LWB residential school honored with Leipzig Future Prize 2019

The LWB Wohnschule was awarded the Leipziger Zukunftspreis 2019 in the youth category on September 26. The award ceremony took place in the evening in the New City Hall. Laudatory Katrin Hart congratulated all the trainees "who came up with the great idea for this unusual school", where young people are prepared by their peers for independent and responsible living in their first own home. She wished the project continued success. The prize money of 2,000 euros will go towards the further development of the LWB residential school.

The Leipziger Zukunftspreis is the successor to the Leipziger Agenda Preis and is awarded in three categories for activities that contribute to the sustainable development of the city of Leipzig. The Leipziger Gruppe, Sparkasse Leipzig, VNG AG and the Citizens for Leipzig Foundation provided the prize money totaling 12,000 euros.

27 September 2019