🏢 About the local organisation
The Mehrgenerationenhaus "Lebens(t)räume" (Multi-generational house "Life-time-dreams": http://www.mgh-johannesberg.de) is a meeting place for people of all generations. We welcome every European volunteer who is interested in our work and who wants to help create and shape our projects and activities together with us.
The Mehrgenerationenhaus was founded in 2012 and is locaded in the village of Johannesberg (http.//www.johannesberg.de). Johannesberg is a small community with just 4600 inhabitants but it has a lot to offer. Our institution wants to bring together different groups of people: the elderly, children, teenagers, adults of all social and cultural backgrounds and therefore is a meeting place for all generations. There are many different activities, events and clubs to choose from, which are addressing the different target groups.
For example, the Mehrgenerationenhaus focuses on 2 different types of offers: club for the elderly, youth club, kindergarden, after schools club, these are activities, that are matched to target groups and there are open offers, where all generations can meet, like library, cultural events or Offener Treff ("Open-meeting Place").
Our institution is open to all people regardless of their age, nationality or origin. Our motto is: Everybody is welcome! Our most important principle is "The young help the elderly and vice versa". To do so we cooperate with other local institutions and incorporate the activities and projects they have to offer (e.g. we work closely together with day-care centers, schools, clubs...).
Every summer the "Mühlbergfest" takes place, a very popular open-air festival for young people. Johannesberg is well connected by local transport to the city of Aschaffenburg. With 70 500 inhabitants it is the next larger city just 8 km away with lots of museums, cinemas and places to go out for young people. In Aschaffenburg, our coordinating organisation, IN VIA, has got its office and the volunteer is therefore well connected and supported by them and other volunteers in Aschaffenburg.
Frankfurt am Main (748 000 inhabitants) can also be reached by train within 30 minutes.
Das Mehrgenerationenhaus "Lebens(t)räume" (Mehrgenerationenhaus "Lebens(t)räume": http://www.mgh-johannesberg.de) ist ein Treffpunkt für Menschen aller Generationen. Wir begrüßen jeden europäischen Freiwilligen, der an unserer Arbeit interessiert ist und der gemeinsam mit uns unsere Projekte und Aktivitäten gestalten und formen möchte.
Das Mehrgenerationenhaus wurde 2012 gegründet und befindet sich im Dorf Johannesberg (http.//www.johannesberg.de). Johannesberg ist eine kleine Gemeinde mit nur 4600 Einwohnern, die aber viel zu bieten hat. Unsere Einrichtung möchte verschiedene Personengruppen zusammenbringen: ältere Menschen, Kinder, Jugendliche, Erwachsene aller sozialen wie kulturellen Hintergründe und ist daher ein Treffpunkt für alle Generationen. Es stehen viele verschiedene Aktivitäten, Veranstaltungen und offene Treffen zur Auswahl, die sich an die verschiedenen Zielgruppen richten.
Dabei konzentriert sich das Mehrgenerationenhaus beispielsweise auf zwei verschiedene Arten von Angeboten: Altenclub, Jugendtreff, Kindergarten und Hortbetreuung. Diese Aktivitäten sind die auf Zielgruppen abgestimmt. Zusätzlich gibt es offene Angebote, bei denen sich alle Generationen treffen können, wie z Bibliothek, kulturelle Veranstaltungen oder Offener Treffs ("Open-Meeting Place").
Unsere Einrichtung steht allen Menschen offen, unabhängig des Alters, der Nationalität oder Herkunft. Unser Motto lautet: Jeder ist willkommen! Unser wichtigstes Prinzip ist: "Die Jungen helfen älteren Menschen und umgekehrt". Zu diesem Zweck arbeiten wir mit anderen lokalen Institutionen zusammen und integrieren die Aktivitäten und Projekte, die sie anbieten (z. B. arbeiten wir eng mit Kindertagesstätten, Schulen, Vereinen ... zusammen).
Jeden Sommer findet in Johannesberg das "Mühlbergfest" statt, ein sehr beliebtes Open-Air-Festival für junge Leute. Johannesberg ist mit dem Nahverkehr gut mit der Stadt Aschaffenburg verbunden. Mit 70 500 Einwohnern ist es die nächstgrößere Stadt, und ist nur 8 km entfernt. Hier gibt es viele Museen, Kinos und Ausflugsziele für junge Leute. In Aschaffenburg hat unsere Koordinierungsorganisation IN VIA ihr Büro und der Freiwillige ist daher gut verbunden und wird von ihnen und anderen Freiwilligen in Aschaffenburg unterstützt.
Frankfurt am Main (748 000 Einwohner) kann auch mit dem Zug innerhalb von 30 Minuten erreicht werden.
💼 What the programme involves
The Mehrgenerationenhaus (multigenerational house) Johannesberg is a network of social institutions which includes an information pool for all generations. The Mehrgenerationenhaus has become a meeting place for everyone and enjoys a widespread acceptance within the community. With their diverse range of activities and projects, the Mehrgenerationenhaus offers support for people of all generations in the most diverse life circumstances. From looking after children in a flexible time band to offering various leisure activities, the Mehrgenerationenhaus also advises and supervises those who want to return to work. The Mehrgenerationenhaus advises and supports pensioners who actively want to shape their retirement and by doing so continue to be a part of society. Here the Mehrgenerationenhaus responds with offers that are shaped to the actual requirements
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Are you an active person who’d like to use her/his fantastic energy and commitment to enrich a small community? Are you interested to work with different group of people? Then you’ve come to the right place.
You will be supporting the staff of the Mehrgenerationenhaus and Kindergarten in various projects, e.g. “Offener Treff”, senior citizen get-together, crèche, nursery school and primary school and the library.
You should be willing to spend a year in a small community of 4000 inhebitants in Johannesberg, which is well connected to the bigger city of Aschaffenburg(8 km away) and close to the bigger cities like Frankfurt am Main and Würzburg.
Deadline: 19/07/2026 00:00
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.