Virtual Self-Help Café of the Self-Help Contact Point

The self-help contact point of the district supports self-help groups in Waldeck-Frankenberg in finding rooms, organising expert lectures, applying for funding or creating print products. However, the new start-ups are also important and are to be supported by the central contact point. In addition, the self-help contact point is networked with experts from the health system. It has set itself the goal of promoting and anchoring the idea of self-help in the region in order to contribute to a self-help-friendly climate in the district.

A new service is now available to all interested parties, whether they are already active themselves or have questions about self-help groups: the virtual self-help café. Here, anyone and everyone can connect free of charge and without registration to exchange ideas with others on the topic of self-help. The self-help café will take place on 8 February 2022 and 8 March 2022, both from 2:30 to 3:30 pm. With this offer, the contact point would like to facilitate an open and informal exchange among self-help activists and those interested in self-help.

The online conference tool Big Blue Button is used for the self-help café. Interested parties can get the access link to the virtual self-help café via the calendar of events on the district's website or request it from the self-help contact point at shk@lkwafkb.de. The plan is to transfer the offer to the real space from summer 2022 and to continue to hold it once a month. To this end, the staff of the self-help centre are currently looking around for suitable premises in Korbach.