Emergency sleeping facilities

Caritas Styria offers different overnight accommodations for homeless people.

Arche 38 - Contact point, emergency sleeping place and assisted living

Arche 38 is a contact point for homeless people in Graz. We help regardless of age, gender, religion, nationality or political conviction.

• Telephone availability Arche 38: daily 0.00-24.00
• Location: from the train station about 10 minutes on foot in the direction of Citypark (shortly after AMS West) or by bus line 50 - stop Steinfeldfriedhof
• Opening hours of the contact point : MO-FR: 09.00-15.00; SA, SO, FT: 09.00-14.00 
• Opening hours of the emergency shelter: Winter (November - March) daily 18.00-08.00; Summer (April - October) daily 19.00-08.00

FranzisCa Emergency Shelter and Shared Apartment for Women with Children

The FranzisCa Emergency Sleeping Centre is a first point of contact for all adult women and their children in need.

We help ...

• ... all adult women and their children who do not know where they can spend the night.
• ... Women and their children who need temporary accommodation due to a difficult life situation.

Our services

• Immediate admission and basic care in our emergency shelter, which is open day and night.
• Individual joint situation clarification (clearing) to plan the next steps.
• An outpatient social service: emergency provision of food and clothing, washing facilities, counselling and counselling talks.
• Aftercare: Support for women after a stay at the FranzisCa emergency shelter.

Accessibility

• daily 0.00-24.00
• by tram line 1 in the direction of Unfallkrankenhaus - Schloss Eggenberg station

Haus Franziskus - Emergency Shelter Leoben

In Haus Franziskus we offer homeless women, men and families in emergency situations accommodation as well as counselling and low-threshold support. A total of three rooms with five beds each are available.

Opening hours emergency shelter: Open daily from 6 p.m. until 8 a.m. the next day.

Haus Franziskus can be reached by public transport:

• City bus 31 to Niklasdorf from Leoben centre or
• Leoben main station to the Zentralfriedhof stop
• Train stop Leoben Lerchenfeld

Winter Emergency Sleeping Centre

The Winter Emergency Sleeping Centre is open between mid of November and March.

The Caritas Winter Emergency Sleeping Centre in Graz offers up to 40 people protection from the cold in winter. In winter, the need to have no roof over one's head unfortunately also increases in Graz and Styria. That is why Caritas opens its own winter emergency shelter every winter. Every day from 6 p.m. to 7.30 a.m. the next day, up to 40 people (adult women and men, temporarily minors accompanied by a legal guardian) can get warm accommodation there for the night.

Homeless people can warm up, recharge their batteries & sleep in the emergency sleeping facility. In addition, the sanitary facilities of Arche 38 are available for men (daily 10 am - 4 pm), for women those in the Marianum (Mon - Fri from 9 am - 11.30 am). A small evening meal is offered in the winter emergency shelter, breakfast and lunch are available in the Marienstüberl, medical care in the Marienambulanz, or counselling on how to secure one's livelihood in the Marianum.

Opening hours: Every day from 6 p.m. - 7.30 a.m.

Emergency shelter for young people - Schlupfhaus

The Schlupfhaus offers adolescents and young adults easily accessible, free emergency help.

Our shelter for young people includes a wide range of provision for different needs: Sleeping space, food, hygiene services (showers, toiletries, washing machine), telephone/computer use, WLAN, storage facilities, conversation and support services. Our facility can also be used as an emergency sleeping place on an outpatient basis (without staying overnight). No matter for what reason help or a "breather" is needed - the Schlupfhaus is open 365 days a year for everyone between the ages of 14 and 21.

Opening hours: daily from 18.00 in the evening until 9.00 in the morning, Tues. - Fri. until 11 am.