Founded by nine young unemployed women in 1990 in Scalea, a pretty town along the Calabrian coast, the Idea 90 social cooperative quickly became a local leader in childcare provision. It now works with public authorities and many businesses in the local area to provide a range of services, mostly for children (nurseries, summer schools) […]

CADIAI is one of Italy’s most established social services cooperatives. It was founded in Bologna in 1974 by 30 people, 27 of whom were women. The founders had experience in care, whether as informal workers, home carers, in nursing homes or private rest homes or assisting children and the elderly. Their aims were to ensure […]

It started with ten disabled and non-disabled people living together in a small flat. Now the Gruppo 78 cooperative has grown into a regional network of residential and day centres, protected housing, employment projects and workshops, providing assistance to hundreds of people with mental health and social problems. The current director, Santo Boglioni, was also […]

Founded in January 1983 in the little town of Macomer on Sardinia, the “Progetto H” (PH) was created by a group of 9 friends. Their interest and aim was to create a cooperative that promoted the integration of disadvantaged and disabled individuals into the work environment by offering firsthand work experience and opportunities, ultimately resulting […]