{"id":2037,"date":"2025-12-06T12:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T12:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/assen\/?post_type=manifesto&#038;p=2037"},"modified":"2026-01-26T21:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:27:24","slug":"voorwoord-teun-jan-kootstra","status":"publish","type":"manifesto","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/assen\/verkiezingsprogramma\/voorwoord-teun-jan-kootstra\/","title":{"rendered":"Voorwoord Teun Jan Kootstra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--66 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--76  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--14 wrapper__width-desktop--20 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--4 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"heading   heading__size--giant heading__font--serif heading__weight--regular  block-heading__heading\" id=\"nav-voorwoord6802\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Voorwoord\" >\n\tVoorwoord<\/h1>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--40  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--13 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph   paragraph__size--big   block-paragraph__paragraph\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\tBeste inwoner van Assen, beste lezer,<br><br>Voor je ligt het verkiezingsprogramma van D66 Assen voor de periode 2026-2030.<br>Een programma dat is geschreven door mensen die midden in de Asser samenleving staan. Wij zijn niet alleen politici &#8211; we zijn inwoners van Assen, net als jij. \t<\/p>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--70 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--18 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-post-content\">\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__title\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"heading  heading__color--black heading__size--medium heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold  block-post-content__heading\" id=\"nav-1936\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"\">\n\t<\/h3>\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__content\">\n\t\t\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--30 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--20  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default   block-paragraph__paragraph\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t<br>We brengen onze kinderen naar school, staan langs de lijn bij de sportclub, helpen onze buren waar dat nodig is en zetten ons in als vrijwilliger in onze stad. We kennen de uitdagingen waar Asser gezinnen voor staan, omdat we ze zelf ook ervaren. <br><br>Uit eigen ervaring weet ik hoe waardevol het is dat ondersteuning dichtbij is, op momenten dat het je alleen even niet lukt. Of dat nu bij de praktijkondersteuner is, de gemeente, een zorgorganisatie of een lifestylecoach. Elk huisje heeft zijn kruisje, weet ik maar al te goed. <br><br>Zelf startte ik na enige aarzeling aan een gezonde levensstijl interventie. Waar ik eerder dacht &#8220;Ik kan dit toch wel alleen?&#8221;, blijkt de hulp zeer welkom. Daarbij besef ik me zeer hoe waardevol een preventieve aanpak had kunnen werken voor me, in mijn vroegere jaren. Het is niet voor niets dat we nu veel aandacht voor preventie vragen.<br><br>Ik besef me hoe het leven van de ene dag op de andere totaal op zijn kop kan staan en je dat (als persoon en gezin) kwetsbaar maakt. Het gaf me het inzicht om niet te snel te oordelen of te vervallen in de \u201cschuldvraag\u201d, maar om juist te ondersteunen bij het weer verkrijgen van grip en kunnen nemen van verantwoordelijkheid.<br><br>Soms voel je je alleen als je &#8211; of iemand die je dierbaar is &#8211; onverwacht tegen problemen aanloopt. Ik leerde dat het belangrijkste wat je kunt doen is: sta naast iemand. Als ondersteuner, als begeleider, als gids, als luisterend oor. Ik gun iedereen iemand die naast je staat op momenten dat je dit nodig hebt.<br><br>In mijn vrijwilligerswerk ervaar ik elke week hoe waardevol het is om iets te kunnen betekenen voor anderen. Achter de bar bij de volleybal vereniging of met een scheidsrechterskoppel na een korfbalwedstrijd heb ik de mooiste gesprekken. Soms kun je met een mooie reflectie of gewoon een kopje koffie steun bieden, op een plek waar iedereen gelijk is en we niet denken in politieke windrichtingen. <br>Plekken die niet polariseren maar verbinden.<br><br>Deze verbondenheid is de basis van dit programma. We vormen samen Assen. We vullen elk ons leven in, zonder daarbij de belangen van anderen en onze omgeving uit het oog te verliezen. Individuele vrijheid komt met de verantwoordelijkheid om voor elkaar te zorgen. <br><br><strong>D66 geeft Assen de ruimte om mee te doen. Want het kan w\u00e9l.<\/strong><br><br><strong>Teun Jan Kootstra<\/strong><br>Lijsttrekker D66 Assen\t<\/p>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__sidebar\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--20  wrapper__gutter--default\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"block-columns block-columns__gutter-large--default block-columns__horizontal-spacing-large--default\">\n  \n\n<div class=\"block-column block-column__width-large--4\">\n  \n\n<div class=\"block-column block-column__width-large--4\">\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-column block-column__width-large--4\">\n  \n<div id=\"\" class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--20  wrapper__gutter--none\">\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--0 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--14\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/d66.nl\/assen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/01\/D66-LR-1-Teun-Jan-Kootstra-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"image block-image__img\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image__caption-wrapper block-image__caption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image__caption block-image__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--small paragraph__weight--medium\">\n\t\tBeeld: Marcel J. de Jong\t<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":347,"featured_media":2334,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"search-tags":[26],"themes-or-point-of-view":[25],"class_list":["post-2037","manifesto","type-manifesto","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","search-tags-lokaal","themes-or-point-of-view-point-of-view"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D66 Assen &#8212; 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