Ung i Gladsaxe

Ung i Gladsaxe is also known as “UNiG” which translated into English, means “Young in Gladsaxe Community”. It is a project run by the community of Gladsaxe and involves youngsters from the age of 13 to 29. In Gladsaxe we’ve got six youth clubs situated in various places throughout the community. In the youth clubs, there are hired and educated pedagogues, whose purpose is to make activities with the youngsters, such as playing table tennis, football, board games etc. as well as making sure that the youngsters are socially in balance. The youth clubs secure, that all young people in the community can find a place to interact with other youngsters or talk to an adult about what's going on in their lives. The pedagogs build relationships with most young people in the municipality and help to create a connection between school and leisure - both through learning processes in the school and meaningful activities in their leisure time and links between those. Ung i Gladsaxe works on the basis of a community-creating and participation-oriented approach, where the focus is on creating dynamic youth environments that are based on young people's interests and needs, providing a safe environment and motivating for active participation, commitment and responsibility. Based on a basic pedagogical relationship work, we aim to work, with a focus on not doing activities for young people, but doing activities with young people, as well as trying to enable them to self-organize projects.