The self-help contact point
We are a professional organization for regional support and advice for self-help groups.
We want to encourage those affected and their relatives to get in touch with the experienced contact persons of the various self-help groups and to accept the support offered by their peers.
We
- work across disciplines and topics on the subject of self-help and are open to all interested parties
- support individuals in finding or founding self-help groups
- advise self-help groups and self-help initiatives on conceptual and organizational issues
- promote the exchange of experience and communication between the various local self-help groups and self-help initiatives
- establish contacts between self-help groups or self-help initiatives and health and social care professionals
- mediate between self-help groups or self-help initiatives and regional decision-makers
- create a self-help-friendly climate through targeted public relations work
Why self-help?
The importance of self-help has increased steadily over the last 30 years. For the professional players, the value and benefits of self-help for social and healthcare provision are undisputed and were described by Horst Seehofer as the fourth pillar of the healthcare system during his time as Federal Minister of Health.
Alois Glück, the leader of the CSU parliamentary group in Bavaria, even described self-help as the "heart of modern civic and social culture" in Mühldorf in 1999. However, self-help is valued and recognized across all parties in Bavaria.
Particularly in the 21st century, under the auspices of a confusing, digitalized world that demands widespread networking, the individual is often overwhelmed and lonely.
The economic crisis and the collapse of social security systems in Germany are causing uncertainty and leaving gaps in care. Self-help responds to the changes in our society and addresses current issues immediately and unbureaucratically. Self-help addresses a social emergency in order to strengthen the individual, the group and ultimately the community through self-responsibility and small social networks.
Self-help groups
We arrange contact with almost 150 self-help groups in the district.
Promotion of self-help and the Oberland Round Table
Oberland Round Table
Self-help groups from the health sector receive funding from statutory health insurance funds on the basis of § 20h SGB V. In the Oberland region, funding is coordinated and organized by the self-help contact point of the district of Bad Tölz - Wolfratshausen:The "RUNDER TISCH OBERLAND" support association is responsible for the districts of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Miesbach, Weilheim-Schongau and Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
The aims of the support association are
- Simplification of procedures
- Advice for self-help groups
- Transparency in determining the funding amount
- Prevention of double funding
The OBERLAND ROUND TABLE in Bad Tölz
- acts as an advisory intermediary between self-help groups and health insurance companies
- relieves groups and cash registers
- optimizes financial support
- ensures the transparency of subsidies
- Prevents double funding and ensures needs-based support
- provides information about self-help support and carries out public relations work
- provides preparatory advice for the preparation of applications
- organizes the meetings of the support association
- submits the collected applications to the OBERLAND ROUND TABLE, where decisions on funding are voted on
Four representatives of the self-help groups from the Oberland region funded by the health insurance companies take part in the funding association's award meeting. The health insurance companies decide on the funding, issue the notifications and pay out the grants.
The funding application and proof of use forms as well as the explanatory leaflet will be made available at the turn of the year.
Application documents 2026 and proof of use 2025
The application documents for the new funding year 2026 and the proof of use for the year 2025 can be downloaded below.
The deadline for submitting both the application and the proof of use is 15.02.2026.
Of course, you can contact me in advance and afterwards by telephone or make an appointment at the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen District Office.In the file "Termine zum Vormerken 2026" you will find the training and event program of the Selbsthilfekontaktstellen Bayern e. V. and the Selbsthilfekoordination Bayern.
Self-help coordination Bavaria (SEKO)
SeKo Bayern is a network office for the state-wide support of self-help in the health and social sector.