Lebenshilfe Regensburg

What Lebenshilfe Regensburg does

Lebenshilfe Regensburg (full legal name: Lebenshilfe für Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung e. V., Ortsvereinigung Regensburg) is a registered non-profit association headquartered in Lappersdorf, Bavaria, that delivers support services for people with intellectual disabilities across the Regensburg district. Its service portfolio spans vocational workshops (Regensburger Werkstätten gGmbH), residential living (Regensburger Wohnstätten gGmbH), ambulatory and community-based assistance (Offene Hilfen gGmbH — including family-assisted living, short-term accommodation, and leisure programs), and specialized transportation (Regensburger Fahrdienst & Transportgesellschaft gGmbH). A separate foundation (Stiftung Lebenshilfe Regensburg) supports fundraising, and a small social-enterprise layer (Café Vielfalt, in-house laundry) generates modest non-reimbursed revenue inside the workshop subsidiary. Operations are physically distributed across roughly ten sites in Lappersdorf, Obertraubling, Niedertraubling, Gebelkofen, Beratzhausen, Hemau, and Regensburg, with governance vested in managing director Johann Halbritter.

The business model is publicly funded rather than commercially priced: cost approval flows from German disability insurance (Eingliederungshilfe), social assistance (Sozialhilfe), and direct municipal contracts, with rates set under Bavarian frameworks rather than negotiated in the open market. There is no proprietary technology platform — the digital surface is a static accessible website (text resizing, grayscale, high-contrast modes) — and no disclosed APIs, data products, or automation of case management. Service recipients are not "customers" in a commercial sense but entitlement-based beneficiaries; payers are public bodies, not enterprise clients.

Because the entity is a publicly reimbursed non-profit, traditional venture-style growth metrics do not apply: there are no funding rounds, equity raises, M&A events, or commercial product launches. Strategic moves are limited to incremental service-line additions (Café Vielfalt, laundry), workforce expansion through ongoing job postings, and geographic deepening within the existing district. The competitive position rests on regulatory accreditation, multi-decade community trust, and a vertically integrated service stack that fragmented single-service providers cannot match at similar cost.

Name

Lebenshilfe Regensburg

Legal name

Lebenshilfe für Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung e. V.

Website

https://lebenshilfe-regensburg.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lebenshilfe Regensburg is a Bavarian non-profit association operating vocational workshops, residential facilities, ambulatory care, transportation, and community programs for people with intellectual disabilities across the Regensburg district, organized through four non-profit subsidiaries and a foundation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability and Social Care Services

NAICS

Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Residential Care Facilities (623990)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG), Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult) (HLADABAJ), Respite Care for Adults with Disabilities / Special Needs (HSABAGAI), Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM)

Keywords

• Disability support services
• Vocational workshops
• Residential care facilities
• Assisted living services
• Disability employment programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Lappersdorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Lebenshilfe Regensburg is a non-profit association providing comprehensive disability services for people with intellectual disabilities in the Regensburg region. Its core offerings include sheltered vocational workshops (Regensburger Werkstätten), residential living facilities (Regensburger Wohnstätten), open assistance and ambulatory services (Offene Hilfen), day-facility programs (Förderstätten), short-term accommodation, assisted living in families, leisure and education programs, a social-enterprise café (Café Vielfalt), laundry services, and transportation — delivered through a network of wholly-owned non-profit subsidiaries.

Product overview

Lebenshilfe Regensburg is a non-profit organization providing comprehensive services for people with intellectual disabilities. The organization operates a multi-service portfolio including vocational workshops (Regensburger Werkstätten), residential facilities (Regensburger Wohnstätten), day care programs (Förderstätten), open assistance services (Offene Hilfen), ambulatory nursing care, and specialized services such as short-term living, assisted family living, and transportation. Additional offerings include leisure and education programs, Café Vielfalt, laundry services, and a foundation. The services are organized under several affiliated non-profit companies: Regensburger Werkstätten gGmbH, Regensburger Wohnstätten gGmbH, Offene Hilfen gGmbH, and Regensburger Fahrdienst & Transportgesellschaft gGmbH.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Regensburger Werkstätten: Sheltered workshops offering employment, vocational training, and occupational activities for people with disabilities
• Regensburger Wohnstätten
• Offene Hilfen
• Regensburger Fahrdienst & Transportgesellschaft (RTG)
• Stiftung Lebenshilfe Regensburg

Products and services

• Regensburger Werkstätten (Sheltered Vocational Workshops) Sheltered vocational workshops delivering employment, vocational training, and occupational activities for people with intellectual disabilities across multiple production departments (woodwork, metalwork, assembly, textile, laundry). Includes a Berufsbildungsbereich (vocational training area) and is open to corporate orders and contractors. Operated by Regensburger Werkstätten gGmbH.
• Regensburger Wohnstätten (Residential Living Facilities) Residential facilities providing supported housing, group homes, short-term accommodation (Kurzzeitwohnen), and day structure programs (including a senior group) for people with intellectual disabilities across locations in Gebelkofen, Hemau, Regensburg (Lore Kullmer Straße and Steinweg), Lappersdorf, Niedertraubling, and Beratzhausen. Operated by Regensburger Wohnstätten gGmbH.
• Offene Hilfen (Open Assistance Services) Open assistance services providing ambulatory supported living (Ambulant unterstütztes Wohnen), assisted living in families (Betreutes Wohnen in Familien), family and individual support, other assistance offerings, and ambulatory nursing care (Ambulanter Pflegedienst). Operated by Offene Hilfen gGmbH.
• Förderstätten (Day Care / Development Facilities) Day care facilities providing educational, developmental, and day structure programs for people with intellectual disabilities who cannot participate in standard workshop programs. Locations include Förderstätte Burgweinting and Förderstätte Lappersdorf.
• Regensburger Fahrdienst & Transportgesellschaft (RTG) Transportation Services Transportation services providing mobility for people with intellectual disabilities to access workshops, residential facilities, day programs, and community services. Operated by Regensburger Fahrdienst & Transportgesellschaft gGmbH (RTG).
• Freizeit, Bildung und Begegnung (Leisure, Education and Community Programs) Leisure, education, and community programs including sports activities (Sportangebot), recreational events, and social gatherings for people with intellectual disabilities and their families.
• Café Vielfalt Social-enterprise café providing vocational training and employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities while serving food and beverages to the local community.
• Wäscherei/Grüne Gruppe (Laundry Services) Laundry services providing vocational training and employment under an environmentally sustainable operation (Grüne Gruppe) for people with intellectual disabilities, embedded within the sheltered workshops.
• Stiftung Lebenshilfe Regensburg (Foundation) Affiliated foundation supporting the mission of Lebenshilfe Regensburg through fundraising, donations, grants, and endowment activities.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Bundesvereinigung Lebenshilfe: The national umbrella organization for Lebenshilfe associations across Germany. Provides federal-level advocacy, standards, and coordination for member organizations including Lebenshilfe Regensburg, which sits inside its network.
• AWO Bezirk Oberbayern: Bavarian district branch of Germany's Arbeiterwohlfahrt, a major nationwide welfare organization providing disability services, elder care, youth services, and family support. A large, established incumbent operating comparable service lines across Bavaria under the same public-funding framework.

Direct peers

• Diakonie Regensburg: Regional Protestant welfare association delivering disability support, ambulatory care, and family services in the Regensburg district under the same Eingliederungshilfe and Sozialhilfe funding framework. Operates workshops, residential programs, and open assistance comparable to Lebenshilfe Regensburg.
• Lebenshilfe Bayern: State-level federation of Lebenshilfe associations in Bavaria, including local chapters like Regensburg. Operates as the umbrella for member associations providing workshops, residential care, and family services for people with intellectual disabilities across the same geography Lebenshilfe Regensburg serves.
• Lebenshilfe Berlin: Berlin-based Lebenshilfe local association providing the same integrated portfolio of workshops, residential homes, ambulatory care, and family services for people with intellectual disabilities. Comparable organizational model under a different regional commissioner.
• Caritas Regensburg: Regional branch of Germany's largest Catholic welfare organization, operating disability, elder-care, and social-assistance services in the same Regensburg geography. Competes for the same public contracts, donor base, and care workforce in the local market.
• Lebenshilfe München: Another Bavarian Lebenshilfe local association operating workshops, residential facilities, and family services for people with intellectual disabilities in the Munich region. Same organizational model, same funding framework, same service portfolio — direct structural peer.

Regional players

• Lebenshilfe Werkstätten gemeinnützige GmbH (generic — Mainzer Werkstätten as exemplar): Exemplar of comparable WfbM (Werkstatt für behinderte Menschen) operators in other German cities. Provides sheltered employment, vocational training, and production departments serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities — directly parallel to Regensburger Werkstätten, but in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

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M&A

Investments

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