SPD on other topics

The SPD wants the state to make volunteering more attractive and to commit significantly more to it. The state is also to provide reliable support for both grassroots and elite sports, including swimming lessons.

Many clubs cannot find enough volunteers. The SPD wants to make volunteering more attractive. The state should also support sports in a lasting way. There should be more chances for swimming lessons.

The program points to recruitment problems in youth fire brigades, club sports and social initiatives, and to older volunteers leaving since the COVID-19 pandemic. The state is to do more in coordination with funding institutions. In sports, accessibility and health promotion are to receive more support. Because the SPD sees too few opportunities for swimming lessons, the state is to do more here. The party also wants to fund the creation of a Hessian esports performance center.

The SPD wants to double funding for consumer advice because, in its view, consumer behavior is changing ever faster. Food inspection would be better resourced. Initiatives that help avoid waste would receive funding.

The SPD wants to give twice as much money for consumer advice. There, people get advice on shopping, housing costs and debt. Food should be checked better. There should be less waste. Repair cafes and swap markets would get funding for that.

Advice on sustainability, nutrition, housing costs and paying off debt would be expanded. In food inspection, the state would take on more responsibility for sampling and for checking larger businesses. On the way to a circular economy, the party wants to fund repair cafes, recycling stores and swap exchanges so that goods stay in use longer.