Fields of operation

The FWD in Sport, i.e. the Voluntary Social Year (FSJ) in Sport and the Federal Voluntary Service (BFD) in Sport, is offered to all people interested in sports who want to volunteer in certain areas of sport in Lower Saxony. The FWD im Sport is coordinated and carried out by the ASC Göttingen von 1846 e.V. in cooperation with the Sportjugend Niedersachsen. The fields of activity in the FWD can be very different depending on the inclinations and interests of the volunteers, but above all they are supporting activities in the work with children and young people, e.g. during practice hours. As a rule, the FWD lasts 12 months and is carried out in a place of assignment of your own choice.

Voluntary service in sports can be carried out in sports clubs and other public welfare institutions with a sports/movement orientation throughout Lower Saxony, provided that these are recognised FSJ/BFD volunteers and also organise regular and comprehensive games, sports, leisure and care services in the field of sports and interdisciplinary child and youth work. These are, for example, sports clubs and sports associations, youth leisure facilities, schools, sports schools, sports education facilities, kindergartens and youth facilities. 

In addition to the focus on children and youth work in sport, the following areas of activity can also be carried out:

• Sport and organisation (e.g. public relations, homepage support, preparation and follow-up of events and meetings, assistance to the board, communication within the club, advice and administration of club members, volunteer coordination within the club, ...)
• Sports and the elderly (e.g. developing and implementing sports activities for senior citizens, organising joint events or excursions, transport services to the sports facilities, sports support, home visits, etc.)
• Sports facilities (e.g. maintenance and care of sports halls and sports fields, repair work of all kinds, garden maintenance, new construction of equipment, playgrounds or similar, assistance with events, storage and clean-up work, etc.)
• Sports with handicapped people (e.g. individual support for handicapped people when playing sports in clubs, organisation and realisation of events or excursions, support for trainers in clubs, setting up new movement offers, transport services, home visits, ...)
• Sports and competition (e.g. assistance with training, organisation of trips or tournaments, other support for competitive athletes e.g. homework assistance, talent promotion, driving services, possibly coordination of vehicles, ...)

Activities in the sports sector

• Organization and realization of sports tournaments or festivals
• Instructing children and young people in a particular sport (volunteers can obtain an OCT licence within the FWD)
• Design of training units for groups and youth teams
• Supervision of youth teams, e.g. at competitions and tournaments

Activities in the area of interdisciplinary tasks of the association

• E.g. organization and realization of game festivals
• Offers for children and youth groups in the cultural, artistic-creative or ecological sector (e.g. circus theatre, handicrafts, eco-rallye,..)

International youth encounters

• Cooperation and implementation of projects, e.g. with Aussiedler, foreigners and other socially disadvantaged groups

Activities in the administrative area of the association

• Taking over administrative activities on a small scale
• The activities described are only suggestions. It only has to be predominantly work with children and young people. Usually the volunteers bring along knowledge and skills in certain areas, which can then be put to special use.

Activities in the sports sector

• Support and observation in general sports lessons or swimming lessons
• the implementation of sportive / moving break offers (examples: sock sports, break hockey, etc.),
• the support in the supervision of game rentals,
• the accompaniment and support of school teams at competitions and tournaments or
• the implementation of sports activities in the AG and project area in cooperation with sports clubs.

Activities in the interdisciplinary and organizational area

• Organization and supervision of the lunchtime leisure time
• Cooperation and implementation of (aid) projects (examples: sponsored run Menschen für Menschen)
• Support in the design of a school infrastructure that is conducive to physical activity (example: beach volleyball/sports facility, exercise niches)
• Cooperation in the organisation of school festivals, school championships or national youth championships
• Care of children and young people in free periods
• Supervision of open group rooms or sports niches
• Support and supervision during leisure activities and excursions (example: ski course, museum visit)
• Collaboration in the creation of concepts for the sports department or all-day

Administrative activities

• Taking over administrative activities on a small scale in the specialist areas of sport or full-time
• Maintenance of the school/department homepage, creation of an Internet presence for the sports sector
• Support in the production of teaching materials
• Taking over research tasks (Internet, library, etc.) to a small extent in the subject of sport
• Keeping a learning diary