The Third Sector Forum, representing the non-profit sector, involves over one million people in the Lazio region. It includes voluntary organisations, social cooperatives, associations, NGOs, alternative economies, ethical finance, fair trade shops and grassroots international solidarity organisations. The Third Sector Forum of Lazio, a network of over 30 networks, is a representative body and a place for exchange and participation. Its members include over 350,000 people from all cultural, social, political, ethnic and religious backgrounds, including members, workers, volunteers and collaborators, many of whom are disabled. The Third Sector Forum means family homes, holiday homes, homes for abused women, retirement homes, nurseries, play centres, municipal councils for children and young people, environmental parks, educational and social farms, gyms, swimming pools, playing fields for all sports, day centres, centres for the elderly or young people, parenting centres, reception communities, volunteering in museums, hospitals, civil protection or in front of schools. But also study and research centres, archives, libraries, training, theatres, music halls, bands, entertainment, youth information centres, immigrant information centres, consumer and user helpdesks... and much more.