Welcome

We want to strengthen social cohesion by promoting encounters and active interaction between different neighbours. We want to encourage neighbours to participate and support them in helping to shape our neighbourhoods.

A more detailed description of the goals of BENN Weissensee's current work can be found here in the summary of our action plan for 2023/2024.

BENN stands for "Berlin entwickelt neue Nachbarschaften" ("Berlin develops new neighbourhoods"). It is a programme of the City of Berlin for neighbourhoods with accommodation for refugees. The client is the Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing. BENN cooperates with the district office and municipal workers. In Weissensee, the area includes several neighbourhoods. There are six accommodations in total.

More information can be found in a video and a flyer.

We support various projects, for example: women's cafés in refugee accommodation, a bicycle workshop and a gardening project, a language café in a neighbourhood meeting place, cycling courses and walks in our neighbourhood. We support the organisation of the Weißenseer Kultursommer and Jakobs Langem Kieztisch and are involved in the Bündnis gegen Rassismus in Weissensee.

Here is an overview of our actions from 2023.

Do you need support for the implementation of your idea in our neighbourhood? Do you want to garden or cook with other neighbours? Would you like to sing in the choir? Or would you like to set up a library of things or a book box?

We're here to support you!

Would you like to know what is changing in your neighbourhood?

We provide information about participation procedures and urban developments.

Are you looking for information about a neighbourhood meeting point, places for consultations or contact with other interested neighbours?

We'll set you up with like-minded people.