Microfund of Adalbert-Raps-Stiftung in Bayreuth

In Bayreuth, too, the time has finally come: financial support from the microfund of Adalbert-Raps-Stiftung is no longer limited to the topic of refugee aid, but can now be applied for to promote civic engagement in general. Informal applications for support are accepted by the new fund administrator Thea Marie Koch, facility manager of the Bayreuth Volunteer Centre.

Microfund for the financial support of microprojects

The concept of the micro funds of Adalbert-Raps-Stiftung, which focuses on an unbureaucratic call for funding and the associated rapid financial support of voluntary commitment, is conceivably simple and starts precisely at this point: The funds are each filled with 5,000 euros and are made available to the city and/or district to promote small projects in the sense of supporting social engagement to strengthen social participation. Both organisations and private individuals are thus able to apply for earmarked funds of up to 125 euros per project application within the framework of the funding guidelines. All that is required is to fill out a short application and submit all receipts for expenses incurred in the project to the respective fund administrator for the final call of the project funds.

Expansion also offers new perspectives in Bayreuth

After Kronach, Coburg, Kulmbach and Bamberg, Bayreuth now also benefits from the expansion of the microfund's content. Funding is no longer limited to the area of refugee assistance, but can be applied for as part of the general promotion of civic engagement. Civic engagement is aimed at target groups who have a greater need for support or who are denied access to relevant resources for social and societal participation. These include, for example, children, senior citizens, sick people or people with disabilities. Since the financial resources of the previous micro fund on the topic of refugee assistance have not yet been exhausted, applications are still being accepted here as well.

In addition to the volunteers and the needy themselves, the new fund administrator Thea Marie Koch, facility manager of the Volunteer Centre Bayreuth, welcomes this development. As Ms Koch will be on maternity leave from the end of July 2021, employee Krystian Burucker will take over the fund administration on a deputising basis and accept the incoming applications from that time on.

Contact fund administration city and district of Bayreuth:

Bayreuth Volunteer Centre
Schloßberglein 4
95444 Bayreuth

E-mail: info@freiwilligen-zentrum-bayreuth.de
Phone: 0921 514116

Your contact persons are:
Ms Thea Marie Koch - Facility Manager Volunteer Centre Bayreuth and
Mr Krystan Burucker - Staff Volunteer Centre Bayreuth

Note: Prior to the expansion of the content, the fund was exclusively aimed at volunteers in the field of refugee and migrant aid. Until the resources from this fund have been completely used up, the previous fund administrators will continue to be available as contact persons and disbursing offices for this area of engagement. After that, the disbursing office will be the Bayreuth Volunteer Centre, although Mr Koussemou and Ms Herrmann will be happy to assist with applications in the area of refugee and migrant assistance.

Your contact persons are:
Ms Silvia Herrmann - full-time integration pilot
E-mail: silvia.herrmann@lra-bt.bayern.de
Telephone: 0921 728-455
for the district of Bayreuth and
Mr Ibukun Koussemou - full-time integration pilot
E-mail: ibukun.koussemou@stadt.bayreuth.de
Phone: 0921 25-1740
for the city of Bayreuth

General information on the micro funds of Adalbert-Raps-Stiftung as well as contact details of the fund administration of the other districts can be found here.

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