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Empowering Young Adults to Develop their Potential

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HOW IT WORKS

Impact is created where the worlds blend

Blend Amsterdam organizes meetings for companies and organizations, as it funds new training and opportunities for the young adults within Blend Academy.

At a historic, green A-location in Amsterdam, business meetings are organized to perfection by young adults who want to reintegrate.

BLEND VENUES

Rent one of our A list venues in the heart of Amsterdam.

Either a small boardroom meeting, an offsite team building day or a full on conference, we have space options for all needs. Check out our rooms and location.

ROOMS AND LOCATION
BLEND HOSTS

Employ or Hire one of our trainees to your event or venue!

The Blend Hosts are our trainees graduating out of Blend Academy, ready to be become the next barista, waiter, cook or hospitality member. If you are short on staff and would like to make a hire in hospitality, let us know!

HOSPITALITY
BLEND ACADEMY

Development program for young adults who want to (re)ïntegrate.

Blend Amsterdam is there for young adults (18 - 35 years old) who want to reintegrate, learn and gain work experience in a safe and fun way. The program focuses on professional hospitality, personal leadership and provides a broad base of life skills and practical skills for all types of work.

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
STUDENTS

Many young people experience loneliness and stress.

Blend Amsterdam offers a unique place for young adults where you can unwind, meet others, study and join a free yoga or mindfulness class. Within walking distance of the UVA and HVA, near Waterlooplein. The diversity of our community takes you outside your own bubble and has a refreshing and heartwarming effect. You can join all year round.

STUDENTS

Rita

Chair massage is a fast, effective way to prevent stress and it is a real energy boost. Through my massage on the chair I want to give people a bit of relaxation, attention, awareness and appreciation.
Rita
Massagist

Mauri

Yin Yoga and Sound Healing are a wonderful combination for relaxation, rest and recovery. Yin yoga is a gentle form of yoga in which we hold postures
for a longer period of time. We bring loving attention to different parts of our body, learn to deal with resistance and discover how to listen to the signals
of our body. Through Sound Healing I use sound vibrations to balance body and mind. The vibrations and warm sounds of the Tibetan singing bowls
calm the nervous system, bring attention to the moment and deepen contact with yourself. In my classes I combine both.

 

Mauri Kieft
Yoga Teacher & Sound Healing

Jolanda

With relaxation and attention, and humor and pleasure, I guide you through different asana’s (yoga positions). With care we build them up, we experience them in silence, and downgrade them and feel what a position does to our body and mind. With yoga we practice from mildness and without judgment we experience ourselves, whereby everyting is good like it is at that moment. Namaste,

Jolanda Dijkstra
Yoga teacher

Nicoline

“You are good as you are and what you do will become better .”
At Blend Amsterdam I give lessons in Personal leadership. We use the seven characteristics as given by Steven Covey as  a means to increase our influence on the quotidian things we do.
Nicolette
Nicoline v.d. Heijden 
Trainer Personal Leaderschip

Patrick

“Out of your head, into your body”. This is, in short, my offer that I make as a trainer at Blend. During the programme  Blow my mind you’ll learn to “be” with whats inside you and to live with whatever there is.
Patrick van Vught
Trainer Zijnsorientation

Cristina

Being a volunteer doesn’t necessarily mean you need to spend time fighting for justice or solving problems overseas and changing the world on a grand scale – sometimes it means literally do a google search, find a cause closest to your heart and you are a phone call away from helping. That is what happened to me – I have called Amber with the desire to make a difference utilizing my skills. A few months later, still incredibly proud and extremely grateful to be part of the Blend Amsterdam journey.
Cristina Danila
Marketing

Emel

“I have been volunteering with Blend Amsterdam for a while now. Time goes by quick! I feel this organisation has the right heart and strategy to help youngsters for a better future. I am honored to be part of that journey and hope to see it grow even bigger. Also an amazing place to work – Everybody here is very understanding, supportive, friendly and encouraging.”

 

Emel Rolon
Sales

Rita

Chair massage is a fast, effective way to prevent stress and it is a real energy boost. Through my massage on the chair I want to give people a bit of relaxation, attention, awareness and appreciation.
Rita
Massagist

Mauri

Yin Yoga and Sound Healing are a wonderful combination for relaxation, rest and recovery. Yin yoga is a gentle form of yoga in which we hold postures
for a longer period of time. We bring loving attention to different parts of our body, learn to deal with resistance and discover how to listen to the signals
of our body. Through Sound Healing I use sound vibrations to balance body and mind. The vibrations and warm sounds of the Tibetan singing bowls
calm the nervous system, bring attention to the moment and deepen contact with yourself. In my classes I combine both.

 

Mauri Kieft
Yoga Teacher & Sound Healing

Jolanda

With relaxation and attention, and humor and pleasure, I guide you through different asana’s (yoga positions). With care we build them up, we experience them in silence, and downgrade them and feel what a position does to our body and mind. With yoga we practice from mildness and without judgment we experience ourselves, whereby everyting is good like it is at that moment. Namaste,

Jolanda Dijkstra
Yoga teacher

Nicoline

“You are good as you are and what you do will become better .”
At Blend Amsterdam I give lessons in Personal leadership. We use the seven characteristics as given by Steven Covey as  a means to increase our influence on the quotidian things we do.
Nicolette
Nicoline v.d. Heijden 
Trainer Personal Leaderschip

Patrick

“Out of your head, into your body”. This is, in short, my offer that I make as a trainer at Blend. During the programme  Blow my mind you’ll learn to “be” with whats inside you and to live with whatever there is.
Patrick van Vught
Trainer Zijnsorientation

Cristina

Being a volunteer doesn’t necessarily mean you need to spend time fighting for justice or solving problems overseas and changing the world on a grand scale – sometimes it means literally do a google search, find a cause closest to your heart and you are a phone call away from helping. That is what happened to me – I have called Amber with the desire to make a difference utilizing my skills. A few months later, still incredibly proud and extremely grateful to be part of the Blend Amsterdam journey.
Cristina Danila
Marketing

Emel

“I have been volunteering with Blend Amsterdam for a while now. Time goes by quick! I feel this organisation has the right heart and strategy to help youngsters for a better future. I am honored to be part of that journey and hope to see it grow even bigger. Also an amazing place to work – Everybody here is very understanding, supportive, friendly and encouraging.”

 

Emel Rolon
Sales

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HOW CAN YOU HELP

Be part of our Blend Community

Rent our venues

Rent one one of our A-list venues and not only you provide funds to our academy, but also offer experience to our trainees who will host you.

Check out our venues

Visit our coffe and soup cafe

Our cafe at Nieuwe Herengracht 18 - sous is opened on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 14:30.

Contact us for details

Donate or Volunteer

Donate or volunteer. Every little bit helps so we can help more youngsdters out of the streets, provide more training and find even new and better ways to help our clients find work.

Donate now