The Associazione per l'Aiuto ai Giovani con Diabete Livorno is the local group of a national association which aims to offer support and information to families of children with type 1 diabetes (from 0-26 years of age).

The association has an office in the town centre where general information can be obtained (see address below), as well as a diabetes clinic attended by a paediatrician and diabetologist within Livorno hospital, open on Tuesday afternoons from 2pm.

The following numbers are helplines, in Italian, for various problems and emergencies:

• Drug Addiction: 0586 888101 (Livorno number)

• Child Abuse: emergencies 114; children up to 14: 19696 (Telefono Azzurro, 24 hrs), adolescents and adults: 199 151515

• Woman Abuse: 055 4277493