"A future for children"
Karl Bröcker founded Gesika Büromöbelwerke in Geseke in 1962 and focused on social commitment right from the start. Renate Bröcker continued to run the company in the spirit of her father - until she died in a road accident in 1998. Renate Bröcker's foresight was now evident, as she had stipulated in her will that her assets should flow into a foundation bearing the name of her late father. The Karl Bröcker Foundation was established in 1999.
With the foundation, Renate Bröcker wanted to create life prospects for disadvantaged children and young people, in line with her motto, "Equal opportunities for all". Today, the Karl Bröcker Foundation's guiding principle is "A future for children". In 2002, the Gesika Büromöbelwerke company was incorporated into Sedus Stoll AG and has since been trading under the name Sedus Systems GmbH.
These projects and facilities are supported by the foundation
The Karl Bröcker Foundation helps where help is needed – in Germany and abroad. It supports kindergartens, schools and medical and therapeutic facilities, for example in the form of summer festivals, medical aid in Eritrea, the Renate Bröcker Youth Centre, sponsorship projects and reading promotion/reading aloud cinema.
We would like to introduce a few of the sponsored projects in more detail:
- Soulbuddies e.V.: Soulbuddies e.V. Rheda-Wiedenbrück is a non-profit association for child and adolescent psychotherapy, counselling and educational support.
- Group programme for children of mentally ill parents: Wellengang-Hamburg e.V. makes it easier for children to deal with their parents' illness.
- A toy shop: The toy shop supports pupils with special communication needs at the Don-Bosco-Schule Lippstadt, special school - focus on mental development.
- KARO e.V.: The association offers the possibility of protection and retreat for children and young people and provides a counselling centre in Cheb (Czech Republic).
- Touch books: Provision of touch books for blind and visually impaired children at the Severin School in Cologne - specialising in visual development
- The GemüseAckerdemie - where knowledge grows: Pupils at the Bodelschwingh School in Soest - specialising in intellectual development - learning where the food on our plates comes from - on the school's own farmland.
- School supplies store: Families with low incomes in particular benefit from the school supplies store run by the Protestant parish of Lippstadt.
- Summer language camp - learning German during the holidays: The summer language camp run by Caritasverband Hochrhein e.V. teaches children and young people the basics of the German language and German everyday life and habits.
- Cybermobbing-Hilfe e.V.: The online counselling platform Cybermobbing-Hilfe e.V. supports those affected by cyberbullying and carries out prevention work.
- Family class - Together we are strong: Parents support their children on their educational path and thus prevent school refusal among pupils.
- Straßenkinder Berlin e.V.: The organisation provides mental support for children and young people living on the street, finds emergency accommodation as quickly as possible, helps with the preparation of application documents and offers professional help.
- Philosophy for children: Through philosophy, children can take their first big steps towards independent personal development and the acquisition of values and world views.
- Leuchtturm e.V.: Leuchtturm e.V. Schwerte offers a safe space to develop new perspectives on life with feelings of grief, the many memories and the questions of "why".
- Magic moments: Relaxation training in the classroom strengthens and promotes the children's and young people's ability to concentrate; it helps them to calm down and successfully devote themselves to the subject matter.
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