DSG Zwolle

Founded in 2016, DSG Zwolle is a faith-based organisation based in Zwolle, Netherlands working on justice & legal aid, religion & faith, community development.

DSG Zwolle is a diaconal foundation based in Zwolle, the Netherlands. It provides pastoral and diaconal care to prisoners in the Penitentiary Institution (PI) Zwolle and to their families, as well as aftercare to ex-prisoners in the Zwolle region. It connects churches and organisations outside the prison with detainees, working through volunteers, a diaconal pastor and an administrative employee. Its activities include an Alpha course, a reading project for children of prisoners, buddy projects, church service support and practical help with reintegration. The foundation is supported by individual donations and a small government subsidy, and it holds ANBI status.