Wheelchair accessible in the city of Werne
The information page about accessibility
Guide to Help Offers
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The Ramp Shop
The Ramp Shop offers solutions for accessibility, including access ramps, threshold ramps for wheelchairs, a wide selection of mobile and fixed wheelchair ramps, and heavy-duty access ramps for construction equipment. The product range also includes cable bridges, speed bumps, parking space barriers, Berlin cushions, and various workplace equipment such as anti-fatigue mats. A wheelchair ramp length calculator is also available.
Thiele - Shop
The Thiele Shop offers solutions for accessibility, including wheelchair ramps, wheelchair lifts, wide ramps, loading ramps, loading rails, built-in ramps, trench bridges, and curb and container ramps. The product range also includes tail lift ramps, loading ramps, dock levelers, pit covers, transport equipment, barrier technology, and much more. A wheelchair ramp length calculator is also available.
Aktion Mensch
Aktion Mensch is committed to inclusion and, as the largest private funding organization in Germany, supports social projects for people with and without disabilities. You can find suitable funding offers via the link provided.
KfW Bank
The KfW Bank is a credit institution that grants loans to promote reconstruction. It supports loans and is one of the leading development banks in the world. You can find the right products using the link provided.
City of Werne
The city of Werne offers help in the funding jungle. Guide for opening a business in the inner city of Werne.
The city of Werne offers a guide to help entrepreneurs: "Starting a business in Werne."
LWL
The LWL Monument Preservation, Landscape and Building Culture in Westphalia offers a guide to monument preservation funding, tax relief and loans from NRW.BANK.
NRW Foundation
The NRW Foundation promotes the triad of nature, homeland, and culture and supports clubs, associations, and groups. The NRW Foundation supports projects promoting accessibility, particularly in the cultural sector. One example is the barrier-free renovation of the B. C. Koekkoek-Haus museum in Kleve. Information about the foundation and its funding opportunities can be found here:
Rhein kreis neuss
Rhein-Kreis Neuss: Starting January 1, 2024, Rhein-Kreis Neuss will support catering establishments in installing accessible restrooms. Funding will cover 50 percent of the total costs, up to a maximum of €5,000. Further information can be found here...
SozialstiftungNRW
The Social Welfare Foundation supports projects to improve accessibility. One example is the community center in Dortmund, where entrances and facilities have been designed to be accessible for people with disabilities.
German TV Lottery and German Relief Foundation
The German Relief Foundation is actually the non-profit foundation behind the German TV Lottery. The German Relief Foundation supports projects that benefit people with disabilities and often funds structural measures to remove barriers.
German Hotel and Restaurant Association (DEHOGA Federal Association)
The DEHOGA Federal Association offers support to restaurateurs by defining standards for barrier-free construction and issuing corresponding certifications. This can increase their attractiveness to investors or funding providers.
We are urgently looking for foundations or organizations that would support our project!
In the city of Werne, there are currently few opportunities for wheelchair users to participate in leisure activities. Many of the city's buildings are listed buildings and there are only limited building plots available for new projects. Therefore, the focus should be on improving existing buildings. Even though the city repeatedly stresses that it would like to make improvements, the necessary financial resources are often lacking. Trust in public institutions has decreased in recent years, which is understandable given the limited resources.
It is therefore all the more important that citizens also become active and initiate change.
The restaurateurs in Werne are facing similar challenges. Due to the decreasing number of guests in bars and restaurants, income is also decreasing. The profits that remain after deducting running costs are shrinking more and more, making it difficult for restaurateurs to make the necessary changes to make their establishments wheelchair accessible - even if they have the will to do so. It would be desirable for restaurateurs to receive more support for their work, for example through subsidies or funding from the city. This would enable them to adapt their establishments to the needs of all guests.
In Werne, however, there are opportunities to convert the entrances and toilets of restaurants to make them wheelchair accessible. The biggest obstacle is the lack of financial resources. Therefore, foundations are being sought that are willing to support these projects; e.g. by collecting donations to raise the necessary funds for these changes.