Confederazione Nazionale delle Misericordie d’Italia 

Area Emergenze - Protezione sociale

Street units
Cold-weather emergency

Misericordie of Italy: they were created as “Street Units” to tackle exclusion.

Helping all those who are in distress, starting with the last, the homeless: this is the objective of the “Street Units”.

The “Street Units” are groups made of volunteers who help poor people meeting them directly in the places where they seek shelter for the night. They offer them protection, listen to them, and attempt to set up a recovery programme, in accordance with the institutions and the service network. Each Misericordia can organise its own “Street Unit”, particularly necessary with the onset of cold weather.

In the annexes, the Misericordie will find the Communication from the Councillor delegated for institutional relations, the guidelines to establish the Street Units, and the forms required for the delivery of street services. 

We ask all interested Misericordie to register their Units