| The Caritas Family Centre is in the Leipzig neighbourhood Grünau, a social boiling point with a special need for development. Compared to the Leipzig average, there are a great deal of single-parents and households with more than three children here. The families who live here have difficult and stressful living conditions characterised mostly by a major lack of financial resources. The high rate of unemployment – in particular long-term unemployment – means that the outlook for things improving is pretty low. The aim of the various help projects is to provide families and children with better prospects. These include offering educational opportunities as a long-term stabilisation effect and encouraging and supporting skills and talents. |
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Family and Neighbourhood – the German abbreviation is FuN – is an eight-week family course, in which the families participating can experience a positive family atmosphere and encouragement for solidarity among the family members. With these communal activities the families can also find contact to other families in the city district and form networks. FuN means: It’s fun to learn! Participation in the FuN programme throws a positive light on the Family Centre and what it has to offer makes it easier for the participants to take advantage of further counselling. This programme is an important supplement to the other programmes in the Family Centre. Thanks to the Auerbach Foundation this project can provide long-term help for the families who live in the neighbourhood. |