Fondazione Guido Venosta Supports the Webinar Series “Allenarsi alla vita” promoted by Fondazione Bullone and Deascuola Youth Distress: Schools prepare to tackle the challenge
Milan, June 23, 2025
Schools cannot ignore the vulnerabilities that shape the lives of adolescents: from illness to emotional isolation, from eating disorders to a widespread sense of disorientation.
With this goal in mind, the first cycle of free webinars “Allenarsi alla vita” – Turning Fragility into Opportunity was launched by Fondazione Bullone and Deascuola, with the support of Fondazione Guido Venosta, which has long been committed to promoting health and education.
The first edition included four sessions attended by 6,200 secondary school teachers and involving 2,500 students. These webinars provided educators—those in daily contact with young people—with practical tools: a structured training path enriched with expert content, real-life stories, and best practices to address the growing need for listening, understanding, and guidance in schools.
The experience of Fondazione Bullone, which works with young people who have faced serious illnesses, offered an authentic perspective on transforming fragility into awareness, growth, and value. This approach resonated with Fondazione Guido Venosta, which recognized the strategic role of schools in preventing deep-rooted distress among youth.
The partnership stems from a shared vision: Giuseppe Caprotti, President of Fondazione Guido Venosta and co-founder of Fondazione Bullone, has repeatedly stressed the importance of building alliances between education, health, and culture to address young people’s evolving needs in a systemic and meaningful way.
To strengthen this connection, the project provided teachers with reliable resources and actionable tools for managing complex situations—not only during emergencies but in everyday educational relationships.
Following the positive feedback from the first edition of “Training for Life,” a new webinar cycle is planned for 2026, with the goal of involving more schools and deepening the dialogue between adults and adolescents.
THE EXPERTS
Delivered through Deascuola, one of Italy’s leading educational publishers, the webinars featured top professionals in psychology, education, and clinical practice, including:
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Alessia Lanzi, psychologist and President of Cooperativa Minotauro, a reference point for adolescence and emerging vulnerabilities for over 30 years.
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Ettore Corradi and Marcella Tajani, respectively Director and Psychiatrist at the Clinical Dietetics and Nutrition Unit, Niguarda Metropolitan Hospital, a national hub for Eating Disorders.
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Paola Missana, General Director of Galdus Professional School in Milan, offering tailored educational programs for today’s emerging youth needs.
ABOUT THE WEBINAR SERIES
Key topics from the first edition (available to teachers at Deascuola’s platform):
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Living Well in Today’s World: Turning Challenges into Opportunities
Helping students recognize and overcome difficulties, discover themselves, understand their limits and strengths, and build resilience for future challenges. -
Recognizing and Supporting Fragility
Expert insights into psychological vulnerabilities, school dropout, social withdrawal, digital addiction, and behavioral disorders. -
Seeing, Touching, and Transforming Scars
Practical methods and activities tested by Fondazione Bullone to develop hard and soft skills, aligned with Italy’s Civic Education guidelines.
The cycle concluded with a session dedicated to students, featuring firsthand stories from two young people who shared how their illness experiences—through the work of Fondazione Bullone—became a turning point in their lives. A powerful message that resonated deeply with their peers, showing the transformative potential of fragility.
ABOUT FONDAZIONE BULLONE
Founded in 2012 by Milanese entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Niada, Fondazione Bullone supports adolescents and young adults who have faced serious illness, helping them rediscover their identity beyond the disease and reintegrate into social and professional life. Its mission is to foster a paradigm shift: illness should not be an insurmountable obstacle but an experience to be embraced, faced, shared, and transformed. www.bullone.org
ABOUT DEASCUOLA
Part of the Mondadori Group since 2021, D Scuola is one of Italy’s leading educational publishers, producing textbooks, guides, digital resources, eBooks, and teaching applications for all levels, from primary school to university. Accredited by the Ministry of Education as a training provider since 2013, it organizes professional development programs for teachers across Italy. Its mission: to educate future generations and help build the society of tomorrow.
