📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Callanaeuros 6th annual aeuroAbhainn R Festival of Participation and Inclusion with exciting events and something for all: from visual arts to live performances and from scrumptious food to exciting sports events and walking talks exploring rich local heritage. Highlighting hidden talents and forgotten corners in the town. The Callan Workhouse is a historic building in a small town. It has a troubling origin and a rich heritage but is now the site of a civic and residential cluster. The grounds of the original Workhouse now include Local Authority offices, social housing, the town s fire station, artists studios, a Camphill Community where adults with a disability are supported to live and work in an inclusive environment, and a small bio-dynamic garden.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will be involved at all levels of the festival from preparation for the festival (painting), ticket sales, invigilating exhibitions, taking tickets at events, providing health and safety support (i.e. wearing high-vis jackets and being available to the public at outdoor events), ushering traffic when the road is closed etc. Volunteers will have chance to attend workshops and seminars during the festival.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation is dorms in the Camphill community, on mattresses (bring your sleeping bag) in shared rooms of 3-4 people; access to shared kitchen and bathroom facilities. There is a WI-FI connection in the accomodation
📍 About the location
Callan is a small town in Co. Kilkenny (130km SW of Dublin).. It is 15 minutes from Kilkenny city and 2hrs by bus from Dublin.
ℹ️ Additional information
Wheelchair accessible.