Social City Bremen

Stabilization of neighborhoods

The Senator for Labour, Social Affairs, Youth and Integration and the Senator for Construction, Mobility and Urban Development are working together to stabilize neighborhoods that face particular social challenges.

The "Living in Neighborhoods" (WiN) program, which has been running since 1999, complements urban development funding and is designed to promote social participation. In 2020, the state program "Lively Neighborhoods" (LLQ) was added to ensure the long-term sustainability of social infrastructure in these neighborhoods. Neighborhood managers coordinate the work on the ground.

Areas designated for social urban development

The city of Bremen has numerous designated development areas where programs specifically support positive neighborhood development. These areas are selected through political decision-making based on monitoring conducted every few years.

As a rule, predominantly consumption-based programs that focus on the participation of people (such as the municipal program "WiN") are combined with investment-based urban development funding (e.g., the federal-state program "Social Cohesion").

In addition, employment promotion programs (e.g., BiWAQ, LOS) can be implemented in these areas. The integrated and coordinated support of disadvantaged urban districts through municipal, national, and European funding instruments is a distinctive feature of social urban development in Bremen.

Current funding areas in alphabetical order

Aumund, Bahnhofsvorstadt, Blumenthal, Grambke, Gröpelingen, Grohn, Hemelingen, Huchting, Huckelriede, Kattenturm, Lüssum, Marßel, Neue Vahr, Oslebshausen, Schweizer Viertel, Tenever, Überseestadt

“Living in Neighborhoods” (WiN)

The municipal program "Living in Neighborhoods" (WiN), together with the federal and state urban development programs, has formed an integrated approach to a long-term, cross-departmental social urban development policy in the city of Bremen since 1999. The current funding period of the program was approved in 2020. WiN serves the

• Improving everyday living conditions in disadvantaged neighborhoods
• Developing engagement and participation of residents
• Cooperation of local stakeholders.

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State program “Lively Neighborhoods” LLQ

The state program "Lively Neighborhoods" was launched in 2020 to strengthen neighborhoods in Bremen and Bremerhaven. The program is administered by the Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Youth and Integration. The Senate Chancellery is responsible for the supplementary "Innovation Fund.".

The state program supports local initiatives and institutions while also expanding and strengthening social infrastructure. It is designed to seamlessly complement successful municipal programs and instruments in Bremen and Bremerhaven (e.g., "Living in Neighborhoods," "Pre-emption Law") as well as existing federal-state urban development and employment promotion programs (BIWAQ, LOS). Cross-departmental and cross-program coordination is handled locally by neighborhood managers.

The "Lively Neighborhoods" funding program in the city of Bremen includes the following specialized funding tracks, which are specifically designed to complement existing programs.

Funding opportunities under the state program "Lively Neighborhoods" in the city of Bremen:

• LLQ Neighborhood Centers
• LLQ Special/Micro-areas
• LLQ Quarters in Development
• LLQ Older People

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Arrival in the neighborhood (AiQ)

Advice for refugees in their own homes: The "Arriving in the Neighborhood" (AiQ) advice centers are located in nine particularly affected neighborhoods in Bremen. Since 2019, their task has been to provide advice and referrals to refugees who have moved into their own homes after their stay in transitional housing.

Furthermore, the AiQ staff perform important networking work in the neighborhood and develop projects for and with refugees, such as language cafés and courses. Funding comes from the Bremen Senate's integration budget for immediate aid for the accommodation and care of refugees, as well as from the state program "Lively Neighborhoods." Organizationally, the AiQ staff are assigned to the Office for Social Services.

Due to the increased number of people seeking advice in recent years, the existing staffing levels at the drop-in and advice centers have been increased using funds from the state program "Lively Neighborhoods." In addition, the social services department supports the "Support in the Neighborhood" (UiQ) advice centers run by the Association for Inner Mission, which offer comparable advice in the Grohn and Überseestadt districts.

Further information and AiQ contact list

Healthcare professionals in the neighborhood

The health professionals provide advice and information on general health-related issues. They work closely with local stakeholders and existing networks to do this.

Their responsibilities include, among other things:

• Dissemination and communication of tailored health information,
• Support or (co-)initiation of health-related services and projects,
• Participation in neighborhood-based networks and collaboration with local stakeholders,
• Assessment of health-related needs.

The "Health Professionals in the Neighborhood" project is funded and overseen by the Senator for Health, Women and Consumer Protection. The State Association for Health and Academy for Social Medicine of Lower Saxony (Landesvereinigung für Gesundheit und Akademie für Sozialmedizin Niedersachsen e.V.) is responsible for coordinating and implementing the project. Please contact your local health professional with any questions.

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