{"id":10437,"date":"2026-08-13T13:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistenz-kollektiv.de\/the-zsl-is-on-the-verge-of-closing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T14:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:02:13","slug":"the-zsl-is-on-the-verge-of-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assistenz-kollektiv.de\/en\/the-zsl-is-on-the-verge-of-closing\/","title":{"rendered":"The ZSL is on the verge of closing!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Center for Self-Determined Living (ZsL) in Cologne<\/strong> faces closure due to the planned elimination of municipal funding. Far more is at stake here than the funding of a single project: For nearly 40 years, the ZsL has been supporting people with disabilities in Cologne in living self-determined lives, understanding and asserting their rights, and participating in society on an equal footing. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The loss of funding also threatens to have far-reaching consequences for the entire umbrella organization \u201cSelbstbestimmt Leben\u201d Behinderter K\u00f6ln e.V. Since the ZsL also funds part of the management and operating costs, the work of the <strong>Kompetenzzentrum Selbstbestimmt Leben K\u00f6ln (KSL)<\/strong> and the <strong>Erg\u00e4nzende unabh\u00e4ngige Teilhabeberatung (EUTB)<\/strong> would also be at risk.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Expertise built up over decades, vital networks, and\u2014above all\u2014the experience and expertise of people with disabilities must not fall victim to budget cuts. A city like Cologne, which aspires to stand for diversity and inclusion, must preserve the structures that make self-determination and inclusion a concrete reality. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is why we support the call to preserve the ZsL in Cologne.  <strong>Join us in taking a stand against cuts that hurt people with disabilities, and support the petition: The ZsL Cologne must stay open!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Click here to sign the petition:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c.org\/L95Kz6Jqqr\">https:\/\/c.org\/L95Kz6Jqqr<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Self-Determined Living (ZsL) in Cologne faces closure due to the planned elimination of municipal funding. Far more is at stake here than the funding of a single project: For nearly 40 years, the ZsL has been supporting people with disabilities in Cologne in living self-determined lives, understanding and asserting their rights, and &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"The ZSL is on the verge of closing!\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.assistenz-kollektiv.de\/en\/the-zsl-is-on-the-verge-of-closing\/#more-10437\" aria-label=\"Read more about The ZSL is on the verge of closing!\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","infinite-scroll-item","resize-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistenz-kollektiv.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistenz-kollektiv.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistenz-kollektiv.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistenz-kollektiv.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistenz-kollektiv.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10437"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistenz-kollektiv.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10455,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistenz-kollektiv.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10437\/revisions\/10455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistenz-kollektiv.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistenz-kollektiv.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistenz-kollektiv.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistenz-kollektiv.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}