Crisis planning and support
Helps you have a crisis plan and know where to get help.
A lens for serious disruption: know who to call, keep a household crisis plan, and reach help for consular trouble, violence, child protection, money emergencies and losing your home. Domain processes stay with their…
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Emergency numbers and first response
You will know which number to dial, what to say, how to be found, and where official warnings come from before anything goes wrong.
How Spain's 112 emergency number works · Which emergency number to call for what · Getting emergency help when your Spanish isn't enough
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Your household crisis plan
You will leave with a short written plan, a printed card and the right copies in place.
Building a simple household crisis plan for Spain · Which documents to copy and where to keep them · Keeping access to money when cards or banks fail
Consular help in Spain
You will know whom to call at your consulate, what to expect, and what it cannot do.
What your embassy or consulate can and can't do for you · Finding your consulate and its out-of-hours number · Help from another EU country's embassy
Domestic violence support
You will know how to get safe, what help exists without reporting first, and that immigration status is not a bar to protection.
Abuse at home: first steps and the 016 helpline · Does Spain's gender-violence law cover my situation? · Abuse victims' rights whatever your immigration status
Sexual violence and exploitation help
You will know where to get medical care, support and specialised help, and what your choices are.
After a sexual assault: crisis centres and the first 72 hours · Sexual violence support for foreigners: language, status and privacy · Intimate images shared without consent or sextortion online
Child protection in Spain
You will understand the system, your rights and duties as a parent, and where children can get help themselves.
How Spain's child protection system works · Child protection as a foreign parent: norms, language and your consulate · Reporting a child at risk in Spain
Social services and emergency aid
You will know how to get an appointment, what aid exists, what to bring and what your status changes.
Getting help from social services (servicios sociales) · What happens at a social services assessment (valoración) · Emergency financial aid (ayudas de emergencia social)
Homelessness and emergency shelter
You will know where to go tonight, what to ask for and what comes after.
Nowhere to sleep tonight: how to find a bed in Spain · Getting into a shelter as a family, woman, couple or non-resident · Sleeping rough: day centres, showers, health care and safety
Support networks and NGOs
You will know who helps with what, how to reach a local office, and how to judge who to trust.
Who helps whom: the main NGOs and charities in Spain · Finding NGO and charity offices near you · Expat associations, community groups and faith networks
Other sections in Safety, rights, and support
Personal safety and crime
Helps you reduce everyday crime risk and respond when it happens.
Discrimination, minorities, and accessibility
Helps you protect access and respond to discrimination or accessibility barriers.
Legal help and dispute resolution
Helps you get legal help and choose the right dispute route.
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