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ESC: Kulturhaus Steinfurth: Art & Culture in rural Germany (summer 2025)

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About the project

ESC: Kulturhaus Steinfurth: Art & Culture in rural Germany (summer 2025)

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

"Kultur- und Initiativenhaus" (meaning "house for culture and initiatives") in our association's name is located in Greifswald, Germany. We call it "STRAZE" (due to its address Stralsunder Straße 10). The historic building has a long history, but was at threat of being demolished to make space for office buildings. In 2008 a dedicated group of people founded our association to fight the investors and save the building. With success!
For more than a decade "STRAZE" has been restored and refurbished in countless hours into the socio-cultural centre it is today. It is a centre for learning and culture, an open space for the civic society in Greifswald and beyond. Under STRAZE's roof you find open space workshops, a café, library, seminar rooms, office space for many NGOs, and at its heart the historic hall - a place for theater, concerts, and much more. Find out more on www.straze.de
Our association itself - the "Kultur- und Initiativenhaus Greifswald e.V." - is active in various areas of social, cultural, and educational work.

💼 What the programme involves

The culture house in Steinfurth is the perfect place for art and music in the middle of nature. In 2025 we are hosting residencies for artists and can use your help to implement this idea! We support contemporary creation by hosting artists or artist teams in residence. Theatre, dance, music, or puppet theatres that take the audience beyond their comfort zone. We are committed to a sensitive and networked approach to art that is linked to artistic and cultural education and social cohesion as well as to the values of hospitality, equality and diversity. We are looking for a volunteer to help us look after the artists, accompany their stay in organizational and practical matters, and support work and rehearsal processes. We expect an interest in artistic processes and empathy for the artists' working methods. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications if a visa is needed. If you already have a valid visa for Germany (and your country of residence is not listed) please email us.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Our international volunteers have the opportunity to live in a flat at the Culture House. The flat has its own small kitchen, a small bathroom, and a tuned piano. In addition, the large studio is available for project work. You will receive a monthly travel ticket. Karlsburg train station is 2 km away from the Kulturhaus, Swinoujscie (PL) and Berlin can be reached in a few hours by regional train. To Greifswald it takes about 20 minutes. In addition, a bicycle is available for excursions.

🍲 Food

You will receive food allowance each month and are responsible for your meals yourself.

🎒 Leisure activities


⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We expect an interest in artistic processes and empathy for the artists' working methods. Profile of the volunteers we would like to host: open-minded, creative and sunny spirit; desire for artistic activities in rural areas; desire to get involved, own ideas and the ambition to implement them with our help; interest in art history and the will to acquire new knowledge; ideally, one or the other is musical and plays an instrument. We warmly welcome you to realize your own artistic project during your stay with us. Please check the following website for details: https://turbina-pomerania.org/en/for-volunteers/our-hosting-organisations/translate-to-english-kunst-und-natur-ev. Applications can be sent in English or German. Please apply as soon as possible. Please note: we only accept applications through the application form of our coordinating organisation "Turbina Pomerania". Please apply with a quick text here on the Youth Portal and fill the form here: https://turbina-pomerania.org/en/apply
Deadline: 31/03/2025 00:00

ℹ️ Additional information

Study time to improve your German, on-arrival training with German National Agency

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?

  • Training before and after the project
  • Health insurance during your project
  • round-trip travel reimbursement
  • accommodation and food
  • pocket money
  • language course
  • Return Week-end
  • Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

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📅 Available sessions

DE44024

01/05/2025 at 00:00 → 30/09/2025 at 00:00

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1
Deadline: 31/03/2025

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Dorfstraße 15, 49545 Tecklenburg, Germany

Germany

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 22:16 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English German