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The Left wants to repair gyms and district sports grounds through a renovation program. At the same time, more freely accessible sports equipment and exercise areas are to be created in public spaces.

Many gyms and sports fields are in poor shape. The Left wants to repair them. There should also be more outdoor sports equipment. Anyone can use it for free.

Sports policy is to center on mass participation and inclusion, including for people without club membership. Plans include more fitness equipment, calisthenics parks, and table tennis tables, as well as better use of park areas. Artificial turf fields in particular are to be renovated; closures during summer vacation are to end. For clubhouses and changing rooms at soccer fields, the program calls for a needs assessment.

The Left wants to cover club fees for people with low incomes and create a sports funding program for recipients of welfare benefits. Clubs are also to get more support for integration, inclusion, and diversity.

Sports clubs cost money. Some people cannot afford that. The Left wants to pay their fees. Children should be able to go swimming for 1 euro.

The 1-euro admission for children and teenagers at outdoor pools is to stay and be extended to indoor pools; the programs "Kids in die Clubs" and "Kids in die Bäder" are to be secured. The state is to shield clubs and schools from higher energy costs. The allowance for coaches is to rise, and training costs for coaches and referees with little money are to be covered. Queer sports clubs are to get more funding. Together with the associations, the party wants to draw up plans for child protection and against violence in soccer.

The Left wants more sports and activity areas for young people and better conditions at places where people party. Young people should also find affordable housing more easily.

The Left wants more places for ball sports, skating and BMX. Where young people party, there should be toilets and support teams. Young people should find a cheap apartment more easily.

Ball sports areas should exist across the city, with more of them in densely built areas. Organizations such as Sportgarten e. V. should get larger grants, the skate park in P5 should stay and the BMX facility at Schlachthof should be renewed. Green spaces such as Osterdeich and Werdersee should have enough sanitary facilities, and awareness teams should prevent assaults. For housing, support structures and targeted funding are planned; a fund to help furnish a first apartment is to be examined.

The Left wants to secure older people's participation through short, barrier-free routes, digital training alongside continued non-digital access to authorities, and a law on seniors' participation. Local services and multigenerational housing are to counter loneliness in old age.

The Left wants to make life easier for older people. They should be able to learn how to use the internet. Public offices should stay reachable by phone or in person. Meeting places in the neighborhood should help against loneliness.

Routes to shops and services are to be short and barrier-free, and public transit is to close gaps. Shaded places, benches and drinking fountains are to be created as climate adaptation. Bremen is to get a seniors' participation law like other states, and the state seniors' council is to be strengthened. Multigenerational houses, cultural and sports meetups and neighborhood help are to be supported and linked to health and care centers. In working life, the party calls for better conditions, options to switch tasks and further training for people over 50 as well.

The Left wants Bremen to develop its own sustainability strategy and update it regularly. It should cover how the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals are implemented in the state and Bremen's contribution to global development.

The United Nations has 17 goals for a better world. The Left wants a plan for how Bremen reaches these goals. Bremen should renew the plan again and again. A report with numbers alone is not enough for the party.

The strategy is to follow the UN's 2030 Agenda and name concrete measures. In the party's view, an indicator report is no substitute for a strategy. Goal 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions is explicitly included. The platform credits Bremen's city partnerships as a basis for international exchange.

The Left wants to strengthen consumer protection with more public money. Plans include more neighborhood contact points and advice, a better-funded consumer advice center, and ad-free daycare centers and schools.

The Left wants to protect consumers better. Consumers are people who buy or use things. There should be more advice in the neighborhoods. The consumer advice center should get more money and staff. Daycare centers and schools should have no ads.

The independent neighborhood legal advice service, so far in places like Gröpelingen and the Schweizer Viertel, is to get more locations and mobile offers. Funds are to be kept ready to cushion the cost risk of model declaratory lawsuits. Funding for the consumer advice center is to rise with prices, with added staff for topics such as climate protection and electric mobility. Letters from public offices are to be easy to understand and multilingual. Children and teenagers are to learn more about data protection, consumption, and debt traps. The party wants to keep supporting repair cafés and exchanges for used building parts.