📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Volunteers will participate in artistic and organizational tasks related to local festival “Špancirfest” and work in the local youth center to learn about the local culture, history and to participate in creative work with the local youth. “Špancirfest” street festival has taken place in the historic center of Varaždin since 1999. During the 10 days of the festival, Varaždin turns into a city of music, art, street performers, tasty food, fun and good emotions.
💼 What the programme involves
There are two phases of the work camp, the Preparation and the Špancirfest phase. From August 7 to August 18 volunteers will be involved in educational activities and the work of several NGOs. They will get to know each other and the city, the festival, the organization and the program of the camp, do some light physical work, and will be trained for the next phase of the work. Volunteers will have 3 days off and an organized field trip. In the Špancirfest phase, from August 19 to August 28, volunteers will be divided in two groups: 1. artistic (work with local youth, preparing and leading art workshops) and 2. technical (assistants in technical support, i.e. hosting of international performers, info-centre, PR, entry tickets and accreditations). Volunteers will work for 6h/day.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be accommodated in the youth center. They will sleep on the floor in sleeping bags that they are required to bring with them. Toilets are in the same building, and showers are in 8 mins walking distance. In the period between August 7-17, volunteers will buy and cook the food in kitchen teams. Between August 18-28 meals will be provided in a festival restaurant.
📍 About the location
Varaždin City, known as the Little Vienna, is a nice baroque and vibrant city of 39.000 inhabitants, located about 1 hour driving distance from Zagreb. Volunteers will stay and work at the city center, near the Varaždin Youth Center, where the festival takes place. More about Varaždin and Špancirfest:
http://www.varazdin.hr/en/
http://spancirfest.com/?lang=en
⚠️ Requirements
Motivation letter is required and should include information about the artistic background, youth work experience, event management experience and a concept of a potential workshop (if a volunteer is interested in organizing one). Volunteers are supposed to stay until Aug 29, 2016. If necessary (due to booking issues), the volunteers can stay in the rooms of the youth center after the camp.
ℹ️ Additional information
Considering that one group of volunteers will work as technical support for the festival, on that volunteer position we prefer volunteers speaking additional foreign languages.