our Regions

I. Introduction

Over the past 10  years various Atlantic Bridge activities have taken place in Nurnberg, including an International Youth Festival (2004), the step team Step Across (2005-2006), and artists in schools since 1996. However, at the end of 2007, after an abrupt ending of the step team, the suppport team in Nurnberg questioned if they should continue. So many of the leadership team have left and the work is carried on the shoulders of people already very busy in other jobs and no longer connected to the youth culture. But they decided to give it another try, because of the many good memories of the past and because a good reputation has been built up in Nurnberg. We started a partnership with the local YMCA, initially for two years (2010 and 2011). In the summer of 2010 a YMCA team of 14 youth and leaders went on a Summer USA discovery trip with good success. So we are continuing with the YMCA partnership while the Regional Support Team is becoming stronger.  In the coming two years we want to rebuild the mission in Nurnberg by bringing in teams of youth and artists from other countries to mobilise more Bridgebuilders for the BBClubs. In the fall of 2011 we hope to start two new Bridgebuilders clubs and increase it each year afterwards, in partnership with the YMCA.