In Italy the ACLI network is very wide, organised in circles, services, enterprises, projects and specific associations operating in the third sector (non-profit).
The Patronato ACLI
The Patronato ACLI is an organisation of private law which carries out a non-profit public service since 1945. Its structure has been created by ACLI, the Christian Associations of Italian Workers.
Besides the national office in Rome, the Patronato ACLI counts 17 regional bases, 154 provincial seats and 412 zonal offices, giving shape to an extended and capillary network. As evidenced by last reports, every year Patronato Acli provides assistance to about 1.500.000 people, of which 80% Italian and the remaining 20% foreigners. These growing significant data prove the social commitment of Patronato ACLI.
To its customers Patronato ACLI provides a great variety of services. In particular it offers consultancy, assistance and protection concerning contributions, pensions, work, health, migrants’citizenship and others.
For more information, visit the website http://www.patronato.acli.it/
The ACLI
The ACLI promote and protect workers’rights in order to guarantee better work conditions and life quality. They are a meeting point for workers and citizens, men and women, with different nationalities, who share and agree to Acli’s purposes.
The social action of ACLI is characterised by a participatory method, based on subsidiarity and solidarity, this same approach is adopted also by social services and specific associations adherent to ACLI.
Besides the activity carried out by the Patronato, the ACLI are engaged throughout the national territory with:
