In 2011, the Street Team had contact with 414 people. Composed of 18 volunteers and a social worker the team explores several areas of the city to initiate contact with people who are homeless. Many of these people suffer from severe mental and physical health problems, and the effects of a harmful long-term life on the streets. This requires members of the Street Team to be knowledgeable of the multiple resources available to Arrels and other organizations in the city, as well as being able to face a variety of situations and circumstances.
Miquel Julià
Street programme manager
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"I have been working in Arrels for nearly 10 years. During this time I have always been aware that our task is to support those who find themselves in situations of greater vulnerability. Our task is to provide an opportunity for those people who may feel hopeless, even if the relationship we try to establish cannot go beyond simply letting people know that we’re always there."
Testimonials
“We need to do things with enthusiasm"
Josep Mª Gaja
Street Programme Volunteer
Josep Mª Gaja i Galofré was born in Barcelona 72 years ago. Currently he is retired though had previously worked as a salesman for a sports company. It is precisely this experience of contact with other people, he says, that has been of great use in his task as a street volunteer.
To me, “doing the streets” means to hear the most intimate and discreet heartbeat of the city. It means to rescind from the lights, the dressed windows and the noises, which usually distract us and focus on the people that inhabit, the streets of our city.
(in spanish) This text was written by the head of the Street Team and examines the different terms used to refer to roofless people. It outlines the rationale in favor of using the concept of “persons in a situation of homelessness". pdf_ 67kb
You cannot judge a book by its cover
(in spanish) Who are the homeless? Is it possible to speak about phases of exclusion? The head of the Street Team has written this document to attempt to answer these questions and to debunk some clichés surrounding homelessness. pdf_ 58kb
LLAMADA A DESCRIPCION
In 2011, the Street Team had contact with 414 people. Composed of 18 volunteers and a social worker the team explores several areas of the city to initiate contact with people who are homeless. Many of these people suffer from severe mental and physical health problems, and the effects of a harmful long-term life on the streets. This requires members of the Street Team to be knowledgeable of the multiple resources available to Arrels and other organizations in the city, as well as being able to face a variety of situations and circumstances.
The network of services for homeless people had contact with 3,902 individuals in total in 2007, according to Barcelona City Council’s figures. This headcount, however, refers only to people who have attended some of the services available in the city, and thus it remains difficult for us to give a more accurate number of people sleeping rough in Barcelona.
LLAMADA A RESPONSABLE
Miquel Julià
Street programme manager
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"I have been working in Arrels for nearly 10 years. During this time I have always been aware that our task is to support those who find themselves in situations of greater vulnerability. Our task is to provide an opportunity for those people who may feel hopeless, even if the relationship we try to establish cannot go beyond simply letting people know that we’re always there."
There is an idea that I have always liked and carried with me, and for me this idea is the key to the relationship:
… If we always concentrate on how to make our efforts cost-effective, then there will always be somebody who is worthier of our attention than others. The best thing is when the person tells us he or she does not want anything: it is precisely then when we can initiate a relationship between equals, without giving or expecting something in exchange, only giving of ourselves as people.
LLAMADA A TESTIMONIS
“We need to do things with enthusiasm"
Josep Mª Gaja
Street Programme Volunteer
Josep Mª Gaja i Galofré was born in Barcelona 72 years ago. Currently he is retired though had previously worked as a salesman for a sports company. It is precisely this experience of contact with other people, he says, that has been of great use in his task as a street volunteer.
To me, “doing the streets” means to hear the most intimate and discreet heartbeat of the city. It means to rescind from the lights, the dressed windows and the noises, which usually distract us and focus on the people that inhabit, the streets of our city.
(in spanish) This text was written by the head of the Street Team and examines the different terms used to refer to roofless people. It outlines the rationale in favor of using the concept of “persons in a situation of homelessness". pdf_ 67kb
You cannot judge a book by its cover
(in spanish) Who are the homeless? Is it possible to speak about phases of exclusion? The head of the Street Team has written this document to attempt to answer these questions and to debunk some clichés surrounding homelessness. pdf_ 58kb
Blog that allows people to share their experiences of and thoughts on the work of volunteers and professionals against social exclusion. http://hotelmilestrellas.blogspot.com
LLAMADA A VIDEOS
2008
Working the Streets
TVE Enrique and Puri are two volunteers of the Street Team who accompany homeless people in Barcelona through their journey.
2008
Street Volunteers
TV3 Street volunteers Xavier and Isabel visit Juan in the open ground where he lives, located in the area of Poblenou, Barcelona.
2007
Leaving the Streets
TV3 Miguel Virto and Miquel Fuster, two formerly homeless people, explain their experiences of living on the streets and their future plans.
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