Kiel anchor of the Diakonie Altholstein

"We offer an anchorage for people whose lives are stormy. Our work offers them protection and peace, conversation and exchange. People who often have no status but valuable life experiences can feel welcome here."

Social service

Help and support in everyday life

Our social services offer free support for people on low incomes to help them cope with acute emergencies and stabilize their living situation.

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Trust management

Securing basic payments

Our trust account provides support in the event of financial problems, secures basic payments and promotes independent money management.

Drinking rooms

Protected places for encounters

The drinking rooms in Kiel offer protected places for people who drink alcohol, promote social acceptance and supplement this with optional counseling.

Kitchen

Affordable meals and social support

The Kieler Anker kitchen offers affordable meals, strengthens social contacts and daily structure, uses donated food and relies on donations.

Social streets

Discover Kiel from a new perspective

The "Anchorage" tours offer unique street tours in which people with special life stories share their keel and their perspectives.

Volunteering

Donations

Together we combat poverty and homelessness in Kiel and the surrounding area.

Holstein Kiel U23 at Kieler Anker and HEMPELS - A social day full of encounters

On Tuesday, December 2, 2025, our facility in Schaßstraße was the scene of a special visit: the Holstein Kiel U23 youth team, led by their head coach Willi Weiße, swapped the training pitch for active…

New commercial kitchen stove for the Kieler Anker: Kieler Volksbank-Stiftung supports lunch for the needy

(Kiel, November 7) Great joy at Kieler Anker: thanks to a donation from the Kieler Volksbank Foundation, a new commercial kitchen stove has been purchased for the kitchen of the facility in…

Kiel anchor presented on the story deck of the Ocean Race

The Kiel Anchor is now part of the official Sailing City Storydeck of the Ocean Race Europe in Kiel. On the event website, the anchor is portrayed as a "place of calm in the midst of rough seas" - a…

125 years of Baugenossenschaft Mittelholstein: an anniversary that does good.

This year, Baugenossenschaft Mittelholstein is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Instead of gifts, the cooperative asked guests from administration, politics and business for donations for the Kieler…

Solidarity campaign at the Aura hairdressing salon: free haircuts for women in difficult circumstances

On Saturday, June 14, Gülşah Yurttutan, owner of the Aura hairdressing salon in Flämische Straße in Kiel, opened her salon under a special banner: Only women who would otherwise not be able to afford…

Kieler Anker - Smutjes

A plate of soup can be more than just a meal. With the new charity campaign "Kieler Köche und Köchinnen für den Mittagstisch", which was launched in June, regional restaurateurs are sending out a…

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Social road layout at Kieler Anker

Our colleagues from the public relations department of Diakonie Schleswig-Holstein accompanied a social street tour and interviewed our guide Hans Peter.