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Apropa Cultura makes culture accessible

Access to culture is a right: it dignifies people and supports their full inclusion in society.

The Apropa network

A network committed to culture and its values: transforming, connecting and enjoying.

Cultural programmers and social centres across the territory who make culture for everyone possible.

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OUR VALUES

Purpose, beliefs and values

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Purpose

We want a more inclusive and fairer society for the benefit of everyone, and we use culture to achieve it.

Beliefs

Culture is a universal right and access to it must be guaranteed without exception. Diversity makes all of us grow.

Values

Creativity and innovation, equity and social justice, care and commitment, and a transformative vocation through culture.

20 years transforming lives through culture

+2.450

cultural proposals during 2019

+2.800

social centres

+200

venues and festivals

+4.600

enrolments on the Educa amb l'Art courses

+1.250

attendances at the training sessions

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Your contribution can have a transformative impact

Help us make culture accessible to more people.

We open the doors of culture to everyone

Groups in vulnerable situations or in the field of disability that the Apropa Cultura programme is aimed at.
Addictions
Alzheimer's and other dementias
Hearing impairment
Physical or organic disability
Intellectual disability
Visual impairment
Women in vulnerable situations
Elderly people
Childhood & Youth
LGTBIQ+
Chronic diseases
Migration & Refugees
Ethnic minority
Deprived freedom people
Poverty
Mental health
Homelessness
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Exclusió social
Addiccions
Dones en situació de vulnerabilitat
Gent gran
Infància i Joventut
LGTBIQ+
Migració i Persones refugiades
Minoria ètnica
Persones privades de llibertat
Pobresa
Sensellarisme
Vulnerabilitat
Alzheimer i altres demències
Discapacitat auditiva
Discapacitat física o orgànica
Discapacitat intel·lectual
Discapacitat visual
Malalties cròniques
Salut mental
Trastorn de l'Espectre Autista

TRAINING TO TRANSFORM

Training that connects the cultural sector and the social field

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Artistic training

For social and educational professionals who want to bring the arts and culture into their practice.

Training in Accessibility and Diversity

For professionals at cultural venues who want to go deeper into cultural accessibility.

Apropa is growing

More and more territories are taking up the Apropa Cultura model to make culture more accessible and inclusive.

    The Apropa project is supported by:

    In Catalonia:
    Generalitat de CatalunyaAjuntament de BarcelonaDiputació de BarcelonaFundació "la Caixa"
    In the Balearic Islands:
    Govern de les Illes Balears. Conselleria de Famílies, Benestar Social i Atenció a la DependènciaConselleria de Salut. Direcció General de Salut MentalConsell de MallorcaMinisterio de CulturaMinisterio de Asuntos Exteriores
    In Madrid:
    Comunidad de Madrid. Consejería de Familia, Juventud y Asuntos SocialesFondation Daniel & Nina CarassoFundación EY
    In the Basque Country:
    BBK
    Bizkaia Foru Aldundia - Diputación Foral
    Ayuntamiento de Bilbao
    Eusko Jaurlaritza - Gobierno Vasco
    Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia - Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa