📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Bustrup Dayschool is a private and independent school offer for young people who can not attend the Public Schools of different reasons. Bustrup Dayschool is situated in the beautiful countryside. The school is build in an old mansion with 50 acres of land where we have horses, chickens, forest, shelters and garden farming. Bustrup Dayschool has around 18 students and 10 teachers. Bustrup Dayschool has a Practical Class with special responsibility of running our Café Borgen, which is a Summertime Café serving many guests and they also run our public Fitness Center. The Future Class is preparing for passing exams and Basic Class for students who need individual study plans. A part of Bustrup School center is also 3 care homes where the Dayschool students live. It means that we care for our students 24/7/365. The staff of the Dayschool is international. At the moment we have teachers from Germany, Poland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary and our cook is Vietnamese.
Our school is active in Sports, Theater, Music, Arts, Building and Garden Farming. The school has a "Learning-by-Doing" approach and the school functions like a community where everybody with their strengths. Bustrup Dayschool is active in the local community and invite local people for Art exhibitions and local school children to Nature Days.
💼 What the programme involves
Bustrup Dagskole is situated in the countryside. We are looking for people who are willing to take up challenges, working in after-school programs with youngsters with special needs, building up friendships and working in our Garden Farming, husbandry and information work in the community.
The volunteers coming should help running the school café together with staff and students. Bustrup Dagskole is also running a fitness centre and a gallery and here there will also be tasks together with students and teachers.
Our teenage students are vulnerable youngsters and come from various difficult backgrounds.
We are looking for people who want to dedicate some of their time and life for learning and acting to reduce and mitigate the effects of climate change. People, who enjoy being part of an international community and enjoy working with head and hands.
!! Please apply via https://www.icja.de/content/freiwilligendienste/programme/esk-dein-europaeischer-freiwilligendienst !!
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers live, learn and work together at Bustrup School Center. The school has a strict no alcohol/no drugs policy. Working time of 30-35 hours a week.
🎒 Leisure activities
There is a mentor who is responsible for answering any questions and supervising the work of the volunteer. The volunteer will participate in an on arrival training and mid-term meeting.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: The volunteer should have a background as: youth workers, teachers, pedagogues, craftsmen and –women, builders, sports instructors, health and social workers, unemployed people, or students. Strong interest in: dissemination of climate knowledge, hands-on work in an organic garden, supporting vulnerable young people, having a basic knowledge of English. Our volunteers should like to live away from the city with outdoor activities and sports.
!! Please apply via https://www.icja.de/content/freiwilligendienste/programme/esk-dein-europaeischer-freiwilligendienst !!
Deadline: Application deadline: 02/04/2023
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.