The National Afterwork Club (Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro, or OND) was the Italian fascist leisure and recreational organization for adults.
The trade unions initially saw the provision of leisure facilities for workers as a way to compete with the socialists, who already had a network of cultural organizations.
[1] Nearly 40% of the industrial workforce had been recruited into the Dopolavoro by 1939 and the sports activities proved popular with large numbers of workers.
"[3] As Adrian Lyttelton wrote, "attempts to use the Dopolavoro as a medium for direct political indoctrination or cultural uplift were usually defeated by the failure of these cadres to use a language which their audience could understand.
[5] Another organisation, the Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB), was widely popular and provided young people with access to clubs, dances, sports facilities, radios, concerts, plays, circuses and outdoor hikes at little or no cost.