1. L’INCHIOSTRO Cooperative Martina Chimentelli EUROSOCIALNETWORK LA COOP-ERTA DI LINUS

3. The territory: Area of Valdarno Fiorentino Population: 46,000 Area: sq. km 273 Municipalities of: Incisa in Val d’Arno Figline Valdarno Reggello Rignano sull’Arno EUROSOCIALNETWORK TITOLO

4. LA COOP-ERTA DI LINUS (LINUS’BLANKET) After school service opened from Monday to Friday from 2 pm to 7 pm : group and individual activities aimed at school help, socialization, active participation, positive use of free time . Users: minors of primary and lower secondary schools (7 – 13 years old). Some users, who are in need for education help , might come from upper secondary schools. The majority of users shows both cognitive and relational difficulties : learning difficulties or inadequate relational abilities, which come from social and family hardship conditions and psychic disability. The users are sent by the local social services or directly engaged by families. The former pay a daily fee and the latter a monthly fee. The service has been opened in 2007 thanks to the financings of the Municipalities of the Valdarno Fiorentino area and to a fund of the Community Health Partnership of the South-eastern area of Florence. EUROSOCIALNETWORK TITOLO

6. Number of users according to dwelling Municipality EUROSOCIALNETWORK TITOLO

7. Opening period: October– May of every year In summer the users are welcomed in the summer camps on the territory Days of attendance: Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 11 – 15 years old teenagers Tuesday and Thursday: 7 – 10 years old children EUROSOCIALNETWORK TITOLO Daily attendances

17. The involved educators Cooperate in the project: 4 / 5 qualified educator or community animator or social workers for excluded people; 1 coordinator of the service; experts for the workshops 1 psychologist Assessments: 2 annual assessments with the social services of the involved Municipalities. 1 internal planning meeting and one internal assessment per month. Contacts with the social workers for the single educational projects if necessary. EUROSOCIALNETWORK TITOLO