Our Social Impact
The Artisans of tomorrow
With other local partners, we have created a project of great social value, a training program for cenciaioli, spinners, and new artisans, aimed at migrants living in the area.
1% of our annual revenue to support integration and employment.
Passing on textile traditions
Nei Nostri Panni was created to turn a challenge into an opportunity.
Together with the Fondazione Opera Santa Rita, a local reception center, we involve people in vulnerable situations by providing them with paid professional training.
This facilitates generational renewal in the textile district of Prato and creates new opportunities.
We preserve traditional textile craftsmanship while creating opportunities for social empowerment.
Learning a craft, building a future
The selected participants follow professional theoretical classroom training to work safely.
Additionally, they have access to an Italian language course to better interact and integrate in the workplace.
They then begin a paid internship at a company, where they learn the trade of a spinner, weaver, or cenciaiolo, the artisan of textile waste recycling.
1st edition 2022
In the first edition of the project, 5 migrants were trained as cenciaioli and in December 2022 all selected participants were hired by the company.
2nd edition 2023
The second edition started in March 2023 with 12 paid internships, including in a new sector: carded spinning. A textile tradition deeply tied to our district, which led several companies to come forward enthusiastically. In this case, five interns were hired. In some cases, language difficulties for the participants, and in others, the business crisis that forced companies to halt hiring due to the activation of wage support schemes, prevented the internships from being converted into contracts.
3rd edition 2024
At the end of the year, 6 new participants began their training. For the first time, many of them were women, and for the first time an Italian language course was introduced, in addition to the preparatory safety training. More and more companies requested to host internships, so Nei Nostri Panni expanded into new sectors, particularly weaving and knitwear factories. Of the six participants who started this journey, 3 completed it with a job contract.
4th edition 2025
5 new participants completed classroom training followed by company internships across spinning, finishing, and recycling mills in the local textile district. Out of 5 activated internships, 4 were converted into employment contracts.
€106,400
donated since the beginning of the project
27
internships completed
17
employment contracts activated
Companies and partners
Nei Nostri Panni was created from the ground up, thanks to the companies that recognized its positive impact on the community and the sector.
All this is possible thanks to the beneficiaries who host the internships, the project partners, and the funders, who, like us, contribute to providing economic and operational support.
Saving endangered knitwear crafts
We are working on a new project that combines social integration, protection of vulnerable communities, and the preservation of rare skills that are hard to find yet in high demand. This time, entirely dedicated to knitwear.
Autumn 2026 ⇢ Stay tuned