Fundació Escolta Josep Carol

Fundació Escolta Josep Carol is a Catalan non-profit foundation whose work centres on education in leisure time, the training of leisure-time educators, and networked socio-educational projects in local communities. Its name links it to the scouting tradition ("escolta" is Catalan for scout), and its activities are framed around values of service, community and commitment. The foundation operates from Santa Eulàlia, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the Barcelona metropolitan area, and its programmes reach children, adolescents and young people across Catalonia. The foundation's public activity is organised around four broad strands: education, training of leisure-time educators, socio-educational action projects embedded in local territories, and reflection — the generation of thought and dissemination of knowledge. Its most visible operational arms include Escola Forca, a training school for leisure-time educators; a network of camping grounds (Acampada) that it promotes and coordinates; and the Casal d'Infants i Joves Quico Sabaté, a children's and youth leisure centre in Santa Eulàlia. It also runs work camps for teenagers and a programme of educational accompaniment (TSAE) providing personalised support, academic reinforcement and study-habit tools in schools and secondary institutes in the Santa Eulàlia neighbourhood. The foundation presents itself as a values-driven, feminist and child-rights-oriented organisation. It has adopted a protocol for the prevention of gender-based violence, marks the Universal Day of the Rights of the Child, and has joined Barcelona's Pacte del Temps and the NUST network. It also pursues digital transformation projects, including one financed by Barcelona City Council. Its educational accompaniment work in L'Hospitalet is supported by the city council of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. As a foundation, it is a non-profit entity rather than a listed company. Its public communication is in Catalan, and its website serves as the main hub for its programmes, job and internship offers, press review and annual reports. The foundation publishes an annual memory (memòria) and launched an electronic newsletter in 2025. Its governance includes a board of patrons (patronat); Caterina Maulini was announced as a new patron in 2026.

Fundació Escolta Josep Carol is a Catalan foundation rooted in the scouting and leisure-education movement. Its name honours the scouting tradition ("escolta" being the Catalan word for scout) and the figure of Josep Carol, and its mission has been expressed through education in leisure time, the training of monitors and educators, and socio-educational work in neighbourhoods. Publicly available information about the foundation is concentrated in its own website and in a Wikidata entry that describes it simply as a foundation in Catalonia; the precise founding date is not documented in the supplied evidence. Over time the foundation has built a portfolio of programmes that combine training, direct work with children and young people, and territorial action. Escola Forca is its training school for leisure-time educators, offering courses and tailor-made training. The Acampada strand promotes and coordinates a network of camping grounds, inviting owners to include their land in the network. The Casal d'Infants i Joves Quico Sabaté is a socio-educational leisure project for children, adolescents and young people in Santa Eulàlia, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, and by 2026 it was described as a consolidated reference leisure space in the neighbourhood. The foundation also organises work camps in which young people aged 14 to 17 devote part of their summer to service and community projects. A major line of work is the TSAE educational accompaniment programme, which provides personalised support, academic reinforcement and tools to foster autonomy and study habits. In the 2025–2026 school year the programme worked in 11 educational centres in the Santa Eulàlia neighbourhood of L'Hospitalet — three secondary institutes and eight primary schools — with the support of the city council of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. This illustrates the foundation's model of networked, territory-based socio-educational action. Institutionally, the foundation has strengthened its governance and internal policies in the mid-2020s. In 2025 it launched an electronic newsletter, joined Barcelona's Pacte del Temps and the NUST network, and advanced a digital transformation project financed by Barcelona City Council. In 2026 it published its 2025 annual report, adopted a protocol for the prevention of gender-based violence, and announced Caterina Maulini as a new patron. It also marks the Universal Day of the Rights of the Child, framing its work around the promotion of good treatment and children's rights. The foundation communicates primarily in Catalan and presents itself as a feminist, child-rights-oriented organisation committed to service, community and reflection.

• Launches electronic newsletter

• Joins Barcelona's Pacte del Temps and the NUST network

• Advances digital transformation with a project financed by Barcelona City Council

• Marks Universal Day of the Rights of the Child, promoting good treatment

• Publishes 2025 annual report

• Launches protocol for the prevention of gender-based violence

• Completes another year of TSAE educational accompaniment in Santa Eulàlia

• Casal Quico Sabaté consolidated as a reference leisure space; work camps held

• Caterina Maulini announced as new patron

A values-driven Catalan foundation providing scouting-inspired leisure education, educator training and community socio-educational projects.

• Escola Forca

  Training school for leisure-time educators, offering courses and tailor-made training.

• Acampada network

  Network of camping grounds promoted and coordinated by the foundation.

• Casal d'Infants i Joves Quico Sabaté

  Socio-educational leisure project for children, adolescents and young people in Santa Eulàlia.

• TSAE educational accompaniment

  Personalised support, academic reinforcement and study-habit tools in schools and institutes.

• Work camps

  Summer service and community projects for young people aged 14 to 17.

1. 1Inici - Fundació Escolta Josep Caroljosepcarol.cat
2. 2Sobre la Fundació Archives - Fundació Escolta Josep Caroljosepcarol.cat
3. 3Un any més, els TSAE han acompanyat infants i joves en el seu camí educatiujosepcarol.cat
4. 4Fundació Escolta Josep Carol - Wikidatawikidata.org