Mario shares his volunteering experience at FCV

Our wonderful new volunteer created a video about his first month of volunteering for the FCV. Take a look! Mario says:“This has been my life on ESC volunteership so far.  At FCV I got all the support I need and I’m steadily getting to know the ropes of the projects...

A week that begins with a blank page

There is something vulnerable about a blank sheet of paper. It does not ask who you are, where you come from, or whether you belong here at all. It simply waits. From April 12 to 19 in Oldenburg, this sheet became the central metaphor of an entire week – and for five...

A visit dedicated to social inclusion in the classroom

From April 4th to 11th, the Catalunya Voluntaria Foundation hosted the practical training activity 'The Class Teacher - A Mediator for Social Inclusion' at Hotel Cesar, at Baixamar district, Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona). The activity featured 6 teachers from the...

Youth Activity ‘Learning from Nature – The Vilanova Experience’ in May

From May 17th to 23rd, the Fundació Catalunya Voluntària will be holding a very special activity entitled ‘Learning From Nature – The Vilanova Experience’ designed to meet the needs and expectations of a group of six young people from Pomerania, Poland, who are...

Visit dedicated to forestry volunteering and carpentry

From April 15th to 26th, the Fundació Catalunya Voluntària is hosting the practical training experience ‘Volunteers in the Forest’ in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona). The experience will be led by a group of 12 students, accompanied by two teachers from a vocational...

‘We Choose Peace’: Practical Training Experience, Catalonia-Poland

From 16th to 20th November, the Fundació Catalunya Voluntaria is delighted to host the practical training experience 'We Choose Peace' in Barcelona. This activity takes place at the Casa del Mar, the FCV offices, and various locations throughout the city, with the...

A visit dedicated to nature

In the springtime, from April 24th to May 3rd, the Fundació Catalunya Voluntària is hosting at Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona) the practical training experience ‘The Language of the Sustainable Future: Foreign Language in Support of Ecological Innovations’. Sixteen...

Study Visit for Educators and Leisure-time leaders

From March 23 to April 3, 2026, the Fundació Catalunya Voluntaria is hosting the study visit 'Séjour Pour Adults en Formation d'Educateur-2e édition' for a group of 20 people: 18 students enrolled in the official degree program for leaders, educators, and leisure...

ALMA Program: Suitcases aren’t packed yet, but the journey is already starting

On March 11, Barcelona Activa hosted what the program documents call a “meeting with partner organizations” – but in reality, it was the moment when several months of preparation suddenly took shape. Italy, France, and Portugal ceased to be lines in a table and became...

Un Pont Entre Animateurs Européens – Vilanova Experience

From March 16th to 20th, the Fundació Catalunya Voluntaria is hosting its 5th international learning mobility activity in partnership with CEMEA - Centre de Entrainement Aux Méthodes de Education Active,  thanks to the support of the European Commission's...

Practical training experience with the CEMEA management team

From February 23rd to 26th, the Fundació Catalunya Voluntària will have the privilege of hosting in Barcelona a practical on-site training visit for a group of directors from CEMEA-Centre d’Entrainement Aux Méthodes d’Education Active, an organization that provides...

Why can a logo be a kind of Rorschach test?

We bet that everyone perceives the FCV logo in their own way. Why is that? The reason lies not in different monitors or lighting, but in cultural memory, which works as an invisible filter of reality. An Irish person immediately sees the luck of Saint Patrick, a...

The European programme becomes transcontinental

The largest European educational programme has officially crossed the equator and has done so with great impact, with 17 million euros for 55 projects that will unite young people from three continents. Erasmus+ is now active in Botswana and Zambia, creating a unique...

How do student years create legends?

A summer festival at St Peter’s Church in Liverpool, 6 July 1957. On stage plays the school band The Quarrymen, and their 16-year-old leader John Lennon notices a boy with a guitar in the crowd. During the break, 15-year-old Paul McCartney walks up to the stage and...

EXCELLENT RESULTS FROM THE EXCHANGE IN THE DESERT OF TUNISIA

We are delighted to share the results of the evaluation forms completed by the participants in the youth exchange activity ‘Learning from Nature – The Sahara Experience’. This Key Action 1, led by the Fundació Catalunya Voluntària and hosted by the ASED association,...

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