More than 7,700 Castilians and Leoneses request the Young Cultural Bonus, 400 euros for the acquisition and enjoyment of cultural products and activities

• Young people who have reached or reached the age of 18 in 2023 must apply for the Young Cultural Voucher on the web www.bonoculturajoven.gob.es before 30 September • It represents 36.4% of the total number of potential beneficiaries in Castilla y León, with the highest average being that of Palencia, with 44% and the lowest being that of Ávila with 27% • By provinces, in Valladolid they have applied for 2,091 while in Soria the figure remains at 279

August 2, 2023.- A total of 170,931 young people have applied for the Young Cultural Voucher after the opening of the application deadline on June 13. People born in 2005 can apply for the 400 euros intended for the acquisition and enjoyment of products, services and cultural activities. To do this, those who have reached or are going to reach the age of 18 in 2023 must register and carry out the application procedure on the website www.bonoculturajoven.gob.es before September 30. In Castilla y León the number of young people who have applied for this Cultural Voucher amounts to 7,746 people. This represents 36.4% of the total number of potential beneficiaries, 21,254.

The distribution of applications by province in Castilla y León is as follows: Burgos (1.171); León (1.236); Palencia (581), Salamanca (1.104), Segovia (463), Soria (279), Valladolid (2.091), Zamora (402) and Ávila (419). The average per province over the potential number of beneficiaries ranges from 44% of Palencia, the highest in the Community, to 27% of Ávila, the lowest.

The Minister of Culture and Sport, Miquel Iceta, has valued the good progress of the program, highlighting that “a little more than a month and a half after launching the initiative, 35% of the possible applicants for the Young Cultural Bond have already requested it. I hope that before the end of September, all those who turn 18 this year will request it, and thus enjoy the advantages of 400€ destined for consumption or the purchase of products or cultural activities: it is worth it”.

By autonomous communities, they have already applied for their Young Cultural Voucher 35,167 young people in Andalusia, 4,881 in Aragon, 3,104 in Asturias, 2,873 in the Balearic Islands, 7,293 in the Canary Islands, 2,081 in Cantabria, 7,697 in Castilla-La Mancha, 23,206 in Catalonia, 288 in Ceuta, 20,370 in the Valencian Community, 3,815 in Extremadura, 8,053 in Galicia, 28,188 in Madrid, 263 in Melilla, 6,045 in Murcia, 2,665 in Navarre, 5,894 in the Basque Country and 1,193 in La.

The program is entitled to young people of 18 years of Spanish nationality, as well as those foreigners who have legal residence in Spain, asylum seekers, temporary displaced persons and foreign persons ex tuteladas in the process of obtaining the residence permit.

In order to achieve this, interested young people must proceed to their digital identification through Cl@veExternal link, it opens in a new window with basic registration (which can be requested and obtained by video call), Cl@veExternal link, it opens in a new window with advanced registration (in person and for those who have not yet reached 18 years) or through its Digital CertificateExternal link, it opens in a new window.

They can carry out the procedure personally or through the representation of an adult, for which it is necessary to attach the downloadable representation form on the website, correctly signed by beneficiary and representative. In these cases, the family book is not a document accrediting the representation.

ABOUT THE YOUNG CULTURAL BONUS

From the granting of the aid, the beneficiaries have one year to use the 400 euros in cultural products or services in the affiliated establishments, which already exceed 3,000 throughout Spain. The Young Cultural Voucher works with a prepaid card that beneficiaries can have in virtual format on their mobile device or in physical format that they will receive at their home or address indicated in the application. With this card you can enjoy cultural experiences and products, which are divided into three sections to favor diversification between the different cultural sectors, with the following distribution:

• 100 euros for physical products, for example, books, press or discs.
• 100 euros for digital products, such as digital press, podcast, online video games and virtual platforms.
• 200 euros for living arts: theater, opera, cinema, dance, museums or bullfighting shows.

The objective of the Ministry of Culture and Sport with this initiative has a double meaning: on the one hand, it shows the interest of a wide spectrum of the young Spanish population for culture, which this initiative helps to build loyalty as a public and cultural consumer for the future; and, on the other hand, it offers additional support to the cultural sector to recover from the crisis.

In 2022, the first year of validity of this initiative, a total of 277,594 people obtained the Young Cultural Bonus throughout Spain, 56.68% of the estimated population.