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Diakonie Gütersloh

Diakonie Gütersloh e.V.

Gütersloh, Germany

Elderly careHealthRefugees & MigrationChildren & Youth
CharityFounded 1999Regional reach1001-5000 staff
Profile last updated: March 13, 2026

About

Founded in 1999, Diakonie Gütersloh is a charity based in Gütersloh, Germany working on elderly care, health, refugees & migration +3 more.

Diakonie Gütersloh e.V. is a Protestant social welfare association that works with people in all stages of life regardless of age, gender, religion or origin. It runs care services for older people and people with dementia, including day care, residential and service housing, and home care. It also provides migration and refugee counselling, youth migration services, debt and insolvency counselling, pregnancy and pregnancy-conflict counselling, and neighbourhood and volunteer-based community work. It works with the DiakonieVerband Brackwede as a joint network, employing more than 1,200 full-time staff, and operates in Gütersloh, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Bielefeld, Warendorf and surrounding areas.

Location

Gütersloh, Germany

Founded

1999

Organisation type

Charity

Legal form

e.V.

Legal name

Diakonie Gütersloh e.V.

Registration

VR 1052

Staff

1001-5000

VAT number

DE228828143

Focus areas

DiakoniePflegeDemenzMigrationFlüchtlingsberatungSchuldnerberatungSchwangerschaftsberatungJugendmigrationsdienst

Languages

DEENFRIT

Causes & programmes

Causes

Elderly careHealthRefugees & MigrationChildren & YouthHousing & HomelessnessCommunity development

Works for

Elderly peopleFamiliesRefugees & MigrantsYouthChildrenHomeless peoplePeople in povertyCarersWomen & Girls

How they work

Direct servicesCommunity programmesVolunteer programmes

Programmes

Jugendmigrationsdienst Gütersloh

Refugees & Migration

Supports young migrants aged 12 to 27 with social, cultural, educational and political participation, offering consultations in German, Arabic and Kurdish.

Café Connect

Refugees & Migration

Meeting centres in Gütersloh and Rheda-Wiedenbrück for Ukrainian refugees and volunteers supporting them, offering orientation and advice on authorities.

Aktion Atempause

Elderly care

Concept to support family carers and provide suitable care for people with dementia.

Leuchtpunkte

Health

Group programme for people with early-stage dementia, training memory and offering social contact and outings.

Café miteinander

Elderly care

Small supervised groups for people with advanced dementia.

Funding & support

Ways to support

DonateVolunteer

Credentials & affiliations

Industry memberships

Diakonisches Werk Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe e.V.

Partnerships

Bertelsmann, Bürgerstiftung Gütersloh, Volksbank Stiftung, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Ev. Kirchengemeinde Gütersloh

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