Hans Wendt Foundation
| Hans Wendt Foundation | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Public foundation with legal capacity |
| founding | September 26, 1919 |
| Seat |
Bremen , Germany
|
| management | Jörg Angerstein |
| Number of employees | 300 (2019) |
| Website | Hans Wendt Foundation |
The Hans Wendt Foundation in Bremen is an exclusively non-profit Bremen foundation and a recognized independent organization for youth welfare.
Around 300 employees organize outpatient, semi-inpatient and inpatient offers for children, adolescents, young adults and their families.
History and goals
The legally binding foundation under public law was established by the Bremen merchant, cigar manufacturer and secret councilor Hermann Otto Wendt (1848–1920) and approved by the Senate in 1919.
Hermann-Otto Wendt bought a farm in Horn-Lehe Am Lehester Deich in 1908 , used it as a summer residence and named it Mariannenhof after his wife's first name . His son Hans (1883–1899) died early; the foundation was named after him.
In 1920 the foundation's work began on the Mariannenhof . In 1922 two barracks were set up there for children to relax. In 1954, so-called care nests for children were created with the help of Mintje Bostedt , which existed until 1972. In 1973 a new therapy center started operations on Am Lehester Deich. In 1982 the youth housing community Hohentorsheerstraße followed. In 1984 work began in the day care center for children in Wischmannstrasse, in 1985 that of the Blockdiek training workshop and in 1986 that of outpatient assistance. Russian Germans have been cared for since 1989 . The 12th parliamentary committee of inquiry of the Bremen citizenship and the audit office of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen investigated alleged abuses at the foundation in 1990/91. In 1993 the services for socio- educational family support were added, in 1995 the children's and youth farm and two day care centers, in 1996 a day care center and a youth and children's home, in 1998 the family crisis service and the housing and care project in Westholzerstraße and in 1999 the Ohlenhof after-school care center .
In 2000/01 a mission statement was formulated for the foundation and for all employees. It promotes the integration of the handicapped and advocates the dissolution of special facilities. Above all, socially disadvantaged or mentally handicapped young people and families should be supported, regardless of their cultural origin, skin color or religious beliefs.
The FinKids children's house in Findorff was opened in 2002, the Utbremer Strasse residential and care project in 2003 and the guest house of the children's and youth farm in Borgfeld, and in 2004 the Grohner Strasse seminar house in Walle.
In 2012, tensions arose between the Foundation and the Senator for Social Affairs, Anja Stahmann (Greens), because of the replacement of the Board of Trustees, which was dismissed in June 2012. At the end of 2012, the Senator for Social Affairs revoked the recall.
Currently (as of 12/2019) the foundation is managed by Jörg Angerstein as a board member.
Tasks and locations
- Educational assistance
- Outpatient educational assistance
- Outpatient help for young offenders
- Integrated therapeutic day education
- Special educational support
- Social skills training for children
- Residential facilities
- Living group of colorful owls
- Hohentor residential group
- Residential facilities for unaccompanied minor refugees, Lindenhofstrasse and Westerholzstrasse
- Social therapeutic residential and care facility for young people in Walle ( Utbremer Straße ) and in Hemelingen
- Projects and a. for software, crèche, children's leisure time , as a neighborhood education center Blockdiek and Huchting (Robinsbalje)
Note
The street Am Mariannenhof , a side street of the street Am Lehester Deich in Horn-Lehe, was named after Wendt's country house.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wigbert Gerling: Uncertainty in the Wendt Foundation . In: Weser-Kurier of July 18, 2012.