Hamburg donation parliament
The Hamburg Donation Parliament is a registered association that collects donations for social activities in Hamburg and involves donors in the allocation of their donations through a democratic process.
The motto of the donation parliament in Hamburg is: Help makes you happy .
history
The Hamburg Donation Parliament was founded on November 6th, 1995. The first constituent meeting took place on February 9th, 1996 in the Hamburg City Hall. Stephan Reimers is the author of the donation parliament .
membership
With an annual donation of at least 60 euros it is possible to become a member of the Hamburg donation parliament. Membership gives the right to participate in parliamentary sessions convened three times a year to decide which projects in the Hanseatic city should be financially supported. More than 3,400 members belonged to the donation parliament in 2015.
advancement
The donation parliament supports social activities of various kinds. Projects are funded that help people in Hamburg affected by homelessness, poverty and isolation. Applications for financial support can be submitted by non-profit organizations that work in the interest of this objective. As a rule, the financial aid is given as start-up financing or bridging aid. There is no long-term financing.
Between 1996 and the beginning of 2017, 1,200 projects were funded. The amount of financial support in the period mentioned was around EUR 11 million.
Funding examples
Projects funded by the Hamburg donation parliament are documented in a project database.
The donation parliament supports (e) financially, for example, church cottages on Hamburg church properties, the midnight bus , a soup kitchen for the homeless and the poor and an association that provides help for children of alcoholics . Debt counseling and application training courses were financially supported for mentally ill people . Funding was also granted for an association that provides awareness -raising work on Down's syndrome .
Working method
Funding applications received are first checked by the voluntary association bodies . If these confirm that the project in question is eligible for funding, it will be presented in a parliamentary session. The applicants explain their project on this. The parliamentarians also decide whether the project should be financially supported. If the approval is given, the subsidy approved by parliament will be paid out. As a result, the project sponsor is obliged to submit proof of the use of the funds received to the donation parliament by an agreed date.
public perception
The public perception of the Hamburg donation parliament emphasizes the aspect that all members of parliament can have a say in the allocation of the donated funds. The objective is also emphasized to support projects against poverty and homelessness in Hamburg through the allocation of donations. The North German Radio and the local hamburger press report on the sessions of Parliament. Individual projects supported by the donation parliament are described separately. Facebook has a group whose members have come together under the name of the Hamburg Donation Parliament and exchange information on the subject. The Hamburg donation parliament receives public attention in and outside of Hamburg.
Awards
In 1997 the Hamburg Donation Parliament was awarded the Theodor Heuss Medal . In 2000, the donation parliament received the Hamburg Citizens' Prize from the CDU Hamburg . In 2014 it won the HAMMA Award .
Other donation parliaments
German donation parliaments based on the Hamburg model were founded in Bad Oldesloe, Berlin, Bonn, Dithmarschen, Dortmund, Elmshorn, Flensburg, Görlitz Hann. Münden, Kiel, Lippe, Reinbek and the surrounding area, Reutlingen, Salzgitter and Segeberg. Abroad, the cities of Basel, Vienna and Zurich have donation parliaments.
Members
The following are among the members of the Hamburg Donation Parliament:
literature
- Stephan Reimers : Hamburger encouragement. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2018.
Web links
- Hamburg Donation Parliament , accessed on March 4, 2017.
- Money makes you happy - cinema spot by the Hamburg Donation Parliament , accessed on February 23, 2017.
- 50th meeting: Hamburg Donation Parliament , accessed on February 23, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hamburg Donation Parliament: Questions & Answers , accessed on March 5, 2017.
- ↑ Hamburg Donation Parliament: News and Dates - 01/2017 .
- ↑ Project database , accessed on March 4, 2017.
- ↑ Hamburg projects that encourage and help . Die Welt , December 10, 2005, accessed February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Hamburg Donation Parliament on Facebook. Facebook website, accessed February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Chronicle of the Hamburg Donation Parliament on its website, accessed on February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Citizen Prize 2000 is awarded to the Hamburg donation parliament , Hamburger Morgenpost , July 31, 2001, accessed on February 23, 2017.
- ↑ HAMMA in recent years were ... ( Memento from October 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 23, 2018.
- ↑ Bad Oldesloer Donation Parliament , accessed on January 13, 2020.
- ↑ Berlin Donation Parliament , accessed on January 13, 2020.
- ↑ Bonn donation parliament , accessed on February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Donation Parliament Dithmarschen ( Memento from May 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 13, 2020.
- ↑ Dortmund's donation parliament , accessed on January 13, 2020.
- ^ Elmshorn donation parliament , accessed on February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Donation Parliament in Flensburg and the surrounding area , accessed on February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Görlitz donation parliament , accessed on November 22, 2018.
- ↑ Donation Parliament Hannoversch Münden , accessed on February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Kiel Donation Parliament , accessed on February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Donation Parliament Lippe , accessed on March 4, 2017.
- ↑ Donation Parliament Reinbek and the surrounding area , accessed on February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Donations parliament in the district of Reutlingen , accessed on January 13, 2020.
- ^ Salzgitter Donation Parliament , accessed on February 23, 2017.
- ^ Segeberg donation parliament , accessed on February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Basel Donation Parliament , accessed on February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Vienna Donation Parliament , accessed on February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Zurich Donation Parliament , accessed on February 23, 2017.