cyber-Wear once again supports social projects with a donation

Just in time for the Christmas season, and thus also for the 2018 planning of the City of Heidelberg’s Office for Addiction, cyber-Wear is supporting addiction prevention programmes with €2,500. The “What to do against addiction” projects have been in high demand for many years and are very frequently booked by schools in Heidelberg. Unfortunately, due to shortfalls in staffing and funding, it wasn’t possible to find dates and staff for all registrations in 2018. If it hadn’t been for the donation, only 22 projects could have been carried out. The financial windfall will now allow for the realisation of an additional four projects.

Extending over two mornings, the addiction prevention programmes cover the following topics: team-building, personality strengthening, sensitization for the development of addiction, providing information, increasing one’s inner distance to substance consumption and determination training. This is supported by a mix of practical exercises and theoretical units. There is an exchange and discussions with the students, giving them the space to voice own their questions and thoughts. In addition, the participating schools organize parent-teacher meetings to provide families with targeted information to support their children.

The Baden-Württemberg Regional Association for Prevention and Rehabilitation, or BWLV for short, is responsible for addiction relief and child and youth welfare in Baden-Württemberg (http://www.bw-lv.de/home/). The BWLV has set itself the goal of preventing dependency diseases, providing counselling for persons suffering from addiction or their relatives and caring for severely disabled persons. They help ensure that their clients remain or become integrated in social, healthcare-related and professional settings. 
In addition to the “What to do against addiction” programme for the German 7th grade (ages 12-13), current programmes include the “Starter project” for the 5th grade (ages 10-11) to improve social training and the classroom climate climate, and the “What to do against addiction” special that provides targeted advice on eating disorders in the 7th and 8th grades (ages 12-14). In addition, there are also a number of special projects with contents ranging from nicotine and alcohol to psychoactive substances or gambling.