Who we are

Promoting quality services

Our challenge is to innovate to respond to new problems, driven by our commitment to society.

Mission, vision and values Where we are

Since 1997Non-profit organisation · No. 08/325

people supported in 2025: 29,329
services and projects: 161
professionals (average workforce): 1,204
volunteers: 451

About the Foundation

Innovation and social commitment

We have a large interdisciplinary team of professionals who work in an integrated and coordinated way.

The Health and Community Foundation (FSC) has worked for over 25 years in research, prevention, intervention and awareness-raising on a range of health and social issues that particularly affect groups at risk of, or experiencing, social exclusion. Its goal has always been to improve people's quality of life and to facilitate social integration by promoting health and collective well-being.

In 2025 we managed 161 services and projects in 10 Spanish regions, with an average workforce of 1,204 professionals and 451 volunteers.

Reaching the most vulnerable groups is FSC's main purpose, a challenge that draws on broad experience in different fields and disciplines and applies a new perspective that makes innovative projects possible. FSC is committed to professionalism, continuous renewal and the capacity to improve, in order to adapt to new social realities and needs and so meet these new challenges.

Our history

How FSC has evolved

Four decades of work: from an association focused on drug addiction to a social and health care foundation working in ten autonomous communities.

1984-1996
Origins
First as APAT (Association for the Prevention of Alcoholism and other Drug Addictions) and later as ABS (Wellbeing and Health Association), we began to run services, mainly in the field of drug addiction.
1997
Founding
We began operating as Fundación Salud y Comunidad, a nationwide non-profit organisation of general interest, committed to promoting the health, social wellbeing and quality of life of people facing social exclusion. This milestone marked the start of a new stage of growth and institutional development, in which we took over most of the services mentioned above.
1998-1999
Early momentum
We launched pioneering projects in drug addiction, HIV/AIDS prevention and support for people in vulnerable situations. At the same time, we began to broaden our services with a vision of nationwide growth and diversification into new areas of intervention.
2000-2009
Diversification
We gradually extended our work to areas such as older people, mental health, gender-based violence, children and families, and social and labour inclusion. We grew from an organisation focused on addictions into a comprehensive social and health care organisation, able to run large care facilities.
2010-2014
Territorial expansion
We extended our work to more than ten autonomous communities, building a network of over 100 centres and programmes. We formed strategic alliances, such as with Grupo Lagunduz, that strengthened our presence and capacity, especially in long-term care. This growth established the Foundation as a benchmark organisation in managing social and social-health resources.
2015-2019
Institutional consolidation
FSC's track record and management capacity led to new centres and services in different regions. Children and adolescents in the child protection system became one of our areas of action, with more than 15 centres and 300 professionals serving a growing number of vulnerable people and groups.
2020-2021
Adaptation and resilience
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Foundation adapted its projects and services to meet the extraordinary needs of the moment, setting up new emergency resources and ensuring continuity of care for the most vulnerable people.
2022-2026 Today
Institutional transformation
We are driving a new stage of transformation based on digitalisation, innovation and continuous improvement. We are strengthening our management and quality systems, regulatory compliance and information security, and developing equality and sustainability policies to meet the challenges of the future, always prioritising our own services.

Our philosophy

Our philosophy and way of working are based on these principles, through which we provide the people we serve with the quality services they deserve.

Professionalism
Creativity
Innovation
Ethics
Communication
Pragmatism
Efficiency

Our aims

General aims

We define our areas of action from an eminently dynamic and multidisciplinary perspective.

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To contribute to the promotion of health, social welfare and quality of life in the community through care, reintegration, legal support, research, training and consultancy projects, and through the creation of all kinds of appropriate care and reintegration services.
02
Rather than confining itself to one specific area of health and social welfare, the Foundation intervenes in a wide range of problems and where they overlap, especially health issues with a social and community dimension or, seen from another angle, health-related social issues.
03
These actions are aimed at all groups in the general population, without discrimination of any kind, and therefore address the social and health problems of people of any age, gender, race, social condition and nationality. Priority is given to disadvantaged groups or those facing particular difficulties: people with drug addictions, socially excluded people, women who have suffered abuse, older people, young people at risk, unemployed migrants, people with mental illness, etc.
04
The Foundation's priority, though not exclusive, fields of intervention are alcoholism, other drug addictions, behavioural addictions, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, older people, health education, the reintegration of prisoners, people with mental and physical disabilities, domestic, youth, vandal, racist and political violence, and mental disorders of all kinds.
05
Specifically, the Foundation carries out development cooperation actions and promotes solidarity among peoples.
06
Likewise, the Foundation develops health promotion programmes in the community and in the workplace, with special attention to the prevention of occupational risks.
07
The Foundation also promotes health, quality of life and civic values among children and young people through prevention projects and appropriate services.
08
The Foundation may also act as legal guardian or curator of people with mental disorders and other disabilities, and of older people unable to exercise their judgement and will properly, under the terms established by law.
09
The Foundation works to involve society and encourage its active participation by promoting volunteering, working with like-minded organisations and fostering active cooperation with public and private bodies with which it shares common goals.

2030 Agenda

Sustainable Development Goals

Fundación Salud y Comunidad (FSC)'s commitment to improving people's quality of life is pursued in line with the principles of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that make it up.

Although the organisation's work is carried out through different fields of action, each with its own objectives and characteristics, they all share a common purpose: to promote social inclusion, reduce inequalities, foster equal opportunities and contribute to the well-being of people and communities. This commitment translates into actions that drive a more sustainable, fair and inclusive society.

To understand the scope and impact of this work, it is essential to have reliable, accessible, high-quality information that allows results to be monitored continuously, the achievement of objectives to be assessed and interventions to be improved on an ongoing basis.

These are the 11 Sustainable Development Goals most directly linked to FSC's work. The page of each field of action shows how it contributes, from its own area of intervention, to achieving these goals and advancing the 2030 Agenda.

See the fields of action