📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Gimle is Roskilde's regional music venue and youth culture house. Gimle offers Roskilde and the region's residents a wide range of cultural events with quality, content and diversity. At Gimle, the volunteers run the arrangements - both before, during and after the events. More than 300 annual cultural events are held both at Gimle and outside the house. The core is concert operation with annual presentation of more than 300 bands. In addition, Gimle has a café, The Raven, which is open 6 days a week.
Gimle is run on the basis of more than 150 volunteers, 12 full time employees (office, kitchen and cleaning), and approx. 30 hourly employees (sound, cleaning and kitchen).
Gimle is run by the Gimle Foundation, which takes care of the financial and operational framework, and the Gimle Association, which are responsible of the content of Gimle. The Gimle association consists of the active volunteers and employees at Gimle.
💼 What the programme involves
Gimle is a regional music venue, student house and youth culture house. Gimle offers Roskilde and the region's residents a wide range of cultural events with quality, content and diversity. At Gimle, the volunteers run the arrangements - both before, during and after the events. The focal point of the project is to run Gimle's cultural café, The Raven, together with the other volunteers and staff. The café is open 6 days a week and is a popular gathering place for volunteers and the local community. In the café you can arrange everything from concerts to international evenings or a food event. There are opportunities to fill in with your own creative abilities and ideas, and thereby discover what you are really passionate about. The volunteers are encouraged to create a personal project in order to put a "foot print" at Gimle. The project can range from organizing an event in the café, starting and managing a group of café technicians or i.e. decorating the café.
🏠 Accommodation on site
European volunteer share a house with four other volunteers from different countries, which contributes to an increased understanding, not only for the Danish culture, but also for other European cultures. In addition, there is a good environment for international students at Gimle, where both the European and Danish volunteers contributes to make the internationals feel welcome and be integrated in. The volunteer receives money for food, and gets free food while working. Gimle provides a bus card and a bicycle.
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteer will be invited to an on-arrival training and a mid-term evaluation by the National Agency. Gimle offers relevant courses throughout the project, such as hygienic course, bartender course, stage hand course etc.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: At Gimle we are looking for 5 volunteers between 18 and 28 years old who are interested in a 12 month project. As a volunteer at Gimle, one must be ready to enter into a large social community, which is the main driving force behind the voluntary commitment at Gimle. In addition, we expect the volunteers to be open, spacious, accommodating, curious, ready to take initiative to new projects and take ownership and responsibility in Gimle's café. No special skills are required, but an interest in cooking, music, volunteering and events is a must.
Deadline: Application deadline: 01/12/2020
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.