The life-size purple horse is once again the ambassador for our charity campaign at this year’s 53rd Internationales Festhallen Reitturnier Frankfurt – marking its tenth year in this role.
Together with our partners and visitors to the show, we support projects that open up educational opportunities, strengthen democratic values and bring people in the region together.
Golden handprints and signatures from supporters, prominent riders and other notable figures make the Purple Horse a unique piece every year.
The highlight will be the American Auction on Sunday, 20 December 2026, at the Internationales Festhallen Reitturnier Frankfurt.
In 2026, we are supporting three projects in Offenbach and Frankfurt:
- The Diesterweg Scholarship of the Bürgerstiftung Offenbach, which supports gifted and motivated children and their families as they make the transition to secondary school.
- ‘Our Class. Our Values!’ by the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft and the Werte-Stiftung, which strengthens democratic values and cohesion in year 5 classes.
- The Frankfurter Miteinanderfonds by the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft, which facilitates civic engagement and community interactions in the neighbourhood.
Since 2015, the Diesterweg-Scholarship in Offenbach has been supporting gifted and motivated children who face educational barriers in their everyday lives. The Linsenhoff Stiftung has supported the programme since the beginning.
What makes it special is that the whole family is involved. Whilst the children develop their skills and self-confidence, parents receive support to actively guide their children’s educational journey. Siblings also benefit from the programme’s activities.
Children’s academies focusing on language, maths, science, theatre, art and music spark curiosity and nurture talents. Parents’ academies provide knowledge about parenting and the German school system. Trips, excursions and targeted German language support round off the programme.
The quality of the Diesterweg Scholarship has been recognised on several occasions: the original Frankfurt programme received, amongst other honours, the Hessian Integration Prize in 2013 and an award in the nationwide ‘Ideas for the Education Republic’ competition in 2012.
In 2025, the Offenbach Diesterweg Scholarship was awarded the City of Offenbach’s Integration Prize – in recognition of its long-standing commitment to education, integration and social cohesion.
The sixth generation runs from 2025 to 2027. In September 2025, 17 children from seven primary schools in Offenbach and twelve countries of origin started the programme along with their families. Since 2015, a total of 96 families have taken part; including parents and siblings, around 400 people have benefited from the programme.
Through the charity Campain Purple Horse, we are continuing our support and helping children and their families to realise their potential.
How can we live together respectfully? What does freedom mean? And how do we take responsibility for each other?
These are the questions addressed by the joint programme run by the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft and the Werte-Stiftung.
It is aimed at year 5 pupils in disadvantaged areas of Frankfurt and helps to strengthen cohesion when transitioning to a new class community.
The programme focuses on freedom, diversity, equality, solidarity and respect. Through three modules – ‘Recognising Values’, ‘Discovering Values’ and ‘Living Values’ – the children explore these values in a playful and practical way.
At extracurricular learning venues, such as the youth fire brigade, the DLRG, the DRK or social welfare organisations, they experience social responsibility at first hand. Together with a role model who embodies these values, they then develop activities and rituals for their everyday class life.
In the 2026/ 2027 school year, up to 20 year 5 classes at five schools in Frankfurt will take part. A continuation is planned for 2027/ 2028.
Through the Lila Pferd initiative, we support encounters and experiences that make democratic values tangible for children.
A neighbourhood party, a planted green space, an educational programme for children or a community litter-picking campaign: social cohesion often begins with a small idea right on one’s own doorstep.
The Frankfurter Miteinanderfonds by the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft helps residents, neighbourhood initiatives and charitable organisations to put such ideas into practice.
With up to 500 euros per project, it provides straightforward support for initiatives that bring people together and serve the common good.
Funding is provided for initiatives that strengthen civic engagement, promote education, culture and participation, and support democracy and the fundamental values of our society.
Through the charity campaign Purple Horse, we help turn good ideas into real connections – fostering a vibrant sense of community in Frankfurt.
Every contribution counts. Together, we create opportunities and strengthen social cohesion in our region.
We are delighted to be able to support the Diesterweg Scholarship in Offenbach once again this year through our charity campaign Purple Horse.
Through the project ‘Our Class. Our Values!’, we are focusing on strengthening democratic values, and through the Frankfurter Miteinanderfonds, we are once again supporting a new form of social engagement for the citizens of Frankfurt this year.
Highlights from the charity campaign Purple Horse over the past few years