Suchthilfe Ost
Suchthilfe Ost GmbH
Olten, Switzerland
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Suchthilfe Ost is a non-profit organisation based in Olten, Switzerland working on addiction, health, children & youth +3 more.
Suchthilfe Ost GmbH is a Swiss addiction support organisation in the canton of Solothurn. It provides free, confidential counselling, case management and support for people with addiction problems, their relatives and the public, covering the districts of Dorneck, Gäu, Gösgen, Olten, Thal and Thierstein. Services include youth counselling, supported housing, a supported work programme (Tagwerk), a community kitchen, a low-threshold consumption room, prevention and education for schools and professionals, and an online contact service. The organisation is mostly financed by public authorities, with its shareholders being local districts, and it also accepts donations. Its head office is in Olten, with branches in Balsthal, Dornach and Breitenbach.
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Jugendberatung Ost
Addiction · Switzerland
Free, confidential counselling for young people aged 12 to 25, their parents and carers in the Solothurn districts of Dorneck, Gäu, Gösgen, Olten, Thal and Thierstein, covering substance use and other personal, school or family issues.
Begleitetes Wohnen
Housing & Homelessness · Switzerland
Supported housing with around 35 furnished units, plus support in clients' own flats, for people temporarily or long-term unable to live independently, aiming to restore or maintain independent living.
Tagwerk
Employment & Skills · Switzerland
Supported work and daily structure programme for people with addiction, helping participants stabilise and gradually return to working life.
Stadtküche
Community development · Switzerland
Low-cost meals, clothing exchange, showers and low-threshold counselling in a space without consumption obligation for people with chronic addiction.
Kontakt- und Anlaufstelle
Addiction · Switzerland
Supervised consumption rooms and low-threshold services including HIV and hepatitis prophylaxis, wound care and distribution of syringes and condoms.
Pfoten-Pass
Community development · Switzerland
Free weekly pet food for pets of social assistance recipients and disability pension recipients.
Parcours Mein Körper gehört mir
Children & Youth · Switzerland
Prevention programme for schools to strengthen children against sexualised violence.
Love Limits
Children & Youth · Switzerland
Interactive exhibition for young people on healthy relationships, boundaries and prevention of violence.
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