Commu App – Less Loneliness, More Fun – through Good! Commu App in Sant Boi City

Challenge: Sant Boi de Llobregat: How can a technology solution help isolated youth?

Target Group: Youth

Commu pilot in Sant Boi de Llobregat aimed to foster local community spirit and support of youth through a peer-to-peer help platform. The primary objective was to reduce social isolation and create an easy and fun way for community engagement by enabling youth to request and offer help in real time.

Co-creation activities involved close collaboration with local schools, youth organizations, and social workers to adapt the platform to the local context. Workshops and feedback sessions ensured the app met the language, cultural, and practical needs of the youth community, with special attention to trust, safety, and accessibility. Approximately 200 individuals were reached out to, 150 of whom were youth.

The pilot resulted in increased interactions between youth and successful help between youth, for example, with hobbies, studies, and pastimes such as hosting picnics. Participants reported feeling more connected and empowered.

Next steps include expanding the platform’s use in municipal programs (Agenda Urbana), strengthening local partnerships, and collecting long-term data on social impact. Insights from Sant Boi will guide replication in other European cities facing similar challenges in integration and community-building.