“Reflecting upon our many and exciting personal experiences we both fell the same need: to dedicate part of our time, energy and resources to help those who were lacking the most valuable gift you can possess: health. We knew that in some countries athletes are very engaged in charity and volunteer work, often within an organized structure.
We decided we wanted to do the same, ideally exploiting our twin passions: football and golf.
Thus was born a dream, which became reality when we founded the Fondazione Vialli e Mauro per la ricerca e lo sport, a non-profit foundation. We were fortunate to benefit from the help and advice of many who were crucial in the early stages of our project.
To them goes our most sincere thanks!” Luca Vialli & Massimo Mauro

AriSLA – Italian Research Foundation for ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
In the framework of commitments and investments in the fight against ALS, AriSLA Foundation represents a concrete answer, by promoting, financing and coordinating the scientific research on ALS.
The Foundation was born from the foresight of four founding members that represent a reliable and excellent guarantee in non-profit area: AISLA Onlus, Cariplo Foundation, Telethon Foundation and Fondazione Vialli and Mauro per la Ricerca e lo Sport Onlus.
The institutional aim of the Foundation is to support the scientific research of excellence as the only way to effectively defeat Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a disease whose causes are still unknown and for which there is currently no cure.
This objective has seen the Foundation undertaken in these years the implementation of a model of funding research based on the principles of transparency, scientific merit and efficiency with the only purpose of making efficient and effective the work of the researchers and transferring the scientific results into clinical practice as rapidly as possible.
In few years AriSLA has become one of the leading organizations in Italy and in Europe dealing exclusively with scientific research on ALS funding.
AriSLA mission is to create a recognizable landmark, active for the entire scientific community involved in the fight against ALS, and to play the role of catalyst and driving force for this disease in our Country, providing the necessary economical, scientific and technical support