Other advisory services

For Giessen:

Parents helping Parents / Eltern helfen Eltern e.V.:

We are a non-profit organisation that promotes leisure time provisions for young people and youth welfare. Since the foundation of Eltern helfen Eltern e.V. in 1979, our declared goal has been to help mothers and fathers bring up and care for their children. One important task is helping parents find appropriate childcare or support in emergencies, for example when a parent falls ill. We arrange for childminders, babysitters and nannies who can look after children on a short or long-term basis. Various playgroups and the Minikindergarten provide childcare on an hourly basis and give parents an opportunity to get to know each other.

Our annual programme of courses, lectures and various discussion groups provide parents with information on all kinds of family-related subjects. What's more, the organisation provides support not only for parents - it also runs a youth helpline with around 30 voluntary members of staff and consultation hours every day.

Eltern helfen Eltern e.V. relies on the voluntary support of members and friends of the association. We are always pleased to receive feedback about our services and provisions, and both new members and suggestions are welcome!

You can visit our office from Monday to Friday between 9.00 and 12.00 noon if you wish to register, make suggestions or ask questions.

Contact:

Eltern helfen Eltern e.V.

Consultation times:
Mon - Fri 09.00 - 12.00

Evangelische Familien-Bildungsstätte (Protestant Family Education Service):

The Evangelische Familien-Bildungsstätte offers a wide range of courses, workshops, seminars, discussion groups, lectures, etc for anyone who is interested, regardless of marital status and situation, religion and nationality. The organisation helps families to deal with everyday issues and gives them support in special situations; its aim is to prevent social isolation and to strengthen the community. We invite you to attend classes on healthcare, relaxation, creative pursuits, nutrition and domestic topics or which prepare you for the arrival of a baby; we offer you educational support for children of all ages and at different stages of adult life. We focus on social, educational and psychosocial issues.

The courses give you new ideas, encourage exchange, promote social contacts, provide help and support, inspire news ways of thinking and acting, offer a break from everyday life, give life a new rhythm and are good for body and soul! Allow yourself to be inspired by our services and the people you meet in the courses!

Contact:

Evangelische Familien-Bildungsstätte

Consultation times:
Mon - Thu 09.00 - 12.00 and 15.00 - 17.30
Fri 09.00 - 12.00

Verein für Mütter- und Familienpflege e.V. (Association for Maternity and Family Care Assistants):

We help expectant mothers and fathers and their babies prepare for family life. Specifically, we:

• organise a midwife who prepares parents and babies in a competent and caring way for family life;
• organise courses on childbirth and raising children and find maternity care assistants in the Giessen area;
• provide support for Germany's only maternity care assistants school, which enables women to obtain a qualification for a responsible and diverse task;
• represent the professional, social and legal concerns of maternity care assistants and their continuing education.

Contact:

Verein für Mütter- und Familienpflege e.V.

Appointments:
Please telephone

For Friedberg:

FAB (Frauen Arbeit Bildung) gGmbH (Women, Work, Education):

FAB gGmbH für Frauen Arbeit Bildung is a service-providing company with different kinds of services and programmes, which is integrated into regional networks.

Our aim is to help women and girls (re-)enter professional life, encouraging and sometimes accompanying them during this phase.

FAB gGmbH offers women various qualification measures, and the "kids and business" department coordinates childcare options with individual advisory services.

Contact:

FAB gGmbH, Frauen Arbeit Bildung gGmbH

For Fulda:

pro familia

Including advisory service for couples with small children

Contact times to make an appointment:
Mon, Wed, Fri 08.30 – 12.00
Tue 14.00 – 18.00
Thur 13.00 – 17.00

Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen

Office hours:
Mon – Thu 08.00 – 12.00 and 14.00 - 15.30
Fri 08.00 - 12.00

Beratungstelle für Eltern, Kinder und Jugendliche

Consultation times:
Mon – Fri 08.30 – 12.30
Mon - Thu 14.00 – 16.00

Die Mütze - Mütterzentrum Fulda

Office hours:
Mon – Fri 09.00 – 13.30

Geburtshaus und Familienzentrum

Office hours:
Mon - Thu 09.00 - 15.00
Fri 09.00 - 12.00
Wed 12.00 - 14.00
Thu and Fri 09.00 - 14.00

Familienschule

Consultation times:
Mon – Fri 09.00 – 13.00

Kinderakademie

Reception:
Mon - Fri 09.00 - 17.00

Spielberatung der Stadt Fulda

Mon 16.00 - 18.00
Wed 16.00 - 18.00
Fri 10.00 - 12.00
During the school holidays only opened for the first three weeks of the summer holidays.

Helene-Weber-Haus

(ab 2½ Jahren)

Seminars and discussion groups (issues e.g. family, education, religon), self-help groups, courses in creativity and health prevention

Office hours:
Mon - Thu 09.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 16.00
Fri 09.00 - 11.00