Focal points:
- Combating and preventing inhumane behaviour and violence.
- digital offerings geared to the lifeworlds of young people
- democratic education in early childhood
- international exchange of young people, e.g. within the framework of Zwickau’s town twinning programme
- educational and memorial trips
- Measures to promote participation and involvement, especially in neighbourhoods
- situational and recurring surveys of the population or specific groups
- Intercultural and interreligious exchanges
- Further training and workshops in schools or youth work, associations or training as well as qualification and support measures for professionals and multipliers.
- Cultural and subcultural offers taking into account different realities of life, including groups at risk of discrimination and marginalised groups.
Examples:
- City district encounters, encounter festivals, intercultural festivals
- Programme items for the Democracy and November Days
- Innovative dialogue and discussion formats
- Innovative formats of citizen participation
- Work with educational institutions
- Day seminars/training for administration and staff
- International youth encounters
- Commemoration days
- Strengthening migrant organisations
- Creating podcasts
- Digital city tours
- Action Bound concepts
- Programming homepages on topics related to the funding priorities
- Online seminars/training
- Developing or conducting survey tools
There are three project pots in total. Which is the right one for me? Action fund, micro-project fund or youth fund? We will be happy to advise you.
Mail to: Matthias.bley@alter-gasometer.de
Up to €58,000 per year is available in the Action Fund. Please note that only non-profit associations are eligible to apply, not private individuals. There are quarterly application deadlines. The maximum amount is 5,000€ per project, in exceptional cases even more. The deadlines this year are:
Deadlines 2022:
- Deadline 15.01. – BGA meeting 08.02.
- Deadline 15.03. – BGA meeting 05.04.
- Deadline 15.06. – BGA meeting 05.07.
- Deadline 15.09. – BGA meeting 11.10.
The micro-project fund is available for projects that do not exceed €500 in funding. Here, private individuals also have the opportunity to receive funding. There are no application deadlines.
Up to €16,000 is available annually for projects dedicated to improving youth participation or the expression of youth culture in the city of Zwickau. Here, too, only associations are eligible to apply. There are no application deadlines.
Unfortunately, our funding pots have their limits. Sometimes they are already exhausted. Or the content doesn’t quite fit. Also, with exceptions, we are only allowed to fund projects in Zwickau. Therefore, here is a small overview of other funding opportunities:
