What self-help groups offer:

  • Open and detailed discussions (to overcome fears and uncertainties in everyday life and to develop new perspectives on life, support in difficult life situations, etc.)
  • Mutual exchange of experiences
  • Providing helpful and comprehensive information (tips, advice, addresses, practical support, etc.) as "experts in their own cause"
  • Help and referral to special institutions (other social and/or medical institutions, pastoral care, etc.)

Self-help groups in your area

Click on the first digit of your postal code to display suitable self-help groups in your area

Contact us

Do you need help finding an address or do you have questions about cancer? Contact us by telephone on the toll-free number 0800 85 100 80 or send an e-mail to buergertelefon@bzkf.de. Our staff will be happy to help you!

If you cannot find a suitable group, you are welcome to get in touch with the self-help contact point in your area. As an advice center for self-help, our colleagues know about all the groups in your region.

You can find an overview of the self-help contact points in Bavaria here: https://www.seko-bayern.de/suche-in-selbsthilfedatenbank/selbsthilfekontaktstellen/

Contact for changes or inclusion in the directory

Are you active in a self-help group and have questions about the inclusion criteria for the directory or would you like to report a change to your existing entry? Then send us an e-mail tobuergertelefon@bzkf.de.

Contact for inclusion in the event mailing list

Are you active in a self-help group and would like to receive monthly information about current patient events? Then send us an e-mail to buergertelefon@bzkf.de.

General information

The BZKF's Bavaria-wide directory of self-help groups makes no claim to completeness. The BZKF cannot evaluate the working methods of individual self-help groups.
The BZKF reserves the right to decide on inclusion in its directory of psychosocial cancer counseling centers. There is no legal entitlement to inclusion.