Volunteers from this organisation use meditation techniques with hospitalised cancer patients based on a prior health assessment.

Founded in Barcelona in 1989, it is a non-profit charity organisation whose purpose is to comprehensively cover the needs of children and young people undergoing cancer treatment in Catalonia. The foundation’s task consists of providing support to families (financial support and accommodation in flats). The organisation works alongside the hospital by inserting social workers into the Vall d'Hebron Hospital Social Work Unit.

Its mission is to help children and young people with special needs and raise public awareness about their issues and interests. The Atresmedia Foundation has a hospital care programme that carries out activities such as “Poción de Héroes” (Hero Potion) - six heroes with superpowers who accompany children undergoing chemotherapy treatment.

The Ànima Foundation is dedicated to comprehensive care for children with chronic or terminal illnesses. It coordinates projects that go from individual care to care in infancy. Its scope includes: psychological and social support; funding and developing support therapies; improving infrastructure of hospital centres; collaboration with research projects; and development of childhood health programmes. Over the years it has made various contributions within its scope to Vall d’Hebron Hospital.

The reference platform for social volunteering in Catalonia. We are a network of non-profit bodies working to foster, promote and recognise social volunteering in Catalonia. The FCVS provides services to subscriber organisations, from a multidisciplinary perspective: training, audio-visual resources, insurance management, online volunteering, publications, debates, information resources, visibility, and political discourse to combat inequalities and injustices, and to strengthen the conditions with which they work. Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and the Catalan Federation for Social Volunteering work together to cover the different social needs that result from treating hospitalised patients. The agreement aims to coordinate the expertise of both institutions and recognise the work of about 700 people who work with the hospital.

The UNES Sports Union is a non-profit organisation that promotes sports among people with a physical disability. Nowadays, its main focus is wheelchair basketball. The club’s main aim is to increase the number of disabled people who practise sport and position itself as a benchmark body in Catalonia, both in the competitive and recreational fields. Since 2009, the club has promoted the AFA school (Adapted physical activity), a project that enjoys strong support from and agreements with hospitals and rehabilitation centres, such as Vall d’Hebron University Hospital.

An organisation that works to offer information and help to sick patients and those who have received liver transplants, as well as their family and friends. It works hand in hand with Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, both in paediatric and adult patients.

The Barcelona PID Foundation (Immunology & Infection) is a non-profit organisation founded in 2014 by a group of professionals in paediatric care of primary immunodeficiencies and their infection complications. Its mission is to support people with primary immunodeficiency through raising awareness in society, research, and caring for patients and their relatives. 

Non-profit entity born in 2004 with the aim of giving people with long-term conditions a better quality of social interaction. Its goal is to minimise the problems people face in overcoming an illness by giving them companionship. The organisation encourages its members to take part in social and emotional support activities to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of hospitalised people. Volunteers offer their services to Vall d’Hebron University Hospital and coordinates with healthcare professionals.

Association of patients with breast cancer that aims to inform, support and help patients and their families affected by breast cancer. In the hospital, volunteers from this association work alongside professionals from the Breast Pathology Unit in order to cover the needs that may arise during the clinical process, from diagnosis to the end of treatment. This support includes being there for: chemotherapy, radiotherapy, medical appointments, testing, admission, hospital stays, care for relatives.