artistic field. Regular workshops are offered in pottery, special events decoration,
customizing t-shirts etc. As indicated, every kind of activities take place in this big space,
as ceramics lessons, craftworks, circus training for 4-12 years old children, bakery program among others. Besides, Lyska organizes events for public like parades, winter
sports trips and summer or holiday camps for children.

Lyska is looking for a volunteer who would like to assist the permanent staff in our hobby clubs (mainly art and ceramics), programs for schools and the animation club delivered in one of the surrounding block of flats. The objective of our clubs is to provide quality free-time alternative activities for non-organized youngsters (children and teenagers). The role of the volunteer is to be with the youth in the club and to offer different activities to them. The participating children come from diverse backgrounds, and over the recent years, some of the participants were Roma youngsters facing social difficulties. We will be glad to host a volunteer who loves working with children and teenagers in fields such as arts, dance, theatre and music.

The club is arranged as a tearoom where the painting and handcrafts, workshops or discotheques can take place. All materials for the programs can be found here: football table, painting materials, balls, board games etc.

Our volunteer will have a wide range of non-formal education field possibilities to work in, like the assistance at the artistic and handicraft workshops for schools, kindergartens or activities for adults (ceramics, painting, etc.).

The time schedule of the volunteer:

30 hours weekly

10 hours weekly (mainly in the afternoon) - assisting at art and ceramics hobby clubs at Lyska
4 hours in the Youth club: direct contact with clients in the club twice per week
2 hours weekly of occasional events, discotheques or preparing posters with the program, taking photos, making decoration, setting up the places for the activities etc.
4 hours weekly - other activities at Lyska - assistance in the handcrafts
program for schools
2 hours meetings with coordinator and other ESC-ers - time you spent
with your ESC coordinator discussing your work and planning the future
events, projects etc.
Up to 3 hours Czech language class/ studying at home
Up to 5 hours for your Mini project - time you spend on preparing your
own mini project/s

Days off and holidays: Days off and holidays: volunteers have 2 days a week free (weekend) + 2 days per month of paid vacation. While working occasionally on weekends they have extra days off during the week. The paid vacation days are used usually during Christmas time and spring/summer school break.

We offer to our volunteers different kind of support. One of our workers will be your tutor – a guide and adviser who will help you during the whole project. The volunteer will be also provided with all the material of a particular workplace. The volunteer can also visit other activities at Lyska and Legato or in other branches of Luzanky.

Question to answer

Why did you choose Lyska for your volunteer work?
What is your motivation to work with children? If you have any experiences please describe them.
Please describe one icebreaker game for children between age of 6 and 12.
What would you like to gain from your Solidarity corps volunteering project?
What area are you good at and you would like to share your knowledge and
experience with others?

General description of volunteering project in Luzanky:

There are 8 ESC volunteers working at different places on individual projects, meeting every week on common meetings with the coordinator and from time to time with all the colleagues to evaluate and plan the project. Luzanky hosts and coordinates ESC volunteers also in other organizations (focused on environmental education, preschool education etc.), so all hosted and coordinated volunteers will meet during the project and can visit workplaces and events of each other.

The volunteers work also together with the coordinator on tasks connected with their integration into Luzanky and presentation of their presence in our organization. Those tasks will be mainly related to the promotion of Solidarity corps program.

Volunteers can visit some of the courses and events organized by Luzanky for free (circus training for adults, ceramics etc.).

The organization will host only volunteers older than 18 years old.

Days off and holidays: volunteers have 2 days a week free (weekend) + 2 days per month of paid vacation. While working occasionally on weekends they have extra days off during the week. The paid vacation days are used usually during Christmas time and spring/summer school break.

Allowances:
Volunteers get their pocket money and food allowance monthly (at the beginning of each
month), and they are provided with a card for Brno public transport.

Accommodation:
Volunteers live in rented flats (not in the centre of the city), it can happen that two volunteers will share one room for a shorter period of time (a few months). There will be 4 volunteers in the flat with 4 bedrooms. There is no living room, only common space/eating area in the kitchen. Distance to your working place from the flat can be around 30 minutes by public transport, even a bit more. Getting affordable accommodation in Brno is very difficult in recent years, so please be ready for described conditions of accommodation if you apply to our project. The advantage for you is that you will stay in quite a big city, which offers cultural and other events for young people, some even in English or other languages.

Information about ESC vacancy 2025/2026 in

Lyska - centre of leisure time

Receiving and coordinating organization:

Contact:

Selection process:

Description of the workplace Lyska

The time schedule of the volunteer:

Question to answer

General description of volunteering project in Luzanky: