The Leo Messi Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to performing acts of solidarity and social commitment. Created in 2007, it was born with the idea that children should all have the same opportunities to realise their dreams. Its mission is to help children and teenagers in high risk situations, in collaboration with other institutions that carry out projects in line with the fundamental beliefs of the foundation, based on health, education and sport. In the case of the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, the Leo Messi Foundation funded the Espai Barça (Barça Zone), a 45 m2 play area in the Maternity and Children's Hospital. It has also provided a case manager for clinical trial patients taking part in the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute’s Translational Research on Childhood and Adolescent Cancer research group.

The Autonomous University Volunteer Foundation is a voluntary organisation made up of university students from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, who work on various projects. They coordinate activities and entertainment for hospitalised children and take part in initiatives such as the distribution of books to promote reading or toys from donations.

ASPAYM Catalunya conducts its care project at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital on patients newly affected by spinal cord injuries admitted to the Spinal Cord Injury Unit. This project benefits from the experience of volunteers and spinal cord injury veterans, who support patients during their convalescence with different activities such as tutorials so that patients acquire new skills to carry out daily activities. It also supports close relatives to help them overcome the initial period of accepting the injury and group activities to foster personal independence.

The AECC involves patients, families, volunteers and professionals, who work together to prevent, inform, be with people, and fund cancer research projects to foster better diagnosis and treatment. Its mission is to fight against cancer and lead the effort of society as a whole to reduce the impact caused by the disease. At Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, it offers companionship and support to cancer patients and provides peer volunteers especially for women diagnosed with breast cancer.

Non-profit private foundation aimed at improving the quality of life for the most vulnerable people. The Petit Món Foundation offers, among other projects, temporary accommodation for families who need a place to feel at home while facing hospital or surgical treatment for their child, daughter, or a family member under the most pleasant conditions possible and without incurring a significant financial expense.

It is aimed at families residing more than 50 km from Barcelona and who have few financial resources to afford hotel accommodation during their stay, and have made the request through the social workers at the hospitals where they receive treatment. The only condition imposed on beneficiaries is that they commit to taking care of the provided accommodation, the room, and the common areas.

The request to access the accommodation is processed through the Social Work Unit of the Vall d'Hebron Hospital. You can find more information here.

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.