Introducing the new volunteer blog

Living and working at Ängsbacka is a unique experience from a personal and professional perspective, and this deserves to be captured in writing. This blog will hold the space for volunteers to share their views and experiences that coincide with volunteering here, with the view to cover 4 main topics:

courses and festivals

value of volunteering

personal development

daily activities

If you have volunteered here and wish to share anything, comment below and we can look at possibilities. On site volunteers can speak directly to Megan.

We look forward to hearing your responses!

An Introvert at Angsbacka week 14: honoring connections vs isolation

This month for me was about honoring and deepening current connections. I didn’t speak to many new people but I didn’t

Birthdays and Ängsbacka: part 2

I decide to be here for my birthday after all. Actually, I forgot about it and became caught up in the

An Introvert at Angsbacka week 11: work expectations vs reality

I wanted to have a private project when I began my long-term commitment for I could focus and have control of

EVS 4: meet the team

Another wave of EVS volunteers (click here for more information about our previous group) began in February, coming together for 11

There’s Snow place like Ängsbacka…

It snows in Sweden, as I’m sure you’ll know, but this is still a novelty for many of the international member

An Interovert at Angsbacka week 8: committing long-term

Two weeks very easily became a month and the more time I spent here the more I realised I had to

EVS 3: a new approach

So far, Angsbacka has welcomed 2 groups of volunteers through the youth initiative EVS (European Voluntary Service).

Participants commit to 6-12 months

Birthdays and Ängsbacka

Birthdays are big for children but then their importance seems to fade during adult life. I presumed that this would be

New Years Festival: a volunteers reflections

That was my first festival here at Ängsbacka. I spent a lot of the week before building up this idea in