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 SOZIALDIENST KATHOLISCHER FRAUEN
(CATHOLIC WOMEN'S WELFARE SERVICE)
The "Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen" (SkF) [~Catholic Women's Welfare Service] is a women's association in the Catholic Church providing help to children, young people, women and their families in particularly difficult circumstances. Above all, the SkF is involved in supporting women on the outskirts of society who suffer from discrimination and the feeling of being excluded.
The "Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen" is a professional women's association.
In accordance with its statutes, the work of the SkF is based on the principle of voluntary work. The cooperation of people working in a voluntary capacity and those employed by the association is a central element of the organisation of local SkF branches. Management tasks in these branches are performed by voluntary managing committees comprising only women. In cooperation with those working in various specific areas, they decide on the principles governing the work and organisation of the association.
As a charitable association within the Catholic Church, the SkF carries out its charitable work on the basis of the Gospel, an approach representing one of the Church's central ideas.
The work of the association
Counselling and assistance for the welfare of children and young people
Assistance to families provided by social workers
Adoption and fostering services
International adoption services
Daily nursing services
Guardianships for minors
Welfare institutions for children and youth people
Counselling and assistance for women and families in particularly difficult circumstances
Counselling for pregnant women, particularly for those in conflict situations
Supporting measures
Institutions for mothers and/with children
Counselling in cases of separations and divorce
Battered wives' refuge
Family counselling
General welfare counselling
Counselling and assistance for women and families at risk
Debt counselling
Assistance for the homeless
Social risk areas
Assistance for offenders
Counselling and assistance for prostitutes
Counselling and assistance for women and children infected by HIV or suffering from AIDS
Counselling and assistance for the mentally ill and care in line with official guidelines
Counselling and assistance for handicapped people
Institutions for helping handicapped people
The "Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen" Catholic Women's Welfare Service) was founded in Dortmund in 1899 by Agnes Neuhaus.
The SkF in figures:
The association
Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen - Zentrale e. V., Dortmund
Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen - Landesstelle Bayern e. V., Munich
It is represented in 25 dioceses with diocesan offices and supra-diocesan representation. It includes 162 local branches and contact points, 9,000 regular and supporting members, 4,700 voluntary workers (women) who are not members, 5,000 full or part-time employees (men and women).
Federal chairwoman: Maria Elisabeth Thoma, Neuss
Federal Executive Manager: Gaby Hagmans, Dortmund
Minister of Religion: Suffragan Bishop Manfred Grothe, Paderborn
Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen Gesamtverein e. V.
Agnes-Neuhaus-Straße 5
D-44135 Dortmund
Phone +49 231 557026-0
Fax +49 231 557026-60
E-Mail info@skf-zentrale.de
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