Match
Connecting Students and City
At Match, we believe in the power of social engagement. Volunteering during your studies allows you to develop both social and professional skills. Match offers students opportunities to contribute to Maastricht's community. By facilitating volunteering, Match enables students to put to use and develop their skills and talents in real-life practice.
Visit our website www.matchmaastricht.nl and learn how to get involved in your city!
Match Houses 2022-2023
In the Match Houses you work 8 hours a week to connect people in your neighborhood. You set up your own project together with your housemates and fellow residents. You meet with welfare organizations or join one of the many volunteer initiatives in your neighborhood. You use 1 hour per week to share your experiences on our dashboard and instagram. In exchange, you get a discount on your rent. You pay approximately 75-100 euros (only services, no rent).
Pay attention: this project is only for Dutch speaking students.
Our mission is to facilitate students to create an engaged city.
Have a positive impact on the life of Maastricht citizens and help us reach our goal.
About Match
Volunteering allows students to gain valuable skills that contribute to their development as global citizens. By challenging students to engage in the Maastricht community, we enable them to develop civic engagement. They are aware of their position as citizen of the world, but focused on the impact they can have in their own community.
News
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Match Maastricht is official partner of Museumnacht Maastricht. They will provide 25 student volunteers, who will work across different venues in the city.
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Match is for students who want to develop themselves while making a social contribution in Maastricht. A good example is the Match For Brighter Futures (MFBF) project, in which UM students give secondary school students extra attention and guidance when doing homework.
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The Match for Brighter Futures project, in which Maastricht University students provide homework guidance and coaching to underprivileged secondary school students, received a financial contribution of € 6,000 from the Kansfonds. Another € 4000 is awarded by the Robin Jung Fonds.
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Students and Mariaberg residents have teamed up to build a chicken coop. The first 10 chickens moved in...
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At February 5 from 13-16 pm the Get Involved Information Market takes place in the SSC.
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The Feel Good breakfast is a joint initiative of Maastricht University, the Met je Hart foundation and the catering company Albron.
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Match for Brighter Futures focuses on creating equal opportunities for young people in Maastricht and is looking for Dutch-speaking students. Are you available for 3 hours a week and do you want to have a real positive impact on the future of Maastricht’s youth? Then we are looking for you!
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On the 2nd of September, there was a kick-off of the City Deal Creating Knowledge Maastricht (CDCK> M), a project in which 175 students from Zuyd Hogeschool and Maastricht University participate. These students are committed to improving the quality of life in Mariaberg and Randwyck. In the past 6...
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Local tv program Good Veurein made an episode about the benefits that students bring to Maastricht. Featuring Serve the City Maastricht, Match Maastricht, Jongeren & StudentenBuurtbemiddeling Maastricht and alderman Bert Jongen.
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At September 11 from 13-16 pm the 11 september van 13.00 tot 16.00 the Get Involved Information Market takes place in the SSC.
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Student associations, emergency service providers and entrepreneurs: they were all immediately enthusiastic when Martijn Weyenberg, project manager at Match, approached them to participate in ‘A day ‘without illness’’ (‘Een dag niet ziek’). The result was clearly visible last Saturday: only happy...
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Match Houses is a chance for students to make a positive impact and integrate into Maastricht’s community. They work on improving their neighbourhood and in return, they get to live rent-free in housing corporation properties.
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Precious Plastic Maastricht is currently setting up a local recycling workspace that turns plastic waste into entirely new goods, such as bins, beams, 3D printer filaments, and much more.
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The project by master's students Debbie Markusse and Rachita Munshi won a prize in the annual 'Stadsgoud' competition, organised by the Elisabeth Strouven Fonds.
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Maastricht University students have helped secondary school students improve their school performance significantly.
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Last Wednesday, the annual meeting of the Student&City project took place in the Maastricht townhall.
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They support women with legal problems on a voluntary basis, collect money to recycle waste to make light sources, set up social enterprises, or work for global health. There are many ways in which students at Maastricht University go the extra mile. Not just for their CVs, but to put their ideals...
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They support women with legal problems on a voluntary basis, collect money to recycle waste to make light sources, set up social enterprises, or work for global health. There are many ways in which students at Maastricht University go the extra mile. Not just for their CVs, but to put their ideals...
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They support women with legal problems on a voluntary basis, collect money to recycle waste to make light sources, set up social enterprises, or work for global health. There are many ways in which students at Maastricht University go the extra mile. Not just for their CVs, but to put their ideals...
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All residents of the Statenkwartier have been invited for the Christmas dinner at Lux ad Mosam’s student association building. More important than the free food is the connection between students and residents.
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In the ‘Match for Brighter Futures' project, UM students are helping high school students with their homework.
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UM-studenten Carlotta, Emma, Julia en Alice cook for the addicted residents of the Domus houses managed by the Salvation Army.
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For the 18th time, the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) organised the Teddy Bear Hospital in Maastricht.
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Match students organise successful party in Mariaberg.
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In the Conn@ct.us initiative by Enactus Maastricht, students help seniors find their way around the multimedia world. In turn, the students get to practise their Dutch – a win-win situation.
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Councillor Jack Gerats awarded the first certificates to 18 new youth neighbourhood mediators. Maastricht is the first city in the Netherlands where students go into neighbourhoods as youth neighbourhood mediators to bring students and local residents closer together. Two of them discuss their...
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Every year, between 7,000 and 8,000 people are resuscitated in the Netherlands after a cardiac arrest outside the hospital. The first six minutes are crucial. The sooner you start with heart massage the better, and the more people who learn this skill, the greater the chance of survival. With this...
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Maastricht University (UM) and the municipality of Maastricht are starting a pilot project called Match to improve the connection between volunteer projects, students and residents.
Support
Maurice Evers, Maastricht University
As program manager Student and City Maurice is the linking pin between Maastricht University, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, the municipality and other stakeholders like the Police and Fire Department. He has the final responsibility for all 6 programs within the Student and City project, including Match.
Contact: maurice.evers@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Rieneke Soumete, Municipality of Maastricht
As coordinator ‘Living with students’, Rieneke Soumete works at the municipality of Maastricht focussed on the social domain. She will be the link between the government, residents and Match and has a broad network in neighborhoods with various organizations and the government. Where necessary, connections will be made between municipality, neighborhood networks and Match.
Contact: rieneke.soumete@maastricht.nl
Jeroen Wijckmans, Stichting Trajekt
‘The Community Broker,’ will guide opportunities and questions from the neighborhoods to students taking part in Match. Where necessary, he connects civil society organizations, businesses and Match and helps with practical solutions.
Contact: jeroen.wijckmans@trajekt.nl
Partners
Match was launched in 2016 as part of the Student & City (Studentenstad) initiative of the Maastricht Municipality and the Maastricht University. Both are active participants in our mission to create positive social impact (See also: Thuis in Maastricht, Maastrichtdoet and the UM Strategic Programme).
We are thankful for the generous support of our other partners: Stichting Trajekt, Maastricht Housing, MyMaastricht and the housing corporations Servatius, Woonpunt and Maasvallei.