Granollers

The “AFIS: Physical Activity and Health” experience promotes physical activity, recommended by doctors as an alternative to expensive medications, to improve quality of life and general physical well-being.

It is an international junior handball competition, in which volunteers, institutions, entities and citizens in general participate actively.

The Granollers Half Marathon annually attracts around 7,000 runners of all ages. The “Start Making the Stocking” program offers expert-led training to prepare participants.

In Granollers, 70-80% of the population practice sport regularly. The Sports Service promotes the training of sports instructors, emphasizing education in values and providing didactic tools and solutions to conflicts.

The “Step by Step” program combats sedentary lifestyle by encouraging people to walk daily, improving their physical and mental health, and reaching 12,000 daily steps controlled with a pedometer.

A citizen participation global project centred on the construction of a quality urban space that could foster social cohesion, coexistence and the promotion of cultural and social activities. A friendly space conceived for the citizenry.

An initiative which is responding to the demand for a place to provide information and reflect on the use of the ICTs. This is a prevention project aimed mainly at young people, families and educators, but also at all interested individuals and groups.

BiBio is a research group, based at the Museum of Natural Sciences of Granollers (MCNG), that specialises in monitoring fauna and providing knowledge about the biodiversity. For this purpose, the group has developed a volunteer network with more than 1,000 people.