Fondazione Raggio Verde Impresa Sociale

Founded in 2019, Fondazione Raggio Verde Impresa Sociale is a social enterprise based in Pistoia, Italy working on health, disability, children & youth.

Fondazione Raggio Verde Impresa Sociale is a non-profit social enterprise based in Pistoia, Italy, that provides therapy, habilitation, rehabilitation, study and research for people with autism spectrum disorders, with a focus on children and adolescents and support for their families across the whole course of care. It was founded in 2019 by two non-profit organisations, the Fondazione Filippo Turati and the association Agrabah, which was formed in 2002 by a group of parents. The foundation runs its services through facilities in Pistoia, including the Spazzavento and Santomato children's and adolescents' centres and the Casa di Gello adult centre, which are contracted with the Italian National Health Service. Its therapeutic approach is ecological-holistic and based on a comprehensive view of the person, their family and their social context. The foundation also runs the Pianeta Autismo online information section, a summer theatre programme and a civil service placement scheme, and is working on a planned autism campus in Empoli. It is registered in the Italian Single National Register of the Third Sector (RUNTS) and its donations qualify for tax benefits.