Lebenshilfe Walsrode

Lebenshilfe Walsrode e.V. is a non-profit organization serving people with disabilities and their families in the southern Heidekreis district. For 60 years, it has worked to support participation in community life and help each person lead a self-determined life. More than 500 employees provide services used by over 1,000 children, young people, adults, and seniors.

Its broad range of support spans early childhood, education, therapy, housing, and everyday assistance. Services include integrative daycare centers and nurseries, special education groups, speech therapy kindergarten, early intervention, autism support, family assistance, and social-pedagogical family support. The organization also runs the Klaus-Dieter-Haehn School, cooperative classes, and school assistance in the southern Heidekreis and Hannover region. For adults, it offers residential homes and groups, supported living, and structured daytime activities for seniors. An occupational therapy practice provides additional therapeutic support.

Lebenshilfe Walsrode also promotes community involvement through volunteering and family-support services. Its work is guided by the aim of enabling people of all ages and with different disabilities to participate in society.