diakonia München

Founded in 1996, diakonia München is a social enterprise based in München, Germany working on employment & skills, poverty & hunger, environment & climate.

diakonia München is a non-profit social enterprise and inclusion business in Munich and Ebersberg, run as a gemeinnützige GmbH by the Diakonie München und Oberbayern and the Evangelisch-Lutherischer Dekanatsbezirk München. Founded in 1996, it supports people facing difficult life circumstances, long-term unemployment or disabilities in finding and keeping work. It runs market-oriented businesses such as second-hand shops, clothing collection and textile services, a painting company, and a catering box for childcare facilities, alongside qualification, training and counselling services (MALZ, IBZ, Karla Start, KASA). Its clothing banks provide free clothing to people in need in Munich. The organisation emphasises sustainability, holding an environmental report and the Grüner Gockel certification, and it is a member of FairWertung.