"Filo da Tessere is a network of social cooperatives operating in the social and educational field with different target users (disabled, elderly, children, youth, refugees ..) in the province of Biella. Filo da Tessere coordinated an EVS project called ""Moving to social inclusion"", which welcomed five volunteers from Portugal, Turkey, Poland,France and Estonia, which were chosen because they have shown a great interest in the project and a good sensitivity on issues social. The volunteers have been involved in educational, recreational, promotion of personal autonomy and free time activities for disabled persons, children and elderly and they brought their personal contribution of ideas and creativity.The volunteers have developed a different understanding about the promotion of diversity, have experienced different cultures, have developed adaptability, spirit of confrontation and overcoming of stereotypes and prejudices.The volunteers, in addition to personal enrichment, developed skills useful for curriculum, experimenting methods of work in the social and educational field.The partner organizations deepened Erasmus + program and its opportunities, learned how in other countries are handled welfare services, met different customs and traditions.The volunteers met different social and cultural realities of the territory, such SELLA LAB (pole of business innovation in favor of young talent), Fondazione Pistoletto Città dell’Arte, Youth Association Marajà, Social Association ""Groove"", Association ""F.A.I""."

"Filo da Tessere is a network of social cooperatives working in the social field with many different targets in the province of Biella. It will coordinate an EVS project called ""Step by step for social inclusion"" composed by 7 sending organisations and 3 hosting organisations and 7 volunteers: three of them will have activities in Cooperativa Tantintenti ONLUS; two of them will work in Cooperativa Maria Cecilia and other two in Cooperativa Domus Laetitiae. Volunteers will been selected with the main criteria of motivation in the theme of the project and sensibility and interests about social work. They will have to manage with their skills in communication and work with elder ly, children, handicapped people and refugees. Volunteers will be involved in daily activities and some workshops organized by hosting organisations. They will help their users to develop their own abilities and to enjoy their time. They will always have the chance to experiment and learn how to work in a team and in cooperation with socially disadvantaged people. Therefore the EVS volunteers will learn a lot about networking and project planning: they will infact follow all the steps of the process that transforms an idea into a project. Volunteers will enter in touch with exclusion: they will work with people who are usually risking exclusion because of handicap, age or origin. Volunteers will help these people ""step by step"" with the task to promote social inclusion."

"Filo da Tessere is a network of social cooperatives operating in the social and educational field with different target users (disabled, elderly, children, youth, refugees ..) in the province of Biella. Filo da Tessere coordinated an EVS project called ""Threads of social inclusion"", which welcomed five volunteers from Armenia, Turkey, Spain, Cyprus and Russia, which were chosen because they have shown a great interest in the project and a good sensitivity on issues social. The volunteers have been involved in educational, recreational, promotion of personal autonomy and free time activities for disabled persons, children and elderly and they brought their personal contribution of ideas and creativity.The volunteers have developed a different understanding about the promotion of diversity, have experienced different cultures, have developed adaptability, spirit of confrontation and overcoming of stereotypes and prejudices.The volunteers, in addition to personal enrichment, developed skills useful for curriculum, experimenting methods of work in the social and educational field.The partner organizations deepened Erasmus + program and its opportunities, learned how in other countries are handled welfare services, met different customs and traditions.The volunteers met different social and cultural realities of the territory, such SELLA LAB (pole of business innovation in favor of young talent), Youth Center ""Creative Commons Trivero"", Fondazione Pistoletto Città dell’Arte, Youth Association Marajà, Social Association ""Groove"", Association ""F.A.I""."