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The Caritasverband für die Diözese Osnabrück e.V. is the diocesan Caritas association, a Catholic welfare organisation that acts as umbrella association for social services and is also the legal operator or co-owner of its own facilities. Its online counselling service covers areas such as general social counselling, migration, debt, addiction, pregnancy, family, elderly care, bereavement and hospice care, offered free of charge and anonymously.

The association is the umbrella body for 734 facilities and services in the Diocese of Osnabrück, with 31,570 employees across them. It directly operates or co-owns 171 facilities and services with 4,254 employees, including care services, facilities for elderly care, disability support, addiction and drug aid, and cure and recreation services. Regional Caritas associations provide counselling in locations across the diocese, and the Landes-Caritasverband Bremen is responsible for the Bremen part of the diocese, with 900 employees.

The association reports that more than 540,000 people are accompanied, treated or cared for each year in its facilities and services, and that 1,300 young people train within the association.

Product: Free, anonymous online counselling and social services, plus care and support facilities run across the Diocese of Osnabrück.