Chiarugi Foundation

Since 2010, CoRe has been the choir of people in the homes for the elderly of the Empolese-Valdelsa region, open to the participation of family members, volunteers, operators and all citizens, volunteers, operators and all citizens, in collaboration with local administrations and cultural institutions, which has, as a point of reference, the Chiarugi Foundation. The project aims to create sharing and aggregation, using music and theater as a means. Integration through art, in a context where the relationship is central, aims to give older people living in assisted living facilities a recognized social role.
It is an approach aimed at promoting the person, the development of their autonomy and awareness, the creation of paths of belonging to the territory understood as a continuity of citizens, through the proposal of social and cultural animation projects. Animating with elderly people living in sheltered structures means putting them in the perspective of a continuous presence, which makes daily intervention its strong point.
Chiarugi Foundation is convinced that the activity of the CoRe it still has a lot of potential: it is a powerful tool that allows elderly people welcomed in day care centers or sheltered housing, to participate in the social and cultural life of the territory, to tell their stories and be heard.