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Department social projects: about 14 employees + 4 to 5 FSJ (free social Year) volunteers + 1 or 2EVS volunteer.
The mobile "Street sport" project gives assistance to sporting clubs in enlarging their offers for children and teenagers and in the execution of their sport-events. By offering new and trendy sport-possibilities, the project corresponds with the interests of children and especially teenagers inside and outside of the sport-organisations.The project 'Kick' is a project of crime-prevention in a co-operation of sport, the youth-helping-service and the police. Here, endangered children and teenagers or those who have already incurred a penalty can get care and advices if they want to. By integrating them in the sporting-clubs or other spare time-offers, they are led to a sensible and regular spare time-planning. Moreover, the concerned ones get individual help as well as continuing advisory possibilities. The project '"Integration through sports" describes a programme for the integration of "repatriates of German ancestry". The essential aim is revealed when helping them to get used to living here by sport activities, or when promoting the living together with the local residents and helping to decrease existing barriers. With the help of the sporting-clubs, the social and linguistic integration is growing, especially during games and sport activities.The project "Street soccer for tolerance"'.The aims of "Street soccer for tolerance" are wide ranging and include engaging young people and encouraging socially acceptable behaviour whilst connection young people with the mainstream. The game will provide an alternative for young people from life on the streets, drugs and alcohol and will promote the development of interpersonal skills including interaction, negotiation and compromise and encourage equality between males and females. By using sport as the tool young people can channel their energies into the game in a structured manner promoting safety and health for young people and ultimately leading the greater employability of young people.
Brandenburg is a rural area with a poor density of population, few big cities and many communitis with less then 1000 inhabitants. In total there are only 4 cities with about 100.000 inhabitants. Besides that Brandenburg belongs to the states in Germany with the highest rates of unemployement. The rate is about 20%. In the regions away from Berlin and Potsdam the rate is clearly higher. Especially serious is the unumployement umoungst young people. She is in sparsely populated areas in the north partially 40%.
EVS-project area Sediner See is situated about 15 km south of Potsdam, good connected by route, railway, airplane or boat, through the contiguity of the metropole Berlin. EVS-project area 2: potsdam is the capital of the Federal State Brandenburg und is situated as widely ramified island in the middle of well wooded Havelsees-chain. In and around Potsdam there are over 1.265 ha surfaces of water. Potsdam - has the city flair. The culture and landscape is affected by its castles and its Parks. The Havelsees offer aquatic athlets any possibility.

B.
Project area : Development of sport related youth social work in Brandenburg.The focus is on street football. Street football is seen as a method whereby social rules can be developed through sports rules which should contribute to the development of fair play, tolerance and social skills in young people.The method is seen as low level conflict management in a playful manner. In the framework of the project citizen involvement as well as the societal participation of young people, especially disadvantaged youth and immigrants should be developed. The project should contribute on a regional level to young people becoming involved in regional youth work and networking the organisers of different youth establishments. In the framework of the project Germany wide street football tournaments will be developed and run. The regional events present a highlight in the youth social work in the respective communities or regions and serve the networking of youth social work locally. Development of recreation offers for youth. Involvment of youth in regional structures. Creating an open and tolerant atmosphere by the development of international youth exchange. Development of regional projects to increase the attraction of the recreation offers.
Service and learning opportunities: Assistance with the organisation and preparation of tournaments and events Assist reporting (Media, documentation) Co-operation with local organisations, youth welfare office, projects, youth clubs etc.. Networking Assist with the organisation of events for young people (sport and play afternoons, tournaments) Assist and support international youth exchanges in the EU Get acquainted with sport structures. Development of ideas for development of projects in their home town. Many options of formation are possible: securities rules for wall climbing or for in-line skating, baisc knowledge of conflict management, training to become leader for youth vacations or to become youth lader. The volunteer doesn't take over a regular job from the staff. He/she learns about the project in general and can/may organise some projects(parts) independently. The aim is that over the period of their service the volunteer is able to organise a simular project independently in his own country. The volunte accompany a mobile team. He/she prepares with them all acivities. A big part of the activities are outdoor activities in parks, city centres etc.. The volunteer helps with assembling the courts/pitches, the organisation and as an observer. This gives the possibility for the volunteer to have contact with other local young people. 75% of their time the volunteers are on the road with their team. Other preperations, team-meetings (preperation/reporting/new ideas) take place in the office (25%).

C.
Profile of the volunteer: be interested in social youth work, be interested in sport orientated social youth work be interested in the conception and implementation of sport orientated events and projects be interested to work wih children and young people dedicated commitment and creativity implementing projects activity area: project centre Neuseddin: dedicated commitment also in some weekends (Summer season)
Selection procedure: all potential volunteers are asked to fill in the same apllication form so that every volunteer can be assessed on the same base and with equal chances. These forms are the base for an assessment/selection in close co-operation with the host organisation. Important is the motivation of the vounteer and how his estimated abilities fit in the project and how the project can fulfill the expectations of the volunteer. At the same time we try to involve young people from different countries. It is also forseen that we offer possibilities to young people with fewer opportunities.
Partner organisations: we do participate regularly and organise ourselves contact making seminars in order to get acquainted with our partners personally and with their projects. Good reliable partners are a very important part for a succesfull voluntary service.

D.
Our social projects are an important part of our work. The aim of the program "integration through Sports" is the integration of repatriates of German ancestry. Herewith we contribute to our role in the socity to help to reduce barriers of language. cultural reservations and crime preventation The project "KICK" is a project for crime preventation in co-operation with sport, youth help and the police. In this projects young crime offenders or deliquents are individually coached or adviced. The mobile street sport project (trend sports) and especially street soccer for tolerance are orientated towards the needs and intrests of young children and young people, especially those with fewer opportunities.
Our social workers and street workers do have a pädagogik education in order to be able to work with this young people, to set up projects: They contribute to the social integration of foreign fellow citizen and young people with special needs
In our educational centre "Blossin" and our sports facilities in Uckley and Lindow we do have pädagogic educated employees and the necessary infrastructur for young peole with special needs.

E.
The better the co-operation between the 3 EVS-partners, the enriching the experience for everybody, especialy for young people with less opportunities. Communication before, during and after their service between sending and hosting organisation is very important. We will only work with known reliable partner wen we work with young people with fewer opportunities. Sending and hosting organisation should share relevant information about the volunteer without labeling the volunteer that he is disadvantiged. Additional background information about the volunteer makes it possible for the mentor, to give the necessary support and the tutor to adjust the activity to the capacity of the volunteer. During his/her service the volunteer should have always the ossibility to contact his confidant/person in support. For young people under 18 we will clarify the basic rules to the staff and the young person(s) as well as the consequences in case they are not obeyed. If before the start expectations and rules are clear, then it is easier to observe progress and difficulties. We do take care that staff and volunteers do have the necessary competences and skills to insure the security of the young people.
Because we also work with german volunteers (FSJ = free social year) we will use the opportunity to create a peer situation between a german volunteer and an european volunteer. The german volunteer could support the european volunteer (supplementary to the instructor/mentor and the tutor)

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