Membership · CKVÖ

Become part of the
association.

With your membership you give the Austrian cluster community more weight. The Cluster Kopfschmerzen Verein Österreich (Austrian Cluster Headache Association) lives through its members – patients and relatives alike. You strengthen community, exchange and awareness work for cluster headache in Austria.

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First point of contact for patients in the German-speaking world
In-person meetings in Vienna and Graz & an online group for all of Austria
Application takes only a few minutes

What the association does

Seven pillars, one community

The association carries out its work through several offerings – for patients and relatives, across all of Austria.

Self-help

Meetings in Vienna and Graz

Regular in-person self-help meetings in Vienna and Graz – open to patients and relatives, even without a membership.

Online group

Exchange for all of Austria

Digital group meetings for all of Austria – join from home, no travel required, with easy, low-threshold access.

Awareness

Creating visibility

Campaigns, media work and congress reports – so that cluster headache is taken more seriously in healthcare and by the public.

Information material

Flyers for practices & clinics

Flyers and information material for doctors' practices, outpatient clinics and hospitals – more visibility for cluster headache in the healthcare system.

Doctors' register

Finding specialists

Points of contact recommended by affected individuals, whose details and cluster headache experience the association has confirmed directly with the clinic – curated guide, not a seal of quality.

Counselling

Psychosocial counselling (external)

External paid service: clusterberatung.at – not an association service, not psychotherapy and not a crisis service.

The paths at a glance

What is free, what membership brings, what is external

Whether you are a patient or a relative – here you can honestly see which offerings are open to everyone, what membership involves and what is not part of it.

Public & free

Open to everyone

All information on this website, the doctors' register, the meetings in Vienna and Graz and the nationwide online meetings are open to everyone – no membership required.

Membership

€25 annual fee

Admission by the board, statutory rights and more weight for the Austrian cluster community.

To the membership application

Donations

Voluntary & independent

Donations are voluntary and independent of membership. The tax deductibility of private donations is still being applied for.

For companies

Companies support the association through sponsorship – under disclosed conditions.

Psychosocial counselling – not part of membership

External paid service provided by Stefan Kohlweg, MSc., chair of the Cluster Headache Association Austria and independent psychosocial counsellor. Not an association service, not medical treatment, not psychotherapy, and not a crisis service.

Go to clusterberatung.at – external paid service

What your membership achieves

Your statutory rights

Participation in the events and facilities of the association
Voting rights and active and passive election rights (ordinary members)
The right to request the statutes and activity and financial information of the association
Withdrawal at the end of the year – with a written declaration to the board at least one month in advance

The board decides on the admission of new members. The annual fee goes directly into awareness work, self-help offerings and the running of the association.

Association statutes (PDF, German only)

Membership application

Submit your membership application

The German-language form asks for your name and one email address. No diagnosis, medical records or postal address are required. Google Forms confirms receipt after submission. The board then reviews your application and decides on admission. Tracking consent is optional.

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Open the form

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