Arbeitsgemeinschaft kirchlicher Jugendzentren

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"ARGE Jugendzentren" is a working groop of youth center. This youth centres are financed mainly by the catholic church. Target group of the youth centres are youngsters between 13 and 19 years old - of all religions. During the opening times (mostly in the afternoon and evening) young people can use different leisure time facilities like table tennis, table football, cooking facility, a learning room... or talk to the youth leaders about their life and problems. Beside the opening times a lot of local projects are organised from the youth leaders. Also youth groups and school classes come to the youth centre to visit and get to know the facility, sometimes the youth leaders organise a special programme for the youth groups.
One of the youth center is quite experienced with European youth work, they have organised and hosted several youth exchanges and within the last years and they have gained a lot of experience hosting European Volunteers.