📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Trebnitz Castle is a meeting place for people who want to exchange thoughts on cultural and political issues. The focus of the project lays on the cultural and political education. The castle has been awarded with the German-Polish award in 2014, honouring its effort and engagement concerning the intercultural exchange between Eastern and Western Europe. Trebnitz castle offers many different projects all dealing with social, cultural and political issues.
💼 What the programme involves
The main focus of the camp is creating free time activities for children coming from children’s home and from disadvantaged families in the inner and outer Berlin region in general. Presumably there will also be young refugees amongst the kids. Eventually, there will be small construction work, gardening in the park of the castle, creating decorations for rooms and corridors and repairing bicycles.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In the castle, including full catering; in the evenings and weekends there is the possibility to have a barbeque, to bake in the clay baking oven in the castle park or to make a campfire.
📍 About the location
Trebnitz is located about 50 km from the centre of Berlin (one hour by public transport) and 30 km from the Polish border. It is offering educational supplies mainly to young people but also seminars and further training courses to adults.
⚠️ Requirements
High motivation to get in contact with the children and young people and create a good time for them!
ℹ️ Additional information
Many free time possibilities: swimming, canoeing, tours by bike. Area studies and excursions to Berlin, Frankfurt/Oder, Buckow or Poland are possible. Knowledge of German useful! Further information please find [here].(http://www.schloss-trebnitz.de)