October 2, 2023.- The number of young people who have applied for the Youth Cultural Voucher 2023 in Castilla y León on September 30 reaches 13,624 young people who have registered their application on the web https://bonoculturajoven.gob.es, almost 65% of the total number of beneficiaries.
The Ministry of Culture and Sport has extended the deadline for applying for the Voucher until 31 October to facilitate the accession of all young people born in 2005. They will be able to enjoy for a year 400€ destined for the acquisition and enjoyment of products, services and cultural activities.
To obtain it, interested young people must register on the web https://bonoculturajoven.gob.es across Cl@ve with basic registration (which can be requested and obtained by video call), Cl@ve with advanced registration (in person and for those who have not yet reached the age of 18) or through Digital certificate.
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.
Navarre, Castile and Leon, Madrid, Andalusia, Asturias and Aragon are the autonomous communities that lead in the number of applications, above 60 percent.
About the Young Cultural Bonus
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.
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.