Living democracy and the social and cultural diversity of our city need active, committed residents. And those who get involved for the common good also open up new opportunities and horizons for themselves. Because you experience a sense of purpose, make contacts and get involved in society.

What should I know if I want to get involved? Where is my commitment needed? And what opportunities are there for me? You can get answers to your questions as well as personal support and contacts at the nettekieler Ehrenamtsbüro.

Doing voluntary work means ...

• Giving and receiving joy
• living and experiencing humanity
• dedicating your time to something meaningful
• making and maintaining contacts with people
• having fun
• Gain knowledge and pass on experience
• grow with a task
• strengthen your own self-esteem and self-confidence
• Contribute to the common good
• Helping to shape society
• find stability and recognition
• Benefit professionally

Give a child a better perspective or bring an elderly person out of loneliness, support a museum association or stand up for animal protection - with over 500 offers from around 300 organisations, associations and initiatives, there are countless opportunities for voluntary engagement. For every age, every ability and every interest!

We have compiled a small selection here that gives a first insight into the variety of possibilities. Feel free to drop by the nettekieler Ehrenamtsbüro - together we will find the right engagement for you!

NEW: Care and activities for residents

Johanniter Haus Mönkeberg is located not far from the eastern shore of Kiel Fjord. The aim is to provide residents with a self-determined life in a safe and secure atmosphere.

We are looking for volunteer support for the care and activities of the residents (e.g. reading, going for walks, board games, etc.).

If you are interested, please contact our advisors about the A794 offer.

NEW: Legal representation in various areas of responsibility

The Betreuungsverein in Kiel e. V. was founded in 1993 on the initiative of employees of the Diakonisches Werk in Kiel.

Its tasks include the recruitment, introduction and further training of voluntary guardians within the meaning of the guardianship law (BGB)

We are looking for people who will support people with a disability or illness in their financial, official or health matters as guardians appointed by the local court.

If you are interested, please contact our advisors about the A793 offer.

NEW: stadt.mission.mensch gGmbH - Offender support

The volunteer offender support service offers inmates in Kiel and Neumünster prisons support and leisure activities provided by volunteers from outside the prison system. The primary aim here is to make everyday life in prison easier and to organize meaningful leisure activities in prison. However, this also includes support and accompaniment (after release), support and accompaniment for children and families of prisoners and leisure activities with children

Prerequisite is a free training course (duration approx. 4 weekend events and 8-10 evening events). There are still a few places available in the next training seminar starting in September 2024.

If you are interested, please speak to our advisors about offer A656.

Support in a funding workshop

The Stadtmission (City Mission) is a modern, non-profit service provider with a history of over 100 years, in which over 300 employees work with commitment and provide high-quality services. Personal support, a roof over one's head, assistance to find one's way again in working life or to be able to participate in society again. Or to be able to continue living at home if they need nursing support.

The stadt.mission.mensch gGmbH is looking for volunteers to work in the support workshop and provide guidance in the metalworking sector.

If you are interested, please contact our advisors about the offer A700.

Volunteering for children in developing countries

The PLAN Aktionsgruppe Kiel (The PLAN Action Group Kiel) has set itself the goal of making the work of PLAN known, informing PLAN at events and about PLAN projects.

PLAN is looking for support for the Action Group Kiel for group meetings, information stands and evenings and organisation of actions.

If you are interested, please contact our advisors about the offer A696.

NEW: stadt.mission.mensch gGmbH - Outreach worker for Hart am LimiT (HaLT) in hospital

HaLT is an immediate intervention program in which young people are visited in hospital for an interview following alcohol poisoning. On Saturdays and Sundays between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., the staff at the relevant hospital call the on-call telephone number and the outreach worker then travels to the hospital. Depending on the situation, a conversation will be held with the parents or guardians.

If you are interested, please speak to our advisors about the A800 service.

New: "Verband Alleinerziehender Mütter und Väter e.V. - Ortsverband Kiel" is looking for childcare for a monthly meeting.

We empower single parents through respect, empathy and appreciation. We are a low-threshold offer for single parents and their children. We offer the opportunity to participate in socio-cultural life, e.g. in the form of organized excursions and regular meetings with the possibility of exchanging experiences. We use our own experience to offer and experience mutual support, to form networks and to feel socially integrated.

If you are interested, please speak to our advisors about the A784 offer.

Support in the fight against anti-Muslim racism

The project 'Raum 3 – Empowerment junger Muslim*innen durch Medienarbeit' der Türkischen Gemeinde in Schleswig-Holstein e.V. ('Room 3 - Empowerment of Young Muslims through Media Work' of the Turkish Community in Schleswig-Holstein e.V.) aims to counteract anti-Muslim racism. We specifically support and accompany young people in expressing their experiences and views of anti-Muslim racism through various media (including music, videos, podcasts, written texts).

We offer workshops on media work/skills and on the topic of '-anti-Muslim racism-'.

The ideas and the design of the media contributions are created by the young people themselves with the support of the project staff and can be published on different channels (newspaper, Spotify, Youtube, etc.).

In this way, young people with experiences of racism can find a way to deal with their experiences, exchange ideas with other young people and make their experiences visible to a broader public.

Volunteers between the ages of 15 and 27 are needed to create media contributions, exchange with project participants, take part in workshops on media work and racism issues and conduct workshops for pupils/educators on racism issues.

Interested? Then please contact our advisors about the offer A718.

Helpers wanted for the "upWert" project

The project "upWert" of Hof Akkerboom e.V. aims at upgrading old objects (furniture/wood, bicycles, small electrical appliances, etc.). To this end, a bicycle self-help workshop is being set up, a wood workshop is being run and a repair workshop for electrical appliances is being set up. All project strands live from the fact that the users get help to help themselves in order to repair their possessions. In addition, a barter house is to be set up.

Volunteers are needed to work on the project. If you are interested, please contact our advisors about the offer A719.

Support at the TierTafel Kiel

There are situations in which you suddenly no longer know how to adequately care for your pet. Incapacity to work, divorce, company closures, a pension that is too low... All these can be factors why people become dependent on social benefits. And then the money is barely enough to support themselves.

Then an animal is often the last social contact. Especially for older people, it is the only reason to take responsibility, to be needed and to still be able to go out and stay active, healthy and fit. Protection from social isolation, the best friend, the only contact person, listener and comforter.

TierTafel Kiel has set itself the task of helping in these financially difficult situations so that no animal has to be given up or possibly abandoned out of necessity.

Volunteers are needed for all the work at TierTafel (accepting and handing out donations, looking after the information stands, participating in flea markets and fairs, compiling statistics). If you are interested, please contact our advisors about the offer A545.

Lifeguards watch out!

With over 1.1 million members and supporters, the Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft e.V. (German Lifesaving Society) is the largest water rescue organisation in the world.

In over 2,000 branches throughout Germany, the volunteers perform countless hours of voluntary work for the people of Germany year after year. The core tasks of the DLRG are: Training in swimming and lifeguarding, education about the dangers in and around water, water rescue service and youth work.

If you are interested in training lifeguards, as well as public and youth work, please contact our advisors about the offer A306.

Fast as the fire brigade - also in voluntary work

The Kiel Volunteer Fire Brigade presents itself as a tradition-conscious but also modern and future-oriented "COMPANY" in the field of public safety. Together with the professional fire brigade, our tasks include fire protection and all types of technical assistance in the area of the city of Kiel.

We are always looking for physically and mentally resilient volunteers for our emergency services and youth work. If you are interested in working for the Kiel Volunteer Fire Brigade, please contact our advisors about the offer A324.

Attention model railroad fans!

After about 20 model railroad enthusiasts had met in various Kiel pubs over a long period of time in 1957 to pursue their common hobby, it was decided to formally join together as a club. This happened in September 1957. A fixed clubhouse did not exist at first. Therefore, it was celebrated with a "big hello" when, after a long time, a disused Wehrmacht radio car trailer could be found and placed on a parking lot in the Ringstraße. A first model railway layout was built; a modest but proud beginning was made. In the meantime, there is only one founding member left in our club, but many new interested people with new skills could be won over, so that today we have a stable membership of 30 model railroaders, who work more or less actively on our layout concept and the maintenance of our clubhouse.

The Modelleisenbahnclub Kiel e.V. is looking for landscape designers for the large H0 layout, electricians, carpenters and gardeners. On the large H0 layout, parts should be digitized with pleasure.

If you are interested, please contact our consultants about offer A738.

Support with free legal advice on questions of asylum and residence law

The Refugee Law Clinic Kiel is an initiative of students from all disciplines at Kiel University. We offer free legal advice (pro bono) on questions of asylum and residence law, especially for refugees. The counselling takes place every Wednesday in three appointments after prior allocation from 1.30 to 6 p.m. and additionally now also every Thursday as an open consultation hour from 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. in the rooms of the Flüchtlingsrat Schleswig-Holstein e. V.. You can contact us through various local social counselling centres or directly by email.

We are looking for volunteers to help with internal organisation and legal advice for refugees. If you are interested, please contact our advisors about the offer A582.

Help in the bicycle workshop

The bicycle workshop in the refugee accommodation on the former MFG5 site in Kiel- Holtenau, Schusterkrug is dedicated to procuring, refurbishing and passing on donated bicycles for refugees.

Volunteers are needed for various areas in the bicycle workshop. Please contact our advisors about the offer A555.

NEW: Gesellschaft für Kieler Stadtgeschichte e.V. is looking for support for a contemporary witness project

This year, the Gesellschaft für Kieler Stadtgeschichte (Society for Kiel City History) has launched a contemporary witness project that records the experiences, memories and experiences of Kiel citizens in words and pictures. These are to be established as a digital archive on the Internet and made available to researchers and the interested public.

For the development of an audio-visual archive of contemporary witnesses, we are looking for employees, especially in the field of digital image production. You should enjoy recording interviews, editing them on a PC and posting them on selected platforms on the Internet ready for broadcast.

If you are interested, please contact our advisors about offer A795.

NEW: Remember our Tales

Remember our Tales is a digital archive for life stories. We create articles about the biographies of deceased people based on primary sources (official documents, pictures, videos, etc.) and stories (from relatives or friends). We then upload these to our homepage, where anyone interested can read them free of charge. In this way, we preserve human history and provide sources of inspiration for future generations.

We are looking for content creators, web designers, web administrators and programmers.

If you are interested, please contact our advisors about the A791 offer.

It is very important to us to continuously improve the quality of our counselling. This is where we depend on your help:

After a counselling session, you will receive a feedback card from us. Please fill it out and return it to us as soon as you have decided whether and where you would like to volunteer. If we do not hear from you, we will ask after a few weeks and keep you informed with further offers if needed.

Our database-protected feedback system documents the placement success - and is an important tool for quality assurance of our work. It also enables us to maintain contacts beyond the initial counselling and offer further support if needed.