📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Gerlev Play Park is a part of Gerlev Sports Folk High School and a unique place for traditional games and plays.
In Gerlev Play Park our guests can try more than 140 different games from the past. Gerlev Play Park is the only place in Scandinavia which has gathered games from the past and is presenting them in an active way. You can experience the game culture of the Viking Age, Middle Age and Industrial Age.
The different game areas cover an area of 3 football fields.
We also have a small café and our own workshop.
The Play Park has existed since 1999 and we still try to find more games from the past – we look forward to hear about and try some traditionally games from your country.
You can visit our webpage: http://www.gerlevlegepark.dk/
Or the webpage of Gerlev Sports Folk High School: www.gerlev.dk - But it is in Danish, unfortunately!
💼 What the programme involves
You will be part of the daily work in Gerlev Play Park.
We have many old, traditional games made of tree, which we need to recover. We have a lot of green areas, which you will be helping us to keep nice and ready to play. You will be part of building new facilities to the Play Park “Outdoor learning areas” and painting some of the buildings in Gerlev Play Park.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in the Gerlev Play Park building. You will sleep together with the other 16 participants in one big room.
You will have breakfast, lunch and dinner at Gerlev Sports Folk High School, which is 200 meters from Gerlev Play Park.
Bathrooms, toilets and washing machine are also at Gerlev Sports Folk High School.
📍 About the location
Gerlev Play Park is located 1 hour from Copenhagen, on the Western part of Zealand.
Besides the work, we will of course have time to use Gerlev
Play Park game facilities and Gerlev Sports Folk High School swimming pool, sauna, big gym, spring gym and participate in cultural events in the local area and do smaller trips to the sea.
⚠️ Requirements
A motivational letter is required.
It is preferable if you have some kind of practical skills, since you are to build, paint, etc. Please indicate in your motivational letter, whether you have any experience or skills in manual work, since this is required/will be given priority to participate in this Work Camp.
ℹ️ Additional information
Look at the Youtube film from the volunteers from 2015:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOvWaLGswYo
All work will be outdoor, so you have to like to be outdoor in all kind of weather, and to work with your hands in the field.
English will be the only language spoken. All participants must be willing to speak English, even though being from the same country or having troubles with the English language. Try your best!