Springboard Your Choice

What Springboard Your Choice does

Sprungbrett e.V. (operating publicly under the brand name Springboard Your Choice / Deine! CHANCE) is a registered non-profit association (eingetragener Verein) founded on 19 September 1986 in Bad Fallingbostel, Germany, and headquartered in Soltau. Its mission is to help young people aged 14-21 who have committed criminal offenses — and historically those who refuse school — change their behavior through ambulatory social-pedagogical interventions rather than custodial measures. The association has been officially recognized since 21 November 2018 as a freier Träger der Jugendhilge under §75 SGB VIII by the Jugendhilfeausschuss des Landkreises Heidekreis, authorizing it to deliver court-mandated programs in the district.

The core service portfolio consists of seven active programs: Betreuungsweisungen (weekly individual supervision orders, 6-12 months in length), Täter-Opfer-Ausgleich (offender-victim reconciliation with an associated victim compensation fund paying €12.50 per community-service hour), Anti-Gewalt-Training (up to 25 weekly 3-hour group sessions plus 2 individual sessions), Verkehrspädagogisches Seminar (5-module traffic education delivered with police, German Red Cross, and social-psychiatric service partners), Arbeitsauflage (court-ordered community service placement at charitable organizations), the BASIC social training course (up to 20 weekly modules under §15 JGG), and the 'Come In!' addiction prevention counseling service introduced in 2020. The 'Deine! CHANCE' school-attendance program, launched in 2008, was discontinued on 31 December 2023. Program delivery is exclusively human-mediated by credentialed staff — Diplom-Sozialarbeiter/-pädagogen, a certified FreD-Trainer, a Mediator in Strafsachen, and an Anti-Gewalt-Trainer — and there is no technology platform underpinning the offerings.

The business model is that of a publicly funded social-services Träger rather than a commercial enterprise. All programs are delivered free of charge to clients. Revenue is derived from public subsidies under the German youth welfare system (§75 SGB VIII) together with donations for which the association issues Zuwendungsbestätigungen. Distribution is direct through two physical offices (Soltau at Friedenstr. 3 and Walsrode) with no fixed opening hours, and the client pipeline is generated almost entirely by institutional referrals from juvenile courts, public prosecutors, and the Jugendamt. Marketing is limited to occasional earned press coverage. The organization operates with approximately 2-3 paid operational staff (Thorsten Sauer Uhrig as Leitung and Jasmin Telker) supplemented by a voluntary Vorstand of nine board members led by 1. Vorsitzender Karl-Ludwig von Danwitz. Service area is restricted to Landkreis Heidekreis.

Name

Springboard Your Choice

Legal name

Verein Sprungbrett e.V.

Website

https://vereinsprungbrett.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Sprungbrett e.V. (Springboard Your Choice) is a German non-profit association delivering free, court-mandated social-pedagogical intervention programs — including supervision orders, victim-offender mediation, anti-violence training, and addiction prevention counseling — to juvenile and young adult offenders aged 14-21 in the Heidekreis district.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Social Services / Juvenile Justice Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Parole Offices and Probation Offices (922150), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Court/Community School Programs (Diversion, Probation-Linked, Community Day Schools) (EDAJAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Juvenile Justice Education Programs (Detention & Correctional Education) (EDAJAEAB), Juvenile Justice System (Courts & Detention) (BPAIAFAF), Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM)

Keywords

• Youth justice services
• Juvenile offender rehabilitation
• Social pedagogical programs
• Youth welfare services
• Victim-offender mediation

Headquarters

HQ city

Soltau

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public Subsidies and Grants: As a recognized free provider of youth welfare (freier Träger der Jugendhilfe gemäß § 75 SGB VIII), the organization receives public funding. Services are provided free of charge to clients.
2. Donations: The organization accepts donations from the public and issues donation confirmation certificates (Zuwendungsbestätigung) upon request. The organization is selflessly and non-profit oriented (selbstlos und gemeinnützig tätig).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Springboard Your Choice (Verein Sprungbrett e.V.) delivers ambulatory social-pedagogical intervention programs for juvenile and young adult offenders aged 14–21 and school-refusing youth in the Heidekreis district of Lower Saxony, Germany. Its core offerings include supervision orders (Betreuungsweisungen), community service supervision (Arbeitsauflage), victim-offender mediation (Täter-Opfer-Ausgleich), anti-violence training, traffic education seminars, the BASIC social training course, and addiction prevention counseling.

Product overview

Sprungbrett e.V. is a non-profit social services organization offering a coordinated portfolio of ambulatory social-pedagogical programs for juvenile offenders (aged 14-21) and school-refusing youth in the Heidekreis district of Germany. The core offerings include: supervision orders (Betreuungsweisungen), work orders (Arbeitsauflage), offender-victim reconciliation (Täter-Opfer-Ausgleich), anti-violence training, traffic education seminars, and the BASIC social training course. Supporting services include the 'Come In!' addiction prevention counseling and the discontinued 'Deine! CHANCE' school attendance program. Programs are provided under the German Youth Courts Act (JGG) framework and are offered free of charge to participants. The organization operates from offices in Soltau and Walsrode, with referrals primarily through courts, public prosecutor's offices, and youth welfare offices.

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Brands

• BASIC: A social training course offering practical basic knowledge for youth, serving as an alternative to work orders under §15 JGG. The group program runs weekly with modules covering social skills, communication, civil rights, social state, applications, finances, media, driver's license, drugs, and violence prevention.

Products and services

• Betreuungsweisungen (Supervision Orders) Weekly individual supervision sessions lasting 6–12 months for juvenile offenders aged 14–21, designed to improve their personal life situation, build future perspectives, and reduce recidivism. Court-ordered under §10 JGG or prosecutor-ordered under §45 JGG.
• Arbeitsauflage (Community Service Supervision) Accompaniment of juveniles in fulfilling their court-ordered community service, including assignment to a charitable organization and regular contact maintenance during the placement. In the Victim Fund variant, offenders earn €12.50 per community service hour paid to victims as compensation.
• Täter-Opfer-Ausgleich (Offender-Victim Reconciliation) Mediation procedure allowing offenders and victims to resolve conflicts through an impartial mediator trained in criminal matters, focused on processing the crime, its consequences, and reaching compensation agreements.
• Anti-Gewalt-Training (Anti-Violence Training) Group program for male violent offenders aged 14–21, consisting of up to 25 weekly sessions of 3 hours each plus 2 mandatory individual sessions, designed to enable socially appropriate handling of aggression and anger. WingTsun–Schule Soltau contributes de-escalation and role-play elements.
• Verkehrspädagogisches Seminar (Traffic Education Seminar) Five-module seminar (2 hours each) for juveniles who committed traffic offenses, aiming to promote responsible behavior in road traffic. Delivered in collaboration with police, German Red Cross, and the social-psychiatric service.
• BASIC – Sozialer Trainingskurs (Social Training Course) Social training course offering practical basic knowledge for youth, serving as an alternative to work orders under §15 JGG. Weekly group modules cover social skills, communication, civil rights, social state, applications, finances, media, driver's license, drugs, and violence prevention; includes a guided visit to Bergen-Belsen Memorial.
• Come In! – Suchtpräventionsberatung (Addiction Prevention Counseling) Individual counseling service for young people aged 14–22 who experiment with alcohol and/or drugs. Consists of three individual sessions including a structured consumption history assessment, following the FreD (Frühintervention bei erstauffälligen Drogenkonsumenten) approach.

Quantifiable outcome

• The BASIC program runs weekly with up to 20 modules per youth as ordered by courts (1 module = 3 hours equivalent).
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• WingTsun – Schule Soltau (Christian Batori)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerChristian Batori (Self-Defense and Violence Prevention instructor) from WingTsun-Schule Soltau conducts de-escalation training and stress-indicated role-play exercises as part of the Anti-Gewalt-Training program. His involvement provides specialized physical self-defense and violence prevention expertise not available in-house.
• Polizei (Police)minorOthersPolice officers serve as presenters/referrers for the Verkehrspädagogisches Seminar (Traffic Education Seminar), contributing to the five-module program for youth who have committed traffic offenses.
• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross)minorOthersRepresentatives from the German Red Cross participate as presenters in the Verkehrspädagogisches Seminar, contributing to the multi-module traffic education program for young traffic offenders.
• Sozialpsychiatrischer Dienst (Social-Psychiatric Service)minorOthersThe Social-Psychiatric Service supports the Verkehrspädagogisches Seminar with specialist content, particularly on substance abuse and mental health aspects of traffic offenses.
• Gemeinnützige Einrichtungen (Charitable/Non-Profit Organizations)minorOthersFor the Arbeitsauflage (community service order) program, youth are assigned to charitable organizations where they complete their mandated community service hours. Sprungbrett maintains regular contact with these organizations during the assignment period.
• Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen (Bergen-Belsen Memorial)minorOthersThe memorial site is used as an educational destination for the BASIC social skills training program, where participating youth receive a 3.5-hour guided tour as part of the democracy module. The 2024 visit involved five youths aged 15–20.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur gGmbH: Berlin-based non-profit freier Träger der Jugendhilfe delivering ambulatory social-pedagogical services, youth offender support, and education-related interventions — structurally similar model to Sprungbrett but operating in a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• Caritas Deutschland: Major German Catholic welfare confederation operating a broad range of youth welfare, social-pedagogical, and offender-supports services across multiple districts; offers directly overlapping Betreuungsweisungen- and JGG-related services as a freier Träger.
• Diakonie Deutschland: National Protestant welfare association delivering ambulatory youth welfare, juvenile justice diversion, and social-pedagogical interventions as a recognized freier Träger der Jugendhilfe, closely comparable to Sprungbrett at scale.
• Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) Bundesverband: One of Germany's largest welfare associations and a recognized freier Träger der Jugendhilfe in many districts, operating juvenile justice diversion, social-pedagogical support, and youth offender programs comparable to Sprungbrett's portfolio at national scale.
• SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. Major German youth welfare non-profit offering social-pedagogical support for at-risk youth, including juvenile-justice-related services and family-based interventions, with comparable funding mix (public + donations).

Direct peers

• Outlaw gGmbH: German youth welfare provider operating ambulatory social-pedagogical interventions, court-ordered supervision, and youth justice programs as a freier Träger — directly comparable to Sprungbrett's service model in multiple districts.
• Internationaler Bund (IB): Large German non-profit freier Träger der Jugendhilfe delivering ambulatory social-pedagogical services, court-mandated Betreuungsweisungen, anti-violence training, and youth offender reintegration programs comparable to Sprungbrett's offering.
• Evangelische Jugendhilfe Münsterland gGmbH: Recognized freier Träger der Jugendhilfe providing court-ordered Betreuungsweisungen, social-skills training, and ambulatory juvenile-justice interventions — directly analogous service mix to Sprungbrett in a different regional market.

Others

• Bundesverband für Straffälligenhilfe: German umbrella association for offender-aid organizations; its members operate court-mandated ambulatory measures (Bewährungshilfe, Betreuungsweisungen, Täter-Opfer-Ausgleich) comparable to Sprungbrett's program portfolio.
• LWL-Landesjugendamt Westfalen (Jugendhilfe): Public-sector youth welfare authority operating in parallel to freie Träger like Sprungbrett; relevant comparable for benchmarking the ambulatory intervention, Betreuungsweisungen, and diversionary services Sprungbrett delivers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

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