HORST SZELI AND TEAM
Arche Herzensbrücken
- Recreation spot with hotel character for families with severely ill children
- four to five affected families in selected Arche Herzensbrücken weeks
We provide families with seriously ill children a unique retreat for taking a break together and regaining strength. The hotel character is firmly anchored with us to give the affected families their often first normal holiday stay together.
HORST SZELI
Learn more about the Arche Herzensbrücken project in this portrait, and how Horst Szeli and his team manage to turn this heartfelt matter of providing shared breaks for families with seriously ill children into reality.
Strengths
- social sustainability
- needs-based care and support for families with severely ill, palliative-diagnosed children
- enabling affordable breaks through financial support for the affected families
- strong integration of volunteer activities
- fundraising
- involvement of local businesses and society
Development Steps
- 2012 – Establishment of the non-profit support association for children's and youth hospice work as the sponsor of the facility Arche Herzensbrücken
- 2015 – first affected families as guests
- From 2016 – operation as an inclusion project during summer and semester holidays (families with severely ill children and unaffected families in the house at the same time)
- From 2025 – exclusive house for four to five families with severely ill children
Goals
- Opening of the house for families with severely ill young adults
- Gradual expansion to a year-round operation
- Additional offerings for bereaved parents – "Dare to Grieve" weeks
Every donation helps!
Donation possibility
A break in the Seefeld region gives us all strength for our daily lives. With your donation, you help us to make this possible for families with severely ill children. Thank you for your support!
Support Association for Children and Youth Hospice Work
IBAN: AT90 3631 4000 0022 6571
BIC: RZTIAT22314
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