Der Kinderschutzbund Dortmund

Founded in 1968, Der Kinderschutzbund Dortmund is a non-profit association based in Dortmund, Germany working on children & youth, health, mental health +2 more.

Der Kinderschutzbund Ortsverband Dortmund is a registered association (e.V.) and recognised youth welfare provider under the German Child and Youth Services Act (KJHG). Founded in 1968 and based in the Dortmund Nordstadt, it works to protect children from violence and to support their healthy, safe growth in Dortmund. Its services include family and parent support, child-protection counselling for professionals and concerned citizens, family therapy, supervised parent-child contact, a children and youth helpline, parent-child groups, a second-hand clothing shop, and projects on preventing childhood accidents. Its volunteers include family godparents, time-giving godparents for children of mentally ill parents, and helpers in the clothing shop and the Kinderrechtebus campaign. The association also runs a family centre and kindergarten on Yorckstraße and lobbies for children's rights at local, state and federal level. It is part of the national Deutscher Kinderschutzbund network, which has a federal association, 16 state associations and more than 400 local branches. Funding comes from private and corporate donations, fundraising events, public grants and membership fees.