Call for support of our cooperation partner Tacheles e.V.

“The end of the year is approaching, it's time to take stock. The Tacheles association was founded in February 1994 as an initiative by those receiving social benefits and has existed for almost 30 years. Since then, we have been providing social and livelihood advice at a local level. Last year we advised around 1,000 on-site consultation requests. We also offer nationwide telephone advice every week, as well as collegial advice in conjunction with other advice structures. (…) To continue this work, we need solidarity and support, namely YOURS! We therefore want and must encourage Tacheles to support this. We need your donations to be able to continue this work next year. The club depends on your support, without it things would be difficult. Therefore: if you want and can participate in the financing, you will find the options here:https://tacheles-socialhilfe.de/verein/spenden.html …”Call from November 23rd, 2023 confirmed several times, now see the one from 2026:

• Call for donations: Social rights under massive pressure – Tacheles needs your support now!
  “If the job center doesn't pay, there won't be any money for food. If the rent remains open for months, you risk losing your apartment. When benefits are illegally denied, people find themselves in existential distress. Then you need fast, expert and independent support. This is what Tacheles has stood for for almost 35 years.
  The tightening of social law increases the pressure on those entitled to benefits. People are unsettled, placed under general suspicion and threatened with the loss of their livelihood. Right now we need an organization that gets involved, contradicts the authorities and supports those affected in asserting their rights.
  We advise and support thousands of people every year: personally in Wuppertal, by email, through nationwide telephone advice and through direct representation to social authorities. We check notices, intervene if benefits are not available and help to avert impending loss of housing and energy. We make grievances public and call on those responsible to take action.
  Our knowledge is also available to anyone who supports others(…) We do not receive any public funding. We finance our work exclusively through donations and our own income, for example from newsletter advertisements and commercial directory entries. Much has been made possible for decades through voluntary commitment and work at the limit. To continue this work, we need YOUR financial support…”Call from November 8th, 2026 from and at Tacheles with donation form etc.
• Call for donations for Tacheles e.V. 2025: Together against social exclusion!
  “The end of the year is approaching and it is gloomy in the country.  We continually receive feedback from people who find our work so important and thank us for it. Now you have the opportunity to do this practically and to honor it with a donation to the Tacheles e.V. association. (…) The association, which has existed for over 30 years, is a nationally known beacon for social justice and empowerment. All of these activities take place without public funding. Tacheles is financed exclusively through donations and through its own economic activities such as newsletter advertisements or commercial entries in the address directory. The extensive and highly qualified consulting work has also been carried out for decades through largely voluntary commitment and self-exploitation…”Call for donations from November 9th, 2025 at Tacheles – see more information in
  • Thomé Newsletter 37/2025 – November 9th, 2025 and
  • Thomé Newsletter 38/2025 from November 16, 2025 
• Call to support Tacheles 2024
  “The end of the year is approaching, it's time to take stock. The Tacheles association was founded in February 1994 as an initiative by those receiving social benefits and has existed for over 30 years. Since then, we have been providing social and livelihood advice at a local level. Last year we advised around 1,000 on-site consultation requests. We also offer nationwide telephone advice every week, as well as collegial advice in conjunction with other advice structures. The Tacheles association also confronts the local authorities with their deficits and grievances and calls for changes. (…)
  The association is a nationally known beacon that stands for the commitment to social justice and empowerment. All of these activities take place without public funding. Tacheles is financed through donations and its own economic activities, such as newsletter advertisements and commercial entries in the address directory. The extensive and highly qualified advisory work has also been ensured for decades through self-exploitation and largely on a voluntary basis. To continue this work, we need solidarity and support, namely YOURS! We therefore want and must encourage Tacheles to support this. We need your donations to be able to continue this work next year. The club depends on your support, without it things would be difficult…”Call from December 9th, 2024 with an impressive list of activities for 2024 alone as well as various ways to donate
• 30 years of Tacheles e.V. - 30 years of resistance against disenfranchisement, poverty and racism: celebration on August 24, 2024 in Wuppertal
  “For three decades we at Tacheles have been fighting to one day be superfluous. But our work is more important today than ever! Social standards and opportunities for participation that were hard fought for are increasingly being dismantled. Poor people, migrants, those seeking protection and supposedly “others” are being discriminated against in an increasingly populist debate. One-sided discussions and the increasing polarization between “good” and “evil” are poisoning the social climate and weakening the last remnants of our community of solidarity. What is shocking is that even parties that call themselves democratic are actively promoting this trend. We are resolutely resisting this. And this has been the case for 30 years now…" From theInvitation from Tacheles e.V. to the celebration including the Bethe Foundation's donation doubling campaign - we congratulate and remind you of the appeal for donations!
  • Someone can help me – 30 years of Tacheles
    “For 30 years, Tacheles e.V. has been advising and supporting people affected by or at risk of poverty in implementing their social rights, including problems with the job center or the social welfare office. In addition to the employees, those affected also have their say and explain what difficulties their situation brings with it and what the work and help from Tacheles means to them.”Video from Media Project Wuppertal from August 24th, 2024 on YouTube with transcript

Without Tacheles, our sections on unemployment and social policy would hardly be possible - see Tacheles itself in LabourNet:

• From February 2019:25 years of resistance against impoverishment, disenfranchisement and racism - Tacheles e.V. turns 25 - and is more necessary today than ever!
• From November 2017:Defamation and character assassination campaign against Tacheles and Harald Thomé

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