fixpunkt

Fixpunkt e.V. is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that has focused since 1993 on the development and implementation of innovative ideas in health promotion, crime prevention, and support for drug users in Berlin.

• Prevention Machines (Syringe Machines): Operation of machines that provide sterile syringes and other drug consumption utensils to minimize infection risks.
• Mobile Social Work and Medical Support: Low-threshold mobile services for harm reduction and infection prophylaxis in the context of drug use.
• Medically Supervised Drug Consumption: Offers for medically supervised drug consumption to reduce health risks.
• Dental Prophylaxis: Promotion of oral health through dental care.
• Self-Organization of Drug Users: Support for the self-organization and integration of drug users into the social and health care system[2][3].

The main mission of Fixpunkt e.V. is to offer accepting and non-judgmental drug support and health promotion. The focus is on infection prophylaxis, particularly for HIV, Hepatitis B and C, and other serious infectious diseases. The organization advocates for the integration of drug users into regular health care, including those without health insurance or entitlement claims under SGB II or XII[2][3][4].

• Health Care: Fixpunkt e.V. works to enable people in precarious life situations to access regular health care, despite lacking health insurance or legal hurdles.
• Harm Reduction: Through mobile and low-threshold offers, efforts are made to minimize the negative impacts of drug use.
• Self-Organization and Integration: The organization promotes the self-organization and integration of drug users to sustainably improve their living situation.
• Crime Prevention and Daily Structure: Fixpunkt e.V. offers employment and qualification programs to create a meaningful daily structure and avoid criminal behavior[2][3][4].

• Changed Service Hours: The Mobile Drug Consumption Team in Kreuzberg will offer adjusted service hours starting in November 2024 to better meet the needs of the target group.
• Contact Points: Fixpunkt e.V. and its subsidiary Fixpunkt gGmbH operate various contact points, such as the contact point "Kotti," which has reopened after renovation work[2][3].

Fixpunkt e.V. is a central actor in drug support and health promotion in Berlin, promoting the well-being and health of drug users through innovative and low-threshold offers.

• 1 - https://www.fixpunkt.org/fixpunkt-e-v/
• 2 - https://www.fixpunkt.org
• 3 - https://www.fixpunktggmbh.org
• 4 - https://sc185dbbfbf9895e5.jimcontent.com/download/version/1611750412/module/7935770164/name/Dokumenation_Obdachlosigkeit_FINAL.pdf
• 5 - https://gesund-leben-spandau.de/spandau-mitte/