Lebenshilfe Rotenburg-Verden gGmbH

What Lebenshilfe Rotenburg-Verden gGmbH does

Lebenshilfe Rotenburg-Verden gGmbH is a non-profit social services organization (gemeinnützige GmbH) founded in 1970 and headquartered in Rotenburg (Wümme), Lower Saxony, Germany. The organization delivers a comprehensive disability inclusion portfolio organized across three divisions: Education & Work (WfbM sheltered workshops, Berufsbildungsbereich vocational training, Budget für Arbeit, Zuverdienst, and Unterstützte Beschäftigung supported employment); Living & Life (residential housing, Wohntraining independent-living skills, HTS senior day programs, ambulante Hausgemeinschaft, and resident advocacy); and Children, Youth & Family (Haus für Kinder inclusive childcare, Integrationsgruppen, Frühförderung early intervention, Autismus-Ambulanz, Schulbegleitung, SPFH family assistance, PEKiP, and LUPO systemic counseling). The organization also operates a commercial social-enterprise arm covering metalwork, woodworking, industrial and electrical assembly, landscaping, document destruction, packaging, floristry, and gastronomy, with consumer-facing retail brands UNIKAT, CAFESITObar, CAFElino, Blume & Co, and aromatico.

The organization employs more than 430 qualified staff across care, pedagogical, craft, and administrative disciplines. Its primary customers are end beneficiaries — people with disabilities and children/families — with revenue derived primarily from German public funding streams including social security reimbursements, Eingliederungshilfe budgets, and municipal youth welfare allocations, supplemented by commercial income from its handcraft, industry, and gastronomy operations. Service delivery is direct, through owned and operated facilities (workshops, housing units, childcare centers, and retail storefronts) in the Rotenburg and Verden districts, with go-to-market conducted via local community channels including a website, newsletters (Mittendrin, Mittagstisch), and social media (Facebook, Instagram).

Lebenshilfe Rotenburg-Verden is affiliated with Bundesvereinigung Lebenshilfe e.V., Germany's largest disability advocacy federation, which provides national standards, shared expertise, and brand recognition. Governance includes a parents' committee (Elternkuratorium), advisory council (Förderkreis), works council (Betriebsrat), and representation for the severely disabled (Schwerbehindertenvertretung). As a gGmbH, any surplus is reinvested into mission-related services rather than distributed. The organization reports no material ownership changes, acquisitions, funding events, or leadership transitions.

Name

Lebenshilfe Rotenburg-Verden gGmbH

Legal name

Lebenshilfe Rotenburg-Verden gGmbH

Website

https://lhrowver.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lebenshilfe Rotenburg-Verden gGmbH is a non-profit social services organization founded in 1970 in Lower Saxony, Germany, delivering disability care, vocational training, inclusive childcare, housing, and commercial social-enterprise services to people with disabilities, children, and families across the Rotenburg and Verden districts.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability and Social Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310), Child Care Services (6244), Other Residential Care Facilities (623990)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult) (HLADABAJ), Housing Transition & Supported Living Navigation (EDAKANAK), Down Syndrome & Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Childcare (HSAAAIAC), Special Needs After-School Care & Homework Support (HSAAAHAI), Special Needs & Inclusive Occasional Babysitting (HSAAAAAI)

Keywords

• Disability social services
• Vocational rehabilitation
• Supported employment
• Assisted living care
• Inclusive childcare

Headquarters

HQ city

Rotenburg (Wümme)

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Social Services and Disability Care: Core social services including vocational workshops (WfbM), housing, childcare, and family support services. Revenue is derived from public funding, social security reimbursements, and client fees for people with disabilities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Lebenshilfe Rotenburg-Verden gGmbH provides social and care services for people with disabilities across the Rotenburg and Verden districts of Lower Saxony, Germany. Its offerings span vocational workshops and supported employment, residential and assisted living, inclusive childcare and early intervention, family support, and a commercial division of craft, assembly, gardening, and gastronomy services operated as social enterprises.

Product overview

Lebenshilfe Rotenburg-Verden gGmbH is a non-profit social services organization (gGmbH) offering an integrated portfolio of disability support services organized across three core divisions: (1) Education & Work (Bildung & Arbeit) — encompassing vocational workshops (WfbM), Berufsbildungsbereich, Budget für Arbeit, Zuverdienst, and Unterstützte Beschäftigung; (2) Living & Life (Wohnen & Leben) — covering residential and independent living services, daytime structured programs (HTS), ambulatory shared living, and resident advocacy; and (3) Children, Youth & Family (Kinder, Jugend & Familie) — including the inclusive Haus für Kinder (with Integrationsgruppen, Heilpäd. Kleingruppen, and Krippen), Offene Hilfen (Schulbegleitung, Familienunterstützender Dienst, Freizeitassistenz), and Ambulant services (Frühförderung, Autismus-Ambulanz, Erziehungsbeistandschaft/SPFH, PEKiP), plus LUPO systemic counseling. The organization also operates a commercial handcraft, industrial, and hospitality division (Handwerk, Industrie, Gastronomie) offering metalworking, woodworking, assembly, gardening, office services, and floristry/gastronomy, alongside retail shops (UNIKAT, CAFESITObar, CAFElino, Blume & Co) that serve both as social enterprises and customer-facing storefronts. This dual structure enables people with disabilities to participate in meaningful work while generating revenue through market-facing services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CAFESITObar: Café located in the Rotenburg city center offering coffee and meals.
• UNIKAT
• Blume & Co
• CAFElino
• Wümme-Aller Werkstätten
• Haus für Kinder
• aromatico

Products and services

• Werkstätten für Menschen mit Behinderung (WfbM)

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Lebenshilfe National OrganizationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated with the national Lebenshilfe organization (Bundesvereinigung Lebenshilfe e.V.), Germany's largest disability advocacy and service organization. Benefits include national standards, shared expertise, and brand recognition.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Von Bodelschwinghsche Stiftungen Bethel: One of Germany's largest diakonal welfare organizations operating extensive disability services including workshops, residential care, and vocational training. Comparable as a broad incumbent with deep disability-service expertise.
• Caritas Deutschland: Germany's largest Catholic welfare organization, operating disability services, sheltered workshops, residential facilities, and inclusive childcare across the country. Comparable as a broad social-services incumbent with overlapping disability and family support offerings.
• Diakonie Deutschland: Large national federation of Protestant social welfare providers in Germany operating disability workshops, residential care, childcare, and family services. Overlaps directly with Lebenshilfe Rotenburg-Verden's service lines but at a much broader national scale across multiple welfare domains.
• Lebenshilfe Werkstätten (national network): National Lebenshilfe federation coordinating roughly 270 affiliated workshop operators (WfbM) across Germany. Comparable as the umbrella network governing the subject company's regulatory and quality standards.

Direct peers

• Hephata Hessisches Diakoniezentrum: Large integrated social services provider in Hesse operating sheltered workshops, residential homes, inclusive childcare, and family assistance for people with disabilities. Directly comparable integrated lifecycle model.
• Stiftung ICP München (Integration – Cerebralparese): Munich-based non-profit operating sheltered workshops, residential facilities, and inclusive childcare for people with physical and developmental disabilities. Comparable as a regional non-profit with an integrated service portfolio.
• Lebenshilfe Baden-Württemberg: Sister state-level Lebenshilfe association in Baden-Württemberg offering the same comprehensive portfolio of workshops, housing, inclusive childcare, and family support for people with disabilities. Directly comparable in service model, regulatory framework, and federation affiliation.
• Lebenshilfe Niedersachsen: State-level Lebenshilfe umbrella organization covering the same Lower Saxony geography. Operates affiliated member associations with workshop, housing, and family service offerings analogous to Lebenshilfe Rotenburg-Verden.

Others

• Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Werkstätten für behinderte Menschen (BAG WfbM): National trade association representing sheltered workshop operators in Germany. Comparable not as a direct competitor but as the industry body governing the regulatory and funding framework in which the subject company's WfbM operations function.

Regional players

• AWO (Arbeiterwohlfahrt) Bezirk Weser-Ems: Regional AWO chapter operating social services, disability care, and childcare in the same Lower Saxony geography. Comparable as a competing regional welfare provider with overlapping workshop, housing, and family service offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LebenshilfeRotenburgVerden
• Instagraminstagram.com/lebenshilferotenburgverden
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lebenshilfe-rotenburg-verden-ggmbh

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