Jugendfreizeitlounge Neugraben

Founded in 2011, Jugendfreizeitlounge Neugraben is a community organisation based in Hamburg, Germany working on children & youth, education, community development.

The Jugendfreizeitlounge Neugraben is an open youth centre in Hamburg-Neugraben in the south of Hamburg, part of the Offene Kinder- und Jugendarbeit and run within the Pestalozzi-Stiftung Hamburg. It offers children and young people aged roughly 6 to 18 a non-commercial space to meet friends and take part in free-time activities. The programme includes sports such as boxing, Thai boxing, Kung Fu and self-defence, creative workshops, cooking, and tutoring and homework support, often in cooperation with local schools and partner organisations. The centre aims to strengthen social skills, leisure activities and educational opportunities, with a participatory approach in which young people help shape the offers. It serves the Elbmosaik, Neuwiedenthal, Petershof and neighbouring districts, and is funded by public grants and donations. The centre is also connected to the Bildungs- und Gemeinschaftszentrum Neugraben and the Diakonisches Werk Hamburg.