Centre Chříč

Centre Chříč

A unique historical object of a former brewery became our property in 2009.

In this charming place in Western Bohemia, we plan to set up a modern educational centre, to run a sheltered wood workshop and to revive the functions of the former brewery.

We would like to build an inspiring cultural place where people learn though good experiences and also a place where people not only find a job, but also a venue for their self-fulfilment and personal development.

Sheltered Wood Workshop

„A social firm is a new model for employing people who, due to their health or social disadvantage, face difficulties when accessing the open labour market and when trying to keep in it.“ (From the portal Ministery of Social Affairs)

A parallel aim of our centre is to establish a social enterprise which will focus on carpentry and wood joinery with a large proportion of manual work (toys, wooden board games, home and garden accessories, small furniture, etc.). and which will offer a skills training program to people with disabilities.

Education centre

The educational ecocentre will offer both residential and one-day training programs for a wide range of candidates.

Diverse programs and seminars will be thematically focused on local, regional and global environmental, consumer and other current problems;
Modern active teaching methods such as drama, experiential education (arts and crafts workshops), critical thinking, use of ICT technology, fieldwork, etc. will be proposed;
Special programs of high quality for children and adults with disabilities will be provided.

Restoring Brewery

Resuming the operation of the Chříč brewery was not a part of the original plan. It was only after we settled in the derelict buildings that we began to discover the charm of the place where they brewed beer already in 1560. The first plan was to establish a sheltered workshop and organize craft activities there. The old brewery premises, its kiln, malt house, threshing floor, fermenting cellars and beer-storing cellars impressed us so much that we asked old witnesses for help and started to consider reconstruction
of the original form of the brewery and think about pitching and rounding barrels and about the smell of brewed malt...

Arts and Crafts

Arts

In our activities, we want to exploit the potential of the Chříč region which is picturesque and inspiring in terms of its cultural heritage, landscape and history. In cooperation ith the local government, we already organize concerts, exhibitions, festivals and heatre, art, dance and music workshops for the general public. In the future, we plan o offer courses such as landscape-painting and walks in the neighbourhood guided by rtists and preservationists.