Annual report 2004 - Compagnia di San Paolo

Institutional activities in 2004
Assistance to socially deprived categories
67
Professional training at the “La piazza dei mestieri” youth centre
La “Piazza dei Mestieri”
The “Piazza dei Mestieri” is a Turin meeting and training
centre for young people that opened in the autumn of 2004
in an early 20th century renovated factory. The name of the
centre is inspired by the presence of a central courtyard
that, similarly to ancient courtyards, was used to gather
people, experiences and activities.
The centre – with an estimated 2,000 young people
attendance per year – offers the possibility of finding work
to young people who have dropped out of school. At the
same time, adolescents and young adults can attend wider
educational programs allowing them to experience a
positive approach to life and to appreciate their own talents
through the introduction to art, music and taste.
Since 2003 the project “Piazza dei Mestieri” has received
a total of € 1.4 million by the Compagnia.