Winter Solidarity Brigade 2026
22 November - 6 Dec 2026
Discover the real Cuba and make a real difference with this amazing experience. Join a diverse group of UK and international volunteers at the International Centre near Havana for a unique opportunity to learn first hand about the realities of Cuban life.
Brigade at work
APPLY NOW for the Solidarity Brigade in Cuba 22 November - 6 December 2026.
The US unilateral sanctions are strangling Cuba right now – since Trump’s actions this year the shortages of fuel, electricity, food and spare parts are having devastating consequences for the people.
Despite the 66-year-long blockade, Cuba has given much to the world. It needs our solidarity now more than ever. This brigade gives a unique opportunity to see the reality of life under the inhumane US blockade, and learn about the country’s achievements now under threat.
A central theme of this Solidarity Brigade will be to explore the importance to the revolution of leader Fidel Castro 100 years since his birth and 10 years since he died, visiting the sites where the underground struggle was planned and took place, in Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba province, known as the cradle of the revolution.
Participants will be encouraged to take material aid as part of CSC’s Cuba Vive medical aid appeal.
The programme will include meetings with local community leaders and health service workers, visits to social projects and historical sites, voluntary work sessions in agriculture and at social projects outside Havana, plus talks on the economy and current challenges of the US blockade, as well as dance classes and film screenings.
The brigade is based at an international centre 45km from Havana in Artemisa (6 nights). The accommodation is basic, sharing up to 4 people per room. It then travels across the island to Santa Clara (1 night) and Santiago de Cuba in the east (6 nights) with the final night in Havana.
Cost 800 GBP exc. international flights.
Cost includes 14 night programme of talks, events and visits, accommodation, transport, meals, tourist visa and preparation pack in advance of departure. You need to organise your own international flights and travel and health insurance.
"It was a life-changing experience, a really wonderful, rich time in every sense. Humbling in the face of the blockade and its consequences – I will definitely go again, and encourage others to do so!” past brigadista
To view photos and read reports from past Brigades or for more info please visit the Brigade section of the CSC website.
