Working for people is one of the most meaningful jobs in life. Ours is an eminently human task where people are our essential value in order to achieve our mission and provide a tailored response to each person's needs.
The people behind our numbers
3.138
Assisted people last year, they receive our support because of intellectual disabilities, mental illness or vulnerable situations
407
People accommodated in the residential services and homes
1.088
People part of the organization workforce
26,19
%
Of the employees have a disability
730
Donors committed to the organization projects
Highlights
- AMPANS integrates Icària Iniciatives Socials
- La Parada. A social and community landscape
- Artifex La Plana. An occupational centre in an artisans' space
- L’Art de Viure. Where everything you imagine comes true.
- Vinculapp. Supporting diversity
La Parada is a social project in collaboration with RCR Arquitectes
La Parada is a social and community facility designed as a natural and local landscape, to be a source of welfare and respect for the environment. It will provide homes, residential, formative and occupational services to people in vulnerable situations.
Artífex La Plana is a creative space where artisans who design, make and market their products can share their experience.
Artífex la Plana is a creative space in the centre of Manresa, promoted by Manresa City Council. It hosts 4 craft projects, including products made in the different AMPANS centres and services.
L’Art de Viure is an artistic workshop where one of our main Occupational activities take place
L’Art de Viure is a workshop and exhibition room that provides the tools and support to discover their artistic talent to the people we assist. Enhancing it, participating in artistic projects and showcasing it.
Highlights
An alliance to strengthen and consolidate a care model with territorial and social impact.
With this incorporation, the AMPANS Foundation reaffirms its mission alongside people with intellectual disabilities, their families, professionals, and the sector as a whole..
La Parada is a social project in collaboration with RCR Arquitectes
La Parada is a social and community facility designed as a natural and local landscape, to be a source of welfare and respect for the environment. It will provide homes, residential, formative and occupational services to people in vulnerable situations.
Artífex La Plana is a creative space where artisans who design, make and market their products can share their experience.
Artífex la Plana is a creative space in the centre of Manresa, promoted by Manresa City Council. It hosts 4 craft projects, including products made in the different AMPANS centres and services.
L’Art de Viure is an artistic workshop where one of our main Occupational activities take place
L’Art de Viure is a workshop and exhibition room that provides the tools and support to discover their artistic talent to the people we assist. Enhancing it, participating in artistic projects and showcasing it.
News
02 April 2026
April 2 · World Autism Awareness Day
Challenges and progress in supporting people with ASD throughout life On the occasion of World Autism Awareness Day, AMPANS highlights the importance of moving towards a more accessible, inclusive society that respects neurological diversity. Professionals from different areas of the
26 March 2026
The Copa Campeones fills Nou Congost with excitement, basketball and inclusion
A celebration of inclusive basketball that moved the whole city This weekend, Manresa hosted a great celebration of basketball and inclusion with the Copa Campeones, a competition organised by the ACB and Fundación ACB that transformed the Nou Congost arena
27 February 2026
Support from the MOVES III Programme to promote sustainable mobility
The incorporation of an electric vehicle enables progress towards a more efficient mobility model with lower emissions Within the framework of the Incentive Programme for Efficient and Sustainable Mobility (MOVES III Programme), promoted by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition
25 February 2026
L’Art de Viure inaugurates the second exhibition of “Trajectòries Singulars”
The exhibition highlights the artistic journey of three workshop artists within the Singulars collection L’Art de Viure hosts the second exhibition of Trajectòries Singulars, a show that traces the artistic journey of Marta Pérez, Lucas Giménez and Manuel Ruiz, three
03 November 2025
Prevention and Networking Take Center Stage at the 7th Congress on Behavioral Disorders
Nearly 400 professionals gathered in Manresa for the Congress organized by AMPANS and Althaia, with the collaboration of the UVic-UCC Chair of Mental Health The event, held at Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Manresa, focused on prevention and
10 October 2025
Toni Espinal receives the Etalentum award for his professional career
A recognition of over thirty years of leadership and commitment to a more inclusive society The General Manager of the AMPANS Foundation, Toni Espinal, has received the Honorary Award at the Etalentum Manresa 2025 Awards, in recognition of
14 July 2025
The President of the Generalitat inaugurates the new “El Carrilet” residence in Balsareny, which allows for the creation of 30 new places
An urgent response to the growing demand for residential places for people with high support needs The President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, has inaugurated this Saturday in Balsareny (Bages) the new residence El Carrilet, a facility
02 July 2025
Toni Espinal, general manager of AMPANS, receives the President Macià 2024 Medallion for his work
Is a recognition of his professional work and social commitment The Executive Council of the Government of Catalonia has approved this Tuesday the awarding of the President Macià 2024 Medal for Work to the general director of
05 June 2025
The School of New Opportunities has helped a thousand young people to complete their studies or enter the world of work in ten years of existence.
The FAR centre has a wide presence in central Catalonia where it has attended more than 2,300 young people since 2015 The School of New Opportunities, based in Manresa and with an important presence in the Central Counties,
28 April 2025
We have once again become a legend, filling old people’s homes with roses
We have done this thanks to the support of twenty companies in the region We have once again celebrated one of the most emotional actions of our Saint George's Day (Diada de Sant Jordi): the distribution of roses to
17 April 2025
An integration with social value: AMPANS and Icària begin a new joint phase
An emotional meeting marks the beginning of a new shared stage between AMPANS and Icària, with the aim of joining trajectories, values and commitment to people and inclusion More than 160 people, including users and families, professionals and
02 April 2025
The Bogatell Occupational Center joins AMPANS to continue adding opportunities and inclusion
The Bogatell Occupational Center, now integrated into AMPANS, fosters opportunities for autonomy and inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities. New Bogatell Occupational Center With the integration of Icària Iniciativa Social into the AMPANS Foundation, the Bogatell Occupational Center
11 February 2025
11th edition of the Award for Research and Innovation in Intellectual Disabilities
This edition introduces significant new features: a single category and increased prize money The AMPANS Foundation has launched the call for entries for the 11th edition of the Award for Research and Innovation in the Field of Intellectual
11 February 2025
AMPANS, as a leading institution in intellectual disability and mental health, hosts postgraduate students from Chile’s Andrés Bello University
These professionals are on a training stay at AMPANS to broaden their knowledge in the approach to behavioural disorders. For the second consecutive year, postgraduate students specializing in Mental Health and Intellectual Disability from Andrés Bello University
23 October 2024
Joan Dausà joins AMPANS in the traditional Christmas concert on December 12th
Tickets are now available at the ticket offices and on the Kursaal website Joan Dausà will join AMPANS in a magical Christmas Concert, where music and social commitment will merge to create an unforgettable experience. It will take place
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Social support has been key to the progress of AMPANS mission. Both in the achievement of projects that improve the life quality of people with intellectual disabilities and in need of support, and in raising awareness in society. We need you by our side to keep pursuing their full inclusion.
Faq's
Who can access AMPANS services?
Everyone
Although AMPANS has historically focused its action on caring for people with intellectual, physical and developmental disabilities, over the years it has grown to offer a range of support opportunities in the social, educational, training, labor and housing spheres for different groups at risk of exclusion. We address people with or without disabilities, people with mental health problems, young people and adults who want to train or improve their professional profile, people who want to find a job...
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How can I access AMPANS services?
Here you will find the different services and resources that AMPANS offers to individuals and families. You can contact each service to request the information that is of interest to you.
AMPANS will guarantee equality and non-discrimination in access and care for all claimants and their families. AMPANS will prioritize admission requests as a response to its will expressed in its mission, in the following circumstances:
- Social emergency situations.
- That the person is already being cared for in an AMPANS service.
- That the person resides in the Bages region.
What services for companies does AMPANS offer?
Here you will find the different services and resources that AMPANS offers to individuals and families. You can contact each service to request the information that is of interest to you.
How do you get the Disability Certificate?
To obtain the disability certificate, it is necessary to request an administrative document that legally certifies the person's degree of disability. The bodies responsible for managing these procedures are the Department of Work, Social Affairs and Families and the General Directorate of Social Protection.
However, the person interested in the application can turn to the Social Services of their municipality to be assisted and guided by a social worker, who will inform them of the steps they must follow.
The request can be made by accessing the portal Gencat.cat.
What is the Dependency situation?
According to the Department of Work, Social Affairs and Families of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the dependency situation is the permanent state in which people find themselves who, for reasons derived from age, illness or disability, and linked to a lack of physical, mental, intellectual or sensory autonomy, they need the attention of one or more people. These people also need significant help to carry out the basic activities of daily life or, as in the case of people with an intellectual disability or mental illness, other help for their personal autonomy.
How do you request recognition of the degree of dependency?
In order to obtain the recognition of the dependency situation, it is necessary to make a request to the Department of Work, Social Affairs and Families. The request can be made through the portal Gencat.cat .
Who can apply for the aid covered by the Personal Autonomy and Dependency Care Act?
According to the Law, the people who can apply for the corresponding aid are those who need help to carry out several of the basic activities of daily life, either in Grade I (or moderate dependence), Grade II (or severe dependence ) or Grade III (or high dependency).
What is a support measure for the exercise of legal capacity?
It is about providing the necessary support to those people with difficulties through one of the figures contemplated by current legislation, adapted to the intensity, needs and circumstances of the person in order to guarantee that they can exercise their rights and take their own decisions.
The modification of a person's capacity is considered when the lack of capacity prevents taking care of oneself and one's property.
What is the difference between a support measure and the old work capacity modification?
Until now, when a person required support and representation in their day-to-day life, we brought it to the attention of the court to request a modification of the capacity to work, which was a judicial procedure through which the capacity was limited or replaced to act for the person and a guardian or curator was appointed who was in charge of representing the person in whole or in part. With the new legislative reform in the field of support for people with disabilities, we are moving from this system based on substitution and representation to a new one where the fundamental thing is the will and preferences of the person with the aim of respecting their dignity , ensure compliance with their fundamental rights and respect for free will.
How can I get a measure of support?
The new regulation not only adds a new access route for obtaining a measure of support (previously guardianship/guardianship), but also prioritizes it over the second and hitherto usual route.
We talk about the voluntary way and the judicial way. Prior to the reform, the only way to obtain support was through judicial proceedings. Currently, the law prioritizes the establishment of voluntary support measures. This means that the person himself can establish, either through a notarial document or voluntary jurisdiction procedure before a court, what type of support he needs and who he wants to provide this support.
Only for those cases where the person does not have the capacity to request these measures, the law provides for the judicial procedure for the provision of support via litigation, that is to say without the will of the person. This type of access road is exceptional and subject to accredited justification.