Information & Links

• Your voluntary work: The State of Hesse’s website is a real smorgasbord – it’s definitely worth a visit!
• Energy Price Cap by the Hesse State Volunteer Agency
• Club Wiki: The Club Wiki run by the Bavarian State Network for Civic Engagement offers useful information – a must-read for club committee members!

• Hesse Certificate of Competence – Your voluntary work can also help you when looking for a job or an apprenticeship!
• Your Certificate Supplement – Get your voluntary work recognised with the Certificate Supplement!

Get help with setting up and developing your club or organisation.

• Maurice Malten
• Supervision & Coaching
• Eva Georg

• Data Protection – Tackling Digital Challenges with Confidence – An event organised by the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering
• Data Protection – A Guide for Clubs – German Foundation for Data Protection
• Privacy Policy Generator for Websites – German Foundation for Data Protection
• Data Protection: From Burden to Pleasure – An event organised by the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering

• Your Club: Local and Digital – A Practical Guide to the Digitalisation of Clubs 

• Crowdfunding with VR Bank and the Hessian State Chancellery
• Fundraising – Securing Funding for Associations and Organisations – An event organised by the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering
• Working Together – Partnerships between Charities and Commercial Enterprises – An event organised by the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering
• No money, no action?! Fundraising and grants – An event organised by the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering
• Sponsorship and Partnerships with Businesses – An event organised by the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering'
• Phineo Verlag: Publisher of a wide range of documents on the topics of donations, charitable organisations and funding

• 8 golden rules for giving
• 7 signs of dubious charitable organisations
• 10 Tips for Strategic Giving
• Donating Wisely in the Event of Disasters

• Hessian Youth Ring

• Chat GPT
  • Login and Commands
  • Commands Video
• Improving posts with AI
• AI generates images using Canva

• Template – Articles of Association
• Sample Minutes of Incorporation
• Template for registering an association with the Register of Associations
• Templates for notifying the registration of an amendment to the Articles of Association and a change to the Executive Board
• Template for an invitation to a general meeting

• Modern, inclusive and accessible press and public relations – An event organised by the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering
• Creator Studio (Facebook)
• Canva (free: website templates, print media templates, social media templates, and much more)
• Digi-CAfE run by the Hesse State Volunteer Agency
• Jimdo (free website for clubs)
• knightlab (create timelines)
• Pexels (stock photos)
• visme (Create timelines)
• VoluMap app

• Latest information on company law from FZF Rechtsanwälte Franke Hantschel Kurzius Partnerschaft mbB
• Accounting – Keeping the club’s finances under control – Anevent organised by the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering
• ELSTER – Sample case: Clubs
• Information sheet – Tax allowance for voluntary work
• Achieving charitable status with legal certainty – An event organised by the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering
• Tax returns for voluntary organisations – how to do it even better – An event organised by the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering
• Tax Guide for Charitable Organisations and Sports Coaches
• Insurance cover for voluntary work
• Sample financial contribution for clubs
• Sample Non-Monetary Contribution for Clubs

• Information for lay judges from SchöffenTV
• YouTube for lay judges by SchöffenTV
• Federal Association of Lay Judges
• 10 steps to becoming a lay judge – the 2023 lay judge election
• Guide for lay judges from the Ministry of Justice of Hesse

• German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering:Extensive funding and support services
• Events organised by the Hesse State Volunteer Agency
• Events organised by the BürgerKolleg Wiesbaden
• Events organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
• Events organised by the Waldeck-Frankenberg Adult Education Centre (Vhs)
• VHS course finder for (online) events organised by the German Adult Education Association

• Promoting youth engagement
• Volunteer management – Recruiting, deploying and retaining volunteers – An event organised by the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering
• Member Recruitment – Finding, Attracting and Retaining Committed Individuals – An event organised by the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering
• Member Recruitment – An event organised by the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering
• Attention, emergency services families: 1+1=2 – A strong bond