All the initiatives and projects developed by associations simply could not exist without volunteers. On the ADA website, we have highlighted a sentence we often use when people – and many do – ask us: «Why do you volunteer? Are you paid for it?». Our response is: «Volunteering means being part of a community; it is the awareness that your actions can genuinely improve the lives of others». What we receive is not financial compensation, but friendship and gratitude. A smile is the greatest form of recognition a volunteer can receive. A volunteer who, through the support of associations, is able to ‘age actively’ represents the true heart of the system – without them, no action would be possible.
Associazione per i Diritti dell’Anziano (ADA) Venice Mestre, Italy
Titolo del capitolo
Progetto “SOS Sportello Sociale a Domicilio”
Autori
Mauro Di Matteo
Lingua
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0744-7.62
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
Copyright
© 2025 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
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Titolo del libro
Accompagnare la longevità
Sottotitolo del libro
Buone pratiche educative e formative per l’invecchiamento attivo
Curatori
Vanna Boffo, Michele Bertani, Donatella Bramanti, Rabih Chattat, Laura Formenti
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
628
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
Copyright
© 2025 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0744-7
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0743-0
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0744-7
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0745-4
Collana
Studies on Adult Learning and Education
ISSN della collana
2704-596X
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5781