Spain

The winner is the Belgian city of Mechelen.

The city has been chosen ahead of Avilés and Salamanca as the european volunteering capital 2025.

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Once the results of the discussion groups are obtained, a pilot test of the intervention will be carried out in several night entertainment spaces.

The first phase of the Crisscross project consists of a series of discussion groups to obtain a diagnosis about leisure spaces.

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The Melilla fence in an archive image.

The organization has released a report with evidence of crimes under international law and calls for justice six months after the events that led to the death of at least 37.

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Presentation of 'La Volunteca' at the Espacio Pozas in Madrid.

This initiative is jointly launched by the Fundació Pere Tarrés together with the Spanish Volunteering Platform

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Participation of refugee students in the UAB Festival.

The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona has started a fundraising campaign to help ensure that refugees arriving in Catalonia can continue their studies.

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Ricardo Lema: "Leisure and recreation are essential to ensure well-being and promote humanizing experiences"

Ricardo Lema, an expert from Uruguay on methodologies and practices for education and sociocultural action, will take part in the round table of the first international congress on leisure and sociocultural action.

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Juan Carrión, president of FEDER.

We talk with the Spanish Federation of Rare Diseases (FEDER) to learn about the tasks they are performing to improve the quality of life of more than three million people in Spain who live with a rare disease, and to discover how Covid-19 has impacted them.

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Is art a therapy? From my experience I can say it isn’t. Nevertheless, it does help communication processes, it relaxes the patients, it invites them to evade and also it helps them to meet their inner selves. 

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The ‘Alliance for an Equal Treatment Act’ calls Spanish government to approve legislation against all type of discrimination.

This union demands Spanish governments to approve a legislation to fight against all kinds of discrimination.

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The European Mentoring Summit 2019 took place in Berlin.

The Congress brings together academia, professionals, volunteers, public administrations, foundations and private companies in a major debate around mentoring from the 7th to the 9th of October.

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Spanish national police. Photo: Youtube

The international NGO held an independent investigation to document specific incidents after the poll, where 900 people were injured.

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Refugees about to sink. Photo: Wikimedia

The purpose of the campaign is to make sure Spain welcomes at least the 17,337 refugees to which it committed itself.

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