On Tuesday and Wednesday, 21 and 22 October, the 18th German-language Family Council Network Meeting will take place at the Carlowitz Congress Centre Chemnitz, Theaterstraße 3. The Youth Welfare Office of the City of Chemnitz, the independent organisation Kinder-, Jugend- und Familienhilfe e. V. Chemnitz, the Mittweida University of Applied Sciences and the Saxony Cooperative State University are jointly organising the symposium.
The Family Council network meetings have been organised annually in different cities since 2007. Around 150 professionals from the field of child and youth welfare from Germany, Switzerland and Austria usually take part. This year, more than 200 participants are expected in the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025.
The conference programme with three keynote speeches, twelve workshops, a panel discussion, a meeting forum and an evening event will create space for intensive exchange. (See conference programme in the attachment.)
Media representatives are invited to attend.
The family council is a family support tool from New Zealand in which a family's own resources - supported by a specialist - are used to solve problems. The family is thus empowered to overcome difficulties together in the interests of all.
Families are unique, and so are their challenges and strengths. In a family council, the family itself looks for a way forward, possibly involving relatives or friends who have a good insight, and discusses ideas that can help. A plan is drawn up and evaluated in the so-called "follow-up council" to see what worked well in the plan and what should be changed. The family's own solution takes centre stage.
Family councils have been organised in Chemnitz since 2013. The contact partner is Kinder-, Jugend- und Familienhilfe e. V. Chemnitz.
The Family Council 2025 network meeting in Chemnitz is an opportunity to make the topic better known and to win over more organisations in order to reach more families and help them before more expensive help becomes necessary.
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