📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The royal Dutch Hippique Sport Federation (in Dutch: KNHS), situated in Ermelo, is with over 180.000 members on of the largest sports federations of the Netherlands. Eight disciplines of the horse riding sport are combined; dressage, jumps, eventing, endurance, drives, tightened sport, voltige and reining. The KNHS looks after the interests of the connected associations and its horse sportsmen, so that they can play the horse riding sport as good as possible. In the Netherlands the KNHS have been dovetailed as a sports federation combined Netherlands Olympic Committee and Dutch Sports Federation NOC*NSF.
💼 What the programme involves
The project will take place during the Championship Horse riding ‘Hippiade’ 2016 that is organised at the end of August. The volunteers will help out with the construction of the competitions and they will assist organizing the event. At the project location, and especially during championships, there will be a lot of beautiful horses present. However, the work does not include working directly with the animals. They are taken care of by their owners.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers stay at the KNHS centre in a dormitory in beds provided with mattresses. There’s also a small apartment on the grounds of KNHS that can serve as a communal space for the group volunteers. There’s also a kitchen inside of this apartment where the volunteers can prepare their own food. The volunteers should bring sleeping bags.
📍 About the location
Together with the camp leaders the volunteers will discuss the recreational program. For example they can explore the city of Ermelo by bike, visit a museum or other places in the Netherland. The camp leaders will have some ideas, but of course it is possible for the volunteers to put forward their own ideas for this program! Leisure time will also be spent on the theme: Cross your borders!
⚠️ Requirements
• Sleeping bag
• High top sneakers
• Rain is spread throughout the year, so bring warm clothes, a raincoat and a swimming suit