CEV member organisations

Italy: ANPAS - Associazione Nazionale Pubbliche Assistenze (Associate Member )

Contact information

ANPAS - Associazione Nazionale Pubbliche Assistenze
Via Pio Fedi, 46/48
50142 Firenze
Italy

Tel: +55 30 38 21
Fax: +55 37 50 02

Email: segreteria[at]anpas.org
Website: www.anpas.org

Member information

The Associazione Nazionale Pubbliche Assistenze – National Association providing assistance to the general public – dates from 1860, initially in the form of groups of volunteers engaged in solidarity for those in need.  Gradually, those groups structured themselves into regional organisations active throughout Italy in areas such as rescue, disaster relief, assistance to the disadvantaged and public health. Due to the need for coordination at the national level, they joined in 1904 in Spoleto, Italy, to form the Federazione Nazionale delle Società di Pubblica Assistenza e Pubblico Soccorso. The Association got its current name – ANPAS – in 1989.

Today ANPAS is an independent, unified national organisation, based on democratic and constitutional principles. Its main objectives are the creation of a solidarity-oriented and fair society; the protection, support, promotion and coordination of organised volunteering; the protection of civil rights and children’s rights; and the promotion of humanitarian aid. Its activities include emergency medical care, ambulance services, social programmes, civil protection, and foreign aid and development.

With its 90,000 volunteers and 400,000 members, ANPAS is the largest voluntary organisation in Italy. The activities of ANPAS are also supported by 2,200 professional staff and 1,000 civil service volunteers. Representing 867 member organisations and 228 sections, ANPAS is currently operating in 19 regions, at the local, national and international level.

Apart from CEV, ANPAS is a member of:

• The National Observatory for Volunteering
• Forum Permanente Terzo Settore
• National Volunteering Council of the Forum Permanente Terzo Settore
• C.N.E.S.C. (National Conference of Civil Service Agencies)
• National Centre for Volunteering
• I.C.S. (Italian Solidarity Consortium)
• The European Union’s Commission for the Development of NGOs
• Associazione Nazionale Libera
• Samaritan International
  

Areas of Activity:

Emergency Medical Rescue -118
Ambulance Services
Blood Donations
Civil Protection/Disaster Relief
Fire Fighting and Prevention
Social and Health Care Programs
Cremation Services
Conscientious Objection
Volunteer Civic Service
Social Interaction Programs
International Aid Programs
Intercountry Adoptions
Training
Solidarity Awareness Raising
Animal Safeguard, Protection and Rescue