Many people who stay at CoImpact Coliving come to volunteer in Barcelona. What types of volunteering are there? They depend on the area in which you work:
Social: help improve the quality of life and social integration of vulnerable groups.
Community: to improve the community where you live. It promotes social participation in community centers, educational entities in leisure time, neighborhood associations, etc.
Cultural: encourages cultural actions, through entities in defense of heritage, associations for the promotion of culture, artistic associations, etc.
Environmental: promotes the defense of the environment and good practices to influence the improvement of the environmental situation.
For international solidarity: carries out education projects for the development of developing countries, and humanitarian and emergency action interventions.
Digital / Virtual: collaborate remotely with a volunteer entity.
Volunteering is usually classified into these types, but usually when you volunteer you are contributing in more areas than it seems a priori.
Why is Barcelona ideal for volunteering?
Barcelona offers you many volunteering options. In Barcelona you will easily find an opportunity that may interest you. Especially because of the abundance of NGOs, Foundations, Associations and Social Enterprises that are established in the city.
In a multicultural city like Barcelona, you can find different ways of living and different realities.
The Catalan capital has sea and mountains, and many important cultural places to visit. When you are volunteering, you not only dedicate yourself to helping in the project you are working on, but you also take advantage of the time to visit the city, go sightseeing, get to know the reality of that country and the people who live there.
When you volunteer, you learn both personally and professionally. It is a way to learn in a practical way things that you would not see or apply in your day to day.
We must not forget that Barcelona enjoys a very good climate and an excellent quality of life. This city is perfect because you can always do some activity, it is difficult to get bored. In your free time, you can do both cultural and sport-related activities, or simply stroll through the streets of the city and enjoy its beautiful monuments and cultural heritages.
Volunteering in Barcelona is a good opportunity to experience the city in a different way. Belonging to an organization as a volunteer, in a city like Barcelona, opens many doors for you and allows you to visit and get to know many places.
There are many entities that offer you volunteering in Barcelona, some local and others more international. When looking for what volunteering may interest you the most, it is advisable to search online. One of the international associations that offer volunteers to Barcelona is AIESEC. You can also search for volunteer opportunities on websites like worldpackers and haces falta.
Each one has a way of working and approaching volunteering, so that you will find all types.
Some volunteering opportunities offer you accommodation and others do not. For this reason, at CoImpact we have created the ideal Coliving in the center of Barcelona, to host people who come to volunteer in our city. We are a community made up of foreign entrepreneurs and students, digital nomads, freelancers and volunteers from all over the world. Living together, sharing and supporting each other in our personal and professional growth.
