Association created by a group of clowns made up specifically of hospital clowns that aims to make hospital stays more pleasant for children and adults, using the therapeutic properties of laughter and a big dose of sensitivity. The goal is to minimise the impact of hospitalisation on children and their families, and promote activities that make hospital stays more pleasant.

The Catalan Oncology Assistance League Foundation provides psychosocial care to people diagnosed with a cancerous illness and their family during the whole process of the disease, while conducting dissemination, prevention and rehabilitation activities. It aims to offer information, orientation and psychological support to patients diagnosed with cancer to help them face the consequences this illness brings with it, both to the patient and those around them. They work with our hospital through peer volunteer work and bedside support in adult hospital wards.

Non-profit organisation that aims to give children with serious medical conditions their wishes through inspiring experiences of hope, strength and joy. Make a Wish helps patients, their relatives and healthcare professionals to minimise the effects of the hospital setting, and thus contributes to improve the child’s quality of life. The foundation is committed to making children’s dreams and wishes come true, always respecting Vall d’Hebron’s values and at the request of healthcare professionals. It organises celebrity visits to children, visits to iconic places or shows, and other activities.

KREAMICS is the Association of Burns Patients of Catalonia, formed in the Vall d’Hebron Hospital Burns Unit on the initiative of patients and professionals in the Unit. Its goal is to bring together burns patients with a view to helping one another, to contribute to emotional support and provide counselling for patients who are in the acute phase of the process and in the rest of the treatment stages. 

The Theodora Foundation’s Smile Doctors are professional artists from different fields (clowns, magicians, storytellers, musicians and actors) who adapt their artistic knowledge to voluntary work in hospitals. In the case of Vall d'Hebron they collaborate with a large group of hospital clowns who make hospital stays more enjoyable for children and interrupt the monotony of hospital routine.

This foundation offers a “home away from home” for families with children suffering long-term illnesses who have had to travel a long way from their place of residence for care, through Ronald McDonald Houses. The house that the Ronald McDonald Foundation has in Barcelona is located near to Vall d'Hebron Hospital and has 15 individual rooms for relatives and different common areas where they can live in a shared environment.

Résonnance España is an organisation whose mission is “to offer classical music where there isn’t any”, make universal access to music easier and improve the quality of life of people going through difficult situations. Its collaboration with Vall d’Hebron allows concerts to be held within the clinical centre, for patients and their relatives.

Non-profit organisation whose mission is to make the dreams of children with chronic illness or poor prognosis come true, with the aim of making their illness or hospital stay more bearable. It is dedicated to making a huge dream come true for each child. It also organises activities in clinical centres such as: decorating hospital rooms, workshops with children, cultural outings, support to other organisations, visits to children, celebrity visits to hospitals.

A non-profit organisation dedicated to raising awareness in the field of palliative care and care for families facing end-of-life care at home. Paliaclínic provides patients and relatives all the help they need to tackle an advanced illness at home and enable a dignified end-of-life, with the least suffering possible and the desired support. This help comes in the form of care support from a social worker at home for families with no resources. The foundation also offers a voluntary service, music therapy and art therapy.

The Hospitalet Foundation makes hospital accommodation available to the relatives of Vall d’Hebron patients when, for financial reasons, they cannot cover the cost of a temporary stay in the city. It has day care facilities, accommodation, leisure services and shelters for socially vulnerable people. The organisation works in close coordination with Vall d’Hebron Hospital healthcare social workers.