Punto a Capo ODV

Punto a Capo ODV is a volunteer organisation based in Chivasso, in Italy’s Turin area, dedicated to supporting women and families facing social and economic hardship and promoting women’s rights. Founded in 1985, it is registered with Italy’s National Register of the Third Sector and has been listed in the Piedmont regional register of anti-violence centres since 2017.

The association manages the women’s anti-violence centre La Casa di Via Domani and the centre for men who perpetrate violence, La Tana del Lupo. Across six facilities, it provides free individual and group psychological support, legal advice and assistance, help accompanying women to report abuse, and support with finding housing and work. Residential accommodation is available for women and their children at Casa Ile and Casa Mariuccia. Punto a Capo also operates outreach desks in Caluso and Mathi. Alongside its services for women, the organisation offers men who have used violence a rehabilitation programme with individual and group psychological consultations. Its work is delivered by volunteers and professional counsellors, psychologists and lawyers.