📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Illertissen is very excited to welcome a group of international volunteers into their community this summer. The town is known as a bee and garden town with their bee hiking trail and the Bavarian bee museum. The youth centre is running several activities over the summer and wants to involve you with the running of an international youth festival This involves skateboarding, graffiti spraying and open stage i and they would like you to contribute and become an active part of it
💼 What the programme involves
Your work will take place in two main areas: You will help improve and draw attention to the bee situation, which is an important topic in Bavaria this year, by creating bee meadows and bee houses in Illertissen. Besides this, there will be a lot going on in the youth centre, involving a lot of different tasks, such as renovation work, wood working, painting, etc. There is a small chapel in the garden that had been closed for years for security reasons and you might be asked to tear it down together and construct a pavilion in its place. Besides lots of different maintenance and renovation tasks, you will be crucial in the preparation of the international festival taking place on July 14th. Don t hesitate to show your skills i there will be an open stage and they would love you to perform
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in a building in the centre of town, not far from the youth centre. Kitchen and showers are available, the train station, shops, bakery, is within walking distances.
📍 About the location
Illertissen is a very nice town. You should definitely go up to the castle, which is overlooking the town and which you can see from everywhere around town. Inside you will find a museum of local history i and the Bavarian bee museum You will also get free tickets for the town s big swimming pool, Nautilla, or you can follow the bike track along the river Iller. The town is very well connected by public transport, so you could also go on a trip to Ulm, Augsburg or Stuttgart.
ℹ️ Additional information
project partner is looking for creative young people who would like to perform (grafitti, music, skating, open stage) and bring in their own ideas