Hamburg
"Apprentice-Check"
As a result of their Common Purpose experience a group of
participants, among them leaders of the banking sector, consumer
good industries, public services and charitable organisations,
decided to develop a project for school children. The leaders offer
advice for pupils, to check job application forms, and even mock
interviews. It is designed to prepare them to apply for
apprenticeship places.
Stuttgart
Volunteering
Knowing that Alcatel Lucent encourages the idea of volunteering
because they know that the promotion of voluntary commitment of
employees is an important part of HR development, a group of
participants from 2009 worked with their employees to arrange a day
working on a garden project of a multi-generational housing
development in Heslach. They have now organised this as an annual
project.
Frankfurt
"Walk of Fame"
The lack of interest in art and culture among teenagers in
Frankfurt coupled with rising isolation in their living environment
represents a big problem as it has close ties to vandalism. At the
same time, cultural institutions such as museums complain about the
shrinking number of visitors.
Making the connection between both problems on one of our
courses, a group of alumni started up a long-term project of
co-operation between the "Start-Haus", an education centre for
young people with a migrant backround, the "Städel", an art gallery
and museum, the "Liebieghaus", a sculpture museum and the "Schirn
Kunsthalle", an art gallery. All four institutions work together to
build up an open-air museum that integrates street art and
therefore makes the connection between generations possible and
encourages the creativity of young people.
Leipzig
Theatre for everybody
A connection between a supermarket chain and the local concert
hall came about after participants met on a Common Purpose course.
The idea is to motivate potential audiences to visit cultural
events and plays by offering tickets in-store.
Ruhr Metropolitan Area
Melez
After meeting on a course in Essen in 2008, a top executive from
Deutsche Bahn AG and a director from a nationally renowned theatre
developed a joint venture to integrate
MELEZ, an annual "festival of cultures" in the Ruhr region,
into the greater framework of Essen's European Capital of Culture
celebrations. A train full of local artists and activists will
collect aspects of industrial, urban and cultural diversity and
take them all to the MELEZ closing event at the Jahrhunderthalle in
Bochum. The train will become an exhibition platform for the
creative scene of the region and the train stations on the way to
Bochum will be transformed into concert stages and party
venues!
