ESC: Music, communities, entrepreneurship & sustainability at Gimles cafe

Name: ESC: Music, communities, entrepreneurship & sustainability at Gimles cafe
Start: 2025-01-20
End: 2026-01-19
Location: Roskilde, Denmark

Code: 42809 Copied

Denmark European Voluntary Service Social work Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 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 5 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

The European volunteer share a house with three 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.

🎒 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 profile: At Gimle we are looking for 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 bartending, music, volunteering and events is a must. OBS: We only accept applications through PASS
Deadline: 31/10/2024 23:59

ℹ️ Additional information

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.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

DK42809

20/01/2025 → 19/01/2026

Closed

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Deadline: 31/10/2024

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

Helligkorsvej 2, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark

Denmark

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Denmark Krone (DKK / kr)

Exchange rate

1 DKK = 0.134370 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:51 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Danish