Volunteering in a leisure time centre with people with disabilities

Activity description

Would you like to make other people smile? By volunteering at the Freizeitzentrum at Friedehorst, an organisation that provides leisure activities to people with special needs and illnesses, you can become creative and give your best as a volunteer for 12 months! Your responsibilities include: Working with a variety of people: children, youngsters, adults, people with physical dissabilities in the Freizeitzentrum, a centre of leisure activities for the residents of Friedehorst Providing small activities for the residents, including own projects on topics that you are interested in Assisting the employees of Friedehorst in the implementation of events Planning and implementing events together with the other volunteers for the community of Bremen

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

Our organisation, NaturKultur Bremen e.V., will be the coordinating organisation in charge of all logistical matters.You will be accommodated in a flat or a house in Bremen with 4 other ESC volunteers. You will have your private bedroom and share the kitchen, bathroom and other spaces in the flat/house with other volunteers. As an ESC volunteer, you will receive health insurance, monthly pocket money for food and other expenses (242€ + 150€). Travel costs will be reimbursed depending on the travel distance (normally between 180-360€).

Training during the activity

In the beginning of your stay with us in Bremen, you will have a weekly meeting with your mentor to learn how everything works and you will develop your skills on the way! You will also participate in the On-Arrival and Mid-term trainings with all volunteers in Germany as well as a training with all new volunteers hosted and coordinated by NaturKultur e.V.

Participant profile

You can apply, if you… … have at least A2 level of understanding, speaking and reading German … have patience and are a positive person, so you can work with people with illnesses and disabilities on a daily basis To find out whether you can apply and to submit your application, you MUST fill the form on our website: https://www.naturkultur.eu/en/esc-volunteering-at-friedehorst-in-bremen-germany-september-2023-august-2024/ You can also found out more about the position in the call.

Activity dates

A total of 51 week(s) during the period 05/09/2023 to 31/08/2024

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Activity location

Bremen Germany

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Looking for participants from

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Georgia, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova (Republic of), Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russian Federation, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Türkiye, Ukraine

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Activity topics

Social challenges

Health and wellbeing

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Deadline for applications

Application deadline: 16/04/2023

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