CRESAÇOR

Becomes Cooperator in 2006

ACEESA - Association Center for Studies of Solidarity Economy of the Atlantic, with legal recognition, since 2006 is an association that is included in the field of the sector of social solidarity, included in the status of IPSS with public interest for the Azores Region.

It has its head office in the Regional Agency promoting solidarity economy and local development initiatives - CRESAÇOR, CRL, in Ponta Delgada.

ACEESA - Association for the Study of Solidarity Economy of the Atlantic, with legal recognition, since 2006 is an association that is included in the sector of the social solidarity sector, enshrined in the statute of the IPSS with public interest for the Autonomous Region of the Azores.
It has its registered office at CRESAÇOR, CRL, a regional cooperative of Solidarity Economy, in São Miguel, Ponta Delgada.

Its objectives aim to contribute to the development of studies in the area of ​​Solidarity Economy, social and local development and the network of insertion companies in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, joining efforts to update and disseminate these matters, as well as establish contacts and integrate other associations, or similar national or foreign centers, hold regional, national and international events dedicated to the themes for strengthening employability for social integration, in the logic of interconnecting the Azores to the regions of Macaronesia and the countries on the Atlantic coast of the European continent , Africa and America.

Thus, its activities were strategically focused on the production of knowledge about the Solidarity Economy and related areas such as Social Economy, Local Development, Sustainable Development, Alternative Finances, Participatory Democracy, Equal opportunities and Social Cohesion and Territorial; and in the debate and dissemination of that knowledge.
ACEESA publishes biannually the Revista de Economia Solidária, with 13 issues already published, since 2009 to the present, establishing a strong connection to the academy, taking into account the theoretical reflections and practical experiences that refer to the concept of Solidarity Economy somewhere in the world. where this concept is referenced.
It is a scientific journal whose focus of themes justifies the interest of its publication on the SOLIDARY ECONOMY, with reflections that arouse interest with several examples and different angles of approach, in a contribution that is both up-to-date and launching a discussion about the concept and its practices.
All of these contributions illustrate the current debate on the Solidarity Economy in dialogue with the reflections that have been presented, especially in Europe and Iberian America.

ACEESA established cooperation with socioeco.org which shares the numbers of the JOURNAL OF ECONOMY FOR SOLIDARITY, at http://www.socioeco.org/bdf_organisme-362_en.html

Tf: 296 099 433
Email: ceesageral@gmail.com
Web: www.aceesa-atlantico.org
Morada: Rua D. Maria José Borges, 137, 
9500-466 Ponta Delgada

Becomes Cooperator in 2003

The Alternative Association – Association Against Addictions is an IPSS (Private Institution of Social Solidarity), since 1996, specialized in the rehabilitation and reintegration of drug addicts. 

It has two key objectives: 

Helping people to give up problematic use of psychoactive substances
Promote their reintegration
Specific objectives of the Alternative intervention program: 

Psychosocial support for drug addicts and their families
Promoting personal, social development and their socio-professional reintegration
The relearning and adoption of healthy lifestyles
The elaboration of a life project that seeks the realization of personal capacities and an integration that really satisfies the individual
The Alternative— Association Against Dependencies enjoys the status of insertion company (under regional regulatory decree No. 29/2000/A of September 13), since July 31, 2002, by order of the regional secretaries of education, culture and economy. 

Companies of insertion are legal persons of any kind, non-profit, who develop active employment policies with the purpose of the insertion or socio-professional reintegration of unemployed people, whose low employability puts them in a situation of disadvantage in the face of the labor market. 

In addition to the status of an insertion company, the Alternative embraces the concept of solidarity economy, based on the following principles: 

Production of services, job creation and income generation
Promotion and appreciation of the environment
Promoting local development

Tf: 296 652 788 / 916 278 096

Email: ass.alternativa@gmail.com
Web: Associação Alternativa 
FB: Ateleir Troca Trapos 
Morada: Rua Coronel Chaves 42, 
9500-309 Ponta Delgada

Becomes Cooperator in 2009

The ARRISCA - Regional Association of Rehabilitation and Socio-Cultural Integration of the Azores is a non-profit association, established in January 2007, which takes the form of a Private Institution of Social Solidarity.

The ARRISCA is intended for citizens over the age of twelve, including families and community environment in the field of rehabilitation and psychosocial reintegration, in the areas of psychiatry and mental health, alcohollogy, drug addiction, homelessness, crime and others in geographical mobility who are in a situation of severe social vulnerability. Rehabilitation and social integration technicians, as well as the community in general, are still considered target audiences.

The Association's objectives are:

Promoting mental health and preventing risky behaviors in the community at large
Promote rehabilitation and personal, family, social and cultural integration, in social exclusion issues, in children/adolescents, young people and adults, through a biopsychosocial intervention articulated and appropriate to the needs of the target audience
Promote scientific-cultural, technical, organizational, ethical and human improvement of the practice in rehabilitation and socio-cultural integration

Tf: 296 281 658 / F 296 288 048
Email: arrisca.pdl@gmail.com
Web: www.arrisca.pt
FB: ARRISCA
Morada: Avenida D. João III nº 41 Edifício Atlântico,
Fracção GM / GN, Ponta Delgada

Becomes Cooperator in 2001

The Aurora Social Association's mission is to promote the occupation, rehabilitation and personal, social and professional appreciation of young people and adults with mild and moderate mental disabilities.

It was founded in April 1994 by a group of parents whose common concern was the social and professional integration of their children. Since then it has grown and developed. Today, it is a reference institution in the market that operates, on the one hand, in the context of the solidarity economy, in order to support its own sustainability and guarantee the jobs created for people with special needs and, on the other hand, in the management of an Occupational Activities Center, working skills that aim to promote the autonomy of the individual and the active participation of the individual in the community.

Our greatest wealth – open arms, innocent hearts, sincere smiles, grateful looks – the Love learned, the Love received, the Love given!

Tf:  296 306 280 / 925 900 561
Email: aurora_social@sapo.pt
FB: Aurora Social
Morada: Caminho da Levada nº25, 9500-082 Ponta Delgada
2ª a 6ª das 8h30 às 12h30 e das 14h00 às 17h30

Torna-se Cooperador em 2003

A Associação de Juventude de Candelária foi criada em 1995, passando Instituição Particular de Solidariedade Social (IPSS), no ano 2002.

 A nossa Missão
 Prestação de Serviços de apoio social e recreativo à população das freguesias envolventes, promovendo o desenvolvimento local e a melhoria da qualidade de vida de crianças, jovens, idosos e famílias em geral.

Valências

• CATL`s (freguesias de Candelária e Sete Cidades)
• CATL Multiatividades (expressão dramática, dança, posto Informática)
• Centro Convívio Idosos (freguesias de Candelária, Mosteiros e Sete Cidades)
• Loja Eco-Atlântida  ( em co-gestão com a Cresaçor)
• Centro de Atendimento e Acompanhamento familiar
• Equipa de RSI

Outros serviço

• Transporte Escolar
• Transporte crianças e jovens para treinos e jogos de Futsal
• Transporte de idosos para Unidade de Saúde
• Banco Alimentar

Outros Projetos

• Projetos de Intercâmbios Juvenis Nacionais e Internacionais
• JUVEARTE – Festival de Teatro

Tf/F: 296 295 006   TM 961 559 844
Email: ajcandelaria@net.sapo.pt
Web: Ass. Juventude da Candelária 
Morada: Ramal da Igreja, Edifício Casa do Povo 
9555-024 Candelária São Miguel Açores

Becomes Co-worker in 2007

NORTE CRESCENTE - Local Development Association - is an IPSS, incorporated in June 2003, aims to "promote the integrated development of the parishes of the north coast of the municipality of Ponta Delgada, geographical range between Pilar da Brittany and Fenais da Luz, especially in the areas: social, cultural, sports, economic, youth, crafts and educational", intervening in a transversal and integrated way in the various areas mentioned , thus generating synergies in the use of local material, human and financial resources.
It consists of five valences and two projects: Center for Family Counseling and Promotion of Employability (CAFPE), Youth Development and Inclusion Center - New Directions (CDIJ), Center for Education and Environmental Promotion (CEPA), 7 Socio-Educational and Technological Centers, Equality Promotion Resource Center, RETIC Project, and Project + SPORT = + HEALTH

Tf: 296 918 821
Email: nortecrescente@gmail.com
Web: Ass. Norte Crescente
Morada: QUINTA DO NORTE - Rua do Monte Alegre S/N Vila de Capelas
9545-148 Ponta Delgada

Becomes Cooperator in 2009

Associação Part'Ilha - Associação de Cultura e Desenvolvimento Local, AC, founded by deed of August 18, 2006, is a non-profit entity, whose objective is to promote investments and actions for the benefit of cultural evolution and social development of the parish of Fajã de Baixo.

Its main project is the installation of the Center for Interpretation of The Culture of Ananás, in a property provided by the local People's House and which is in the process of adapting to the intended effect. The Interpretation Center will comprise a permanent exhibition (composed of historical photographs, documents and museological objects), a documentary nucleus and a small store of products derived from the anana, with preference for those generated by the solidarity economy.

Part'Ilha - Association of Culture and Local Development, CA publishes, for almost 10 years, the Bulletin, entitled "Sharing" which counts more than 100 editions and is dedicated to the defense of causes, such as social economy, entrepreneurship, employability, the defense of cultural heritage, organic agriculture, associativism, cooperativism, social responsibility and other themes that represent the valorization of the human person.

Direction:
President, João Carlos Macêdo;
Secretary, Pedro Manuel Freitas Cabral;
Treasurer, Leonardo Manuel Ferraz de Sousa.

Coordinator:
Dra. Monica Carvalho Benevides.

Tf: 296 381 365
Email: associacaopartilha@gmail.com
Web: Ass. Part`Ilha
Morada: Rua D. Maria José Borges, 2 Lj E, Fajã de Baixo,
9500 466 Ponta Delgada

Becomes Cooperator in 2001

The Associação Sol Nascente is a Private Institution of Social Solidarity, created in 1998, with headquarters in Salga, Municipality of Northeast. This association spouted from the spirit of volunteering of women and men willing to overcome some difficulties existing in the parish.

The Association aims to increase social solidarity, promote equal opportunities, respect and value the environment, respect and value cultural diversity and contribute to local development. 

In the area of Pastry and Cooking we produce a diverse range of products based on traditional homemade recipes using traditional methods.

To this end, he created a micro-enterprise of solidarity economy, which does not aim at profit by profit but rather the creation of jobs and the training of individuals in poverty or social exclusion.

In the area of youth and child support this institution has an equipment equipped with all the conditions for Leisure Activities, which works daily with children aged between five and twelve years, and an ICT space in post-work hours for young people and adults. We also have rooms adapted for training in the area of crafts and training programs of REATIVAR.

Tf: 296 462 500
Email: solnascente98@sapo.pt
FB: Ass. Sol Nascente
Morada: Rua Direita, 79 
9630-282 Salga - Nordeste

Becomes Cooperator in 2006

Caritas of Terceira Island, always closer to the next, assuming the commitment to:

Providing assistance in emergency situations
Analyse and combat poverty and social exclusion, promoting human development and justice
Animating social pastoral care

Tf: 295 212 795
Email: geral@caritasterceira.org
Web: Cáritas Ilha Terceira
Morada: Canada dos Folhadais, nº 54, S. Pedro 
9700-054 Angra do Heroísmo

Becomes Cooperator in 2012

The João Inácio de Sousa Nursing Home receives elderly or dependents in general, in a boarding school regime, we recognize to assume a special responsibility before them, their family, friends, and also before society in general. 
This responsibility results from the fact that we know that the way the User is treated, accompanied and guided, will depend on his experience in our institution. 

Thus, the work to be carried out, will have to go through the collaboration of all, and the dedication of a work team, with professionalism and above all great affection and availability, to meet users in all their needs. 

It is the purpose of this Nursing Home to receive people of both sexes and any age, who need our services and offer each User an alternative environment to the family. Generally speaking, we intend to convey security and happiness. 

Because the word solidarity must not be a vain word, but of hope and action, we will continue our work for the good of the elderly and of our Community.

Tf: 295 430 200
F:295 430 201
Email: casarepouso.velas@gmail.com
FB: Casa de Repouso
Morada: Rua Teófilo Braga, nº 12 9800-559 Velas de São Jorge
 

Becomes Cooperator in 2002

The São Miguel Health House – São João de Deus Institute, is located on the Island of S. Miguel of the Azores Archipelago, next to the city of Ponta Delgada. It is a Care Center in the area of Psychiatry, Mental Health and Psychosocial Rehabilitation, founded in 1928.

The one hundred and eighty-eight hospitalized people are distributed in six Inpatient Units, in short, medium or long-term services, and a Clinic specialized in the treatment of People with addiction problems (Drug Addiction and Alcohol Disease)

In response to a need felt in the Region, the Institution has developed dynamics in the prevention of addiction behaviors, namely alcoholism and abuse in the consumption of psychoactive substances (legal and illicit) through programs in the school environment, training of socio-family skills and others.

Like the other Establishments of the St. John of God Institute, psychosocial rehabilitation is a priority. Thus, in addition to the valence Residential Units (3 units), it has the occupational aspect, of which the Occupational Center Go stand out. Brás, ergoterapia, professional training, sports, recreational, productive activities, etc.

The presence and integrated and transdisciplinary community intervention, aims to support men and women with severe mental illness and their relatives / caregivers, for this was created in 2011 the Mobile Unit of Home Support, specialized in Mental Health and Adictology.

The various professionals of this establishment organize their practices in a multidisciplinary way. Psychosocial rehabilitation is present throughout our activity, focusing on the participation of users themselves in the preparation of their Individual Intervention Plan, as well as the motivation for participation in structured occupational activities.

We assist people with mental illness or with problems with addition, essentially from the Azores region .

Tf: 296 201 600  F: 296 201 608 / 9
Mail: cssm.pdelgada@isjd.pt
Web: Casa Saúde S.Mig. - Instituto São João de Deus
Morada: Rua S. João de Deus, s/n, Apartado 155, 9501-902 Ponta Delgada

Becomes Co-Operator in 2016

Casa do Povo da Maia, with statutes approved by license of December 2, 1977, is a private institution of social solidarity (IPSS), and its focus is the promotion of the development and well-being of the local community. The House of the People of Maia currently has 9 (nine) valences and various services, which are now enunciated according to the year of beginning of activity: Center of Male Conviviality; Center of Conviviality of the Old Women; Children's And Youth Library Professor Maria da Graça Castanho; Computer and Multimedia Center; CATL of S. Brás; Daycare of the House of the People of Maia; CATL of the Parish of Lomba de S. Pedro; Youth Center and Tourist Office of Maia. In total, all these valences directly cover about 270 (two hundred and seventy) users.
Casa do Povo da Maia is also responsible for the management and operationalization of the following services: School Transportation; Community Gardens and Itinerant Ludoteca of the House of the People of Maia.

Entity objectives
-Support children, young people and families by promoting their social and community integration;
-Protect citizens in old age;
-Promote health, education, vocational training, culture, housing, sport and leisure;

The achievement of these objectives is done through the conduct of various activities, including:
-Creation of infrastructure stems from the needs felt by the local population;
-Dynamic meetings, lectures, among others;
-Conducting professional training actions;
-Conducting recreational activities.

Mission:
Respond efficiently to the needs felt by the Community of Maia and beyond borders, through the provision of services guided by excellence, quality, innovation and customization.

Vision:
Promote the development and well-being of the Maia community and beyond.

Values
Solidarity, cooperation, equality and justice humanization, trust and honesty, respect, professionalism;

 

Tf: 296446427 | F: 296446426
TM: 919227600
Email: casadopovodamaia@gmaill.com
Web: Casa do Povo da Maia
FB: Casa do Povo da Maia
Morada: Rua Alameda do Mar, 2 A
9625-320 Maia 

Becomes Co-Operator in 2019

Casa do Povo de Santa Bárbara da Ilha Terceira (CPSB) is a Private Institution of Social Solidarity and Non-Profit Public Utility, whose mission is to promote the social, educational, cultural and economic development of the West Zone of Terceira Island. Its main values are: dynamism, solidarity, intergenerationality, cooperation, innovation, rigour and quality. The intervention policy aims to affirm the CPSB as a key organization for local development, recognized in the promotion of modernization, social inclusion, knowledge and innovation of Terceira Island.

CPSB outlined its mission as a local development agent, through the development of actions in the areas of Employment, training and qualification – Social and Solidarity Economy; Family and parental intervention; Training of the community and institutions; Information and accessibility. In order to promote the development of these areas, CPSB, within the scope of its community intervention, has the Social Entrepreneurship Center with the following centers: Pedagogical Intervention Center; Community Intervention Center; Health Promotion Center; Project Management Center; Rural Development Center.

Tf: 295 206 540
Mail: geral@cpsbit.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/casadopovodesantabarbara
Morada: Ladeira das Seis, n.º 10
9700-471 – Santa Bárbara – Angra do Heroísmo

Becomes Cooperator in 2000

The Social and Cultural Center of Atalhada is a Private Institution of Social Solidarity (IPSS), created on September 17, 1997, to promote social and cultural activities in support of the population. 

The Craft Area «Lagoa Vale a Pena», valencia of this institution, was created in December 1997, by the Project to Fight Poverty «Lagoa Vale a Pena». Its main objective is the training of young people and women who wish to learn how to perform various works, using manual art, thus contributing to the qualifying development of human resources, with a view to increasing family income.

Tf: 296 965 944

Mail: csc.atalhada@gmail.com
FB: Centro Social Cultural Da Atalhada
Morada: Rua Dr. Bruno, 45 Rosário
9560-097— Lagoa

Becomes Co-Operator in 2017

The Parish Social Center of Ribeira Chã - Museological Centers of Ribeira Chã emerged from the 2nd half of the century. XX, with the arrival of Father João Caetano Flores in 1956. He was the booster and founder of the existing museum heritage. It was he who made all the collection, assisted with his people, the Parish Council, the City Council and other government entities, in addition to friendly people. The Museological Centers of the Parish of Ribeira Chã located in the municipality of Lagoa 20 km from the city of Ponta Delgada are currently, in number of three located in different places of the parish.
- Museum of Sacred Art and Ethnography
- Ethnographic and Açic Endemism Yard
- Maria dos Anjos Melo House Museum

Tf: 296 913 787
Email: ribeirachamuseus@sapo.pt
FB: Centro Social Paroquial da Ribeira Chã 
Morada: Avenida Arantes e Oliveira
9560-550 -  Ribeira Chã

 

Becomes Cooperator in 2005

Santa Maria Handicraft Cooperative founded in 1989, this Cooperative has two activities deinking weaving and the bakery where traditional Santa Maria biscuits are produced.

Tf: 296 884 888
Email: coop_artesanato@sapo.pt
Morada: Termo da Igreja Santo Espírito,  S/N
9580-238 Vila Porto
2ª feira a 6ª feira das 08h00 às 16h00 
Sábados das 09h00 às 14h00

Becomes Cooperator in 2000

The Senhora da Paz Handicraft Cooperative was established in October 1997.

At the base of its foundation was the urgent need to ensure occupation, integration and complement of the family income of the former students and young people in charge of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate who suddenly closed that service in the Convent.

With the creation of the cooperative we tried to protect and continue the "art" and "knowledge" transmitted, over dozens of years by the Sisters, as well as by the artisans, coming from the municipality of Vila Franca in the most diverse areas, namely embroidery, guitar, fish scales, pottery, sweets, weaving.

T: 296 583 911 / 296 582 213
Email: cooperativadeartesanatosra.dapaz@hotmail.com​
FB: https://www.facebook.com/cooperativaartesanato.srapaz
Morada: Rua Cónego Sena Freitas, 16—Vila Franca do Campo

Becomes Cooperator in 2000

The Cooperativa Economia Solidária Celeiro da Terra was created in 1998, under the project to fight poverty in the municipality of Povoação (VALOR), with the aim of: promoting access to education, training and professional integration of socially disadvantaged groups; organize the work of artisans and other local producers who individually, or in production units, transform raw materials or produce or remarket goods and market goods or products of handicrafts and other local activities. 

Nowadays the Cooperativa Economia Solidária Celeiro da Terra, is a Private Institution of Social Solidarity, which develops as main activities: the production and marketing of biscuits, jams, liquors, local crafts and tourism. The food products, are prepared with local raw material, fruits harvested in the fields and vegetable gardens of the municipality of Povoação, made in an artisanal way, with the knowledge of our ancestors, giving a unique flavor from our roots.
Our handicrafts, is certified by the Regional Center for Support to Handicrafts, valuing techniques used and the quality of our products.
The institution owns the operation of a tourism store in furnas, where the products of the cooperative and all its associates are promoted. 
This institution through its current direction, faces our times and challenges with determination, through the innovation of its products and services, always aiming at valuing what is ours, promoting our people.

Tf: 296 559 244
Mail: geral@celeirodaterra.com
FB: Celeiro da Terra
Morada: Estrada Regional Lomba do Alcaide 
9650-213 Povoação 
2ª feira a 5ª feira 08h00–17h00
6ª feira 08h00–16h00
 

Becomes Co-worker in 2003

The Cooperative Economy Solidarity Fishermen of Ribeira Quente the implementation of this Cooperative, in 1998, came to facilitate the life of the Shipowners and Fishermen of the region, providing them support in the relationship with the official institutions related to fisheries. At this time the Cooperative is the managing body of the Fishing Port of Ribeira Quente (Azores) and Fish Collection Point.

Tf: 296 584 776
Mail: coop.pescadores.rquente@sapo.pt 
Web: Coop. Economia Solidária Pescadores da Ribeira Quente
Morada: Rua da Trincheira nº 1
9675-171—Ribeira Quente

Becomes Co-Operator in 2000

Kairós - Cooperative of Incubation of Solidarity Economy Initiatives CRL is born in the framework of projects carried out by the Association of Parish and Social Centers of the Island of São Miguel started in 1984. He assumed legal personality in 1996 and is based in the city of Ponta Delgada. He was a pioneer in solidarity economy policy in the Azores and Portugal.

Its main mission is to develop activities aimed at incubating solidarity economy initiatives and insertion companies within the social employment market.

It also develops its action in the wider space of the social economy, seeking to innovate in the creation and management of responses in the area of solidarity and social action, intervening simultaneously and in a systemic and integrated way in the community, with a perspective of local development and territorial cohesion, making a real equality of opportunities among the young and adult population at high risk of poverty and exclusion , increasing its possibilities of social integration, employability and autonomy and full exercise of citizenship.
The cooperative's actions are also part of the current movement to promote inclusive entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship seen as a process of creating the necessary social conditions and enhancing the emergence of development projects through the full mobilization of existing resources in the organization and/or communities. 

Sede e AGEST
Equipa de Apoio à Gestão Técnico-Financeira
Rua José Manuel Bernardo Cabral, 10 – Fajã de Baixo – 9500-450 Ponta Delgada
T 296 20 98 00  F 296 20 98 06

Incubadora de projetos CoDeP
Equipa para Concepção e Desenvolvimento de Projetos da Coriscolândia e da PerKursos
Rua da Pranchinha, 23 – São Pedro – 9500-331 Ponta Delgada
T 296 38 42 21

Coriscolândia—Oficinas do Pirata K
Rua José Manuel Bernardo Cabral, 10 – Fajã de Baixo – 9500-450 Ponta Delgada
T 296 65 36 30

Coriscolândia — Clube K
Rua José Manuel Bernardo Cabral, 1 – Fajã de Baixo – 9500-450 Ponta Delgada
T 296 38 84 06

Coriscolândia — Creche
Rua José Manuel Bernardo Cabral, 10 – Fajã de Baixo – 9500-450 Ponta Delgada
T 296 20 98 07

Coriscolândia — Quinta do Priôlo
Quinta de São Gonçalo, s/n – São Sebastião – 9504-541 Ponta Delgada
T 296 65 41 77

Espaço FREE
Formação Reabilitadora em Espaços Extremos
Rua José Manuel Bernardo Cabral, 10 – Fajã de Baixo – 9500-450 Ponta Delgada
T 296 20 98 00

Kairós Cozinha
Unidade de Produção Alimentar
Rua Azores Park, 102 Pavilhão 2.21 – São Roque – 9500-794 Ponta Delgada
T 296 62 82 78

MultiHabitat
Restauro e Habitação Degradada
Rua Cardeal Dom Humberto de Medeiros, Armazém 7 – Arrifes – 9500-376 Ponta Delgada

Perkursos
Centro de Desenvolvimento e Inclusão Juvenil
Rua da Pranchinha, 23 – São Pedro – 9500-331 Ponta Delgada
T 296 38 3304

Quotidiano
Lar de Infância e Juventude
Rua Cidade da Horta, 13 – São Sebastião – 9500-044 Ponta Delgada
T 296 65 41 20

Becomes Cooperator in 2000

The Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Praia da Vitória, founded in 1498, the Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Praia da Vitória already has 500 years at the service of the Praiense community. 

Its award highlights the Institution as the "most benevolent of the county". There are therefore many who over these five hundred years have devoted many ways to those suffering from disease, poverty or social exclusion.

As is mentioned in the Historical Memory of this Holy House (1998, p. 10), we must continue to "move towards those in need of support, in forms of full integration into the community, distributing the available resources, in a word promoting social justice as a factor and condition of citizenship".

In this sense, The Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Praia da Vitória is today a private institution of Social Solidarity, non-profit, which extends its activity through various areas of social solidarity

Tf: 295 512 127  F 295 543 442
Mail:  info@misericordia-praia.org
FB: Stª Casa Praia da Vitória
 

Becomes Cooperator in 2000

The Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Ribeira Grande, founded on February 28, 1593, is a Private Institution of Social Solidarity, constituted in the canonical order, with the objective of practicing social solidarity.

Affiliated to the Union of Portuguese Mercies, Santa Casa is the founding institution of URMA—Regional Union of the Mercies of the Azores.

It has its area of activity in the parishes of: Calhetas, Pico da Pedra, Rabo de Peixe, Ribeira Seca, Santa Bárbara, Conceição, Matriz and Ribeirinha.

This Santa Casa, currently with 208 workers, of the 2 valences and pharmacy already implemented at the beginning of the first term of the current Social Organs, has moved to 30 valences, currently covering about 550 children and young people and 250 elderly.

Tf: 296 470 110  F: 296 470 115
Mail: geral@scmrg.pt
Web: Stª Casa Misericordia Ribeira Grande
Morada: Rua Nossa Senhora Conceição 84
9600-568 — Ribeira Grande

Becomes Co-Operator in 2018

The Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Angra do Heroísmo (SCMAH) is a Private Institution of Social Solidarity (IPSS), founded in 1498, whose mission consists in the practice of social solidarity, developing interventions centered on the individual, the family and the community, functioning as an agent of local and community development. It promotes interventions aimed at children, young people, the elderly, people in special need and other vulnerable groups of the local community. Develops activities in the areas of health care and well-being, rehabilitation, insertion and social reintegration, training and professional qualification. SCMAH has about 1800 siblings and develops services in the valences Creche, Kindergarten, ERPI, Home Support, Professional School, Day Center for People with Dementias, Integrated Continuing Care and, in the area of social economy, has two pharmacies, a pharmaceutical station and a sales establishment of medicines not subject to medical prescription, the latter situation in Graciosa Island.

Tf: 295 204 840
Mail:  scmah@mail.telepac.pt
Web: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Angra do Heroísmo
FB: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Angra do Heroísmo
Morada: Rua Prof. Augusto Monjardino, 9700-020 Angra do Heroísmo

Becomes Cooperator in 2000

The Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Nordeste was founded in 1912 by António Alves de Oliveira (1st Provider) and Father José Lucindo da Graça e Sousa. Initially it functioned as a hospital, where poor patients were collected and treated by charity. From 1974 onwards, he began to develop other social responses, ending hospital activity. It currently provides social support to a diverse population, namely: Children; At-risk young people; Homeless and Elderly.

The Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Nordeste ensures the valencias: Work House and Protection of the Female Youth of the Northeast;  the Childhood and Youth Home, the Nursing Home, the Day Center, the Reception Center, the Leisure Activities Center (CATL), the Community Center and the Convivial ity centers.

The Administrative Bureau is composed of José Carlos Barbosa Carreiro, Ombudsman; by Maria Serafina Silveira Raposo Medeiros, Secretary; and Leonor Cabral Raposo Branco, Treasurer. He chairs the Board of the General Assembly António Domingos Barbosa Pacheco and the Supervisory Council Natália da Conceição Rego Borges.

Tf: 296 480 050
Mail: santa-nordeste@sapo.pt
Web: Stª Casa M. Nordeste
FB: Stª Casa M. Nordeste
Morada: Rua dos Clérigos, 2
9630-000—Nordeste

Becomes Cooperator in 2008

The Holy House of Mercy of Santa Cruz das Flores, IPSS—Private Institution of Social Solidarity.

The Home is one of the Valences of the Holy House of Mercy of the Village of Santa Cruz das Flores. Mercy arose by the hand of António Vicente Peixoto Pimentel in 1876. Santa Casa plays a very important role in supporting the community, because in addition to the Home it also has the only Pharmacy on the island and the Home Support Units, Home Support Center, Care and Animation Center for People with Disabilities and the Family Care and Follow-up Center.

António Peixoto Pimentel (1827-1881), built the hospital that was inaugurated in 1878 and, when he died, left most of his assets to the institution he built and the desire for a home to be built, a wish realized only a century later, came into operation on October 6, 1994.

"While its field of action may transcend the areas of so-called Social Security, it will effectively continue, support for the family and the protection of children and old age, through the creation and maintenance of Homes, Day Centers, and Conviviality Centers, Crèches and Kindergartens and Home Support Service." —Statutes of the Holy House of Mercy of Santa Cruz das Flores on April 7, 1994

T 292 590 250
Mail: scmscf@mail.telepac.pt  
FB: Stª Casa M. Stª Cruz Flores
Morada: Rua Almirante Gago Coutinho, 3 A
9970-315 Santa Cruz da Flores—Açores

Becomes Co-Operator in 2019

The Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Vila do Corvo, founded in 1965, is a non-profit association of the faithful, constituted in the canonical legal order, with the aim of practicing social solidarity. It has also recognized its legal and civil personality, with the status of Private Institution of Social Solidarity (IPSS).

To achieve its end, Mercy can grant goods and develop social intervention activity, namely:

- social support activities for the old, with/without accommodation;
- childcare activities, without accommodation;
- pre-school education;
- family support, protection of children and old age, through home support services, Nursing Homes, Day Centers, Day Care Centers and Kindergartens;
- health promotion, disease prevention and curative care, rehabilitation and reintegration;
- safeguarding and defending cultural and artistic heritage, material and intangible, religious or not;
- housing and social tourism;
- entrepreneurship;
- agriculture and combined animal production;
- other activities necessary for the Community where Mercy is inserted.

Tf: 282 590 320
Mail: geral@sccorvo.pt
FB: Stª Casa M. de Vila do Corvo
Morada: Rua Jogo da Bola s/n
9980-024 Corvo

Becomes Cooperator in 2008

The Holy House of the Divine Holy Spirit of Mercy of Maia, located in the eastern part of the municipality of Ribeira Grande, island of S. Miguel, Azores, the Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Divino Espírito Santo da Maia is a Private Institution of Social Solidarity founded on October 27, 1919.
Currently, Santa Casa da Maia is dedicated to the support of all age groups in need, this within its available budgetary possibilities, the benefiance of its members, as well as the support of other companies and good people.
On this date it has the following valences: a Nursing Home for young people; a Nursing Home for Young People at Risk;  a Nursing Home; a Home Support Service that supports, daily, with personal and housing hygiene, treatment of clothing and distribution of meals; occupational activities center for less skilled children.
Through the Community Program Interreg III-B Extremes, developed in this area by the Institute of Social Action with the collaboration of this Mercy, new social valences were created, namely: a Multi-activity Center for Children and Young People - CATL, a Center for Promotion and Social Employment and an Adapted Transport for disabled people.
Also works in a space of Mercy an office of social income of insertion that supports, daily, the beneficiaries resident in the eastern area of the municipality of Ribeira Grande.

Tf 296 442 244
Mail:  scm.maia@sapo.pt
Web: Santa Casa Divino Espírito Santo da Misericórdia da Maia 
Moradas: Rua Santa Catarina, S/N
9625-337 Maia