For people on the ground
Discover offers, find spontaneous activities, meet new people and take the first step more easily.
Product
Residents discover. Partners publish. Decision-makers steer.
Close makes visible what is already there and lowers the barrier to actually participating. Residents discover offers, local partners reach people nearby, and institutions steer social activation based on real data.
Community-driven. Ad-free. Privacy-conscious. Built for real encounter in real places.
What Close is
One platform. Three perspectives.
For local partners
Make events, places and initiatives visible and reach people in the immediate surroundings.
For decision-makers
Manage and evaluate neighbourhoods, partners, offers and impact through a central dashboard.
Platform modules
Four modules. One coherent system.
App
The app for real encounter.
People see what is happening nearby: events, places, groups, spontaneous activities and matching offers. Close turns interest into participation.
- Discover local events
- Start or join spontaneous activities
- Find meeting places nearby
- Filter offers by interest and proximity
- Enable low-threshold participation
- Privacy-friendly and ad-free
HEUTE IM QUARTIER
Neustadt
Nachbarschaftskaffee
Gemeinschaftsraum Lindenhof · 240m
Spaziergang am Dienstag
Treffpunkt Park · morgen
Repair-Café
Wöchentlich · kostenlos
42
Angebote
18
Partner
327
Teilnahmen
Dashboard
The dashboard for steering and impact.
Municipalities, housing providers and social organisations see what is happening in the neighbourhood: which offers are active, which partners are engaged, where participation emerges and where more activation is needed.
- Manage neighbourhoods, spaces and partners
- Overview of offers and activities
- Evaluate usage and activation
- Make impact and participation visible
- Identify gaps in local provision
- Data-driven decisions for neighbourhood development
Close · Quartiersdashboard
Neustadt/Übersicht
KW 21 · Mai 2025Vergleich: VorquartalLive
+ QuartierExport ↓
Teilnahmen
327
↑ +14%
Aktive Partner
18
↑ +3
Aktivierungsrate
81%
↑ +6 Pkt
Angebote
42
↑ +5
Wiederholung
64%
↑ +8%
Einsamkeit ↓
−17%
↑ Ziel
Aktivität & Trend (12 Wo.)
Teilnahmen Trend
KW10
KW11
KW12
KW13
KW14
KW15
KW16
KW17
KW18
KW19
KW20
KW21
Quartiere
Neustadt
327
Altstadt
147
Westpark
89
Südring
54
ESG Score
Social
81
Env.
68
Gov.
74
Quartalsbericht Q1 2025 abgeschlossen · Neue Wirkungsdaten verfügbar
Bericht öffnen✕
Aktive Partner
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Partner
Kategorie
Teiln.
Angebote
Status
Nachbarschaftscafé
Sozial
48
4 Ang.
AKTIVRepair-Café
Bildung
32
2 Ang.
AKTIVGemeinschaftsraum Lindenhof
Raum
67
8 Ang.
AKTIVSpaziergang Dienstag
Gesundheit
12
1 Ang.
NEUSeniorenzentrum Westpark
Sozial
41
5 Ang.
AKTIVBürgerHaus Mitte
Civic
9
2 Ang.
NEUAktivitätsfeed
Neuer Partner: BürgerHaus Mitte bestätigt
2h
Anmeldung Spaziergang: 12 neue Personen
4h
Wirkungsmessung Q1 erfolgreich abgeschlossen
6h
Aktivierung Altstadt: +6 Punkte diese Woche
1T
Angebot Repair-Café aktualisiert
1T
ESG-Bericht exportiert und versendet (PDF)
2T
Aktivität / Woche
Mo
Di
Mi
Do
Fr
Sa
So
−
+
Nutzertypen
Wiederkehrend
64%
Erstmalig
23%
Inaktiv
13%
Angebotsdichte
42 aktiv
Quartiersbindung
81%
ESG-Zielerreichung
74 / 100
Netzwerkdichte
↑ wächst
Partner area
Local partners become visible.
Cafés, associations, meeting places, initiatives and social organisations can easily publish offers and reach people in the surrounding area.
- Publish events and activities
- Manage places and offers
- Reach target groups more effectively
- Make recurring formats visible
- Strengthen collaboration in the neighbourhood
app.close-foundation.eu/partner/nachbarschaftscafe
Close
Übersicht
Angebote
Anmeld.
Berichte
Profil
Nachbarschaftscafé
Partnerbereich · Neustadt
aktiv
Nächste Veranstaltung
Offener Kaffeetreff
Mo 10:008 Plätze14 Anm.
Sichtbarkeit
↑ hoch
Reichweite
240m
Anmeldungen
14
Wiederkehrend
ja
Meine Angebote
3 aktivKaffeetreff
48 T.
aktivBackkurs
neu
EntwurfFilmabend
12 T.
aktivImpact
From activity comes learning.
Close shows not just reach, but activation: participation, repetition, partner engagement, offer density and perceived connection. This helps pilot partners understand what works and where to adjust.
- Reach and active usage
- Participation and return rate
- Partner activity
- Offer density and gaps
- Feedback from the neighbourhood
- Foundations for ESG reporting
Wiederkehrende Nutzung
64%
↑ wachsend
Neue Kontakte
89
↑ wachsend
Aktive Angebote
42
↑ wachsend
ESG Score
A+
↑ wachsend
Wirkungslogik
Teilnahme
81%
Aktivierung
73%
Verbundenheit
64%
How it works
From local offer to real participation.
Close does not create an artificial community. Close makes existing social infrastructure more usable and connects it with the people it is meant for.
1
Offers and places become visible
2
People discover relevant occasions
3
Participation becomes lower-threshold
4
Encounters repeat themselves
5
Decision-makers see what works
6
Neighbourhoods are activated more deliberately
Why different
Not another social network.
Close is not an events calendar, a social network or a civic portal. It is the digital infrastructure that makes existing social offers discoverable and shows responsible partners what actually works. Built for real participation, local visibility and community-oriented activation not for reach, advertising or screen time.
Close
Others
local
endless
connecting
attention-driven
ad-free
data-driven
community-oriented
platform-centric
measurable
merely visible
for real encounter
for screen time
Close is not designed to keep people online longer. Close is designed to help them arrive offline more easily.
For whom
Close works on multiple levels.
Onboarding
From decision to live operation: four weeks.
A structured start minimises friction and creates confidence. Close accompanies the setup technically and in terms of content.
1
Week 1
Setup
Tenant configuration, access for local partners, neighbourhood structure. Close typically has the base setup ready within a day.
2
Week 2
Build content
Bring first offers, places and partner profiles into the platform. Templates and onboarding support included.
3
Week 3
First activation
Start communication to residents, observe early usage and feedback, adjust where needed.
4
Week 4
Review and operations
Evaluate first reporting, address open questions and establish routines for ongoing operations.
Our promise
Close makes the invisible visible.
Many neighbourhoods have more potential than is immediately visible. Close makes this potential visible: existing places, active people, engaged organisations, unused spaces and new occasions for encounter.
Without Close
- Scattered offers
- Low visibility
- Isolated actors
- Unused spaces
- No overview
With Close
- Connected neighbourhood network
- Visible places and offers
- Active participation
- Measurable impact
- Clear overview
Next step
Experience how Close can work in your own neighbourhood.
Close can start as a pilot in a neighbourhood, housing estate, district or network of local partners. Together we define spaces, target groups, partners, offers and the right impact indicators.