Community Impact

Having impact on the local community is one of the main aims and values of the volunteering activities carried out within the European Solidarity Corps Programme. SALTO ESC has been working together with experts and partners (including the European Platform on Learning Mobility) on the understanding of how the impact mechanism work and how the impact of projects can be amplified.

Discover our events and publications related to this topic.

Upcoming events:

Webinar on community impact in the frame of the Massive Open Online Course on European Solidarity Corps

Webinar 2 within MOOC ESC: “Tools and practices to measure the ESC impact in the community” 25th November 2024, 15:00 CET - 16:00 CET REGISTRATION WEBINAR 2 Speaker: Tenna Soerensen Jochumsen – project officer at Centre for European Volunteering (CEV) Best practice presentation: Tihomir Georgiev - project manager at Smokinyia Foundation

We look forward to seeing you in our webinars!

Past events:

Webinar 1 within MOOC ESC: “How to increase the community impact of your ESC project?” 11th November 2024, 11:00 CET  - 12:00 CET RECORDING IS COMING SOON Speaker: David van de Velde, researcher, Impact Centre Erasmus, Erasmus University of Rotterdam Best practice presentation: Karla & SIlvia Paulíková, Defenders of the riverscape, ESC solidarity project owners

Sparking Change: Enhancing Community Impact in European Solidarity Corps Activities - Rotterdam, Netherlands, 14-18 October 2024

Conference on Community Impact - Sofia, Bulgaria, 12-14 June 2024

• Report of the Conference
• Padlet of the event with the collection of resources

Exploring and Celebrating Impact in European Solidarity Corps Activities – Training, Limassol, Cyprus, 23-27 October 2023

• Report of the training

Webinar: Community Impact in European Solidarity Corps Activities - as part of the MOOC on the European Solidarity Corps, online, 21 June 2022 

Community Impact in Practice Seminar - Vienna, Austria, 17-19 October 2021

• Report of the seminar
• Introduction to the Practical Guide by one of its authors, Susie Nicodemi:

Would you like to get inspired by best practices on creating community impact through solidarity?

Find a research exploration By Adina Șerban, Clara Drammeh and Dan Moxon here

In the upcoming years we plan to host additional seminars on Community Impact for practitioners and continue our cooperation with partners in the EPLM, especially on Community Impact Indicators for Learning Mobility.

Are you interested on what is community, what is impact and what is community impact? Check the presentation of one of the experts, Justina Garbauskaite:

How to improve the impact of your project? The expert of the Impact Centre Erasmus, David van de Velde, from the University of Rotterdam provides tips for this mission: