Volunteer Day 2025: 120 activities for strong volunteer work in the Werra-Meißner district!

Volunteer Day 2025: 120 activities for strong volunteer work in the Werra-Meißner district!

Volunteering is very important in the Werra-Meißner district! The volunteer days will take place on September 20th and 27th, 2025 and invite citizens to get active. These events offer over 120 exciting projects and activities – a true record! The goal? To put volunteerism in the spotlight and bring committed citizens together to tackle things together. This not only strengthens social cohesion, but also offers the opportunity to make new contacts and gain exciting experiences. Loud HNA Volunteer Day symbolizes the passion of citizens to do something good for their community.

The organizers and actors met on September 5th at the leisure facility on Rehberg to discuss the final details. Mayor Friedhelm Junghans summed up the importance of volunteering and appealed to the community to encourage active participation. District Administrator Nicole Rathgeber added that this day is not only intended to make volunteer work visible, but also aims to recruit new helpers. Kathrin Beyer and Jutta Döll are organizing the volunteer day in close collaboration with the Omnibus volunteer agency and the Evangelical Family Education Center Werra-Meißner.

Promoting volunteer work in the district

The Werra-Meißner district offers numerous support options for volunteer work. The focus is on the Coordination Center for Citizen Engagement (KoBe), which acts as a central contact point and helps to create structures for long-term volunteer support. The collaboration with the Omnibus volunteer agency, which has been active since 2009, ensures that volunteer work in the district is not only supported but also encouraged. As part of these campaigns, committed citizens can apply for a volunteer card, which offers numerous discounts. Registrations can be made directly via KoBe; more information can be found on the district’s website Werra-Meißner district.

But that's not all! The KoBe also offers numerous training courses to expand the skills of volunteers. These include, among other things, a social media workshop for young people and various training courses on food hygiene, which are well attended. The online training courses for instructions on the Infection Protection Act are a real hit.

Civic engagement worldwide

The commitment is not only recognized regionally - the importance of volunteering is also evident internationally. In 2001, at the initiative of the United Nations, the Year of Volunteers was declared. 123 nations worldwide committed to promoting volunteerism. In Lower Saxony, a third of the population currently works on a voluntary basis, which corresponds to around two million people Lower Saxony Social reported.

Voluntary engagement is a vital component of social cohesion and at the same time opens up various opportunities for democratic participation. It is generally perceived as enriching the quality of life, which makes the incentive to get involved particularly attractive.

So if you want to get active or are simply curious about the volunteer day projects, you should remember the dates! Be there when it means: Working together for a better future!