Naples suffers not just from urgent and major issues of widespread unemployment, but from widespread organised crime at the hands of the mafia. Many families live in very poor conditions and youth are drawn to the mafia to earn money to survive. I

​n Naples, Sport For Good creates a safe space for youth to develop in a more positive society away from mafia culture. As in Rome and Milan, it focuses on creating a network of organisations including schools, parishes, cooperatives and sport clubs who can collaborate to help youth by using sport as a tool to tackle marginalisation and social exclusion.