Valida

Valida is a non-profit association based in St.Gallen, Switzerland working on disability, employment & skills, education +1 more.

Valida is a social enterprise organised as an association in St.Gallen, Switzerland. It supports people with support needs, including people with disabilities, through individualised work, training, housing and leisure services. Its operations include production and service businesses in woodworking, metalworking, plastics processing, co-packing, laundry, cleaning and gardening, where people with support needs work alongside staff. It also runs vocational training with an internal vocational school, job coaching, supported housing, daily structuring activities, and sport and culture programmes. Valida states that it covers much of its costs through its business activities and public service mandate from the canton's Office for Social Affairs, and it uses donations for education, sport, culture and leisure projects that are not publicly funded. Donations to Valida can be deducted from taxes in the canton of St.Gallen.