VOLUNTEER PROJECTS – Serve the City Maastricht

Big Volunteer Day – Make a Difference in Just One Day

Do you ever think, “I’d love to help my neighborhood, but I don’t know where to start”?
Are you from Maastricht -or live here- and want to help make our city even more beautiful, welcoming, and connected? Do you have a bit of free time and a heart for supporting vulnerable residents in your community?

If so, Big Volunteer Day is the perfect place to begin!

Become a volunteer for just one day and discover how easy and meaningful it can be to brighten someone’s life simply by showing up as you are. No special skills required. Just your time, your kindness, and your willingness to help.

Big Volunteer Day takes place seven times a year and offers a wide range of hands-on projects you can join, depending on your interests. You can sign up for activities such as:

helping out with light farm duties,
making a neighborhood greener and more beautiful by planting,
creating art and craft together with youngsters or people with disabilities,
playing with children from the asylum centre,
…and many more meaningful activities.

This is how Serve the City brings Maastricht together, by helping each other, meeting each other, and strengthening our sense of community one small act at a time.

Regular Volunteer Opportunities

Would you like to get involved more often or explore volunteering beyond Big Volunteer Day?
Serve the City also offers ongoing volunteer opportunities throughout the year. Whether you want to help weekly, monthly, or whenever you have free time, there are many ways to support your neighbors and stay connected to the city.

Stories

The Big Volunteer Day is the perfect opportunity to meet and connect with all sorts of people. The experience was very positive, and everyone in the project that we visited was so happy that we were there that it made me personally more happy to be there and share the joy with everybody. It was just so lovely to connect with people with different learning abilities and still find common ground through jokes, crafts and games.

Rouschka Volunteer
I really like the idea behind STC, which is to go out and do things to help people. I also really like the STC initiative in connecting someone who needs something with someone that can provide it, be it time or resources or something else. Volunteering with STC is also a great way to get out there in the city amongst people whom you wouldn't normally come across.

Martin van Brakel Project Leader
I chose to be part of the team that prepared lunch for the volunteers. I chose this project because I like to cook, and so I enjoy cooking for other people. It's a very Portuguese thing. I want to help create an environment where everyone feels welcomed and that they feel like they can approach others and make a difference.

Rodrigo Volunteer
When we work together with social organisations in the city, we get to know where more of the needs and problems are and we also learn who needs our help the most. Social organisations have lots of work that they can do, and are glad to have extra volunteers who can assist them in helping different communities. Serve the City stands in that gap.

Daniel Herbers Project Leader
I helped out at the refugee centre and played games with the refugee children. I chose this project in particular because I have a very international background and I like working in an intercultural setting. I'll take any available opportunity to work with people from other cultures because I love it!

Martin van Brakel