Introduction

short-term short-term EVS project project Creative Space,, Hungary Hungary

This is an invitation for YOU to the next episode of Creative Space International Voluntary Camp. As a volunteer you have the chance to join us and contribute in our mission: create equal opportunity to rural children and youth in order to increase the quality of their lives. You are now about to be part of an international group which brings High Energy to the local community and in this way conjure lifetime experience to its citizens.

High Energy 2014 2014

Video in high quality: https://vimeo.com/70340540 Dates of project: Venue: Partner organisations: Number of EVS volunteers: Total number of participants:

Overview

26th of June 16th of July 2014 (including arrival and departure day) Creative Space Center 31 Orgona utca, 3176 Hollk, Hungary Syncro Croatia, YMCA Czech Republic, SYC Georgia, RED Latvia, Union Forum Ukraine. 4 volunteers and 1 group leader from each country and 15 Hungarian volunteers 40-50 volunteers from 10-15 countries.

What we offer
High Energy short-term EVS project takes place in Hollk, the heart of palc culture which belongs to the world herritage. You are going to be in Creative Space Center from 26th of June until 16th of July. The main activities are organizing intercultural and creative learning sessions in 5 villages to local children and youth. As well you will be part of community actions in and around Hollk.

By joining to the project you become co-creator of:

21 days together with 40-50 fellow volunteers from all over Europe Intercultural learning experience by living and working together in the busy community center called Creative Space

English speaking creative workshops for local children and youth who are living in deep poverty: playing games, introducing foreign cultures, dancing, making photos and videos, doing handcrafts

Three days preparation: teambuilding games, workshops, information about Youth in Action and EVS

Self-development

International community

Local activities

Unforgettable summer and lifetime experience by meeting people and culutres, making lifelong friendships

Voluntary actions to maintain Creative Space and tackle local needs Two days of holiday to have fun by many different ways; party, open air camping, doing sports, hiking, biking, creating your own cinema or theatre, making your own plan Official closing event where hi-profile representatives are coming to see your results

Professional mentors and youth workers takes care of your personal and professional development: organize mentor meetings, run practicals and create safety Foreign language and creative workshops two times in a week

More media about our projects: https://vimeo.com/27440439 https://vimeo.com/54599154 Facebook Page

The support team is ready to help you in the creative learning workshops and organize the practicals in order to have a wonderful three weeks with full of joy and excitement

Dates and programme

Before project
#Applications

Selection phase January-April

#Confirmation of 4 volunteers and 1 group leader from each country and 15 volunteers from Hungary

During project
27-29 June (Friday-Sunday) 26 June (Thursday)
Arrival to Creative Space Hollk Teambuilding and preparation

30 June - 4 July (Monday-Friday) 5-6 July (Sat-Sun)

Days off English speaking creative workshops for children and youth in 5 villages

12-13 July (Saturday-Sunday) 7-11 July (Monday-Friday)

English speaking creative workshops for children and youth in 5 villages Preparation and Official Closing Event

16 July (Wednesday)
Departure to home

14-15 July (Monday-Tuesday)

Closing, evaluation, implementation plan

Practicals

Accommodation and food

You will live in our community accommodation called Creative Space Training Centre surrounded by the beautiful nature. This is a 3 level stone building with 4-6 bedded rooms which all have its own showers and toilets. The address of the accommodation is: 31 Orgona street, 3176 Hollk, Hungary. You can check the place online: www.kreativ-ter.hu . GPS coordinates: 47.99372,19.591391 In the building of the group accommodation you can find the kitchen, dining room, common social area and the laundry room. Washing machine, internet, cooking and sport equipment, bikes are provided. Cooking will be done by a professional chef. Those who indicated their special diet in the application form get proper food according to their diet. Creative Space is run and innovated by volunteers, please be kind to pay attention and keep the building in the same condition or better.

Travel

You should arrive on 26th July to Creative Space. You can either arrive by car or public transportation. From Budapest, we will oganize a common bus for the participants. Dont forget! We do not accept late arrivals and early leavings!

Detailed information about practicals will be sent after we selected the volunteers or you can always ask your coordinator!

How to apply?

Apply NOW!
Fill in the online application form here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ highenergyevs2014 Contact your coodinator for further information! Deadline: 25th of April 2014

We address this unique project to less-opportunity youth. Definition we use for less-opportunity youth is: Young people who have set of circumstances (fact or condition relevant to an event or action) that stops them from doing something that is beyond their present ability. If you do not comply with two or more less-opportunity criteria given in the application form you can not participate. These criterias are: - Belonging to minority (gipsy, refugee, mental handicapped); - Dropouts (having no education or dropped out from school); - Geographical obstacles (living isolated from society); - Living in (post-)conflict country; - Living in poverty (having an income below the national average); - Coming from broken families; - Lack of social skills (moderate skill of interacting with other people); - Travelling abroad first time / Being away from family longer time.

Contacts
Croatia

Country

Syncro

Organisation

Juraj Bojlat

Coordinator

juraj@synergy-croatia.com ymca@ymca.cz syc_guria@yahoo.com lace.sanita@gmail.com info@union-forum.org

E-mail

Czech Republic YMCA Georgia Latvia Ukraine Hungary RED Union-Forum Creative Space

Tamara Anne Smelkov Sanita Lace Inga Vorobyova

Student Youth Council Natia Gigiadze

Anna Dupk, Marietta Balzs creativespace.volcamp@gmail.com

about Creative Space

Creative Space is a nonprofit social enterprise, established by a group of experts in community service work, active in the disadvantaged Ngrd county of Hungary. Our aims are to promote volunteering and international mobility and create an inspiring environment for non-formal learning. Target group: - unemployed people - youth in transition between school and work - people facing challenges: marginalized social, cultural and educational background, discrimination, poverty. - volunteers, civic activists and professionals Ngrd villages are endangered by becoming uninhabited within 1-2 generations time because of the lack of education and work opportunities,. We cooperate with local NGOs and stakeholders to realise the strategy called Liveable Countryside Program where Creative Space support the growing-up generations, and young adult families. We host workcamps, short and long term EVS, send volunteers abroad, and we are setting up a local network to improve employability, initiative and entrepreneurship, involve people in international projects. We search for ways to create attractive, 21st century living standards, while respecting the natural environment, keeping the traditions and the unique character of rural life. We run a training center in the village of Hollk, where we have assisted several NGOs in running their Hungarian and international training courses, thematic exchanges, seminars, project and network meetings, and organise own projects since 2005. Methods used are outdoor, dance, theatre, coaching, mentoring, creative use of new media tools and platforms, cooking, creative recycling, realising own initiatives of participants. We connect to many networks: DIA, Global Youth Service Day, Cserht Nature Park, International Synergy Group, YouthNetworks. The house is run by volunteers and the groups hosted. Our infrastructure, logistics and catering is capable to serve the unique needs of non-formal learning processes, international groups, and people with special needs.

Creative Space is located in a village called Hollk which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage and has preserved its authentic atmosphere, so it is a busy place for tourism. The nature around the village is beautiful, relaxing and has a lot of opportunities for biking, hiking, camping and different kind of outdoor activities. In the village there are 400 inhabitants and you can find one shop, post office, an ATM, a catholic church, museums. Budapest is about 100 km, there are 2 direct buses / day and some more with an interchange. The centre of Creative Space is located at the edge of the village, next to the forest, 10 minutes walk from the centre. For more pictures please look at our homepage or Facebook Group The closest city (16km) is Szcsny where you can find necessary institutions (banks, schools, health center, pharmacy etc.), supermarkets, restaurants, community places, library, pubs, sport centre. This is one of the poorest regions in Hungary so there is no good transportation between the villages, the unemployment rate is high and there is no active social life for young people. Most of them is leaving to one of the big cities in Hungary for university and they dont come back after. English language is not well-known in this area.