Vitus Stiftung – Hilfe für Menschen mit Behinderungen

The Vitus Foundation was established in 2007 in the central Emsland region and is committed to enabling people with intellectual, physical, or mental disabilities to lead self-determined and equal lives within society. As a non-profit foundation, it financially and ideologically supports community-based projects and initiatives. Through the allocation of funding, it supports measures in the areas of education, employment, housing, public relations, and social events. The goal is to dismantle barriers in minds and structures and to establish inclusive structures in the region in the long term.

"Enabling people with disabilities to lead a self-determined life is our central concern. In doing so, we rely on closeness, partnership, and reliability. Through support, guidance, and creative impulses, we create perspectives for a life within society."

Funding is provided for institutions, services, and initiatives in the central Emsland region (no individuals) with a focus on projects promoting the intellectual, emotional, and physical development of children and adolescents with disabilities, initiatives for people with high support needs, measures to improve community-based living arrangements, programs to enhance employment and work opportunities, training offers for full-time and volunteer staff, events fostering encounters between people with and without disabilities, as well as public relations activities that support a more natural coexistence.