Barcelona Cuida, supporting domestic and care workers
Cures. Barcelona Cuida, space of information and guidance, offers telephone and email attention as well as face to face by prior appointment.
Energy Advice Point inquiries increase by 10% during the health crisis
Energy rights. The first six months of 2020 saw over 17,000 people attended to. Most inquiries were about changing the electricity wattage hired or processing rate reductions.
New website to tackle suffering and emotional health
City Council. The resource is one of the measures planned to strengthen municipal mental health services in response to the pandemic.
The Telecare Service reaches out to the elderly
Social services. The application can now be made online using the procedures website.
Baobab activity programmes to ensure no child misses out on summer
Childhood. This year’s camps cater for 1,161 children between the ages of 4 and 12, some 62% more than last year.
Frequently asked immigration questions follow-ing the state of alert
Immigration. The extension of extended stay and residence permits in Spain continues, but measures regarding international protection and immigration applications and reports are changing.
More school meal grants for the 2020-2021 school year
Social services. The school meal grant application period is open until 9 July for secondary-year infants and compulsory secondary-school students.
An exceptional summer for the city’s children, teenagers and young people
Summer. More activities and more subsidies to tackle the impact of Covid-19.
Shoga, a filmic journey to Africa to celebrate LGBTI pride and liberation
LGBTI. A selection of films curated by Africadoolu, with collaboration from betevé and Cinenómada.
Successes and forthcoming challenges from the pioneering asylum-seekers’ reception programme, Nausica
Asylum. After close to four years in operation, and as we commemorate World Refugee Day on 20 June, we are revising our supplementary municipal programme for comprehensive assistance to asylum seekers: the Nausica.
