Magdeburg (dpa/sa) - For the "Socio-cultural Center" project in the small town of Hettstedt in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, the local harbor bar received the Demography Prize 2022 from the state of Saxony-Anhalt. The event center received the award on Wednesday in Magdeburg in the category "Strengthening Social Cohesion", announced the Ministry for Infrastructure and Digital Affairs.
According to the information provided, the education and consulting company Rock Your Life Halle was awarded first prize in the category "promoting skilled workers and junior staff". Started in 2008 as an initiative by students, the association is now committed, among other things, to more educational equity, for example through a mentoring program.
The members of the Friends of Hessen Castle in the Harz receive the prize for the conversion and renovation of the so-called stone barn. After two years of construction, the ruin has become a culture barn with a multimedia experience center, it is said. The association received the demography award in the category "Use the opportunities of digitization". According to the ministry, the jury awarded the special "Health" prize to the Alzheimer's Society in Saxony-Anhalt. She had realized the project "A year in the bee garden".
The Saxony-Anhalt Demography Prize was awarded for the tenth time for the best ideas in dealing with demographic change. 126 applications were received, it said. A total of 10,000 euros in prize money will be awarded.
