Multi Generation House

1. Multi Generation House Powerful Activity for ever age

2. Multi-Generation Houses 2 | 30.08.2014 | MGH | Partner | Ort • Action program of the Federal Ministry of Family, Senior Citizen, Women and Youth • with 500 MGH´s in all federal states • Networking and exchange are the main values • Financed by Federal and European funds since 2007 for 5 years • central support service and evaluation • Low-threshold approach of cross-generational work • The heart of each house is the meeting-club which is open for all people • Diversity is wanted

3. Multi-generation houses – MGH – in the federal state of Brandenburg • + • „Generation 50plus as promoter for rural development ” GRUNDTVIG - Project Where are learning approaches?

5. Structure in the federal state of Brandenburg 2.506.900 inhabitants (31.08.2010), which means about 86 inhabitants per km² / in rural areas about 25 inhabitants per km² Structured in 419 municipalities, among them 112 with city status, among the cities 4 with district status Most of all rural character with low density of population Nearly each fourth person belongs to the generation of elderly people – growing tendency MGH which work area-wide in the federal state of Brandenburg could be ONE possibility to work against this tendency by showing perspecitves for staying and by improving the attractiveness of the rural area

6. Multi-generation houses in the federal state of Brandenburg • 28 Multi-generation houses • In 14 districts und 4 cities with district status • unter the umbrella of 25 institutions with different focuses (family education/ parent-child-centers, education for elderly people etc.)

7. Multi-generation houses in the federal state of Brandenburg 7 | 30.08.2014 | MGH | Partner | Ort

8. Multi-generation houses in Brandenburg 8 | 30.08.2014 | MGH | Partner | Ort • Cross-generational offers like: • „Grandma/ Grandpa to borrow“ for young families – gain for both sides • Young helps old – acquaintance with new technologies • Old helps young – working groups led by elderly people/ reader for children/ homework tutoring

10. Contributers • salaried employee • 211 volunteers • 206 other persons • Offers (per house) • 24 offers each week • on average 3-4 offers a daym Durchschnitt 3- 4 Angebote pro Tag • 7 events a week • Visitors • 412 visitors each week in each house

11. Multi-generation houses in the federal state of Brandenburg are… • a concept for all generations • engine for civic action • a connection of all generations • meeting places for young and old • a modern answer to the demographic change in our times • open houses for the solidarity of generations • basis for relationships between different generations and transfer of knowledge • meeting places for full-time employees and volunteers • service providers in the region • links between social and economic infrastructure • partners for networking • social partners of cities and municipalities • contact point for migrants

12. Multi-generation houses in the federal state of Brandenburg offer…. • a house with a meeting place which is open for everyone • supply of different services • childcare • events • rooms for active people of different generations • learning opportunities for the whole family • counseling for families and elderly people • volunteering • counseling for migrants • job coaching • neighborly help/ services • work with elderly people • modern learning aid • courses (sports, music, dance, creative work, cooking,…) • rooms for self-help groups

13. Thank you • for your attention! Brandenburg 21Association for sustainable Local and Regional Developmentin Land Brandenburg Contact: Carola WernerBrandenburgian Network for "Living Villages"Lindenstr. 34Haus der Natur14467 Potsdamwww.lebendige-doerfer.dewww.nachhaltig-in-brandenburg.de