Liberazione e Speranza

What Liberazione e Speranza does

Liberazione e Speranza Società Cooperativa Sociale is an Italian social cooperative founded in 2000 and headquartered in Novara, Italy. The organization provides direct support services to women victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation, women victims of gender-based violence (with or without children), and victims of discrimination, across the provinces of Novara, Vercelli, Biella, and Verbania-Cusio-Ossola, with extended interregional coordination across five Italian regions (Piemonte, Liguria, Emilia Romagna, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia) through the COMMON GROUND anti-labor-exploitation consortium. Its service portfolio includes emergency social intervention (BeepBeep hotline under CISA Ovest Ticino), an official anti-violence center (Centro Antiviolenza Elara), anti-discrimination counseling, housing emergency support, legal and psychological guidance, and vocational training delivered through a social-enterprise laundry (Lavanderia Sociale and the Panni Sporchi In Famiglia… Laviamoli Insieme project). As a non-profit cooperative registered in the Albo Cooperative under C136512 and recognized as a Work Integration Project (WIP) operator by Regione Piemonte, the entity operates without proprietary technology, no commercial app, and no disclosed AI capabilities, relying entirely on human-intensive casework.

The business model is a hybrid of public grant funding, corporate sponsorship, donations, and small-scale service revenue. The principal income stream is the EU/Federal PON Inclusione – Fondo Sociale Europeo grant supporting the COMMON GROUND project, in which Liberazione e Speranza acts as capofila for the northern quadrant. A second stream is corporate sponsorship from Intesa Sanpaolo under the Programma Formula initiative (in collaboration with CESVI Onlus) supporting the social laundry vocational project, supplemented by crowdfunding. A third stream is service revenue from the social laundry operation, which simultaneously functions as a vocational training and protected-employment pathway for beneficiaries. Core anti-violence, anti-trafficking, and anti-discrimination services are provided free of charge, and pricing is not publicly disclosed. Distribution is through direct service points, anti-violence centers, social emergency hotlines, and institutional referrals, with outreach supported by a website, a Facebook page, public awareness events, and donor engagement campaigns. The organization employs 14 people and is governed under Italian cooperative law as a member-owned entity with no parent company, no external equity investors, and no publicly traded instruments.

Name

Liberazione e Speranza

Legal name

Liberazione e Speranza Società Cooperativa Sociale

Website

https://liberazionesperanza.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Liberazione e Speranza is an Italian social cooperative founded in 2000 in Novara that provides anti-trafficking, gender-violence, and anti-discrimination support services to women across four provinces in Piemonte, operating a social-enterprise laundry for vocational training and coordinating multi-regional anti-exploitation projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anti-Violence and Victim Support Services

NAICS

Social Assistance (624), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

Keywords

• Anti-violence services
• Trafficking victim support
• Social cooperative services
• Gender-based violence support
• Vocational training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Novara

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. EU/Federal Funding (PON Inclusione – FSE): The organization receives funding from the PON Inclusione – Fondo Sociale Europeo (EU Social Fund) to operate the COMMON GROUND anti-exploitation project, covering interregional coordination across Piemonte, Liguria, Emilia Romagna, Veneto, and Friuli Venezia Giulia.
2. Corporate Sponsorship – Intesa Sanpaolo Programma Formula: Intesa Sanpaolo supports the social laundry project 'Panni Sporchi In Famiglia… Laviamoli Insieme' through the Programma Formula initiative, in collaboration with CESVI Onlus. This includes crowdfunding contributions from donors.
3. Social Laundry Service Revenue: The cooperative operates a professional social laundry service that generates revenue while providing vocational training and employment pathways for women victims of violence and exploitation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Liberazione e Speranza is an Italian social cooperative that delivers direct assistance services — including housing/shelter, psychological counseling, legal and social guidance, and socio-occupational reintegration — to women victims of trafficking, sexual exploitation, gender-based violence, and discrimination. In parallel, the cooperative runs a social enterprise laundry (Lavanderia Sociale) that functions as a vocational training and work-integration pathway for beneficiaries, and participates in named projects such as COMMON GROUND, BeepBeep, and the Elara Center.

Product overview

Liberazione e Speranza is a social cooperative offering a portfolio of social services focused on supporting women victims of trafficking, sexual exploitation, and gender-based violence. The core services include Tratta e Sfruttamento (trafficking support), Violenza di genere (gender violence support), Antidiscriminazione (anti-discrimination), and Consulenze e Formazione (consulting and training). The organization operates social enterprises including a social laundry service (Lavanderia Sociale) that provides vocational training and employment opportunities. Additionally, the cooperative runs specialized projects such as COMMON GROUND for combating labor exploitation, BeepBeep for emergency social intervention, and Centro Antiviolenza Elara for anti-violence support. The portfolio includes housing emergency services and represents an integrated approach combining direct victim support, vocational training, emergency intervention, and regional anti-discrimination networking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Anti-trafficking and sexual exploitation victim support
• Anti-violence and gender-based violence support Support services for women experiencing gender-based violence, including safe housing, psychological support, and accompaniment through recovery pathways. Targeted at women survivors of gender-based violence in Italy.
• Anti-discrimination support services Services addressing discrimination experienced by women, including social guidance, orientation, and accompaniment toward rights protection and inclusion. Targeted at women facing discrimination in Italy.
• Social enterprise laundry (Lavanderia Sociale) Work-integration social enterprise that provides laundry services to external customers while offering vocational training and employment pathways to women beneficiaries of the cooperative's support programs.
• Elara Center Named project of Liberazione e Speranza, positioned within the cooperative's portfolio of victim support and reintegration initiatives. Targeted at women beneficiaries of the cooperative's programs.
• COMMON GROUND project Named project of Liberazione e Speranza, positioned within the cooperative's portfolio of victim support and reintegration initiatives.
• BeepBeep project Named project of Liberazione e Speranza, positioned within the cooperative's portfolio of victim support and reintegration initiatives.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Regione PiemontecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegione Piemonte leads the COMMON GROUND multi-regional anti-exploitation project and has designated Liberazione e Speranza as the capofila (lead organization) for the northern quadrant, covering Novara, Vercelli, Biella, and VCO provinces. This partnership is central to the cooperative's institutional role.
• CESVI OnlusmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCESVI Onlus collaborates with Intesa Sanpaolo in the Programma Formula initiative supporting the social laundry project. CESVI is a recognized humanitarian organization providing expertise in anti-trafficking and development cooperation.
• CISA Ovest TicinocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCISA Ovest Ticino partners with Liberazione e Speranza on the BeepBeep social emergency intervention project, providing a dedicated hotline with operators for urgent social emergencies in the CISA Ovest Ticino territory, covering family, minors, homeless, and women victims of violence.
• Gruppo Abele di Verbania ONLUScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the COMMON GROUND project, operating in the Verbania province as part of the territorial consortium led by Liberazione e Speranza.
• La Bitta Società Cooperativa Sociale OnluscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the COMMON GROUND project, operating in the Domodossola area of the Verbania province as part of the territorial consortium led by Liberazione e Speranza.
• Maria Cecilia Società Cooperativa Sociale – OnluscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the COMMON GROUND project, operating in the Biella province as part of the territorial consortium led by Liberazione e Speranza.
• CISA Ovest TicinocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCISA Ovest Ticino and Liberazione e Speranza activated the BeepBeep social emergency number with dedicated operators for urgent social emergencies across the CISA Ovest Ticino territory, covering all emergency social areas including family, minors, homeless, and women victims of violence.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CADMI (Casa di Accoglienza delle Donne Maltrattate): Milan-based anti-violence center providing shelter and support services for women victims of violence. Comparable direct-service nonprofit model with shelter operations.
• Fondazione Pangea Onlus: Italian NGO focused on combating trafficking and exploitation of women and minors, with vocational training and social enterprise components. Closely aligned mission and integrated support model.
• Telefono Rosa: Italian non-profit running the national anti-violence helpline for women and operating shelters. Comparable service model with helpline operations and direct victim support.
• Onda Rosa Onlus: Italian women's anti-violence organization running shelters and support services. Comparable mission and direct-victim service delivery model.
• Differenza Donna: National Italian anti-violence women's association operating a network of anti-violence centers and shelters. Directly comparable mission (women victims of gender-based violence) with shelter and case-management services.
• Gruppo Abele: Turin-based Italian NGO working on anti-trafficking, social marginality, and inclusion. Highly comparable mission (anti-trafficking, anti-violence) and similar nonprofit service-delivery model across Northern Italy.
• CEIS Genova (Centro Italiano di Solidarietà): Italian social cooperative providing rehabilitation, anti-trafficking services, and social enterprise activities. Comparable cooperative structure and integrated service approach.
• Casa delle Donne Network: Network of Italian women's centers providing anti-violence services, advocacy, and shelter. Comparable grassroots service model with similar geographic distribution across Italian cities.

Broad incumbents

• Caritas Italiana: Large Italian charitable organization with extensive social services including anti-trafficking and anti-poverty programs. Operates at much larger scale with overlapping beneficiary populations (vulnerable women, migrants).
• Croce Rossa Italiana: Italian Red Cross, large-scale humanitarian organization providing emergency social intervention and welfare services. Adjacent in mission (emergency response, vulnerable populations) but operates nationally with broader scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/liberazionesperanza
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/liberazione-e-speranza

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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