Dortmund Carers Network
We help people with single parenting and a loved one's addiction, in person in Dortmund and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
For raising children on your own. Talk with people in Germany who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.
Next gathering in the Germany circle: Weekly check-in ·
We help people with single parenting and a loved one's addiction, in person in Dortmund and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
Run by people who have been through single parenting and new parenthood themselves.
Evenings and weekends
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A small team supporting parenting a child with a disability and caregiver burnout. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.
Evenings and weekends
We help people with co-parenting after separation and caring for an aging parent, in person in Frankfurt and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Mon to Fri, 9 to 5
Practical help for people dealing with caring for an aging parent and new parenthood, plus a weekly drop-in.
Weekdays and Saturday mornings
We help people with parenting a child with a disability and a loved one's addiction, in person in Kiel and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Evenings and weekends
Run by people who have been through a loved one's addiction and co-parenting after separation themselves.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
“Sei que agora parece que não vais ter um minuto para ti. Eu também senti isso. O que me ajudou foi aceitar ajuda quando aparecia. Uma vizinha que ficava com os miúdos uma hora, uma colega que trazia sopa, o meu irmão que levava a Leonor ao parque. Não é fraqueza pedir. E tenta arranjar um cantinho na tua semana que seja só teu, mesmo que sejam dez minutos a ouvir um disco. Vais ver que esses minutos te salvam o dia.”
“Hi, you. I was where you are this time last year. Back then, their dad pays nothing. My kids say I'm back. Things come back, slower than you'd like but they do. You're not on your own.”
“A note for the next person. I was in the same place nearly four years ago. Their dad pays nothing, and I couldn't see past it. Last month I had people round for dinner. The bad days get further apart.”
“I was right where you are in 2023. Sick days with no backup. That was my life. I wake up most days without that dread. It's slow, but it does come back. x”