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Huchting Youth Roundtable

Within the framework of our working groups, networking meetings and cooperation rounds, representatives of the AfSD, independent organizations, politicians, associations and initiatives as well as other stakeholders come together in the Huchting district to exchange ideas and make contacts.

The main focus is on topics related to young people.

The aim of this work is to ensure effective communication and networking among the participants, as well as to activate and involve the individual actors.

Meeting
location varies

Meeting frequency
: 3-4 times a year

Working level,
district level, Huchting

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Osterholz Health Network

What (new) services are available? What services are missing? Who knows each other and where might there be unexpected points of contact?

We would like to work with you on these and other questions and exchange ideas together in a cross-district health network for Blockdiek, the Swiss Quarter and Tenever.

The goal is to work together to sustainably improve the health of residents in Osterholz.

Meeting location:
House in the Park

Meetings are held
approximately 4 times a year.

Participation requirements
for the Osterholz field of activity in the health sector

Working level
across neighborhoods

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Network meeting Bahnhofvorstadt

The networking meeting in the station district is a public forum.

Residents, as well as professionals or sponsoring organizations/associations from the station district are cordially invited to attend and participate.

If there is interest from outside the neighborhood, please send a short advance notice to the neighborhood coordinator, Ms. Wensing, for coordination purposes.

Invitations to the networking meetings with detailed information (time and location) are usually sent via the mailing list 10 to 14 days before the event.

Further information

Contact person:

Iris Wensing,
Neighborhood Officer, Bahnhofsvorstadt West/Ost // Neighborhood Development in Small and Special Areas (QEK)
within the State Program "Lively Neighborhoods"

Dates for 2025:

18.02.2025
27.05.2025
26.08.2025
25.11.2025

(NEW: Tuesdays!!!)

The locations are not yet known – we are in the final stages of coordination for the February meeting.
At the February meeting, the results of an interactive survey of students from Bremen University of Applied Sciences will be presented – they conducted surveys in the area around the train station between November and December.

Meeting frequency
approximately 4 times per year

Working level:
District/neighborhood level

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AG Darkfield

This working group includes employees of the low-threshold support system who, on the one hand, deal with issues of gender-specific violence against women* and girls* in their daily work, but on the other hand, do not primarily work on this topic, but for example in a family center, a debt counselling center or in neighborhood management.

How much of the so-called "dark figure" of violence against women and girls is actually known to staff in low-threshold support services?
What information do staff working in low-threshold support services need about the support system? Are there knowledge gaps, and how can these be filled? What do staff members want (training courses? brochures? networks? addresses?)
Given limited time and energy resources, how can knowledge and support be effectively provided FOR the staff of the support system?
What questions arise for them? For example, legal, professional, trauma-related pedagogical questions? Do all individuals know how they can/want to/should/must/must address certain topics?
Is referral to the support system always relatively easy, and if not: what are the reasons for this and what needs exist?
Are there any stressful situations arising from these issues, and how could they be alleviated?

Working level
State of Bremen

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Digital Impact Lab (East/New Vahr)

We are experimental learning spaces for digitally supported, participatory activities, courses and consulting – for schools, independent organizations and institutions.

The Digital Impact Lab – Neue Vahr is a branch of the Digital Impact Labs, a project of the M2C Institute for Applied Media Research at Bremen University of Applied Sciences. We teach skills in using digital tools and media – thus promoting the abilities of young and old for a modern social interaction.

Tools

Our digital toolkit – the foundation for modern participatory design. We use and develop a variety of digital tools, from programs to hardware, and train our participants in exciting activities and workshops.

Topics

We connect the everyday lives of our participants with exciting digital formats and technologies. In doing so, talents are discovered, career prospects are opened up, and skills for modern social interaction are developed.

Advice

We are on-site to support the people and institutions in the neighborhood. Visit us at our events and meetings, or contact us directly with your questions and ideas.

Consulting for institutions:
In engaging workshops, we work with you to develop new ways of thinking and approaches for your presentation, impact, and offerings. We can also help you and your employees with the digitalization of your work structures. Or perhaps you'd like to develop a joint project? Contact us!

Consulting for municipalities:
We are happy to advise and support you in your regional development using modern tools and workshops. Whether on a digital or urban planning level, organizationally or directly on the street – we plan the future with you.

Consulting for businesses:
Experience the digital transformation process with us. We advise and support your company and employees in the implementation and establishment of digital structures – from basic PC skills to agile planning tools. Contact us for an initial consultation – we look forward to hearing from you.

Offers:

LernBits:
Short digital learning units online or on-site for school lessons and youth groups

Workshops
and creative courses for young people, groups and school classes on digitalization, society and STEM

Open Labs:
Here, anyone can simply walk into the lab and explore new digital methods.

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Digital Impact Lab (West/Gröpelingen)

An experimental learning space for digitally supported, participatory activities, courses and consulting – for schools, independent organizations and institutions.

Funded by the Northwest Metropolitan Region

The Digital Impact Lab – Gröpelingen is a branch of the Digital Impact Labs, a project of the M2C Institute for Applied Media Research at Bremen University of Applied Sciences. We teach skills in using digital tools and media – thus promoting the abilities of young and old for a modern social interaction.

Tools

Topics

Advice

We are on-site to support the people and institutions in the neighborhood. Visit us at our events and meetings, or contact us directly with your questions and ideas.

Offers:

LernBits:
Short digital learning units online or on-site for school lessons and youth groups

Workshops
and creative courses for young people, groups and school classes on digitalization, society and STEM

Open Labs:
Here, anyone can simply walk into the lab and explore new digital methods.

Venue:
South Gatehouse

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Digital Impact Lab (North/Vegesack)

Discovering, developing and shaping together – the Digital Impact Labs as an interface in digital, social and cultural development.

The Digital Impact Lab – Vegesack is an external branch of the Digital Impact Labs for Bremen North located at Vegesack train station, a project of the M2C Institute for Applied Media Research at Bremen University of Applied Sciences.

We impart skills in the use of digital tools and media – thus promoting the abilities of young and old for a modern social coexistence.

Tools

Topics

Advice

We are on-site to support the people and institutions in the neighborhood. Visit us at our events and meetings, or contact us directly with your questions and ideas.

Offers:

LernBits:
Short digital learning units online or on-site for school lessons and youth groups

Workshops
and creative courses for young people, groups and school classes on digitalization, society and STEM

Open Labs:
Here, anyone can simply walk into the lab and explore new digital methods.

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Advisory center for daycare centers run by parents' associations

Offer for all daycare centers run by parents' associations in Bremen

We support you with all questions, challenges and tasks related to everyday life in the daycare center and club activities, whether as managers, board members or specialists.

Our services are aimed at all daycare centers run by parent associations in Bremen. We also advise and support daycare centers in Bremen that receive funding through guidelines.

We advise managers, board members, and specialists, as well as parents seeking guidance, on all aspects of the diverse tasks and challenges of everyday kindergarten life. From financial matters, language development in kindergarten, child protection, and inclusion to team conflicts and much more, we offer a wide range of consulting services.

Incidentally, the advice center has existed since 1993. Today we are a department of the Paritätische Gesellschaft der sozialen Dienste (PGSD) within the umbrella organization of the Paritätische Bremen.

Do you need advice or to exchange ideas? Call us (0421 – 337 030 30) or write to us.

Our team at the advice center are

Uwe Wrede – Specialist Advisor/Management
Manuela Krämer – Specialist advice and language enhancement program
Petra Reichelt – Administration and Organization

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TraiN – Trauma-specific network for children and young people in the city of Bremen

Networking and substantive collaboration among those professionals who work with traumatized children and adolescents in Bremen.

The joint exchange aims to improve networking among experts and to identify and, if possible, close gaps in care in order to provide more immediate and better care for children and young people who have experienced trauma.

There are also internal content-related inputs such as lectures, etc.

Since the network was founded as part of a project that has now ended, it will continue on a voluntary basis. The goal is to integrate the Bremen Trauma Network into the newly founded association TRAUMavereinT.

Further information about the TRAUMavereinT

Meeting location:
Network meetings in person at varying locations

Meeting frequency:
Network meetings 2-3 times a year; the working group "Practical work with traumatized individuals" meets approximately every 6-8 weeks at Refugio's premises.

Participation requirements:
Work in the field of educational, counseling or psychotherapeutic work with traumatized children and adolescents

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New in Early Intervention Services

Free introductory module for skilled workers in Bremen

Half-day event providing an initial overview of the structure of early intervention services in the city of Bremen (free of charge)

New families benefit from knowledge about support services within the local network. Professionals who are new to early intervention services should have the same opportunity.

Why an introductory event?

Structural complexity

Early intervention services are a broad field: they encompass diverse professional backgrounds, access pathways, and legal frameworks. Professionals with varying training and backgrounds work together in early intervention services. Employers operate under different structures and belong to various departments. What seems obvious to me might be viewed from a completely different perspective by a colleague.

Content complexity

Early intervention services are a cross-cutting issue: they cannot be clearly assigned to a single department, division, or professional profile. This makes the work exciting – and challenging.

Real working world

Staff shortages, time constraints, limited financial resources, the pandemic… The working conditions in early intervention services are challenging. This makes it all the more important that new colleagues are not left alone with their questions.

Contents

We offer a half-day event providing a compact introduction to the following areas for professionals and volunteers:

A concise overview of the professional basics: What is meant by "Early Intervention Services", how did they originate and what professional standards have been established?
Structures and networks: How are the Federal Foundation for Early Childhood Support, the NZFH, the decentralized networks in the city districts and the municipal network for early childhood support interconnected?
The landscape in Bremen: The overarching goal of early intervention services is clear: to enable all children to grow up well and healthily. But what does that mean in concrete terms? How will this be implemented in Bremen? What services are available and who is responsible for what?

"Great! Can I participate?"

We would be delighted to welcome you as a participant if you…

Those working in the city of Bremen in relation to pregnant women or parents of babies and toddlers (e.g. in daycare centers, healthcare or youth services, as a midwife or case manager, in pregnancy counseling or as a social worker for families…)
Want an overview of the structures and services of early intervention programs in the Hanseatic city?
Interested in exchanging ideas in a small group of professionals and discussing the understanding of early intervention services together?

We see this event as an opportunity for colleagues who are new to the field of early intervention services in Bremen and who would like to benefit from a concise introduction to professional principles and values, as well as an overview of the specific services and structures available in Bremen. The idea for this event was largely inspired by the topics discussed in the quality dialogues on early intervention services. As network coordinators, we consider it our responsibility to advocate for clear orientation within the field and high professional standards among both professionals and volunteers working in early intervention services.

Venue:
various locations, see description

Registration information:
Registration required