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Last year, we already built two benches for our courtyard. At that time, the Daimler team supported us with materials and active cooperation.
This year, the Pfefferwerk Foundation funded the construction of another four benches, which will be made available for use on the much-visited Tempelhofer Feld. We can thus offer the young people an exciting project, which this time also includes welding the bench frames.

For the welding of the substructure made of flat steel, we sought out a specialist. Rafael Hohlfeld, master metalworker and sculptor, conducted a welding course for our young people and staff in this project.
The frame for the first bench could be made in the workshop and used as a prototype for further production in the Fliegerwerkstatt.

Since March, the young people have been learning a new technique, screen printing. When the screen printing workshop was set up, the darkroom for the screens was custom-made by the young people.

Now they are busy printing: sometimes the Fliegerwerkstatt logo, sometimes their own designs.

The Hertha BSC Foundation has awarded the Wilhelm Wernicke Prize for the first time. This award honours projects and people who are committed to working with children and young people, supporting socially disadvantaged groups or fighting racism and discrimination.
When the crew of the Hertha BSC Foundation visited us to shoot a few snapshots in the Fliegerwerkstatt, nobody knew yet that we had already won an award!

Eva-Maria Lemke, representing the jury, more than succeeded in pulling off the surprise.

We are very happy about the 2nd place! Many thanks to the Hertha BSC Foundation for this great award and 3,000 euros in prize money.

Click here for the film  Wilhelm Wernicke Preis | Hertha BSC – YouTube

We are happy about a new team member: Patrick Peinhopf will implement projects with the young people in the Fliegerwerkstatt as a social pedagogue from 15 February 2021! He is a trained production mechanic and has studied social work. He brings various experiences from workshop projects with young people as well as from the care of unaccompanied minor refugees.

After Mathias Link’s leaving, Patrick Peinhopf will  take over the crafts pedagogical tasks in cooperation with Dirk Dreissen and our volunteers.

Unfortunately, in the wake of the current lockdown, we too must let the youth work at the Fliegerwerkstatt rest.

The homemade biscuits are packed in CARE boxes and given away at Christmas.

Hertha BSC fulfils many small and large wishes every year with the ‘Herthaner helfen’ campaign. A lamella cutter and more screw clamps had long been on the wish list of the Fliegerwerkstatt.

In addition to the tools, the Herthans also brought a goal wall, chocolate Santas and sweatshirts for the youngsters! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

The joy is huge: we have won this year’s Roman Herzog Prize!

MANY THANKS to the Board of Trustees of the Brandenburg Gate Foundation, the Berliner Sparkasse and the Chairman of the Board Dr. Evers for this prize! Many thanks to Mrs Senff of Quinoa Bildung for the laudatory speech.

Roman Herzog Preis 2020: Fliegerwerkstatt – Our Finalist Film!

Click here to go to the Berliner Sparkasse website for the Roman Herzog Prize and the videos of all finalists.

Berliner Sparkasse Roman Herzog Preis

We are extremely excited to have made it to the three finalists of the Berliner Sparkasse`s Roman Herzog Prize! Now we have to wait until the award ceremony on 2 November.

The prize honours Berlin projects or initiatives that combine social commitment and entrepreneurship through their particular innovative strength and thus contribute to the further development of society and its cohesion. The projects should have the potential to make an impact throughout Germany because of their exemplary character.