Social Protection

09.05.2013 - 06.56 pm The 'Rossinyol' project, example in the fight for equal opportunities and social inclusion in Catalonia The ‘Rossinyol’ project aims to improve social problems faced by foreigners such as inequality and social exclusion. It is an adapted version of the...	14.03.2013 - 09.05 am The Mortgage Platform has been fighting to stop house evictions in Spain The Popular Legislative Initiative promoted by the Platform is pending debate in the Spanish Parliament. The Mortgage Platform was founded in...	30.01.2013 - 06.21 pm Barcelona has now a soup kitchen in every district of the city A new soup kitchen opened a week ago in the Eixample district, in downtown Barcelona, with a capacity for a hundred places. Barcelona City Council...	16.10.2012 - 10.20 pm Almost 30% of Catalans are at risk of social exclusion 29.5% of Catalans are at risk of social exclusion. This is the conclusion of the 2011 survey of living conditions and habits of the population of...
16.08.2012 - 07.33 pm Barcelona bans street prostitution starting this weekend, fining both clients and prostitutes The City Council’s ban, totally prohibiting street prostitution, comes into force this Friday. The highest fines will be for clients, having to pay...	24.05.2012 - 08.25 pm Child poverty in Catalonia increased from 18.5% to 23.8% between 2008 to 2010 Unicef has released a study revealing that children and youngsters are some of the most vulnerable people hit by the crisis. The study stresses that...	20.04.2012 - 07.34 pm Barcelona’s Social Emergency Centre to expand Additional funds to be made available from the City Council to tackle elderly vulnerability and homelessness. The organisation’s headquarters will...	10.04.2012 - 04.36 pm Working for those at the other end of the social scale The Fundació Arrels (Arrels Foundation) works to assist Barcelona homeless people. Just in the Catalan capital there are more than 2,000 homeless...
19.08.2011 - 07.48 pm The Catalan Government’s decision to modify the payment of a social grant creates problems for the poorest and generates a political storm A grant allocated to the poorest, which is supposed to be their only income, was not paid regularly on August 1st as the Catalan Government changed...	06.05.2011 - 11.52 pm Immigrants bring more than they get out of the Welfare State, concludes a study The study is funded by Catalan savings bank ‘la Caixa’ with data at Spanish-level. It reveals, contrary to xenophobic statements that immigrants...	04.05.2011 - 08.58 pm The Food Bank assists in two years the double of people in the Greater Barcelona area This initiative offers free food to people in need and it is a platform involving many organisations. The Food Bank already assists 118,000 people in...	07.02.2011 - 10.01 pm Homeless in Barcelona Airport refuse to leave Barcelona-El Prat Airport’s terminals become home to many homeless people from Barcelona Metropolitan area but also from around the world, but not...
18.10.2010 - 08.44 pm 1 in 5 Catalans live in poverty On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, NGOs ask the Government to focus on policies that reduce social exclusion.	07.09.2010 - 08.18 pm The Catalan Government will guarantee pensions in couple separation cases from 2011 Some 1,300 families will soon have access to government pensions in cases of family separation if the pension is not paid by the part with this duty...	30.06.2010 - 09.44 pm Catalan Parliament unanimously decides to integrate 60,000 people who were excluded from the health system A new law has just been approved that would give 60,000 people access to health care that previously did not have it. The majority of these...