Dialog in Deutsch: Conversation groups for immigrants Launched at the end of 2009 120 voluntary workers, more than 50 open-access groups at all public libraries Promotion of voluntary commitment continue to expand at Bücherhallen Hamburg. Following the Media Messengers (volunteer door-to-door media delivery service for housebound persons), ‘Dialog in Deutsch’ was added in December 2009. In cooperation with the Hamburg Office for Integration and Civil Society, Bücherhallen also offer free-of-charge conversation groups for immigrants, at locations throughout the city. People from all over the world meet near their homes once a week, with facilitation by committed volunteer duos, outside of the official integration courses, to speak German with one another and to exchange views on everyday life in Germany and on culture with other group participants. This voluntary project is part of the core mission of Bücherhallen as a Foundation, that is to be ‘a cultural centre and supporter of socio-cultural work at the local level’. The latest projects in particular, that is ‘Dialog in Deutsch’ and ‘Book Dwarfs’ (language promotion in Hamburg accommodation, for children and their mothers ), are regular events set up by Bücherhallen Hamburg to promote integration with the aid of committed volunteers. They meet the increasing need to help immigrants make a successful new start in Hamburg, in an informal way that is free of official requirements and obstacles. The success of all the voluntary projects speaks for itself.