"Uniamoci Onlus" is a no profit organization that works in the field of integration and social assistance of young/adult people with disability fostering their full inclusion in the society. The Association was created in Palermo on 26/03/2008. The objectives of Associazione Uniamoci Onlus can be summarized as follows:

- empowerment of our users with disability with the development of soft and practical skills that can be spent in volunteering activities and/or in a work context

- international cooperation in the field of youth and social inclusion of people with disability

- promotion of European mobility, active citizenship and volunteering

- social awareness about inclusion, active citizenship and environment protection

The headquarter of the organization is a PROPERTY CONFISCATED TO THE MAFIA received on free loan by the Municipality of Palermo; it is in the neighborhood of Brancaccio: here administrative activities, educational and youth activities are held. From its creation till today, about 200 young and adult people with disability benefited of the services provided by the Association.

Its main activities are:

- Daily offer of educational and socialization activities addressing adults with disability, in a group setting, to develop their social, cognitive and fine motor skills, their creativity and wellbeing

- editing of easy to read and to understand learning resources

- biweekly street sweeping activities with an inclusive group of young volunteers

- implementation of local projects on several topics: volunteering, environment, social inclusion of people with disability, youth

- creation of opportunities of leaarning opportunities within European projects for young people, people with disability, volunteers and staff memers/professionals in the social field through (youth exchanges, training courses, collaborative partnerships and volunteering projects)

- Web radio "Senza Barriere": weekly programmes managed by 3 volunteers with disability, a technician and 2 speakers (@RadioSenzaBarriere on Facebook)

- implementation of training courses about the inclusion of people with disability for professionals of several sectors

- social outreach about disability and inclusion: seminars, workshops, events and local projects about inclusive volunteering,  creation of resources for practicioners 

- hosting of local and transnational trainees from highschools, vocational trainings and Unverisities 

The main beneficiaries of its work are work are 20 young and adult people (aged 18 – 40) with physical, cognitive, mental disability or a combination of the previous.  It has the support of around 30 volunteers among senior volunteers, young people, people with a social disadvantage and adults who are volunteers as alternative measure to detention.

During the years Associazione Uniamoci Onlus created local and national partnerships and cooperation in order to realize several social actions:

- it realizes project activities in the social field with the Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Department of Youth and the National Civil Service; the Regional Department of Family and Social Policies; Fondazione con il Sud;

- it is accredited with the University of Palermo for the hosting of trainees who are students at the Education Sciences, Political Science, Economics Faculty.

- it is partner of the following institutions: the University of Palermo and Catania, the Center for disabled students at the University of Palermo, Association Porte Aperte, Hryo Organization, the solidarity center Don Giosuè Bonfardino, Silene cooperative, Euromed Carrefour Sicilia - Europe Direct and several local schools.

- it is founding member of Federazione Sociale Italiana per le Disabilità.

Furthermore, at European level, Uniamoci Onlus implements the European social policy within the Erasmus+ Programme spreading the European values at a local level, the principles of inclusion at an international level and contributing to the exchange of good practices among European and extra-European organizations that are active in field of social inclusion of people with disabilities, youth and more in general in the social field. Associazione Uniamoci Onlus received the recognition of STAR PROJECT by the European Commission for the Senior volunteering project “Free Age: senior volunteers meeting young disabled people” and as good practice example for the Adult education staff mobility project Going International, them both realized with the German organization Werk Diakonisches in Bremen. Uniamoci Onlus is an ESC supporting and hosting organization and it has a network of partnership at a European and extra-European level composed of about 100 organizations.