Regional Hero GmbH, which was created from Helfen.Berlin with the Berlin B-Card voucher, is now volunteering to sell the vouchers. “It is important to us to support our favorite Berlin places in the best possible way and help. Maintain Berlin as a non-profit solution,” says Pascal Schreiber, founder of Regional HeroGmbH, explaining the commitment.
During the first lockdown, a total of 1.6 million euros were raised via helfen.berlin.de.
The difference between helfen.berlin.de and the B-Card:
Individual vouchers are sold on Helfen.Berlin, whose income directly benefits restaurants, shops, cultural institutions, bars, clubs, spas, hairdressers and many more. Customers therefore explicitly buy a voucher from their particular favorite place, which they can also donate directly. The B-Card is a local universal voucher that can be redeemed at favorite places participating in all participants. There is a low service fee of six percent here. Unlike other voucher systems, the credit does not expire after three years — half of it is donated to a local organization. The remaining 44 percent go to the favorite place through which B-card was originally sold.
“We are a social enterprise that is not focused on maximizing profits,” says Schreiber. “We always want to give something back to society. That is why it is so important for us to volunteer again in the current situation.”
