Institutions for People with Disabilities

Verein prima-familia 

Bern · Since 2013

Verein prima-familia provides social-pedagogical and social-therapeutic services, including placement and support of foster families, social-pedagogical family support, accompanied visitation and process-oriented assessments. Additional services include a special primary school, therapeutic riding, supported living, a guest-family project and training for foster families.

Verein Swiss Cross 

Altstätten Sg · Since 2000

The core activity of Swiss Cross is to accompany and support people with mental disabilities in their reintegration into the workforce. This includes, in particular, job placement, support in maintaining endangered jobs, and accompanying people with mental disabilities on their way back to work.

Vivelia GmbH 

Maienfeld · Since 2017

Vivelia GmbH provides support for vocational and social integration, offering day-structure programs, reintegration services, training and education, coaching and childcare.

WABe Plus GmbH 

Dornach · Since 2018

The core activity of WABe Plus GmbH is the provision of social services, particularly in the following areas: * Accompanied visit days (BBT) and child handovers to support families and children * Socio-pedagogical family accompaniment (SPF) to support parents and children in resolving conflicts * Accompanied living (BeWo) to support people with mental illnesses or other limitations in independence * Debt counseling and individual budgeting to support people in financial difficulties * Coaching and consulting on individual topics such as independence, self-confidence, relationships, and life transitions * Guardianships in child and adult protection to support people in difficult life situations. Thus, the company offers a wide range of social services aimed at improving the quality of life of people in various life situations.

Waldhuis Imfeld 

Lungern · Since 2023

Waldhuis Imfeld provides holiday and respite services for people with disabilities, offering day respite, weekend stays and customised week-long holiday programmes with one-to-one support. The service portfolio includes pick-up and drop-off, nature-based activities and organised camps.

Walter, Ruedi und Emma Brändli-Stiftung 

Bern · Since 1988

The core activity of the Walter, Ruedi & Emma Brändli Foundation is to provide contributions for the education or advancement of physically disabled young people in the canton of Bern, who are disabled due to birth, accident or illness.

Weissenheim Bern 

Bern · Since 1916

The company's core activity is the care and support of children and adolescents in a boarding school with therapeutic services.

Werkstätte und Wohnheim Rotacker Genossenschaft 

Wallisellen · Since 1933

The company's core activity is the operation of a workshop with protected workplaces for people with disabilities, as well as the management of a residential home and a day care center for this group of people.

WG Du + Ich GmbH 

Trimbach · Since 2008

The core activity of the company 'Du + Ich' is the care and support of children and adolescents in difficult life situations in a socio-educational and therapeutic residential group. The company provides a safe home and promotes the development of children and adolescents in a large family, protected environment.

WG-Recovery GmbH 

Neuhausen Am Rheinfall · Since 2010

WG-Recovery GmbH is a social-psychiatric shared-living facility that provides supervised residential care, day-structure and on-site activities for adults with mental health and/or social difficulties. Services include furnished single rooms, communal spaces, activation and work activities (e.g. fitness, walks, cooking), staff support with individualized plans, medication monitoring and coordination with external treatment providers.

Wilhelm Schulthess - Stiftung 

Zurich · Since 1936

Wilhelm Schulthess - Stiftung funds orthopedic research and provides financial support to patients who cannot afford necessary treatments. The foundation operates research and patient-aid funds in collaboration with the Schulthess Klinik and external partners to translate research findings into clinical care.

WoBe AG 

Bern · Since 2018

The core activity of WoBe AG is the placement and care of guests in host families, particularly in the area of supported living in families (BWF) and agricultural day structures. The company offers individual, integrative and holistic living and care services for older people, people with special needs and other target groups seeking alternative support to institutional care or independent living.

Wohngemeinschaft "Groot Noog" Widmer & Widmer 

Derendingen · Since 1999

Wohngemeinschaft "Groot Noog" Widmer & Widmer is a supported shared housing for people with mental health conditions. The home provides accommodation, meals and assistance with daily living in a family-like setting and supports residents' autonomy and social participation.

Wohngruppe Chramershus GmbH 

Heimisbach · Since 2014

The core activity of WG Chramershus is the care and accommodation of people with disabilities in a family-like residential home. The company offers housing, employment, leisure activities and holiday care, and is guided by Christian values.

Wohnheim Acherli 

Bern · Since 1998

The company 'Wohnheim Acherli' provides residential and care services for people with special needs, particularly for IV pensioners. The core activity includes providing residential places in various group living forms, individual care and support for residents, as well as organizing leisure activities and public services such as gastronomy, game room and bowling alley.

Wohnheim Bueche GmbH 

Utzenstorf · Since 2021

Wohnheim Bueche GmbH provides a family-style residential community for people with psychological and/or intellectual impairments, offering individually customisable single rooms in a former villa. Services include supported work and activity programmes, a day centre and a workshop shop with an atelier.

Wohnheim Kreuzstrasse 

Herisau · Since 2018

The company operates a residential home for people with mental or social disabilities who are sufficiently independent, providing them with a home where they can live and develop independently. The core activity includes the care and support of the residents, the design of a communal living environment, and the promotion of personal responsibility and independence.

Wohn- und Werkgenossenschaft "Sonnegg" Zumholz 

Zumholz · Since 1988

Wohn- und Werkgenossenschaft "Sonnegg" Zumholz runs a residential home and provides supported housing, work and occupational activities for adults with intellectual and multiple disabilities. The cooperative also organises accompanied leisure activities and produces creative in-house products together with residents.

Zeda Stiftung 

Emmenbrücke · Since 1995

Zeda Stiftung is a private foundation that operates a self-supporting, non-profit residential home organized as a supervised shared-living community for long-term residents with psychological problems, illnesses, or disabilities who require social contacts and structured daily routines. Services include supported living, opportunities to work in the house team or in sheltered workshops, and activities with animals; care focuses on promoting residents' individual resources and participation in daily life.

Zentrum Choisy Bern GmbH 

Bern · Since 2012

The core activity of Zentrum Choisy is the operation of an intercultural therapeutic residential community for people with mental or social challenges who require a supervised living arrangement but no longer need the extensive care of a psychiatric clinic. The centre offers a maximum of 8 residential places and supports the residents in maintaining and expanding their independence, in cooperative cohabitation and in organizing their daily lives.