Diaconal Foundation Ummeln

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The Diakonische Stiftung Ummeln ( Protestant Foundation Ummeln until November 2015 ) and its subsidiaries operate facilities and services for integration assistance and youth welfare in Westphalia-Lippe and southern Lower Saxony . The Foundation was founded in 1866 and is one of the oldest carriers diaconal work in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is headquartered in Bielefeld and employs around 750 people.

history

The facility, founded in 1866, developed into reforming homes for girls and young women in the 20th century . The locations of this work were Bad Lippspringe , Tecklenburg , Soest , Bielefeld-Ummeln and Werther (Westphalia) . The men's asylum in Enger was continued as a men's home until 1974. The educational work was carried out in accordance with the respective valid educational ideals and according to diaconal self-image by deaconesses of the deaconess mother house Sarepta / Bethel . Work and piety were considered to be basic requirements for a decent life; integration into society was achieved through work assignments with neighboring farmers and in local households. Within the facilities, the young women were trained and their domestic skills were trained.

In the 1970s, the educational practices were viewed critically and led to the reorientation of the institutions.

After the deaconesses were replaced, the educational work was carried out with a socio-educational orientation.

In Wiedenbrück , the work for the people of the Enger men's home was continued and also opened up to people with mental and emotional disabilities.

In Werther / Westphalia and in Bielefeld-Ummeln, facilities for people with mental and mental disabilities were built in addition to the reform home. In addition, the now so-called Ummeln youth welfare service remained as the only educational facility in Bielefeld-Ummeln, offering 50 residential and training places for girls and young women.

In the years that followed, these facilities and services were further developed.

present

At the beginning of the 21st century, the youth welfare service presents itself as a provider of inpatient assistance for young women, young mothers and their children and for the same group of people who need support in their own homes.

The integration assistance facilities offer both inpatient and outpatient assistance in differentiated forms of living and living and thus ensure the social integration of people with disabilities.

Since 2014, FLEX GmbH, a provider of outpatient youth welfare, as well as the Brilon boarding school on Rothaarsteig and the Hans-Zulliger School have belonged to the Diakonische Stiftung Ummeln. In its subsidiary FLEX Inclusive Service gGmbH, the Diakonische Stiftung Ummeln offers regular jobs for people with and without disabilities. The company takes on administrative services and operates the Anker Villa café-bistro in Rheda-Wiedenbrück .

The subsidiary Refugium gGmbH started work in December 2015. She looked after unaccompanied minor refugees at locations in Bielefeld, Borchen and Hameln . The cooperation partner of the Diakonische Stiftung Ummeln was the St. Johannis Foundation in Paderborn . In January 2018, the managing director Frank Plaßmeyer announced that the Refugium gGmbH had been wound up and that the managed locations had been closed. The reasons for this were falling demand for the offers and difficulties with some clients. The house of the location in Bielefeld is currently not in use, a new use is being developed.

The foundation and its subsidiaries FLEX Integration Aid gGmbH, FLEX Jugendhilfe gGmbH and FLEX inkl Service gGmbH have a total of around 750 employees. It offers space for 540 people in various forms of living and work opportunities for 250 disabled people. A total of more than 600 people are cared for on an outpatient basis.

In 2016 the Diakonische Stiftung Ummeln celebrates its 150th anniversary and is one of the oldest diaconal institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia. The anniversary was celebrated with around 200 invited guests from the fields of politics, administration, economy and diakonia, the celebrations took place in the Ravensberger spinning mill.

In February 2018 the foundation stone was laid for a residential project on Habichtweg ( Holte-Stukenbrock Castle ), which includes eight apartments for outpatient assisted living and 16 places for young adults with inpatient care needs. The project idea came from the foundation in 2010, which is the owner of the facility and its subsidiary FLEX Integration Aid GmbH.

The Diakonische Stiftung Ummeln will build a similar facility as in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock in Borgholzhausen. A plot of land has already been acquired and the building permit was granted in autumn 2018. Construction work will begin in spring 2019.

At the same time, a new residential facility for mother / father-child is to be built in Verl. This is intended to expand the range of FLEX youth welfare services in the Gütersloh district.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New name: Diakonische Stiftung Ummeln. Retrieved on August 15, 2018 (German).
  2. ^ The Diakonische Stiftung Ummeln. Retrieved on August 15, 2018 (German).
  3. ↑ Susanne Lahr: End of a refuge for refugees . In: Brackwede . ( nw.de [accessed on August 15, 2018]).
  4. ^ Judith Gladow: Diakonische Stiftung celebrates . In: Bielefeld Mitte . ( nw.de [accessed on August 13, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Birgit Guhlke: First housing project for young disabled people in SHS . In: Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock . ( nw.de [accessed on August 15, 2018]).

Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ′ 30.9 ″  N , 8 ° 26 ′ 49.8 ″  E