ABOUT US ACLI APS

"The US Acli is a democratic non-profit organisation with its headquarters in Rome, 104 provincial offices, 20 regional offices, and 3,403 clubs. In Italy it has 345,954 members distributed throughout the country (data as at 30 Sept. 2020).

US Acli was founded in 1963 to promote and organise physical, recreational and sporting activities for people of all ages and social conditions, with particular attention to people with problems or at risk of marginalisation.It continues this commitment thanks to its network rooted in the territory through:

• training courses aimed at operators, technicians, managers, athletes and all recipients of the association's proposal;
• promotion of national campaigns identifiable in their objectives and target audience (""Sport and immigration: Citizens through sport"" - ""Sport and the disabled: Two on one level"", ""Sport, health and well-being"", ""No to doping"", ""Sport and legality"", ""Sport and prison MAKE A DIFFERENCE - for inclusion and social cohesion"");
• projects as a concrete way of enhancing the social and educational potential of sport by supporting the development of local synergies aimed at protecting and promoting the active involvement of vulnerable people;
• the promotion of events aimed at promoting the spread of sport in the area.

US Acli is recognised by the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), the Italian Paralympic Association (CIP), and is an Association of Social Promotion. It is also registered in the National Register of Associations and Bodies working in the field of anti-discrimination and is a member of ISCA (International Sport Culture Association)."

The Vision of US ACLI APS

"US Acli considers sport as a fundamental element for welfare and for a better quality of life for individuals and society at large. Children and youth are privileged not only because sport is the easiest form of recreation, integration and commitment but also because physical, recreational and sport activities play a fundamental role in their education and training.

In all these years, we have never forgotten our objective: to enable every sports club, group or organisation working in the area to become an educating community where the ethical function of sport is affirmed, where it is promoted a clean sport, where people learn to live it in every aspect as a way of non-violence and peace, social inclusion and active citizenship.

We believe that promoting the practice and values of sport for people of all ages and conditions, especially for those at risk of physical and social marginalisation, is a social heritage for the entire community."

The Mission of US ACLI APS

"In the wide area of sports associations, US Acli has always stood out for its strong social commitment, which aims to focus on the person and not on performance, to improve the quality of life, society, and environment in which we live, to ensure citizenship rights in and through sport.

Elderly people, families in difficulty, immigrants and those who live with physical and mental disabilities, find in the US Acli concrete answers to their needs: for physical exercise, health, relationships with others.

Therefore, we promote and coordinate physical and sporting activities all over the national territory for everyone, whether members or not. We are an active part of the sporting world, in which we are characterised by our strong educational and social vocation, but also within the Third Sector network, where we actively contribute to promoting citizenship rights, in and through sport."