A year of optimism. That was my voluntary social year in heritage conservation!
Schloss Senden is a place of culture and learning with a focus on sustainability. The non-profit association Schloss Senden e. V. bought the moated castle in 2015 with the aim of saving it and the surrounding park, preserving it in the spirit of monument conservation and making it accessible to the public.
I had the opportunity to do my Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr (FSJ for short) in monument conservation at this special place. Yep, there is such a thing ;)
A year full of formative experiences, exciting encounters with a wide variety of people, many challenges and trying things out, doing things myself, failing an...