The Pop-Up Youth Space project aims to fill vacant spaces in the city center with a youth space at different locations. In this space, young people can participate in deciding how the space should be designed and what themed activities they would like to take part in.
The aim is not only to use vacant spaces in a meaningful way, but also to increase the quality and time spent there by young people, thereby revitalizing the city centre.
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23.01.2025
Pop-up youth space opens in the former Lido
Since Thursday, January 23, the pop-up youth space of the Stadtjugendring Wolfsburg has been open again in a new location. The vacant Lido in the indoor swimming pool is converted into an open youth space every Thursday and Friday from 16:00 to 21:00. These days will be supplemented by two Saturday openings per month. There will also be a monthly party series for young people between 18 and 27 in the sauna club. The project is funded by the European Union's Resilient City Centers funding programme and by the Lower Saxony Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Equality via the 4 Generation programme.
As with the first opening of the pop-up youth space in Porschestraße, the focus here is on free spaces for young people. From the design of the space to the activities, the young people decide together on the most important things in their youth space. Staff and volunteers from the Stadtjugendring support these processes and design activities for visitors.Due to the planned reoccupation of the Lido, the project on site is initially limited until the end of March. It will be decided over time whether there will be an extension on site or whether the youth space will be reopened elsewhere.