Commitment for the Hamburg family

If several families are on a waiting list and the desire for a family audiobook is growing, we are particularly grateful that previous sponsors are examining the possibility of supporting us again. Currently, the Elfriede Schilling Foundation is once again placing its trust in us and fulfilling this heartfelt wish for a Hamburg family. With 6,000 Euros we start […]

Two new family audiobooks

If you enter ‘GSK München’ in the search engine, the reference ‘Global healthcare company supporting social projects’ appears. We can underline that. GSK sends a clear signal for the assumption of social responsibility and is currently once again promoting Familienhörbuch gGmbH, so that audio biographies can also be produced in the future. We say thank you and we are glad that […]

Primary school donates €1,200

A Düsseldorf School (GGS Knittkuhl, mission statement: “We promote our children’s social competence and closeness to nature) surprised the family audiobook with a four-digit donation amount! The amount came together as part of the Hunger March in March 2026. Rector Grüneklee provided us with the following information: Since 1983, a hunger march has been carried out annually to raise money for social purposes […]

Renewed funding

We can shorten the waiting time for new family audiobook applicants a bit. The Erich-und-Agnes-Zühr-Stiftung is once again supporting Familienhörbuch gGmbH. This time with $10,000. Susanne Johannsen from the Foundation underlines: “It is a great pleasure for us to be able to make a small contribution to making it a little easier to say goodbye in a family (if at all possible […]

Women Artists Donate

The family audiobook is happy about every kind of donation. Individuals give us insights into the motives. This often touches additionally and shows that every person who is committed to our project has his own story and has already been in contact with the topics of illness and death. That characterizes. The current donation of […]

Art and Charity

At the beginning of April, Familienhörbuch gGmbH was pleased to receive a new donation initiated by Charity Cuts. The artist and doctor Agnieszka Widera has been using this platform since 2021 to auction limited-edition lino prints for a good cause. It takes the view that: Everyone can contribute to a better world. The donation target will be announced at each auction […]

Handing over cheques at BIB

Via BIB Fairbanking (Essen) recently received 2,000 euros. At BIB, employees are allowed to submit proposals on which social enterprises can benefit from the ‘profit saving’ of customers. The Familienhörbuch gGmbH was named by Magdalena Grundl (li), who was very happy to hand over the cheque to our volunteers (Christine Gough). The provider of financial services for ecclesiastical institutions, the Social and […]

$1,000 from practice

The team of the main gynecological-oncological practice ‘Praxisklinik Hamburg-Harburg’ often accompanies many patients – especially women with breast cancer – over a long and very personal journey. It is precisely through this work that the awareness of everyone involved is sharpened of the importance of family, closeness and shared memories.  As part of a donation of 1,000 euros, the family audiobook […]

3 new family audiobooks

Since 1988, Radio Hamburg has been actively providing for children in the broadcasting region. To date, the association ‘Radio Hamburg Hörer helfen Kinder e.V.’, which was founded for this purpose, has been able to collect around 12 million euros in donations and pass them on to those in need. Hamburg family audiobooks have already been funded twice as part of the annual Radio Hamburg donation marathon (each in the Christmas season). We are currently looking forward to […]

Committed ‘come over women’

At the beginning of the year, amounts of Christmas actions are usually still received. Among other things, we were particularly pleased about 707 euros from a very motivated women's group (Komm Rüber). The income comes from the sale of self-made goods that were generated at the Christmas bazaar in the Ferdinand Heye House (Düsseldorf/Gerresheim) as well as in the retirement home and kindergartens. […]