Location: Bremen, Germany
Project name: Volunteering in a support centre with adults with disabilities
Hosting organisation: NaturKultur Bremen e. V.
Sending organisation: “Common Sense” Youth Organisation
Your daily voluntary work will be at Friedehorst, an institution that provides competent help, trusting care and individual support to children, young people and adults. Founded in 1947 on a former barracks site in Lesum, the facility now offers a variety of opportunities and is unique in this form in Northern Germany. With around 1,400 employees who take care of around 2,000 people each year, Friedehorst is one of the largest employers in Bremen-Nord. Their activities span from helping children, to adults and older people.
In the Tagesförderstätte the offers in the departments work, employment and support take place in 16 different groups. These are divided into: Support groups, creative groups, work therapy groups and individual workplaces. The different professional groups from handicraft, pedagogy, care and therapy work together in the day support center in an interdisciplinary way. In addition, they provide project-oriented activities mainly in the afternoons, including the theater group, garden group, music group, cooking group, rhythm group and discussion group.
For more information please also consult the website.
Project period – 1.09.2025 – 31.08.2026
Deadline: 15/12/2024
How to apply? – Please get registration number, and only apply through the application form on this website!
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Portal, please watch our instruction videos from this Link.
All costs are covered by European Solidarity Corps
No participation fee!
Language: English
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 (290€ + 210€). Travel costs will be reimbursed depending on the travel distance (normally between 211-395€).
Application conditions and requirements for volunteering:
✔ good level of English knowledge
✔ Between 18 and 30 years old
✔ Likes to work in a team
✔ open minded, have patience
✔ able and willing to work with people with different health conditions and of different ages
Sending organisation information
Name of the sending organisation: “Common Sense” Youth Organisation
OID number : E10200624
City and country of your sending organisation: Sumgait, Azerbaijan
Person in charge (name and surname): Ramiz Aliyev
E-mail of the person in charge: evs@csyo-az.org