Monday 17th to Sunday 23rd August 2015

Youth Camp 2015

Neumunster, Germany

Gravesend & Neumunster

• Members of Gravesham Youth Council took part in a week long European Youth Camp in Germany as part of Neumunster’s 888 yr celebrations.

• Over 50 young people attended aged between 13 and 18, from Neumunster and it’s other twin towns; Gravesham, Parchim in East Germany and Koszalin in Poland.

• The trip was funded by the Erasmus+ European Union funding programme, supplemented by Neumunster City Council with travel costs to the country covered by youth council budgets.

Activities

Cultural • ‘Treasure Hunt‘ tour of Neumunster city • Town Hall ‘Rauthaus’ visit to meet City

President• Feast of Nations – each town prepared food

representative of their area• Meeting with mayors from Neumunster and

Parchim

Activities

Physical Activity• Walking• High wire park (climbing)• Mini golf• Swimming • Canoeing• Football

Activities

Educational• History of the EU• Interviews with local residents around the city

market• European Parliament• Town talks led by young people from each

participating district

Why was it a useful experience?• Personal achievement/teamwork e.g. when completing the high wire park

and canoeing with people we didn’t know, who spoke different languages. • We learnt about the EU; how it works, how it affects us, who it affects etc.• Shows that the youth of Gravesham is actively involved in discussions on

the EU, and have an interest in the topic at our young ages. • Shows the youth of Gravesham is connecting with countries other than

ours. • We learnt new people skills to help us with future jobs and group work in

future, overcoming the difficult challenge that is a language barrier. • By visiting Neumunster, we met new people and experienced their way of

life in a different country to ours. • It helped enrich our language skills, as Germany is an important part of

some of our curricular activities. This visit helped shows the local town the benefits that the EU brings us; connection with countries and citizens outside of our own country.

• It represents Gravesham Youth Council on a European scale.