External contact points in regard to diversity
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Bavaria against violence - contact point for victims of abuse and sexualized violence
- Website with information on violence and a database of regional contact points
Police representative for victims of crime in the area of the Lower Bavaria police headquarters
- Information and support for victims and those seeking advice in cases of domestic violence, violence in the social environment, offences against sexual self-determination and stalking
- Language: German
- Accessibility: By telephone, email/contact form
Weißer Ring e.V. Victim Support
- For victims of crime and violence
- Crime prevention and victim support
- Language: German, English
- Contact: By telephone, in person, online
Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency
- Language: German, English, Arabic, sign language
- Availability: advice by telephone, written enquiries (including legal information)
Association of Counselling Centres for Victims of Right-wing, Racist and Anti-Semitic Violence (VBRG)
- Support for those directly affected by attacks, threats, arson attacks and assaults, as well as for relatives, caregivers and witnesses.
- Currently 17 advice centres with over 25 contact points nationwide.
- Language: Multilingual
- Availability: via app, online advice
B.U.D. Bavaria
- Counselling and support for victims, relatives and witnesses of right-wing, racist and anti-Semitic attacks
- Work against racism, anti-Semitism, antigypsyism, social Darwinism, LGBTIQ* hostility and other elements of right-wing ideologies
- Language: German and English
- Availability: By telephone, online counselling, by email
BEFORE – Advice and support in cases of discrimination, racism and right-wing violence
- Counselling centre for victims of right-wing and group-focused enmity violence and discrimination in Munich
- Support for people who experience discrimination or violence due to various factors, to help them exercise their rights, cope with the consequences of an attack or unequal treatment, and gain more freedom of action
- Languages: German, English, French, Russian, Arabic
- Contact: By phone, by email
Research and Information Centre on Antisemitism in Bavaria (RIAS Bavaria)
- Recording anti-Semitic incidents
- Support for victims of anti-Semitism in Bavaria
- Language: German, English, Russian
- Contact: Reporting form
Association of Counselling Centres for Victims of Right-wing, Racist and Anti-Semitic Violence (VBRG)
- Support for those directly affected by attacks, threats, arson attacks and assaults, as well as for relatives, caregivers and witnesses.
- Currently 17 advice centres with over 25 contact points nationwide.
- Language: Multilingual
- Availability: via app, online advice
B.U.D. Bavaria
- Counselling and support for victims, relatives and witnesses of right-wing, racist and anti-Semitic attacks
- Work against racism, anti-Semitism, antigypsyism, social Darwinism, LGBTIQ* hostility and other elements of right-wing ideologies
- Language: German and English
- Availability: By telephone, online counselling, by email
Life assistance Passau
- For people with disabilities and their families
- German
- By phone and email
Advice Centre on Radicalisation
- Point of contact and first port of call if there is a suspicion that someone is turning to a radical Islamist group
- Answers to questions, local offers of help, advice and support, as well as referrals to specialists and other affected parties
- German, English, Turkish, Russian, French, Arabic, sign language
- By phone or email
Violence Prevention Network
- Prevention of extremism, deradicalisation and disengagement support
- Work with people at risk of right-wing extremism and Islamism and those who have become radicalised
- Support and training for relatives and professionals in dealing with radicalised individuals
- German and English
- By phone or email
Bavarian Information Centre against Extremism
- Prevention work against right-wing extremism, left-wing extremism, Islamophobia relevant to the protection of the constitution, as well as Reich citizens and self-administrators
- Help with confrontation with extremist issues
- Language: German
- Contact: By phone, by email
Bavarian state coordination centre against right-wing extremism
- Counselling and information services for individuals, families and relatives in the fight against right-wing extremism
- Develops (counter)strategies and supports actors throughout Bavaria
- Topic-related coordination of networking, information and counselling
- Support and mediation work
- Institution of the Bavarian Youth Ring (BJR)
- Language: German
- Availability: By telephone, by email
Association of Counselling Centres for Victims of Right-wing, Racist and Anti-Semitic Violence (VBRG)
- Support for those directly affected by attacks, threats, arson attacks and assaults, as well as for relatives, caregivers and witnesses.
- Currently 17 advice centres with over 25 contact points nationwide.
- Language: Multilingual
- Availability: via app, online advice
B.U.D. Bavaria
- Counselling and support for victims, relatives and witnesses of right-wing, racist and anti-Semitic attacks
- Work against racism, anti-Semitism, antigypsyism, social Darwinism, LGBTIQ* hostility and other elements of right-wing ideologies
- Language: German and English
- Availability: By telephone, online counselling, by email
ProFamilia Niederbayern e.V.
- Advice on pregnancy and birth (up to the child's third birthday), pregnancy conflict, family planning, contraception,
- sexual education, partnership and sexuality, sexual orientation and gender identity
- Support in cases of sexual and domestic violence, as well as separation and divorce
- Languages: German, English, Russian
- Personal and online counselling (by phone or video)
Caritas Passau educational, youth and family counselling service
- Counselling for parents, individual family members and families on the topics of development and education, as well as therapy and psychological diagnostics for children from infancy to young adulthood.
- Language: German
- Availability: face-to-face and online counselling
Marriage, family and life counselling in the Diocese of Passau
- Counselling centre for marriage, family and life counselling
- Coordinated by the regional centres of Passau and Altötting
- Languages: German, English, French, Bulgarian
- Accessibility: personal counselling, online counselling
Working class children
- For students without family members with higher education experience.
- Information and support for those starting and completing their studies, as well as for those entering the labour market.
- German
- By phone and Whatsapp
Queer in Lower Bavaria / Up2You
- Point of contact for the LGBTIQ* community in Lower Bavaria
- Promotes and demands acceptance and equality of LGBTIQ* lifestyles in public and in everyday life
- Advice for queer people, their environment and professionals who have contact with queer people in the areas of the transition process, identity-finding process, external coming out, experiences of discrimination and questions about (rainbow) family planning
- Language: German, English, with interpreters
- Availability: Personal counselling (in Landshut)
LGBTIQ+ round table Passau
- Point of contact for queer people in Passau
- Counselling for queer people and their environment
- Support in developing solutions and assistance in difficult life situations
- Organisation of various events and activities
- Language: German
- Availability: By telephone, in person, via chat
Strong! LGBTIQ* centre against discrimination and violence
- Bavaria-wide support, information and counselling for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, inter* and queer people who have experienced violence or discrimination
- Language: German
- Availability: by telephone, in person, online
Helpline for men
- Helpline for men who experience violence
- Topics: Domestic violence, sexualised violence, psychological violence, stalking, bullying, childhood abuse, violence in public spaces, digital violence, forced marriage
- Language: German, English, Turkish
- Accessibility: By phone, chat, email
Passau Health Office
- Advice and assistance with addiction, mental illness, psychological problems, personal crises and increased need for help
- Language: German
- Availability: By telephone, in person (by appointment)
Mental Health Advice Centre, Diakonie Passau
- For people aged 18 and over with a mental illness, in life crises and their relatives
- Individually tailored counselling and referral to additional support
- Language: German
- Availability: By telephone, in person, online
Psychosocial counselling and treatment (PSBB) – Caritas Passau addiction counselling service
- For addicts and those at risk of addiction, as well as their relatives, due to the use of drugs and substitution, medication, eating disorders, as well as pathological gambling and media consumption
- Counselling and treatment for those affected and their relatives, outpatient aftercare and psychosocial support for those undergoing substitution therapy, as well as further referral
- Language: German, English
- Availability: By telephone, in person, online
German Depression and Suicide Prevention Foundation
- Germany-wide network German Alliance Against Depression
- Improving the care of people with depression, raising awareness of depression, better research into the disease and further developing long-term care
- Counselling and support for those directly affected and their relatives
- Language: German
- Contact: By phone, by email
Crisis hotline for Lower Bavaria
- Immediate assistance in psychological and psychosocial crisis situations as well as psychiatric emergencies of any kind
- Language: Multilingual
- Availability: By telephone
Nummer gegen Kummer e.V.
- Point of contact for children, young people and adults with concerns, problems or fears
- Child and youth telephone and parent telephone
- Language: German
- Availability: By telephone, online counselling
Crisis Chat
- Confidential and free counselling for young people with concerns and problems
- Language: Multilingual
- Availability: Via chat, online counselling
Nightline Passau e.V. - A helpline. By students for students.
- Night-time help hotline by students for students
- Anonymous, non-judgemental, confidential, independent
- Language: German, English
- Accessibility: By phone, email
Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency
- Language: German, English, Arabic, sign language
- Availability: By telephone, written enquiries (including legal information)
Association of Counselling Centres for Victims of Right-wing, Racist and Anti-Semitic Violence (VBRG)
- Support for those directly affected by attacks, threats, arson attacks and assaults, as well as for relatives, caregivers and witnesses.
- Currently 17 advice centres with over 25 contact points nationwide.
- Language: Multilingual
- Availability: via app, online advice
B.U.D. Bavaria
- Counselling and support for victims, relatives and witnesses of right-wing, racist and anti-Semitic attacks
- Work against racism, anti-Semitism, antigypsyism, social Darwinism, LGBTIQ* hostility and other elements of right-wing ideologies
- Language: German and English
- Availability: By telephone, online counselling, by email
BEFORE – Advice and support in cases of discrimination, racism and right-wing violence
- Counselling centre for victims of right-wing and group-focused enmity violence and discrimination in Munich
- Support for people who experience discrimination or violence due to various factors, to help them exercise their rights, cope with the consequences of an attack or unequal treatment, and gain more freedom of action
- Languages: German, English, French, Russian, Arabic
- Contact: By phone, by email
Bayern gegen Gewalt – Anlaufstelle für Opfer von Missbrauch und sexualisierter Gewalt
- Webseite mit Informationen zu Gewalt und Datenbank zu regionalen Anlaufstellen
Beauftragte der Polizei für Kriminalitätsopfer im Bereich des Polizeipräsidiums Niederbayern
- Information und Unterstützung von Betroffenen und Ratsuchenden bei häuslicher Gewalt, Gewalt im sozialen Nahraum, Straftaten gegen die sexuelle Selbstbestimmung und Stalking
- Sprache: Deutsch
- Erreichbarkeit: Telefonisch, per E-Mail/Kontaktformular
Weißer Ring e.V. Opferhilfe
- Für Opfer von Kriminalität und Gewalt
- Kriminalprävention und Opferhilfe
- Sprache: Deutsch, Englisch
- Erreichbarkeit: Telefonisch, persönliche Beratung, Onlineberatung
Telephone counselling
- Support in crises or difficult life situations
- Topics: Suicide prevention, loneliness, crisis
- Available day and night
- Language: German
- Accessibility: By phone, chat, email, app or on site
Lower Bavaria crisis hotline
- Immediate help in psychological and psychosocial crisis situations and psychiatric emergencies of all kinds
- Language: Multilingual
- Availability: By telephone
Nummer gegen Kummer e.V.
- Contact for children, young people and adults with worries, problems or fears
- Children's and young people's hotline and parents' hotline
- Language: German
- Accessibility: By telephone, online counselling
Crisis chat
- Confidential and free counselling for young people with worries and problems
- Language: Multilingual
- Accessibility: Via chat, online counselling
Passau Diocese helpline
- Round-the-clock counselling service
- Language: German
- How to contact them: By phone, in person, by email or chat
Muslim counselling hotline
- Round-the-clock counselling
- Languages: German, Turkish, Arabic, Urdu
- How to contact them: By phone
The Violence against Women Helpline
- Federal Office for Family and Civil Society Tasks
- Counselling for women who have experienced or are experiencing violence
- Language: multilingual
- Availability: 24-hour/7-day helpline, counselling by telephone, online counselling, barrier-free
Sexual Abuse Helpline
- Nationwide support portal provided by the Independent Representative for Child Sexual Abuse Issues
- Information, support and counselling for victims of sexual assault
- For minors; people who have suffered sexual violence in their childhood or youth, as well as relatives and professionals
- Language: Multilingual (including sign language)
- Availability: Telephone counselling, online counselling
Ways out of violence for women*
- Webseite with Bavaria-wide database of advice centres on issues of domestic and sexualised violence
- Registration required for advice at the respective counsel centre
- Language: German
- Accessibility: By email or chat, by phone, on site
Bavaria against violence - contact point for victims of abuse and sexualized violence
- Website with information on violence and a database of regional contact points
Munich Women's Emergency Call Centre
- For women experiencing sexual harassment, assault and violence, as well as crisis situations
- Counselling for relatives and friends such as parents, friends, partners and professionals
- Cooperation with the police
- Languages: German, English, interpreters
- Availability: telephone, personal and online counselling
SOLWODI e.V. Passau
- Independent, non-denominational advice centre for women in emergency situations
- Advocating for the rights of women with a migration or refugee background who find themselves in an emergency situation
- Psychosocial care, medical or legal support, help with finding accommodation and work, as well as arranging German courses and vocational training
- Language: German, English, French, Russian, Romanian
- Availability: By telephone, in person, by email
IGEL e.V. Passau
- Working group for sex education and against sexual violence
- Prevention, counselling, support and networking
- For children, adolescents and adults who have experienced sexual violence, sexual abuse or rape, as well as counselling for relatives and trusted persons
- Language: German
- Contact: By telephone, in person, by email
Women's shelter Passau – Catholic Women's Welfare Service Passau e.V.
- Counselling and support services for women – alone or with children – who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing psychological or physical/sexual abuse
- Regardless of religion, nationality or regional origin
- Protective custody
- Languages: German, English
- How to contact us: By phone, in person
Deggendorf Women's Emergency Hotline
- Counselling centre for women, girls, non-binary/queer and trans* persons
- For a wide range of concerns, including psychological and sexual violence/rape, sexual harassment, trauma recovery, stalking, bullying, etc.
- Languages: German, English, Italian
- Availability: By phone, in person, by email/chat
Police representative for victims of crime in the area of the Lower Bavaria police headquarters
- Information and support for victims and those seeking advice in cases of domestic violence, violence in the social environment, offences against sexual self-determination and stalking
- Language: German
- Accessibility: By telephone, email/contact form
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