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Fundación Doble Sonrisa

Spain

HealthMental healthChildren & YouthArts & Culture
Operating foundationFounded 2017Regional reach
Profile last updated: June 24, 2026

About

Founded in 2017, Fundación Doble Sonrisa is a foundation based in Spain working on health, mental health, children & youth +3 more.

Fundación Doble Sonrisa is a non-profit family foundation founded in 2017 and based in the Basque Country, Spain. It works to improve quality of life through social projects for children in vulnerable situations, people with advanced illness and at the end of life, and their families. Its work spans cultural inclusion programmes such as El Ensayadero and Barreras Invisibles, compassionate community initiatives such as Getxo Zurekin and Ciudades Compasivas, and suicide prevention and bereavement awareness in Getxo. Its activities are carried out mainly in Getxo and Vitoria-Gasteiz, working with schools, local authorities and community groups.

Location

Spain

Founded

2017

Organisation type

Operating foundation

Legal form

Fundación

Legal name

Fundación Doble Sonrisa

Focus areas

palliative carecompassionate communitieschildreninclusionmusic educationsuicide preventionGetxoVitoria-Gasteiz

Languages

ESEU

Causes & programmes

Causes

HealthMental healthChildren & YouthArts & CultureEducationCommunity development

Works for

ChildrenPatientsCarersFamiliesCommunities

How they work

Direct servicesAwareness & educationCommunity programmesCapacity building

Programmes

El Ensayadero

Arts & Culture · Spain

Music education and social inclusion project in schools in Vitoria-Gasteiz, where children and young people at risk of exclusion form bands and receive instrument and rehearsal support.

Barreras Invisibles

Arts & Culture · Spain

Programme promoting social inclusion through culture, including cultural patronage for children in vulnerable situations.

Getxo Zurekin

Health · Spain

Initiative to build an integrated health, social and community care model for people with advanced illness, in palliative care and bereavement, based on the TODOS CONTIGO methodology.

Ciudades Compasivas

Health · Spain

Community approach developed with New Health Foundation to build compassionate cities and communities that support people at the end of life, in partnership with local bodies in the Basque Country.

Countries of operation

Spain

Funding & support

Ways to support

VolunteerSponsorship

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Ayuntamiento de Getxo, Departamento de Igualdad, Justicia y Servicios Sociales del Gobierno Vasco, Fundación Fair Saturday, Colegio Samaniego, New Health Foundation

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