36 activities were launched, followed by 200 users of which 15 were free to access.

Cuqù – la Culla del quartiere is a center of activities and services for girls, boys, mothers and dads open in the heart of the multi-ethnic district of San Salvario, where they live families in situations of social distress and precariousness, but also families in a situation of economic well-being.

Families today need space to socialize and find support, to reorganize their work or to look for it. Families are often lonely: parents without a family or community network, foreign mothers far from their family of origin, fragile families, single-parent families.

Cuqù, born from the collaboration of a team of 3 partners active in the social and cultural promotion of the District (Ass. Local Development Agency of San Salvario onlus, Coop. Soc. Atypica, Ass. Mondo di Joele onlus)It therefore chooses to invest in early childhood and parenthood, assuming that this is a long-term investment, which constitutes capital for the entire community.

36 activities have been launched, such as:

• TANA cuqù: a baby parking with long and flexible hours;
• TANA of the game: creative workshops for children with coworking space for parents;
• A playroom for children and parents to play together;
• Support activities “around birth” (obstetric counter, Doule counter, baby massage, etc.) and “around growth” (courses for nannies, yoga and children’s theatre, etc.);
• Support and support services for mothers and fathers in difficulty (psychological support, educational counselling, etc.).

These activities and services were followed by data from 200 users of which 15 were able to access free of charge (provision is made for free or quiet access to all activities for those in economic difficulty).

In addition, the reception service, run by neighborhood mothers, welcomed 80 people who were accompanied to basic services and 16 other people who were accompanied more punctually and with a personalized path by neighborhood mothers.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the service was closed but the choice was to animate the community of Cuqù, which had been created in the meantime, primarily with online services, meetings and activities managed remotely by the operators of the center but also with some basic services for people in difficulty that have been carried out in the presence.

Watch the video of the project to learn more.

The Spaccio di Cultura – Portineria di Comunità is part of the 15 projects of generative welfare of Turin Social Factory program of the City of Turin, co-funded by the National Operational Program Metropolitan City and the European Union, European Social Fund, made within the framework of Torino Social Impact.

For more information on the Torino Social Factory program and the other 14 projects that are part of it, go to this link.