Community Development in Spain School Trips
Projects Abroad
The Community Development in Spain Programme with Projects Abroad offers your students a unique opportunity to make a real impact while gaining valuable skills. Service - Your group will support disadvantaged communities in Nou Barris through food aid, elderly care, and children's programmes to help empower vulnerable groups. Hands-on involvement with local NGOs enhances teamwork, leadership, and problem-solving abilities, while workshops foster personal growth and emotional intelligence.
Cultural immersion - Beyond service, the programme provides deep cultural immersion, allowing students to experience authentic Barcelona life, engage with locals, and explore the city's rich social and cultural landscape.
This educational trip combines meaningful service, skill-building, and cultural discovery in the beautiful setting of Spain.
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Example Itineraries for our 2026 trips
Days 1-2: Induction
Your group will be met by our local Project Abroad staff at the airport and taken to your accommodation. The drive through Barcelona will give you a first glimpse of the beautiful Catalonian landscape.
Get familiar with the city and placement setting, receive a thorough induction into the local culture and customs, and review the programme and everyone’s role.
Days 3 - 6: Community work and Spanish lessons
Over the following days, your group will visit the NGO’s headquarters for food bank activities and learn more about food insecurity in the area, as well as receive service training before starting to engage with the local community.
While assisting at a children’s summer camp, your responsibilities will include organising recreational activities, preparing meals for the children, and supporting their engagement throughout the week.
Interact with a different generation by visiting the elderly residents and connecting with them to address social isolation. To end your first week of community work, join a collaborative project planning and hands-on improvement work in Nou Barris.
Days 7 - 8: Weekend
Over the weekend, your students can relax by sunbathing, swimming, or playing games at the beach and have some free time at the hostel to recharge or bond with each other. Once rested, embark on a city exploration and immerse yourself in Barcelona's rich history and famous architecture by visiting its iconic landmarks, like Sagrada Familia, the Gothic Quarter, and Barceloneta Beach.
Days 9 - 13: Back to work!
Jump back into your community work. Working alongside the NGO, students will learn about food bank logistics, inventory, and distribution, prepare food bank resources for infants, and attend a management training session.
You will also continue your work at the children’s summer camp and visit the elderly residents to strengthen the connections made the previous week.
In the evenings and some afternoons, our local Project Abroad team will plan activities to ensure your group has the full Barcelona experience. These might include climbing workshops, a community mosaic art project, game nights, cooking lessons, and more.
To improve your ability to communicate with the locals, Spanish lessons and conversational workshops will be organised throughout your trip.
For a detailed day-by-day itinerary, please contact us by filling out the form.
For a detailed day-by-day itinerary, please get in touch with us by filling out the form.
Your group will be met by our local Project Abroad staff at the airport and taken to your accommodation. The drive through Barcelona will give you a first glimpse of the beautiful Catalonian landscape.
Get familiar with the city and placement setting, receive a thorough induction into the local culture and customs, and review the programme and everyone’s role.
Days 3 - 6: Community work and Spanish lessons
Over the following days, your group will visit the NGO’s headquarters for food bank activities and learn more about food insecurity in the area, as well as receive service training before starting to engage with the local community.
While assisting at a children’s summer camp, your responsibilities will include organising recreational activities, preparing meals for the children, and supporting their engagement throughout the week.
Interact with a different generation by visiting the elderly residents and connecting with them to address social isolation. To end your first week of community work, join a collaborative project planning and hands-on improvement work in Nou Barris.
Days 7 - 8: Weekend
Over the weekend, your students can relax by sunbathing, swimming, or playing games at the beach and have some free time at the hostel to recharge or bond with each other. Once rested, embark on a city exploration and immerse yourself in Barcelona's rich history and famous architecture by visiting its iconic landmarks, like Sagrada Familia, the Gothic Quarter, and Barceloneta Beach.
Days 9 - 13: Back to work!
Jump back into your community work. Working alongside the NGO, students will learn about food bank logistics, inventory, and distribution, prepare food bank resources for infants, and attend a management training session.
You will also continue your work at the children’s summer camp and visit the elderly residents to strengthen the connections made the previous week.
In the evenings and some afternoons, our local Project Abroad team will plan activities to ensure your group has the full Barcelona experience. These might include climbing workshops, a community mosaic art project, game nights, cooking lessons, and more.
To improve your ability to communicate with the locals, Spanish lessons and conversational workshops will be organised throughout your trip.
For a detailed day-by-day itinerary, please contact us by filling out the form.
For a detailed day-by-day itinerary, please get in touch with us by filling out the form.
Which Curriculum Subjects do we cater for?
Community Projects
This programme will allow your students to engage with the Nou Barris community. They will make a difference by addressing the social isolation of elderly residents, working with children at a summer camp, participating in a renovation project, and helping an NGO with food bank duties, while learning about its managerial and logistical aspects.
Cultural
Your students will be fully immersed in Spain’s rich and vibrant culture. They will exchange with the locals in Nou Barris, gaining a better understanding of the way of living and the experiences of different generations. They will also dive into Barcelona's history and admire its iconic architecture by touring some of its most famous landmarks, such as Sagrada Familia, the Gothic Quarter, and Barceloneta Beach.
Languages
To help your students feel more confident and improve their ability to communicate with locals, our Projects Abroad team will ensure that your group receives Spanish lessons and conversational workshops throughout the trip.
Activities
Participate in a range of activities, including workshops focused on personal development, emotional intelligence, and collective problem-solving, contributing to community development initiatives, and exploring Barcelona!
What size groups do we cater for?
All group sizes of 5 or more. Free staff place with every 9 students.
Access for visitors with disabilities?
Disabled facilities can be offered on request.
Visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)?
Visitors with special educational needs can be catered for on request.
Anything else?
Projects Abroad provide an individualised service and schedule planning which is backed up by excellent pre-departure preparation and by a dedicated and highly experienced local team in each destination.
We aim to provide a challenging and rewarding experience for every student which promotes self-belief, resilience, leadership, teamwork, reflection, and a new perspective on the world.
Please contact us so we can support you with your trip planning.
We aim to provide a challenging and rewarding experience for every student which promotes self-belief, resilience, leadership, teamwork, reflection, and a new perspective on the world.
Please contact us so we can support you with your trip planning.
Who are Projects Abroad?
Projects Abroad arranges overseas service and internship programmes that are challenging, meaningful, educational and safe.
We have been taking students overseas since 1992 and work in over 20 developing and emerging countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Key to our work is the dedicated in-country staff whose diverse skill sets, local knowledge and love of their community allow us to develop relevant, immersive and worthwhile schedules for school trips which give the students responsibility and teach them to see the world through a different lens.
We offer programmes in community development, conservation, construction, education, sports, empowerment, human rights and healthcare among many others. These projects are designed to contribute towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, broadening the student experience to see the contribution of a few going towards a movement for global change.
All school trips are individualised. We realise that each school has its own goals and interests, and the students have their own passions. We work with the school to develop a tailored itinerary that reflects their values and allows the students to make a connection with the community in which they serve.
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