Kinder- und Jugendtelefon Göttingen

Founded in 1988, Kinder- und Jugendtelefon Göttingen is a charity based in Göttingen, Germany working on children & youth, mental health.

The Kinder- und Jugendtelefon Göttingen is a non-profit association founded in 1988 that provides free, anonymous and confidential telephone and email counselling for children, young people and parents. Counselling is delivered mainly by trained volunteers via the Nummer gegen Kummer helpline (116 111 and 0800 111 0 333) and through the peer-to-peer project Jugendliche beraten Jugendliche. The service covers Göttingen city and district, South Lower Saxony, parts of North Hesse and Thuringia, and callers from across Germany and Europe. The association works under the umbrella of the AWO Kreisverband Göttingen-Northeim since 2021 and is funded through donations and a city grant. It also runs school information sessions, prevention projects and awareness campaigns.