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This page is a route map for schools, partners and public bodies. Sometimes we already know each other via a noticeboard, database or network; sometimes this is the first introduction. In both cases it helps to have clarity once: who is the lead partner, who delivers, how alignment works, and what funding and accountability look like in practice with us.
The Owl’s Nest is a workshop project in Haarlem-Noord. We provide a calm, structured place where learning happens by doing, in feasible steps and with clear boundaries.
We keep pathways workable: start small, build up predictably, and evaluate based on practical observations. Where it fits, we connect alongside existing support or guidance without taking over roles.
Many education contacts start via a noticeboard, internship bank or network overview. That is useful for orientation and first selection. That is why this page also includes copyable texts to list us correctly and appropriately, tailored by level and type of internship/work experience.
Use the texts below as a starting point. Choose the variant that matches the level and the type of placement. You can copy them verbatim and shorten where needed.
Education contacts usually start with us in one of two ways: a teacher or coordinator reaches out directly, or a pupil/student finds us via an internship bank, noticeboard or network overview and initiates the first contact themselves. In both cases we schedule a short alignment (especially when we are new to each other) to set role division and conditions clearly from the start.
The Owl’s Nest (IRADIS Foundation / ASK-Solutions) in Haarlem-Noord is a calm learning environment for orientation and work experience: learning by doing through contained assignments — from making/technology and digital work to organisation, walk-in support and workshop preparation.
The Owl’s Nest is a workshop project of IRADIS Foundation / ASK-Solutions in Haarlem-Noord. For VMBO orientation and work experience we offer a safe, structured place where pupils experience work habits in practice: arriving, starting, finishing, agreements, safety and cooperating. Assignments are intentionally diverse: they may involve making/technology or digital work (e.g. 3D, electronics, software/documentation), but also organisation and preparation (walk-in support, setting up materials, planning). We keep it small and concrete, matched to level and capacity. Contact and alignment run via the school and fixed contact persons.
For orientation and work experience, The Owl’s Nest (IRADIS Foundation / ASK-Solutions) offers a calm, practical learning environment in Haarlem-Noord. Pupils experience in short, feasible blocks how a workplace works: safety, routines, cooperating, and especially work habits (on time, starting, finishing, keeping agreements). Assignments remain manageable with a clear start and finish. Pupils are introduced to different types of work: making/technology and digital work (e.g. 3D, electronics, software/documentation) as well as organisational tasks (walk-in support, workshop preparation, materials and logistics). This allows a pupil to explore what fits without performance pressure or large groups. We work with clear alignment with the school so attendance, planning and conditions are correct and the pupil does not get “caught in between”.
For MBO we focus on orientation/work experience and stage-fit build-up; MBO BPV itself runs via an accredited training company.
For MBO, The Owl’s Nest (IRADIS Foundation / ASK-Solutions) mainly offers orientation/work experience and stage-fit build-up: starting small and building rhythm through contained practical assignments — technical/digital (making, 3D, electronics, software) as well as social/organisational (walk-in, planning, workshop preparation).
The Owl’s Nest is a workshop project of IRADIS Foundation / ASK-Solutions in Haarlem-Noord. For MBO we mainly offer orientation/work experience and stage-fit build-up: a practical stepping stone where students practise rhythm, capacity and work habits in feasible blocks. This can be technical/digital (making, 3D printing, electronics, software/documentation) or social/organisational (welcome/walk-in, planning, workshop preparation, logistics). Assignments stay concrete and matched to level and interest. We evaluate based on practical observations (attendance, agreements, pace, cooperation) and align this with the school.
Technical internship at IRADIS Foundation / ASK-Solutions (The Owl’s Nest): practical work on real projects in software, hardware and making, with clear routines and guidance that fits our setting.
At IRADIS Foundation / ASK-Solutions (The Owl’s Nest), HBO/WO students can do an internship in a practical environment where technology becomes “real”: doing, testing, documenting and delivering. Fields may include 3D printing and prototyping, electronics and hardware projects, embedded software (C, low-level), free software development, and project-based building/improvement. We work with a fixed contact line and keep guidance personal and concrete. If we and the programme are new to each other, we align briefly in advance so role division, conditions and supervision are workable.
IRADIS Foundation / ASK-Solutions (The Owl’s Nest) offers a technical internship environment where students do not only work “by the book”, but learn how it works in practice: scoping, iterating, testing, documenting and justifying decisions. Example fields include 3D printing and prototyping, electronics and hardware, embedded software (C, low-level), free software development, measuring and testing, small repairs, and project-based building/improvement; car projects focused on modifying/building/testing are also possible (not: car mechanic work).
Students often choose this place independently (via an internship bank/noticeboard/database or their own search). If we and the programme are new to each other, a short alignment beforehand is usually the most workable: role division, supervision, workplace, expectations and evaluation moments are set clearly, so the internship is not only interesting, but also practically feasible and well supported.
Organisational or community-focused internship at The Owl’s Nest (IRADIS Foundation / ASK-Solutions): joining a calm workshop environment with planning, preparation, welcoming and supporting activities.
The Owl’s Nest is a workshop project of IRADIS Foundation / ASK-Solutions in Haarlem-Noord. Besides technical tracks, we also offer organisational and community-focused internship formats, part-time (a few hours or a half day per week) or full-time in a continuous period. Think of workshop and walk-in preparation, welcoming and structure, documentation and planning, materials management and logistics, and helping carry out small improvement tasks. Note: this is not a treatment setting and not a place to shadow a clinician; it is practical support and organisation in a learning, safe context.
The Owl’s Nest is a workshop project of IRADIS Foundation / ASK-Solutions in Haarlem-Noord. Besides technical tracks, we also offer social/organisational internship formats that can be set up part-time (a few hours or a half day per week) or full-time in a continuous period. The focus is on structure, organising and practical participation in a calm environment: preparing workshops and walk-in moments, welcoming and hospitality, helping with planning and communication, documentation, materials management and logistics, and supporting small improvement tasks that keep the workshop running. Tasks are contained and repeatable with clear start and end points, and we match them to level, interest and capacity.
This often works well for students who later want to work in wellbeing, support or organisation, and who now want to learn how a calm place is run in practice and what work habits and cooperation look like in real life. Important for context: this is not a treatment setting and not a place to shadow a clinician; it is practical support and organisation, not therapy, diagnostics or client treatment. If alignment with the school is needed, this works best with one fixed contact line and clear agreements about planning, attendance and evaluation moments.
Schools and lead partners understandably want to know how collaboration works “behind the scenes”. Below we set out our governance compactly: who contracts, where funding comes from, where it goes, and what kind of feedback fits our role.
The Owl’s Nest is a project; IRADIS Foundation / ASK-Solutions is usually the contracting party. In funded programmes, the school, municipality or partner organisation is often the lead partner. We then act as an implementing partner for a contained part: place, guidance, practical build-up or education activities.
We operate as a foundation with a clear social mission: knowledge-sharing, digital self-reliance, local wellbeing work and support for reintegration and participation — with a practical work-and-learning environment in the neighbourhood as a visible project. This requires stable funding. Our mix therefore includes subsidies/funds/donations as well as activities or services that directly contribute to that mission.
We keep this role-pure: activities with revenue are substantively aligned with our mission (for example knowledge transfer around free software and digital ownership, or neighbourhood contact and visibility). We agree purpose and scope in advance, keep flows distinguishable in our administration, and any positive results remain within the foundation and are used within the same social mandate (guidance, safety, materials and infrastructure).
We keep feedback practical and role-pure: no diagnosis and no clinical responsibility, but concrete observations that help education partners steer and account.
Do you want to list something in a database, or would you like to explore collaboration right away? A short conversation is often the fastest route. We can then quickly indicate which format fits (internships/work experience, enrichment, return to learning) and what is realistic in terms of start and supervision.
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