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For most people, the family is the center of their lives and a source of support. But of course not everything is "sunshine and roses": time pressure, the tension between family and career, financial challenges, new family constellations, omnipresent media and their effects - these can also mean family. This is where the fragile web of "family" sometimes reaches its limits.

"Families in Focus" is a new series of events organized by the "Family-Friendly City of Science" working group (AG) on family issues, in which some of these questions are specifically addressed in lectures and concrete solutions and tips for families are provided.

Kick-off at the Centre Charlemagne

It starts on Saturday, November 2, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Centre Charlemagne on Katschhof. On this day, the members of the "Family-Friendly City of Science" working group will be presenting themselves, wanting to talk to families and listen to their concerns in order to integrate current topics into the series of events. There will also be creative activities for children and families as well as free family tours.

At the second event on Sunday, December 1, the City of Aachen's Foster Children's Service will be providing informal information at the Family Sunday in the Aachen City Library, Couvenstraße 15, about the requirements that foster carers must meet, how they are prepared for the foster care relationship, what previous experience the children bring with them and which backgrounds they come from.

Further dates, topics and content will be added regularly and published at www.aachen.de/familienfokus. The lecture series starting now is open to all families and single parents. All events are free of charge.

The "Family-friendly science city" working group

The working group was founded a few years ago in order to identify challenges faced by families - not only, but also in the area of universities - and to work on solutions through regular exchange. In addition to the City of Aachen, the working group includes Familiäre Tagesbetreuung e. V., Aachen University of Applied Sciences, the Haus für Familien der evangelischen Familienbildung Aachen, the Catholic Association for Girls' and Women's Social Work IN VIA Aachen e. V., the Aachen branch of the Catholic University of Applied Sciences North Rhine-Westphalia, Studierendenwerk Aachen, the Equal Opportunities Office and Family Service of RWTH Aachen University and the Family Service Office of Aachen University Hospital.