Offers

Loneliness is not a nice feeling.
Nobody likes to be lonely.
Do you want to find a way out of loneliness?
For that, you need courage and openness to new things.

Each person can feel loneliness differently.
Some people feel lonely for this reason:
They don't have a person in their life
whom they can trust well.
They don't have a person in their life
with whom they feel connected.
Other people feel lonely for this reason:
They don't have nice relationships with other people at all.

Being alone is different from loneliness.
Loneliness is unwanted.
You have many people around you?
You can still feel lonely.
Maybe because you don 't have a bond with the other people.
Some people choose to be alone.
They are happy doing so.
They could decide that for themselves.

Loneliness is a taboo subject in society.
That means:
People don't talk about loneliness.
Perhaps they are ashamed of the feeling.
But everyone feels lonely sometimes.
It's only bad if it's always like that.
That's why it's important:
We talk about loneliness.

In 2021, the state capital conducted a survey
among the citizens.
The result of the survey is:
About 20,000 people in Stuttgart feel lonely.

Anyone can experience loneliness.
It particularly often affects people between the ages of 18 and 29.
And older people aged 80 and over also often feel lonely.
These people also experience loneliness particularly often:

• People with a migration background.

People or their families have come to Germany from another country.

• People with health problems
• People with little money

Loneliness can happen differently for each person.
Reasons can be, for example:

• Moving to a new city or country
• End of a relationship
• illness
• an important person in life dies

Loneliness can make you sick.
A person has been feeling lonely for a long time?
Then it also becomes more difficult to get out of loneliness.
But it is still possible.
For example, there are offers from the city of Stuttgart.

The city of Stuttgart offers many services to combat loneliness.
Here you can get support.
And you can meet new people.
Many partners and other institutions participate.
Are you interested in an offer?
Then get in touch with the contact person.
We look forward to your visit and your questions.

There are many consulting services in Stuttgart.
Good counseling helps:
You will find a way out of loneliness.

Acute case means:
It is very important that you get help and support directly.
In such a situation you can turn to these counseling 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 Call and Advice (opens in a new tab)

 Advice on life in old age (opens in a new tab)

 Care support point (opens in a new tab)

 City Senior Citizens Council (opens in a new tab)

 Social services for people with chronic illness or disability (opens in a new tab)

 Advice on the subject of legal care (opens in a new tab)

 Home supervision (opens in a new tab)

 Pro Familia e.V. (opens in a new tab)

 Violence against women (opens in a new tab)

 Women's Counseling and Therapy Center Stuttgart e.V. (opens in a new tab)

 Wildwasser Stuttgart e. V. - for women after sexualized violence, sexual boundary violations and abuse of power (opens in a new tab)

These counseling offers are from the city of Stuttgart:

The offers are extra for people with impairments.

 Representative for the interests of people with disabilities (opens in a new tab)

 Department of rehabilitation and participation (integration assistance) (opens in a new tab)

 Social service for people with chronic illness or disability (opens in a new tab)

People with a hearing impairment can
call the offices with the sign phone.
This way you do not need a sign language interpreter.
You can use the  sign phone (opens in a new tab) at these times:
Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

You can find more information about the Sign Phone here:
 Sign Phone Information (opens in a new tab)

The abbreviation for this is EUTB.
EUTB is a counseling service provided by people with impairments
for people with impairments.

 Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired Württemberg (opens in a new tab)

 State Association of the Deaf Baden-Wuerttemberg (opens in a new tab)

 State association for people with physical and multiple disabilities (opens in a new tab)

 Open hostel e.V. (opens in a new tab)

 Center for self-determined living e.V. (opens in a new tab)

Association for the physically handicapped Stuttgart e.V. (opens in a new tab)

Association for the hard of hearing Stuttgart e.V. (opens in a new tab)

 Advice on the subject of "legal care (opens in a new tab)

Dementia support group
People with dementia often withdraw.
They have only few social contacts.
In the Dementia Helpers' Circle, people work on a voluntary basis.
The volunteers care for the person with dementia once or
a week the person with dementia.
The care is always for a few hours.
The dementia support group is an offer
of the Evangelical Society.
You want more information?
Then you can call here: 07 11 20 54 22 5

Relatives often care for people with dementia themselves.
That takes a lot of time.
And it can be very exhausting.
As a result, they may no longer have time
for other social contacts.
At the discussion group, people meet once a month.
The people themselves all care for and nurture
a person with dementia from their family.
At the discussion group, people can exchange ideas.
They then know:
Other people feel the same way I do.
Then maybe they don' t feel so alone anymore.
The discussion groups are an offer
of the Evangelical Society.
You want more information?
Then you can call here: 07 11 20 54 37 4

Click here to go to the website
of the  Evangelical Society Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)

Do you need help and advice?
At the telephone counselling service you will find people
who will listen to you.
The people try to help you.

The call to the telephone counselling service is free of charge.
You do not have to give your real name when you call.
You can call the telephone pastoral care at any time.
The telephone number is: 0800 11 10 11 1.
Or the telephone number: 0800 11 10 22 2
You can also contact the telephone
to the telephone counselling service:
w ww.tele (opens in a new tab) fonseelsorge-stuttgart.de
w ww.ruf- (opens in a new tab) und-rat.de/telefonseelsorge

Self-help groups bring together people
who have similar problems.
They can exchange ideas
and talk about their own experiences.
The self-help contact point KISS provides advice and information on the many
about the many self-help services in Stuttgart.
The offers are all free of charge.
You can find more information here:  KISS Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)

Quartier is another word for city district.
In many city districts in Stuttgart there are open meeting places.
Here everyone can come and meet new people.
You can find more information here:  Meeting points in the neighborhood (opens in a new tab)

There are WohnCafés in many parts of Stuttgart.
Anyone can come here and meet new people.
The WohnCafés are an offer
by the Verein für Integrative Wohnformen e. V.

There are WohnCafés 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: b bieneckpasodidepasodi.de
 https://pasodi.de (opens in a new tab)

WohnCafé Europaplatz
Europaplatz 30
70565 Stuttgart-Fasanenhof
Phone: 0711 566 190 14
E-Mail: b bieneckpasodidepasodi.de
 https://pasodi.de (opens in a new tab)

Café Wallerie" residential café
Wallensteinstraße 29
70437 Stuttgart-Freiberg
Phone: 0711 849491193
E-Mail: j jennifer.schaefereva-stuttgartde.schaefer@eva-stuttgart.de
w ww.eva- (opens in a new tab) stuttgart.de

WohnCafé "Kleine Else"
Wallensteinstraße 11b
70437 Stuttgart-Freiberg
Phone: 0711 87 09 12 07
w ww.wohl (opens in a new tab) fahrtswerk.de

WohnCafé Giebel
Mittenfeldstraße 107
70499 Stuttgart-Giebel
Phone: 0711 870837 49
E-Mail:  jasmin.sunkewohlfahrtswerkde
w ww.wohl (opens in a new tab) fahrtswerk.de

WohnCafé Ostheim
Rotenbergstraße 110
70190 Stuttgart-Ostheim
Phone: 0711 72 23 25 53
E-Mail:   rr.vollmeranna-haag-mobilder@anna-haag-mobil.de
w ww.anna (opens in a new tab) -haag-mobil.de

WohnCafé Plus
Prevorster Street 21
70437 Stuttgart
E-Mail: s selin.solawohlfahrtswerkdela@wohlfahrtswerk.de
 www.wohlfahrtswerk.de (opens in a new tab)

WohnCafé Plieningen
Körschstrasse 44
70599 Stuttgart-Plieningen
Telephone: 0711 93 78 78 41
E-Mail: w woca-birkenhof.esslingenjohanniterdekenhof.esslingen@johanniter.de
 www.integrative-wohnformen.de (opens in a new tab)

In the Generationen-Haus Heslach there is the Café Nachbarschafft.
The café is open at these times:
Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 5 pm.
On Wednesdays there is a learning café for refugees from 15:30 to 18:30.
Learning Café for refugees.
More information can be found here:  Gebrüder Schmid Center (opens in a new tab)

At the chat phone you can find phone friends.
You can meet new people and talk to each other.
Often people live in the same part of the city.
Would you like to become a phone friend?
Or you are looking for a phone friend?
Then call: 07 11 20 30 09 99
You can find more information here:  www.plaudertelefon-stuttgart.de (opens in a new tab)

The senior citizen phone Drei-Klang is an offer
for older people.
You can find someone to talk to here.
The employees are mostly of retirement age themselves.
The staff will not tell anything about you to anyone else.
You can call every day at these times: 10 am to 1 pm.
The telephone number is: 07 11 20 54 39 9
You can also say:
At this time, the staff should call me regularly.
The offer is free of charge.
You can find more information here:  Evangelical Society Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)

The offer is mainly for older people without a partner.
Volunteers will visit you regularly.
The offer is free of charge.
Would you like to register for the offer?
Then call: 07 11 20 54 32 9
You can find more information here:  Evangelical Society Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)

PORTA is a free service for older people.
Volunteers accompany you to appointments, for example.
For example, to the doctor or hairdresser.
The employees also accompany you on a walk.
Would you also like to be accompanied?
Then call: 07 11 20 54 20 6
You can find more information here:  Evangelical Society Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)

With this offer, people with and without disabilities can
find a leisure partner.
They can then do various activities together.
The offer is free of charge.
The offer is from the association Kultur für Alle Stuttgart e. V.
You can find more information here:  Machen-wir-was! (opens in a new tab)

The sports offers are for young people and older people.
Sport is good for health.
And you have a good time with other people.
For example, there are these offers:
 Sport in the park (opens in a new tab)
for all age groups

 district walks (opens in a new tab)
for adults, older people

 Balcony gymnastics (opens in a new tab)
for elderly people in care facilities

 Exercise passport for the elderly (opens in a new tab)
for older people

 Running under flood light (opens in a new tab)
for all age groups

 Cycling fun (opens in a new tab)
for e-bike riders

 Sports for refugees (opens in a new tab)
for refugees

 Project Communities on the Move (opens in a new tab)
for all age groups

On the website of the city of Stuttgart you will find many
different sport offers:
 Sport and Play Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)

In Stuttgart there are some benches with a yellow-blue sign.
The benches are called: S'LÄUFT walking benches.
Seniors meet here every day at 3 pm.
They then go for a walk together.
You can find the S'LÄUFT walking benches here:

• Möhringen - In front of the Martinskirche, opposite "Schulbrünnele".
• Fasanenhof - Janusz-Korczak-Weg, Fasanenhof-School
• Sonnenberg - On the walkway below the indoor swimming pool parking lot
• Sillenbuch - Ilse-Beate-Jäckel Weg, after turning plate Liliencronstraße
• Heumaden - Fountain at the bakehouse, below Schwendestraße
• Botnang - market place, washerwomen fountain

There are also ready-made walking routes.
Signs show the right way for the walking routes.
More information can be found here:  S'LÄUFT - 5,000 steps (opens in a new tab)

The abbreviation for Volkshochschule is VHS.
The VHS Stuttgart offers many offers and events.
There are also extra offers on the topic of loneliness.
You can find these offers here:  VHS offers on the topic of loneliness (opens in a new tab)
You can find more information here:  VHS Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)

Here are many offers for people over 50 years.
Internet page:  Treffpunkt 50plus (opens in a new tab)

Volunteer work is something you do voluntarily.
You don't get paid for the work.
Volunteer work helps other people.
And you can meet new people yourself in the process.
You can find more information here:  Citizen engagement in Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)

There are also events in Stuttgart on the subject of loneliness
via the Internet.
Experts from various fields present their
present their services to combat loneliness.
And they talk about their work.
These online events are for all citizens of Stuttgart.

Would you like to take part in such an event?
Then you need to register.
To do so, send an e-mail to: p poststelle.einsamkeitstuttgartde le.einsamkeit@stuttgart.de
We will then send you the link to the event.

 Gabriele Reichhardt