Familienhafen is the first outpatient children's hospice in the Hamburg area. Since 2009, it has been supporting parents and siblings of seriously ill children until the end of their lives and beyond.
The work does not involve medical care or domestic tasks, but rather psychosocial relief and support. The support is tailored to the individual needs of the family. The volunteer guide's role in a family can range from accompanying the sick child, to playing and doing activities with the siblings, to being a dialogue partner for the parents and children.
Before starting their work, volunteer guides undergo 120 hours of training to prepare them for their work with families. Topics include dealing with the issues of dying, death and grief, ways of communicating and working in a children's hospice.
NCL Foundation Childhood Dementia (Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, or NCL) is a metabolic disease that has hardly been researched to date. It is incurable, progresses inexorably and leads to early death. The NCL Foundation is committed to national and international research funding in order to give children affected by NCL a prospect of previously missing therapeutic and curative approaches.
Ankerland It is possible for any child to be severely traumatised, for example because of an accident or natural disaster, violence or abuse. Ankerland offers help for severely traumatised children and adolescents, their caregivers and the professional world. This includes the first intensive trauma therapy centre for children and adolescents in Germany, which works like a day clinic and was opened in Hamburg Eppendorf in 2016.
The ARCHE Children's Foundation in Hamburg DIE ARCHE takes children off the streets and supports them on their way to graduating from school and into vocational training. The young people have a permanent contact point in the afternoon at DIE ARCHE, where they find reliable caregivers who help them find a good path to a self-determined life.
Klinik-Clowns Hamburg e.V. They bring laughter, humour and entertainment to children and adults in hospitals and shelter homes, as well as colourful change to senior citizens' homes.
MUT Academy It gives Hamburg pupils from a challenging environment the courage to achieve a school leaving certificate and to move on into professional life and encourages their self-confidence and motivates them to take their life into their own hands.
KinderLeben e.V. This association supports severely ill children and their families, fulfils minor requests and wishes, helps to make their everyday life more tolerable, sometimes bears the costs of a funeral and looks after other children in the affected families.
Benita Quadflieg Stiftung In the Kinderhaus Mignon children who have been taken out of their families by the authorities in cases where the child’s welfare is endangered, can find a new caring home in family-like residential groups with supportive professional psychological help.
Hände für Kinder e.V. (Hands for Children Society) – Kupferhof The “Kupferhof” provides a short time home up to 12 handicapped children. While they are cared for by a qualified team, their families can regain new strength or take time for the healthy children in the family.
Excursion to the BVB (Football Club Borussia Dortmund) for the “Ampukids“ Website
Runder Tisch Blankenese
German courses for refugees, playgroups for children Website
Foundation “Stiftung Mittagskinder“
On the various venues run by the Mittagskinder more than 200 children in socially deprived areas in Hamburg are given regular and healthy meals free of charge. They also receive help with homework and the moral support of qualified social workers and educators.
Stiftung Mammazentrum Hamburg
“Breast Care Nurse”, to accompany women with breast cancer and giving help and advice in medical and psycho-social issues – from the diagnosis via treatment to discharge, and also afterwards. Website
THC Hamburg Cricket e.V.
Cricket equipment – a little bit of home for many refugees from Afghanistan. Website
Extra time for fulfilling heartfelt wishes, e.g. visits to the zoo, eating ice-cream, time for cuddling and being read to, stroll around town, going for a walk Website
Friends of Britain e. V. Klövensteenweg 123 22559 Hamburg Tel. Nr. 040 830 1076 Fax Nr. 040 830 1689 Email team[at]friends-of-britain.de Email mail[at]wendysprock.com
