Christmas overcomes loneliness: Celebrate with a heart in Bregenz!

Christmas stands at the door and while many people enjoy the contemplative holidays with their loved ones, there are numerous people who feel alone and lost. Organizations such as telephone counseling offer support for them. On December 24th, various facilities and initiatives are also active in Vorarlberg, which are open to lonely people without prior notice in order to offer them a warm and inviting atmosphere. So reports Vorarlberg.orf.at that the Kepp family from Lochau in the Austria-Haus in Bregenz from 6:00 p.m. is organized to an open Christmas party. In festively decorated rooms you can not only hear and sing along with Christmas carols, but above all experience community.

In addition to such open celebrations, telephone counseling is an important point of contact for people who want to talk. The telephone service is available around the clock, as well as netdoktor.de . These offers are now well known, which leads to an increasing use. The anonymity of the conversations helps to ensure that more and more people have the courage to seek help, especially because loneliness and psychological problems increase. The telephone counseling is designed to forward inquiries efficiently, so that those seeking help can always receive support in your area.

Christmas celebrations and help offers

More options for not spending the holidays alone offer the Caritas Café in Feldkirch, which is open on Christmas Eve from 8.30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the Caritas emergency sleeping center in Feldkirch, which provides accommodation. Under the motto "Christmas with you", the parish caritas in the Kleinwalsertal offer a special evening for people in need from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. More and more people are perceiving these offers, as Beyer noticed from telephone counseling, which shows that awareness of such help offers has grown. Access to support remains simple and anonymous to further reduce the inhibition threshold for those seeking help.