Stiftung Töpferhaus
Aarau, Switzerland
About
Founded in 1981, Stiftung Töpferhaus is a foundation based in Aarau, Switzerland working on mental health, employment & skills, arts & culture.
The Stiftung Töpferhaus is a Swiss foundation, founded in 1981, that supports people with mental impairments in their social and professional integration. It operates at three sites in the canton of Aargau (Aarau, Lenzburg and Suhr). Its services cover supported housing, outpatient support for independent living, day centres with creative and sheltered workshops, job coaching, and an artist studio called the Living Museum in Lenzburg. It also runs production workshops for food and other goods, sold through its own shops and retail partners. Around 200 to 275 clients (figures vary across sources) are supported by roughly 60 to 85 staff, and the foundation is guided by a Christian-based mission of creating space for people to shape their lives. It holds ISO 9001:2015 certification for its work services and BIO SUISSE KNOSPE certification for its products. An affiliated Innovationsstiftung Töpferhaus funds innovative projects, and donations to it can be tax-deducted.
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Ambulante Unterstützung beim selbstständigen Wohnen
Mental health
Outpatient support for people with mental impairments to manage daily life independently in their own homes, in the Aargau regions of Aarau, Kulm, Lenzburg, Bremgarten, Muri, Brugg and Baden.
Teilbetreutes und Betreutes Wohnen
Mental health
Supported housing for adults with mental impairments, in studio flats, external flats and residential groups.
Werkateliers and Kreativateliers
Employment & Skills
Day centres offering structure, creative work and sheltered work, with products sold in retail and the Fabriklädeli and LADE15 shops.
Living Museum Lenzburg
Arts & Culture
Combined studio and museum where people with mental impairments create, exhibit and sell art, open to the public.
Berufsausbildung fördern Integration
Employment & Skills
Job coaches support apprentices and their employers during basic vocational training in the general labour market.
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Employment & Skills
Social franchise project in cooperation with the Töpferhaus.
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ISO 9001:2015
BIO SUISSE KNOSPE
Aargauer Qualitätsstandards
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SocialStore Award Gold for PASTA Di PANE
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Coop, Rotary Club Baden, Tourismus Region Baden AG, Impiega Aarau, Stiftung Schloss Biberstein
