On November 15, 1995, Lebenshilfe Kreisverband Olpe was founded in order to create urgently needed residential places for people with disabilities in the Olpe district. Together with the regional association of Lebenshilfe NRW, the first project was tackled, so that only six months later, on April 15, 1996, the first Lebenshilfe home in the Olpe district was opened, the Villa Müller. Just one year later, an extension was added to the villa, so that today 20 residential places are available in a central location in Olpe. The home also has two places for short-term and respite care. Rooms for the new day structure offered by Lebenshilfe in Olpe and two training apartments for future users of supported living are currently being built on the top floor of the building.
In 1999 and 2002, two external residential groups were set up in Olpe on Silberweg and Grubenstraße. This was followed in 2003 by the large new residential home in the municipality of Wenden with 20 places. A total of 59 people with disabilities live in the residential homes and external residential groups of Lebenshilfe in the Olpe district. The owner and operator of all the facilities is Lebenshilfe Wohnen gemeinnützige GmbH NRW in Hürth.
The district association supports the work of the sponsor on site. It has 109 members and is managed by an honorary 3-member board. You too can become a member of the Lebenshilfe district association.
Contact for the Olpe district association:
District chairman Peter Müller
Gate 4
57462 Olpe
Tel. 02761-839851