Wiener Hilfswerk
Wien, Austria
About
Wiener Hilfswerk is a charity based in Wien, Austria working on community development, education, poverty & hunger +4 more.
The Wiener Hilfswerk runs a network of ten Nachbarschaftszentren (neighbourhood centres) across Vienna. The centres offer free social counselling, language and leisure buddy programmes, homework help for children, health and prevention activities, group and cultural events, and volunteer opportunities. Services are open to residents of Vienna, with social counselling assigned by district of residence. The centres also accept donations of food, hygiene items and clothing, which are passed on to people in need or sold at flea markets to fund their social work. Activities include Kulturpass and TuWas!Pass issuance in cooperation with a partner association, a community fridge, second-hand sales and a repair café.
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Lernclub
Education
Volunteer-supported homework and learning help for schoolchildren in the neighbourhood centres.
Kontaktepool Wien
Community development
Language and leisure buddy programme offering language tandems, conversation groups and social contact in several languages.
Sozialberatung
Poverty & Hunger
Free, anonymous social counselling for people with main residence in Vienna, including social orientation and neighbourhood social work.
Fair-Teiler-Kühlschrank
Poverty & Hunger
Community fridge stocked with rescued, edible food, run in cooperation with the Ökosoziales Forum Wien.
zweit.hand
Community development
Second-hand shop and flea markets where donated goods are sold, with proceeds funding the neighbourhood centres' social work.
Walk & Talk
Health
Walking group combining movement and social exchange for participants in the neighbourhood centres.
Reparaturcafé
Community development
Repair café encouraging people to repair items rather than discard them.
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Ökosoziales Forum Wien, Gesundheitsdienst der Stadt Wien
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