Torino Youth Centre (TYC)

The Torino Youth Centre, founded in Turin in 2006, it is a II level association, recognized as a Youth Aggregation Center for the city. It deals with the participation and involvement of the youth target through cultural and creative activities, mainly organized within the spaces of OFF TOPIC. OFF TOPIC is a cultural hub in Turin given in concession by the City of Turin to the Turin Youth Center and managed together with the associations part of the institution's board: The Goodness Factory, Il Cerchio di Gesso/Cubo Teatro APS and Klug. Together with the TYC, the 3 associations deal respectively with music programming, independent theater programming and production and the organization of events. The result of the work of the OFF-TOPIC realities makes the hub a place open 7 days a week that offers a multidisciplinary, inclusive and innovative cultural offer. Over the years it has been recognized nationally as a best practice for the type of governance and for cultural co-planning, not only with the entities that are part of its board, but with other realities that work in the social and cultural fields. Thanks to the network co-planning processes and numerous initiatives have been developed with the aim of promoting urban regeneration through cultural-based actions, and at the active participation of the youth target.