Testing your skills, sharing passions and building positive relationships with others: born in the name of play and socialization “Skill shake – Put your skills into play”, the initiative designed and organized by the social cooperative Albatros, by municipal administration and the Local Police command for the afternoon of Saturday 8 June at the Falcone Borsellino Park in Legnano.
Games and sociability for young people with “Skill shake”
The recipients of the initiative are, first and foremost, people in the 14 – 35 age group, invited to experiment with gaming in all its forms and to learn about the formal and informal realities of the area. “Skill shake” was born in the wake of “Legnano siCura”, the campaign designed in 2021 to raise awareness among citizens at the time of post-pandemic reopenings and to monitor places frequented by young people, identified as at-risk contexts, and is part of the actions of the Local Plan Gap of Ats Milano which aim to prevent and combat gambling disorder.
«The situation we find ourselves in today is, fortunately, very different from the one in which Legnano siCura was born, characterized by a decidedly critical pandemic phase from which we struggled to escape by seeking a balance between the understandable needs of socialization and the necessary measures to safeguard health – recalls Ilaria Maffei, councilor for the inclusive community. But even then the effort was to transform points of the city center such as the Falcone Borsellino park into places of sociality respectful of everyone’s needs thanks to social, cultural and sporting initiatives and starting from a very specific belief of our administration: a place where is frequented it can become a safer place.”
Various games will be offered
There will be various games on offer, from wooden and skill games to miniature games, from stations with keyboards, balancing boards and kendama to chess, from art workshops to board and board games, from circus schools to suggestions for books and readings. Famiglia Legnanese, Ludoteca Altomilanese and Girolibri collaborate on the initiative; the “Jump around” mobile unit will be present, the regional project, co-financed with the European Social Fund created by Albatros cooperative social non-profit organization and aimed at building an integrated intervention system on the subject of young people, social inclusion and reduction of risks connected to use of drugs and alcohol. The initiative, as already in 2023, is part of the “La Bella Estate” program.
