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In motion for 30 years: Bremen Children's Movement Center 1860
The Bremen 1860 Children's Movement Centre is celebrating its anniversary: For 30 years, the Children's Movement Centre (KBZ) has been an integral part of club life and an important place for movement and meeting for children and families in Bremen.
Summer holidays already planned?
Summer vacation begins in Bremen on July 2nd. But how can the six-week break be effectively combined with family and work life? The Bremen Holiday Compass offers support: at bremer-ferienkompass.de, parents can find an up-to-date overview of supervised holiday programs for school children aged 6 and up.
Preschool language support will become mandatory in Bremen
An earlier start for better opportunities: Bremen will make language support before school enrollment mandatory. The new "Law to Strengthen Mandatory Preschool Language Support" aims to provide children with earlier and more targeted support before deficits make starting school more difficult.
A small sip – lifelong consequences: Exhibition on fetal alcohol syndrome in Bremen
From June 8th to 12th, 2026, the traveling exhibition ZERO! will be on display at the Bremen Health Department. This free exhibition on fetal alcohol syndrome (FASD) provides experiential information about pregnancy, alcohol, and FASD – the damage caused solely by maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
Improved user-friendliness, new features: the family network website has been completely redesigned
The new website of the Bremen Family Network has been online since the end of April. The family portal has undergone a comprehensive technical and content-related overhaul and will offer families and professionals significantly improved user-friendliness. The aim is to make information, services, and support more easily, quickly, and accessibly available.
New magazine for families with and without a marriage certificate
Families today are more diverse than ever: people live together married, unmarried, with and without children, or as blended families. However, couples are often unaware of the specific rights, entitlements, and obligations that marriage entails – and what applies to couples living together without being married. The magazine "Yes. No. Maybe?" informs families, both married and unmarried, about the most important regulations concerning assets, pensions, alimony, and child custody.
Qualification as a foster family – now via educational leave
A new employee-friendly compact course from PiB and wisoak will start on June 1st as recognized educational time in the field of foster care.
Parental Allowance Plus reaches new record high
New figures from the Federal Statistical Office show that the use of parental allowance plus reached a new record high in 2025. 40.3 percent of all parental allowance recipients planned to use parental allowance plus.
Apply now for the German Child Benefit Foundation Bremen Prize!
Three prizes will again be awarded to projects and ideas that improve the upbringing of children in Bremen and Bremerhaven. The application deadline is June 15, 2026.
Guidebook “Growing Older in Bremen” 2026/2027 available now
The free guide offers 120 pages of information, guidance, and services for senior citizens in Bremen and their families. Topics such as education, hobbies and travel, nutrition and health, finances, retirement planning, and long-term care benefits are supplemented by an annotated directory of housing options.