Associació Tandem Team Barcelona

Sexuality, relationships, and disability

Associació Tandem Team Barcelona is a nonprofit providing sexuality-related support for people with physical, intellectual, or mental disabilities. It combines one-on-one guidance with education and awareness programs for professionals, families, students, and the media.

Who the association serves

• People with physical, intellectual, or mental disabilities.
• Professionals and family members who work or live with them.
• Students and media professionals interested in these topics.

Counseling and training

The association offers guidance and education on sexual identity and orientation, body awareness, sexually transmitted infections, relationships, inhibited desire, abuse, parenting and disability, and social skills. For professionals and families, it provides adapted sex education and guidance on inappropriate sexual behavior, including public masturbation and touching; how to contextualize interventions; privacy and boundaries; implementing organizational protocols; intervention resources; and good practices in human sexuality education. It also offers individual consultations, training, lectures, and courses eligible for Fundae subsidies.

Team

The team includes professionals from different fields, several of whom have disabilities themselves. Members include Íñigo, a multidisciplinary artist and treasurer; Anaya, a graduate in education sciences, sexologist, Gestalt therapist, project coordinator, and vice president; Àurea, a pharmacy graduate with Tantra training and a board member; Francesc, a business administration graduate with a master's degree, sexologist, cofounder, and president; Carme, a Gestalt therapist specializing in grief and disability and a board member; Isabel, a law graduate specializing in criminal law, compliance, and mediation and the secretary; and Carla, a psychologist, sexologist, and psychotherapist specializing in disability, illness, trauma, attachment, and intersectionality.

Location and hours

The association is based at Casal de Barri La Llacuna, 49 Carrer de Bolívia, 08018 Barcelona. In-person appointments are available Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. and 3:30–5:30 p.m. Phone support is available Monday–Friday, excluding holidays, 10 a.m.–2 p.m., at +34 608 730 683.

Transit options include buses 7, H12, V23, and V25; tram T4; and metro line L1 at Glòries or L4 at Poblenou.

Transparency and governance

The association publishes its annual reports, bylaws, code of ethics, internal regulations, manifesto, agreements, and governing framework. It also has a reporting channel for misconduct, a sexual-harassment protocol, and an easy-to-read crime-prevention document.