The BACstation programme was launched in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, as a comprehensive residential shelter resource for young solo migrants living on the streets and without any family ties.
 

BACstations are temporary shelters whose cornerstones include training, socialisation, language lessons, administrative and legal support, physical and emotional healthcare, and employment support --- in short, all the basic ingredients needed to guarantee that young migrants are successfully integrated into our society, thus creating a win-win situation for everyone.
 

Our shelters provide our students with a place to live, have meals, take refuge, and continue with their job training and language learning without putting their physical well-being at risk. At the same time, we facilitate their social inclusion, provide them with legal and administrative support, and include them in our Employability Itinerary to help them achieve total emancipation and autonomy.
 

Throughout this process, the support and accompaniment provided by volunteers who nurture and enrich their social network is key: from language teachers right to kitchen volunteers to recreational activity volunteers to mentors to academic counsellors and job coaches.
 

At present, we have three BACstations: BACstation Vallcarca, BACstation Gràcia and BACstation La Salle.

• Languages and training
  Language is a key tool that not only helps with socializing and fostering both autonomy and a connection to one's environment, but also provides access to trainings crucial for employability. Thus, all BACstation students attend group and individual Catalan and Spanish classes at their own BACstations or at Llar del Raval. Additionally, those who meet the entry requirements can attend different training courses which interest them, increasing their chances of landing a job when the administrative and legal process allow for them to work.
   
• Legal and Administrative Support
  We carry out comprehensive monitoring of the administrative and legal circumstances of all our students to ensure that they have equal rights and can gain access to the world of training and employment. This is done through our Legal and Administrative Itinerary team and the volunteer lawyers who support and advise us on how to carry out all necessary administrative procedures.
   
• Employability Spport during the Emancipation Process
  All students with current asylum applications through their social ties (Arraigo Social), work (Arraigo Laboral), or studies (Arraigo Formación) or who have a Foreigner’s Identification Number (NIE) are referred to the Employability Itinerary where they work with coaches to improve their job search skills and contact the entities and companies with which we network to promote diversity in different work environments.
  
  Once students have been placed in a job, our volunteers continue to support and accompany them in their search for accommodation. We monitor both the employer and the employee for a period of three months.
   
• Socialisation (Mentoring Programme)
  One of the mainstays of our support involves creating an ecosystem of volunteers for each student through the different BAC activities (language classes, recreational activities at the BACstation, contact with mentors, reciprocal volunteering, etc.). All of these meaningful interactions allow students to gradually create a circle of trust in Barcelona.
   
• Psychological and Emotional Care
  No comprehensive support system would be complete without emotional support. For this reason, we work to create support spaces through specialists, training capsules, workshops and listening circles to help our students learn how to manage and express their feelings, emotions and concerns associated with the real-life situations they encounter.

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For this project to be sustainable, we rely on funders such as the Nommontu Foundation, Barcelona City Council, the Obra Social La Caixa, the Government of Catalonia and major food donors such as the Banc dels Aliments (food bank), Ferrer Sustainability, and the EU Food Programme.