Helene Kaisen Neighborhood Center

The plan for a “neighborhood house” originated from contacts that the Arbeiterwohlfahrt Deutschland (Workers' Welfare Association of Germany) had established with the Unitarian Service Committee (USC) social welfare organization in the USA shortly after the end of the war.

The free religious social welfare organization had independently developed the idea of ​​building a neighborhood center in Germany based on American models, thereby contributing to the democratic renewal of Germany.

Today, the Helene Kaisen neighborhood center offers numerous services for all people in the district.

Meeting center

The community center in the neighborhood house provides a meeting place, as well as rooms and services for older people, in which their need for information, advice, physical exercise, communication, activity and participation in social and cultural life is met.

The center provides support for daily living and social participation, taking intergenerational aspects into account. Volunteer work, cooperation, and networking with other institutions and initiatives in the neighborhood are also key aspects of the community center's activities.

na' kita

The daycare center can care for up to 126 children from infancy to school entry.

at the park

The "na' am Park" has been a mobile building on the school grounds of SZ Walle since 2017. Twenty children aged 3 to 6 are in a group together with two qualified educators.

na' mini

The na' mini offers space for a total of 20 children aged 0 to 3 years.

service

• Copying up to A3 format
• Free Wi-Fi
• Book exchange cabinet
• Flyers and programs from the district
• Program of the meeting center and the na'
• …and answers to many of your questions

Offers

• Meeting center
• Advice & Self-help
• Health & Exercise
• Hobby & Creative Activities
• Children & Young People
• Music & Theatre
• Language courses
• Meeting points & game rounds
• Seniors' Program Day
• Café and Werder live

Projects

• Join us – International Café, Leisure Activities & Empowerment
• Together against addiction
• Rainbow – Self-help groups for addicts, their relatives, friends and colleagues
• Outreach work with the elderly – home visits in Gröpelingen
• Opportunities Space of the AWO/Pro Social
• Social and migration counselling of the AWO

Office hours

Mon – Fri, 9am-4pm