Fundação ADFP – Parque Biológico da Serra da Lousã

Fundação ADFP is a social solidarity institution based in Miranda do Corvo, in the Serra da Lousã. It has 35 years of history and works across many social areas: mental health, housing for people experiencing homelessness, support for people with disabilities, a hospital, vocational training and employment programmes. The Parque Biológico da Serra da Lousã, at the Quinta da Paiva leisure park, is the foundation's best-known public face. It recently welcomed its 520,000th visitor, a family from Alenquer who found it through social media. The park belongs to what the foundation calls Tourism with Social Purpose. Visitor income helps pay for its social mission. The park forms part of TRIVIUM, together with the Templo Ecuménico Universalista and the Ecomuseu Espaço da Mente. The project promotes the values of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. The foundation also runs the Hotel Parque Serra da Lousã, the Conimbriga Hotel do Paço and the Museu do Mel. Agriculture is another strand. The foundation makes wine in two areas, the Herdades do Fundão and Terras de Sicó, and involves people it supports in the work. The 2026 harvest ended with the traditional Vindima dos Técnicos, when staff from different departments pick grapes together. Wild boar destroyed an estimated 2,000 kg of white grapes in Sicó this year, and the foundation has publicly warned about the growing damage from uncontrolled wildlife. Its president, Dr. Jaime Ramos, calls the wine project an "economic project with a social soul". The foundation also employs and trains people at risk of exclusion, including ethnic minorities, homeless people and people with severe mental illness. It runs a volunteering programme and a recruitment office at the Centro Social Comunitário Dr. Jaime Ramos.