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Franklin Templeton Italy announces partnership with local charity VIDAS
Milan, 18 March 2024 – Franklin Templeton1 is pleased to announce a new partnership with VIDAS², an organization in Italy that has been dedicated to palliative care assistance at home and hospitalization for people of all ages, adults and children, with incurable diseases for over 40 years. Through this collaboration Franklin Templeton follows its dedication in making a positive impact on the world on behalf of our clients, shareholders, employees and other stakeholders in partnering with the communities where we live and work. VIDAS aims to improve the quality of life of patients and their families through highly specialized home care services.
With this collaboration and the donation by Franklin Templeton, 568 days of care to people with incurable diseases can be guaranteed which includes visits by doctors, nurses and other professionals of multidisciplinary teams, such as volunteers and social workers who provide psychological and relational support to the patient and their families. This is particularly important in managing delicate situations, through the supply and transport of medicines, medical supplies, aids and supports to residual mobility. Since 1982, VIDAS has been defending people's right to live with dignity until the very end. Every day it offers complete and free social and health care in palliative care to adults and children with incurable diseases. More than 2,300 people with incurable illnesses are assisted every year at home or in the hospices Casa VIDAS and Casa Sollievo Bimbi in Milan.
“We are excited to partner with VIDAS to improve home care for people with incurable diseases. This project reflects our commitment to social responsibility and community well-being” said Michele Quinto, Country Head and Branch Manager, Franklin Templeton Italy.
"In over 40 years of history, VIDAS has been able to modulate its activity to respond to the different needs of people, adults and children, with incurable diseases. An assistance born at home and in which the patient's home remains, even today, the heart of our service which, thanks to the work of four teams of social and health professional experts in palliative care, reaches over 2,000 patients and their families every year. The ability to grow steadily is made possible by the generosity of donors like Franklin Templeton, who share the same commitment and dedication with us," said Antonio Benedetti, General Manager of VIDAS.
Alessandro Rongo, Marketing Director Italy and Communications Coordinator, added: “We are extremely proud of our partnership with VIDAS, which translates into a concrete commitment to social responsibility and caring for the community. Instead of providing our clients, professional advisors and investors with event giveaways and merchandise, we will be able to donate to VIDAS and thereby making them feel part of and raise awareness of this important cause”.
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Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN] is an international investment management firm with subsidiaries that operates as Franklin Templeton serving clients in more than 150 countries. Franklin Templeton's goal is to help clients achieve better outcomes through expertise in investment management, wealth management, and technology solutions. Thanks to its specialized investment managers, the company has developed expertise in all major asset classes on a global scale - including equities, fixed income, alternative solutions and custom multi-asset solutions. With offices in over 30 countries and over 1,400 investment professionals, the California-based firm has over 75 years of investment experience and $1.6 trillion in assets under management as of January 31, 2024. Franklin Templeton, which has been present in Italy for over 25 years, is one of the leading foreign asset management operators in the country. For more information, please visit www.franklintempleton.it.
VIDAS ODV difende il diritto del malato a vivere anche gli ultimi momenti di vita con dignità. È un’associazione di volontariato laica, fondata da Giovanna Cavazzoni a Milano nel 1982. Offre assistenza socio-sanitaria completa e gratuita ai malati con patologie inguaribili a domicilio e nell’hospice Casa Vidas: degenza e day-hospice. A service guaranteed thanks to the intervention of its own social and health teams, made up of professionals all specialized in palliative care, supported by selected volunteers. A journey of over forty years alongside those who suffer and which has reached more than 40,000 people: the elderly, adults and since 2015 also children. In 2019, Casa Sollievo Bimbi was inaugurated for them, the first paediatric hospice in Lombardy for the reception of seriously ill minors and support for families. Training activities for operators and awareness-raising activities aimed at citizens have always accompanied the welfare one.
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