This website informs those affected, relatives and multipliers on the subject of loneliness. All offers that would like to participate in the initiative are welcome.
Find suitable advice
There is a wide range of counseling services in Stuttgart - depending on the question and urgency. Experience shows that good advice helps and also alleviates feelings of loneliness. It can help to clarify urgent questions and deadlocked problems. The confrontation with oneself can make one's own resources visible. And new approaches and ideas can emerge.
Advice in acute cases
If you have worries that you cannot deal with on your own, the city of Stuttgart has help and counseling services that you are welcome to take advantage of.
Crisis services and advice centers:
Crisis and emergency service of the Evangelical Society (opens in a new tab)
Counseling center Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)
Counseling center Degerloch (opens in a new tab)
Center for Mental Health (opens in a new tab)
Life counseling Caritasverband für Stuttgart e.V. (opens in a new tab)
Psychological counseling center Ruf und Rat (opens in a new tab)
Working Group Life Stuttgart e.V. (opens in a new tab)
Social services:
Social services for people with chronic illnesses or disabilities (opens in a new tab)
Advice on the subject of legal care (opens in a new tab)
Advice for senior citizens
Counseling centers for girls and women
Counseling centers for boys and men
Counseling for people with disabilities
These municipal advisory services take special care of the needs of people with disabilities:
Representative for the interests of people with disabilities
Rehabilitation and Participation Department (integration assistance)
Social services for people with chronic illnesses or disabilities
Hearing-impaired and deaf people can reach the municipal offices via the sign language telephone D 115 (opens in a new tab). They do not need a sign language interpreter. The sign language telephone is available from Monday to Friday from 8 am to 6 pm. Here you can find information about the sign language hotline (opens in a new tab) and what you need to do to use it.
Participation advice:
Württemberg Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (opens in a new tab)
State association for the deaf in Baden-Württemberg (opens in a new tab)
State association for people with physical and multiple disabilities (opens in a new tab)
Offene Herberge e.V. (opens in a new tab)
Center for Self-determined Living e.V. (opens in a new tab)
Stuttgart Association for the Physically Disabled (opens in a new tab)
Association for the hearing impaired Stuttgart e.V. (opens in a new tab)
Counseling for children and teenagers
krisenchat: The service offers 24/7 crisis counseling via chat for anyone under the age of 25. It is a nationwide psychosocial support service for young people in crisis situations. Children, teenagers and young adults under the age of 25 can get in touch free of charge around the clock, 7 days a week. krisenchat offers professional chat counseling via WhatsApp or SMS, which is provided by volunteer crisis counselors, mainly from the fields of psychotherapy, psychology, social work and social pedagogy.
Homepage krisenchat (opens in a new tab)
"Between the Lines" help platform: The "Between the Lines" app was launched in Stuttgart in fall 2023. It is aimed at teenagers and young adults, offers low-threshold information on mental illness and provides a comprehensive overview of suitable contact points in Stuttgart. The free and ad-free app is now available to download from the Google Play Store and Apple Store and can also be found on the app's website.
Homepage "Between the Lines" (opens in a new tab)
Digital Streetwork Stuttgart: The Stuttgarter Jugendhausgesellschaft offers digital social work. The digital street workers can be reached by children, teenagers and young adults via social media. They use these online platforms like conventional social workers. They write to young people, listen to them and try to find the right help together. No one should feel alone and everyone should have the opportunity to lead a fulfilling life.
Support in case of illness and disability
Dementia support group: People with dementia can become increasingly withdrawn due to their illness or there may be hardly any social contact other than with family caregivers. The volunteers in our circle of helpers are helpful here by looking after people with dementia once or several times a week for a few hours. The Dementia Support Group is a service offered by the Evangelical Society and can be contacted on 0711 2054 225.
Discussion groups for relatives of people with dementia: Relatives of people suffering from dementia are often so stressed mentally and emotionally by the care and nursing of people with dementia that they lose contact with other people. The monthly discussion groups offer a space to talk, exchange ideas and be understood and accepted by people who are going through similar experiences. The discussion groups are offered by the Evangelical Society and can be reached by calling 0711 2054 374 .
Homepage Protestant Society Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)
Dementia-friendly Bad-Cannstatt network: Dementia-friendly Bad-Cannstatt offers services for people with forgetfulness and orientation difficulties and for their relatives. More and more people suffering from dementia are living in Bad Cannstatt. This disease is often a major challenge for people with dementia and their relatives. The network "Together for a dementia-friendly Bad Cannstatt", consisting of over 40 cooperation partners, helps to create an environment in Bad Cannstatt in which people with dementia feel welcome, safe and supported.
Homepage Dementia-friendly Bad Cannstatt (opens in a new tab)
Telephone counselling
Do you need help and advice? At the telephone counseling service, you will find people who will listen to you, get involved and help you. You can call the following free telephone number in Stuttgart at any time - around the clock and anonymously: 0800 1110111 or 0800 1110222. The staff can also be reached online, by chat or by e-mail.
www.telefonseelsorge-stuttgart.de (opens in a new tab)
www.ruf-und-rat.de/telefonseelsorge (opens in a new tab)
Self-help
The KISS self-help contact point is the central point of contact for self-help in Stuttgart. The facility informs, advises and connects people who are interested in self-help groups and self-organized initiatives in Stuttgart. Over 500 offers are listed in the database and can be searched for by keyword. All offers are free of charge.
Go to neighborhood meetings
Loneliness is not a flaw. Many people want more contact, more closeness and togetherness. Those who want to break out of loneliness can seek new encounters. In many Stuttgart districts, there are open meeting places where anyone and everyone can go. Just drop by. Here you will find contact persons and activities.
Intergenerational meetings
All generations are welcome in Stuttgart's community centers and meeting places.
A good example is the district and family center Treffpunkt Pfaffenäcker in Weilimdorf. Here, there are various daily activities for young and old that strengthen togetherness and facilitate encounters, for example an open contact café, parent-child groups, an indoor playground or exercise classes for older people.
You can find an overview of the range of district houses and meeting places on the city's website "Treffpunkte im Quartier". The social planning and youth welfare planning departments of the city of Stuttgart take care of the intergenerational meeting places in Stuttgart.
WohnCafés
WohnCafés are meeting places for people from the neighborhood. People can come together here to relax, exchange ideas and get to know each other. The WohnCafés in Stuttgart's districts are a cooperative offer from the Verein für Integrative Wohnformen e.V. (Association for Integrative Forms of Living).
You can find an overview of the meeting points here:
- WohnCafé Schöttlestraße
Schöttlestraße 12
70597 Stuttgart-Degerloch
Telephone: 0711 765 74 47
E-mail: wohncafedegerlocherfrauenkreisde
www.degerlocherfrauenkreis.de (opens in a new tab) - WohnCafé Ehrlichweg
Ehrlichweg 21d
70565 Stuttgart-Fasanenhof
Phone: 0711 566 190 14
E-mail: bieneckpasodide
https://pasodi.de/ (opens in a new tab) - WohnCafé Europaplatz
Europaplatz 30
70565 Stuttgart-Fasanenhof
Phone: 0711 566 190 14
E-mail: bieneckpasodide
https://pasodi.de/ (opens in a new tab) - WohnCafé "Café Wallerie"
Wallensteinstraße 29
70437 Stuttgart-Freiberg
Phone: 0711 849491193
E-mail: jennifer.schaefereva-stuttgartde
www.eva-stuttgart.de (opens in a new tab) - WohnCafé "Kleine Else"
Wallensteinstraße 11b
70437 Stuttgart-Freiberg
Phone: 0711 87 09 12 07
www.wohlfahrtswerk.de/ (opens in a new tab) - WohnCafé Giebel
Mittenfeldstraße 107
70499 Stuttgart-Giebel
Phone: 0711 870837 49
E-mail: jasmin.sunkewohlfahrtswerkde
www.wohlfahrtswerk.de/ (opens in a new tab) - WohnCafé Ostheim
Rotenbergstraße 110
70190 Stuttgart-Ostheim
Phone: 0711 72 23 25 53
E-mail: r.vollmeranna-haag-mobilde
www.anna-haag-mobil.de (opens in a new tab) - WohnCafé Plus
Prevorster Straße 21
70437 Stuttgart
E-mail: selin.solawohlfahrtswerkde
www.wohlfahrtswerk.de (opens in a new tab) - WohnCafé Plieningen
Körschstraße 44
70599 Stuttgart-Plieningen
Phone: 0711 93 78 78 41
E-Mail: woca-birkenhof.esslingenjohanniterde
www.integrative-wohnformen.de/ (opens in a new tab)
Generation House Heslach
The "Café Nachbarschafft" in the Generationenhaus Heslach is open from Monday to Friday between 10:00 and 17:00, except on holidays. As part of the welcome culture, the café is open every Wednesday from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. as a learning café and for questions from refugees from the neighborhood.
The Gebrüder Schmid Center in the Generationenhaus Heslach thrives on regular activities and encounters. Around 60 initiatives, groups and associations ensure a colorful, lively diversity in the house and promote encounters and togetherness between generations and cultures.
Zuhause leben e.V.
The association Zuhause leben offers neighborhood assistance and individual care services. For example, it advises on issues relating to care classification and the organization of assistance in caring for people with disabilities. It also offers various get-togethers and special projects such as "Travel without suitcases", "You and me" and "Intergenerational afternoons".
Services offered by the association Zuhause leben (opens in a new tab)
Experience entertainment
Whether concert, theater or exhibition - culture touches the soul, creates encounters and provides an occasion for conversation. Stuttgart is rich in cultural facets that are just waiting to be discovered. Entertainment and closeness are also offered by exchange on the phone, discussion groups and escort services. Here you will find offers from institutions in the state capital.
Christmas Together e.V.
Christmas Together e.V. is a young association that was founded to support people who have no one to spend Christmas with. This is where Christmas Together aims to help and, on December 25, 2025, become a point of contact for all those who would otherwise spend Christmas alone and lonely at home, because Christmas alone doesn't have to be. Together, Christmas Together will create a festive, warm and welcoming Christmas season for everyone.
Further information about the "Christmas Togehter" association and the project can also be found at
Telephone services
Chat phone: Here you can make telephone friends - if possible in the same neighborhood. The topics arise while chatting and getting to know each other on the phone. The chat phone is an idea of the Stuttgart Community Foundation that was launched in December 2020. Cooperation partners are the state capital Stuttgart, the Protestant Telephone Counseling Service Stuttgart, the Protestant Society and Treffpunkt 50+. Call if you would like to get involved as a telephone friend or would like someone to chat to: 0711 20 300 999.
Dreiklang" senior citizens' telephone service: The telephone service offers older people the opportunity to talk about everyday matters, pleasant or stressful things or if they feel lonely. Every day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the telephone service is staffed by volunteers, most of whom are of retirement age themselves and have an open ear for you. If necessary and on request, older people are called regularly. The staff are bound to confidentiality. The "Dreiklang" telephone service for senior citizens is provided by the Evangelical Society. If you would like to use this free service, please call 0711 2054 399.
Homepage Evangelische Gesellschaft Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)
Visiting and escort services for senior citizens
Visitingservice "Vierte Lebensphase": The Evangelische Gesellschaft Stuttgart offers the visiting service primarily for single older people who feel lonely, emotionally burdened or affected by dementia. Our volunteers visit them regularly, take an interest in them and keep in touch with them. if you would like to enquire about the free visiting service, please call 0711 2054 329.
Homepage Protestant Society Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)
PORTA - volunteer companion service for older people: This free companion service allows you to experience contact and companionship: on a walk in your district or when visiting a meeting place or a residential café or if you need company when shopping, going to the doctor or to the cemetery. If you would like someone to accompany you, please call 0711 2054 206.
Homepage Protestant Society Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)
Malteser Visiting and Accompaniment Service: As they get older, many people experience increasing loneliness. In such situations, the visiting and companionship service of the Malteser Hilfsdienst Stuttgart offers an opportunity to promote social participation and increase well-being. A pleasant conversation, reading a book or the newspaper together are just as conceivable as a relaxing walk in nature or a cozy visit to the city café.
Homepage Malteser Hilfsdienst Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)
Voluntary visiting service of the Degerlocher Frauenkreis e.V.: The visiting service is part of the Degerlocher Frauenkreis e.V. and was founded in 1984. It is aimed at older people who feel alone, who have few contacts, who are restricted in their mobility and would like someone to spend time with them. The visits take place once a week and are free of charge thanks to the volunteer team. You are welcome to call: 0711 722 097 0.
Homepage of the Degerlocher Frauenkreis e.V. (opens in a new tab)
Culture for All Initiative
The "Kultur für Alle Stuttgart e.V." initiative (opens in a new tab) aims to enable people with little money to participate in cultural events free of charge and cooperates with many partners from the cultural sector. Lonely people can also take advantage of offers here.
One of the services offered by "Kultur für Alle Stuttgart e.V." is the "Machen-wir-was!" ("Let's do something!") leisure activities: (opens in a new tab) on the website, all people with and without disabilities can find a leisure partner and arrange joint activities.
Music academy for senior citizens
The association "Musikakademie für Senioren Baden-Württemberg" in Stuttgart offers music to combat loneliness. It aims to bring people who are interested in music together through time-limited and challenging music education programs. At the academy, senior citizens can actively engage with music during the day and make music in smaller performances in the choir, orchestra or jazz band with around 160 members. Even inexperienced singers are welcome. Depending on the program, a small fee is charged. The music academy also offers a wide range of seminars, courses and excursions.
Homepage Music Academy for Seniors Baden-Württemberg (opens in a new tab)
Multimedia suggestions
Stuttgart is a diverse and varied city. Sometimes it needs impulses to get to know unknown corners of the city and new offers. A first step is to discover Stuttgart from home, some suggestions can be found here:
- Films: The short films by people in Stuttgart for people in Stuttgart provide insights into the city of Stuttgart and perhaps give you a "new" view of what is happening in the city. The short films are available on the city's YouTube channel in the playlist "Together (opens in a new tab)".
- Podcast: An ear for the voices in Stuttgart. The variety is huge. Music, radio plays and audio books - there's something for everyone.
Young Ensemble Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)
Balcony concert at Therapeuticum Raphaelhaus e.V. (opens in a new tab)
stjg.LAUT! - The podcast of the Stuttgarter Jugendhaus Gesellschaft (opens in a new tab)
- Virtual tours: Get to know various institutions and personalities of the city of Stuttgart and get a glimpse behind the scenes.
History site "Hotel Silber (opens in a new tab)
Get moving
Sport and exercise can help against loneliness. And those who exercise also do something good for their bodies. Stuttgart's sports clubs can be a place to start. Here you can meet like-minded people, in whatever discipline. There are also open sports offers in Stuttgart, where you don't make any commitments. These offers are particularly suitable for getting to know each other for the first time.
Open sports and exercise programs
The sports and exercise program in Stuttgart is aimed at young and old. In addition to fitness and health, it also promotes social interaction.
You can find a selection of the programs here:
Sport in the park (opens in a new tab)
all age groups
District walks (opens in a new tab)
Adults, older people
balcony gymnastics (opens in a new tab)
Elderly people in care facilities
Exercise pass for older people
(opens in a new tab)older people
Running under floodlights (opens in a new tab)
all age groups
Cycling fun (opens in a new tab)
E-bike riders
Sport for refugees (opens in a new tab)
Refugees
Communities on the move project (opens in a new tab)
All age groups
Rosensteinpark parkrun (opens in a new tab)
Weekly 5 km community run
Time to dance e.V. (opens in a new tab)
Free and inclusive dance club for everyone
Degerlocher Frauenkreis e.V (opens in a new tab).
all age groups, especially older people
Find personal sports offer
From aerobics to Zumba - on "Stuttgart bewegt sich!" (opens in a new tab) you will find a wide range of sports offered by sports clubs and other exercise providers.
Walking benches and walking communities
S'LÄUFT walking benches
Take a short rest, have a chat - benches are important places in public spaces for older people. A special feature in Stuttgart are the S'LÄUFT benches marked with a yellow and blue sign. Here, senior citizens can meet at the S'LÄUFT bench every day at 3 pm to take a short walk together:
- Möhringen - In front of St. Martin's Church, opposite "Schulbrünnele"
- Fasanenhof - Janusz-Korczak-Weg, Fasanenhof School
- Sonnenberg - On the footpath below the indoor swimming pool parking lot
- Sillenbuch - Ilse-Beate-Jäckel Weg, after turning plate Liliencronstraße
- Heumaden - Fountain at the bakery, below Schwendestraße
- Botnang - Market square, Wäscherinnenbrunnen fountain
S'LÄUFT-Spazierbänke is a campaign by the Stuttgart Community Foundation that follows on from its established "S'LÄUFT - 5,000 steps+" (opens in a new tab) campaign. Here, interested people can walk together on a total of 18 signposted routes in Stuttgart.
The Swabian Albverein in Bad Cannstatt
The Swabian Albverein - Bad Cannstatt local group - invites all those interested in an evening of exercise. The motto of the after-work tours is "10,000 steps from the center of Cannstatt". From May up to and including August, circular tours lasting around 2 hours take place on various weekdays at 6 pm. The offer of the Swabian Alb Association in Bad Cannstatt (opens in a new tab) takes place without registration and is free of charge.
Being active together
People who feel lonely tend to withdraw. That's why it's important to regularly involve yourself in a community. For example, you can help other people, have new experiences together or learn together. With all offers there are also people who perceive them alone and are also happy about contacts.
Offers for parents in Stuttgart
Family counseling: The youth welfare office offers family counseling for mothers and fathers in all city districts. The aim is to expand knowledge about family and parenting and to discuss everyday parenting and family life. The free group services are non-denominational and open to mothers and fathers of all cultural backgrounds.
Special family counseling services include
- Time and Heart sponsorship program: This offer connects families and volunteers.
E-mail: zeit-und-herzstuttgartde
Phone 0711 216-80340 - Intercultural bridge builders: The program supports educational professionals in establishing low-threshold intercultural access to families.
E-mail: ibbstuttgartde
Meeting place 50plus
Here you will find a variety of open offers, educational opportunities, contact persons for the generation over 50 years.
Voluntary commitment
There are many initiatives and ideas that are still looking for people who would like to get involved. Helping others together can overcome your own loneliness:
- Volunteer exchange of the Stuttgart Volunteer Agency: The online platform "Volunteer Exchange" of the Stuttgart Volunteer Agency mediates between supply and demand for civic engagement. Citizens can find the right offer here and organizations can publish their demand for volunteers.
- WelcomeSponsors: The initial period in a new city holds numerous challenges. Volunteer welcome mentors support new residents and their families. They accompany them to public offices, help them learn German and find a job, as well as many other matters. Anyone interested can contact Lisa Hauff at the Welcome Center Stuttgart. The employee can be contacted by telephone on 0711 216-80396 or by email at lisa.hauffstuttgartde.
- Specialist office for digital participation in old age, Office for Social Affairs and Participation: Civically committed people accompany senior citizens into the digital world and support them in acquiring digital skills. This can take the form of individual consultations, group courses or, for example, digital movie afternoons. Together with other volunteers, you can take part in training courses, theme days and exchanges of experience. Anyone interested can contact the specialist office for digital participation in old age by emailing diastuttgartde.
- Engagiert für Ältere: Engagiert für Ältere is an initiative that promotes civic engagement for older people and people in need of care (opens in a new tab). The aim is to provide good "social care" - older people should not be lonely, but should be able to live in as many relationships as possible in this city. Services such as neighborhood assistance, meeting places, visiting services, companion services and telephone support are a particular focus.
Contact
Gabriele Reichhardt
Gabriele Reichhardt
Address & contact information
Address
Eberhardstraße 6
70173 Stuttgart
Postal address
70161 Stuttgart
Phone
+49 711 21681781How to find us
Address
Eberhardstraße 6
70173 Stuttgart
Andrea Gnad
Andrea Gnad
Address & contact information
Address
Eberhardstraße 6
70173 Stuttgart
Postal address
70161 Stuttgart
Phone
+49 711 21681774How to find us
Address
Eberhardstraße 6
70173 Stuttgart
