Youth Bank

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Youth Bank Germany
logo
legal form registered association
founding 2003
Seat Berlin
motto more than money
main emphasis Promotion of charitable projects by young people
Action space Germany
Chair Jan Bergn, Sebastian Gramatté, Paul Trinks, Miro Bilge, Lennart Harms
Website www.youthbank.de

Youth Banks are youth initiatives of three to ten young people who act like an independent foundation at their location . The aim is to strengthen youth engagement and participation through project funding. Youth banks support other young people in implementing their project ideas with know-how, infrastructure, motivation and money. The “bankers” are between 15 and 25 years old and work on a voluntary basis.

Projects are supported with funding amounts between 50 and 400 € , e.g. B. Further training for school newspaper editorial teams, concerts with young bands or photo exhibitions with the works of young artists.

Origin in Germany

Inspired by Youth Banks in Britain who try German Children and Youth Foundation and the Service Center for youth participation to adapt the model for Germany at the beginning of 2003. At the end of 2003, the Youth Bank was launched with the help of the Robert Bosch Foundation and the Polish Children and Youth Foundation . The Jacobs Foundation was added in mid-2004, and the Deutsche Bank Foundation in January 2005 . She became the main program partner and supported the program in 3 years with around 1 million euros. At that time there were already around 15 Youth Banks across Germany. In November 2006 there were 20 Youth Banks, at the end of 2007 there were 30.

In mid-2009, KPMG joined as a partner, which also helped with volunteer employees as part of People's charity . In October 2009 the association Youth Bank Germany eV was founded, which has carried the movement on since the end of the program in October 2010.

Since the first micro-project of a Youth Bank in Germany was funded in May 2004, over 1000 more have been added.

Project criteria

When it is founded, each Youth Bank prepares a social space analysis for its region on the need for support from the perspective of the young people. Another criterion is that the project is implemented by people between the ages of 14 and 25. In addition, the projects must be non-profit and legally compliant.

financing

Since the beginning of the program, the financing strategies have repeatedly adapted. At the beginning, the local micro-projects were accounted for through nationwide funding pots. Since Youth Bank Deutschland eV has acted as an independent association and sponsor of the program, local Youth Banks have also been looking for local sponsors for their projects. Potential partners are, for example, community foundations, banks, youth welfare offices, medium-sized companies and municipal funding pots.

Cooperations

The association has built up a large network in recent years. He cooperates primarily on the content-related and structural level with various associations from the youth engagement scene, such as the youth participation service center , the SV-Bildungswerk and the youth press in Germany .

Since 2010, Youth Bank has been a partner of the Think Big program, an initiative of the Telefonica Foundation and the German Children and Youth Foundation .

Celebrities are also part of the network: “Ambassadors” include writer Paul Maar , actress Mariele Millowitsch and Heike Kahl, who has been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit . Gesine Schwan is the patron of the Youth Banks in Germany .

The association is part of the international Youth Bank network, which was founded in Berlin in 2012 and initiated by Youth Bank Germany eV.

Awards

Youth Bank has received several awards as a program and as an idea:

  • 2007: Selected location in the land of ideas
  • 2010: Nomination for the " German Engagement Prize "
  • 2011: Appreciation of the Federal President's voluntary work
  • 2011: Admission to the “Those in charge” network of the Robert Bosch Foundation

Youth Banks in Germany

  • Aachen
  • Bamberg
  • Berlin
  • Bonn
  • Hall
  • Hamburg
  • Heidelberg
  • Moormerland
  • Upper Lusatia
  • Rosenheim
  • Stuttgart
  • Wiesbaden

See also

Web links

literature

  • German Children and Youth Foundation : A chance for your ideas. Berlin 2009.
  • Debra Bardowicks: 365 ideas from Germany that everyone should know DuMont-Reiseverl. 2007, ISBN 978-3-7701-8209-1 .
  • Karin-Anne Böttcher: Young people are committed: Social, ecological and cultural: practical reports and suggestions for promoting local youth commitment Juventa, Weinheim and Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7799-2222-3 .
  • Günter Becker: Promoting social, moral and democratic skills: An overview of school support concepts Beltz, Weinheim and Basel 2008, ISBN 978-3-407-32092-6 .