206 THE OPEN BOOK OF SOCIAL INNOVATION
Lunchtime at San Patrignano. San Patrignano is the largest drug rehabilitation community in the world. It welcomes men and women with drug abuse problems completely free of charge. The community was set up in 1978, when the founder, Vincenzo Muccioli, invited addicts into his home. Since then, San Patrignano has given tens of thousands of men and women a home, a job, training and skills, and the social relationships that are so important in overcoming addiction. Image courtesy of San Patrignano.
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of the common areas. They also aim to include accommodation in each of their developments for those with disabilities who might otherwise have to be institutionalised, and to arrange for help and support from neighbours.
Informal Mutualism Many new forms of collaboration and co-operation are emerging. These are having profound implications on services and models of collective action. 522) Developing new models of care and support. Advising, coaching, mediating, supplementing and communicating for household production.