(Finance) – Il FS Group this year with the Christmas fundraising campaign “Finally alone” he claims AIPDthe Italian Association of People with Down Syndrome, which has been alongside people with Down syndrome for 45 years Down syndrome and their families. The Association is committed to disseminating information, promote school and work inclusion and carry out awareness campaigns.
The funds raised will support the project “AIPD House“, to support the autonomy of people with Down’s Syndrome, and will contribute to the renovation works and the purchase of equipment for the new multifunctional headquarters of AIPD Nazionale, at the Rome Trastevere station.
“Over the years, the FS Group’s commitment to Social Policies has grown and matured, defining priorities that we support and accompany with structural interventions. In this context, the Fundraising Campaign represents a historic direction of our work: we have been carrying out this initiative for over 10 yearswhich fully expresses our way of doing business and identifies us as a responsible company that contributes to promoting good practices – declared Paola Longobardo, People Care Manager – This year we are happy to be alongside the Italian Association of People with Down syndrome ( AIPD) and to support the implementation of projects for the training and autonomy of people with Down syndrome, promoting fundamental values of inclusion and solidarity”.
“Thanks to the precious collaboration with the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane group and its companies, we have the opportunity to tell our story and our objectives in a single context, i Intercity and high-speed trainswhich symbolically become vehicles of autonomy and participation – he declares Gianfranco Salbini, president of AIPD Nazionale – I thank the FS group for this extraordinary opportunity and for sharing with us the idea that, to build real autonomy, we need supportive and capable travel companions. I hope that this initiative, which will accompany us during Christmas, Easter and until June 30, will not only be an opportunity to achieve our goals, but also to spread a message of inclusion and possibility. So, iI invite everyone to support this campaign and join us on this high-speed journey towards a more autonomous and participatory future for all people with Down syndrome”.
“To gain autonomy, they are needed first and foremost good travel companions – explains Daniele Castignani, who for AIPD presented and coordinates the project – We are sure that this journey together with FS, which begins these days, will take us far, bringing us closer to the destination that our association has always chosen: the conquest of possible autonomy for all people with Down syndrome and full social participation”.
From the 20 December 2024 to 12 January 2025, and during the Easter period from 15 to 23 April 2025thanks to the commitment of 180 AIPD volunteers, some with Down syndrome, and the FS Group companies, it will be possible to join the campaign on board Trenitalia’s main high-speed and intercity trains with a minimum donation of three euros. The collection will also be available at Trenitalia self-service ticket offices, in the Freccia Lounges and Freccia Clubs of the main Italian stations and on the AIPD online page dedicated to the FS Group.