Start your own project
This is where the first steps for your own initiative will appear: where to get advice in your district, which funding is available and what to clarify beforehand.
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Guide “Starting a neighbourhood initiative” All guides on getting involved
Advice in your district
Every Berlin district has a volunteer agency or volunteering office offering advice on getting involved — some explicitly also advise on your own ideas and initiatives.
Advice centres in 12 of 12 districts
Advice on getting involved
FreiwilligenAgentur Mitte
according to its website also advises on your own projects and initiatives
- District
- Mitte
- Location
- Osloer Straße 12, 13359 Berlin
- Advice hours
- Engagementberatung Di 16–19, Mi 10–13, Do 13–15 Uhr (as stated by the centre, in German)
- Type of organisation
- Association
Information from the centre’s website, retrieved on 2 October 2026.
Advice on getting involved
Willma FreiwilligenAgentur Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
according to its website also advises on your own projects and initiatives
- District
- Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
- Location
- Haus der Parität am Urban, Grimmstr. 16, 10967 Berlin (Ecke Urbanstraße)
- Advice hours
- Mo–Mi und Fr 10–15 Uhr, Do 12–18 Uhr, und nach telefonischer Vereinbarung (as stated by the centre, in German)
- Type of organisation
- not specified
Information from the centre’s website, retrieved on 2 October 2026.
Advice on getting involved
FreiwilligenAgentur Pankow
according to its website also advises on your own projects and initiatives
- District
- Pankow
- Location
- Berliner Allee 124, 13088 Berlin
- Advice hours
- Offene Sprechstunde ohne Termin: Di 10–14 Uhr, Do 14–18 Uhr (as stated by the centre, in German)
- Type of organisation
- Association
Information from the centre’s website, retrieved on 2 October 2026.
Advice on getting involved
Freiwilligenagentur Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- District
- Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- Location
- Otto-Suhr-Allee 100, 10585 Berlin, Raum 126 c
- Advice hours
- not stated on the centre’s website — please ask there
- Type of organisation
- Public body
Information from the centre’s website, retrieved on 2 October 2026.
Advice on getting involved
Die Spandauer Freiwilligenagentur
- District
- Spandau
- Location
- Carl-Schurz-Str. 53, 13597 Berlin
- Advice hours
- Beratung zu den Öffnungszeiten Mo und Mi 9–15 Uhr, Di und Do 10–18 Uhr (as stated by the centre, in German)
- Type of organisation
- Foundation
Information from the centre’s website, retrieved on 2 October 2026.
Advice on getting involved
Freiwilligenagentur Steglitz-Zehlendorf
- District
- Steglitz-Zehlendorf
- Location
- Standort Steglitz: Johanna-Stegen-Straße 8, 12167 Berlin (weitere Standorte auf der Seite der Stelle)
- Advice hours
- Standort Steglitz: Montag 10–12 und 16–18 Uhr (as stated by the centre, in German)
- Type of organisation
- Association
Information from the centre’s website, retrieved on 2 October 2026.
Advice on getting involved
Ehrenamtsbüro Tempelhof-Schöneberg
- District
- Tempelhof-Schöneberg
- Location
- Rathaus Schöneberg, John-F.-Kennedy-Platz 1, 10825 Berlin, Zimmer 120–122
- Advice hours
- Sprechzeiten nach Vereinbarung (as stated by the centre, in German)
- Type of organisation
- Public body
Information from the centre’s website, retrieved on 2 October 2026.
Advice on getting involved
Neuköllner EngagementZentrum (NEZ)
- District
- Neukölln
- Location
- Hertzbergstraße 22, 12055 Berlin
- Advice hours
- Beratung im Büro oder telefonisch nach Terminvereinbarung (as stated by the centre, in German)
- Type of organisation
- not specified
Information from the centre’s website, retrieved on 2 October 2026.
Advice on getting involved
Sternenfischer Freiwilligenzentrum Treptow-Köpenick
- District
- Treptow-Köpenick
- Location
- Oberspreestr. 182, 12557 Berlin
- Advice hours
- not stated on the centre’s website — please ask there
- Type of organisation
- Foundation
Information from the centre’s website, retrieved on 2 October 2026.
Advice on getting involved
FreiwilligenAgentur Marzahn-Hellersdorf
- District
- Marzahn-Hellersdorf
- Location
- Helene-Weigel-Platz 6, 12681 Berlin
- Advice hours
- Di und Fr 10–14 Uhr, Mi und Do 10–18 Uhr, Mo geschlossen (as stated by the centre, in German)
- Type of organisation
- Association
Information from the centre’s website, retrieved on 2 October 2026.
Advice on getting involved
oskar | freiwilligenagentur lichtenberg
- District
- Lichtenberg
- Location
- Weitlingstr. 89, 10317 Berlin
- Advice hours
- Beratung vor Ort Di, Mi und Do 12–16 Uhr (as stated by the centre, in German)
- Type of organisation
- Foundation
Information from the centre’s website, retrieved on 2 October 2026.
Advice on getting involved
Ehrenamtsbüro Reinickendorf
- District
- Reinickendorf
- Location
- Rathaus Reinickendorf, Zimmer 15 (EG), Eichborndamm 215, 13437 Berlin (weiterer Standort auf der Seite der Stelle)
- Advice hours
- Standort Rathaus: Mi 10–13 Uhr, Do 15–18 Uhr (as stated by the centre, in German)
- Type of organisation
- Foundation
Information from the centre’s website, retrieved on 2 October 2026.
Information provided by the advice centres; not legal advice and not a recommendation.