Spring cleaning close to Baltic Sea

CODE: ijgd 15036

Work
Would you like to help children and young people have an unforgettable summer and get to know the Baltic Sea beach at the same time? Then help out with our spring cleaning at Brunswick’s children and youth camping site on the Lenster beach in Groemitz. Together with other young people from all over the world you support the staff of the campsite during various seasonal preparatory repairs on the entire site. Together you will repair or rebuild playgrounds and sports fields as well as barbecue and campfire areas, carry out painting, painting and basic cleaning work, carry out various site maintenance work (gardening and earthworks), repair bicycles and equip tents with beds, mattresses, lamps and other items. (Note: The actual work to be carried out may differ from that described here).
In the first week you will work from Thursday 24 April to Saturday 26 April, in the second week from Monday 28 April to Wednesday 30 April and on Friday 2 May and Saturday 3 May (Thursday 1 May is a public holiday in Germany). Your daily working hours are from 9am to 4pm with a lunch break. As you live and work directly on the campsite, you don’t have to spend time to travel to work.
You will be living in basic 4-bed rooms in the main building of the campsite, which is located just a few metres away from the sandy beach.
Information about the campsite can be found at https://www.braunschweig.de/zeltplatz-lenste and at the bottom of https://www.braunschweig.de/zeltplatz-lenste/zeltplatz.php there is also a short film (unfortunately also only in German) about the campsite.
Accomodation and food
You will be sleeping in 4-bed rooms in the main building of a child and youth camping site.
Monday to Friday you will be fully catered for (vegan, halal and kosher are not possible). On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays you cater for yourself. Money for shopping on these days will be provided. Please state any intolerances during registration.
Location and leisure
The children and youth campsite is just a few metres away from the beautiful Baltic Sea beach. In April it will probably still be too cold to go swimming, but there will be bicycles available for you to use, so you can go on bike rides on the embankments along the Baltic coast!
There is a wide range of free-time activities available for you on the huge outdoor area of the campsite: several football pitches, a beach volleyball court, a beach football court, a beach handball court, a basketball court, a huge bouncy castle, a zip-line, several table tennis tables and giant chess. You can spend your evenings around the campfire.
On the free weekend, it’s also worth taking a trip to Hamburg (100km away) and/or Lübeck (50km away).
Project hosted by
Children's and youth campsite of the city of Braunschweig
The campsite at Lenster Strand in Grömitz on the Baltic Sea is mainly used for recreation by children and young people from Brunswick, but can also be used by other groups and families. It is primarily aimed at children and young people from lower-income families and thus makes an important contribution to their recreation and relief.

The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education.
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Directions to meeting point
Meeting point and time: at the accommodation on Tuesday 22nd of April between 3 and 7:30 p.m.
Directions to Meeting Point Directions to Meeting Point: From Hamburg airport take S-Bahn S1 (direction Wedel or Hamburg-Blankenese) to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (Hamburg main train station, about 24 min travel time). The S1 is running every 10min.
At Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (Hamburg main train station) take (at least at 5:18pm) the train RE8 or RE80 in direction Lübeck Hbf. or Lübeck-Travemünde Strand and get off at the station Lübeck Hauptbahnhof (main train station) (travel time 46-50min).
At Lübeck Hauptbahnhof (main train station) change to train RB85 in direction Neustadt (Holst) and get off at the last station Neustadt(Holst) (travel time 38min).
From Neustadt Bahnhof/ZOB take Bus 550 in direction of „Grube Hauptstr./Friedhof“. Get off at the bus stop “(Grömitz) Lensterstrand Zwergenweg” (travel time 26-30min).
From the bus stop “(Grömitz) Lensterstrand Zwergenweg” walk 350m straight to reach the accommodation on the left side.
More information about train connections at www.bahn.com and about bus connections at https://www.nah.sh/en/.
Additional comments
Please note: There is a special Teenage Fee of 150€ for international volunteers who applied under 18 in this camp.
Requirements
You should be fit enough for physically demanding work and you should be able to ride a bike.