The subdelegate of the Government in A Coruña, María Rivas, attends the premiere of the Lyric Season of Friends of the Opera of A Coruña, with the staging of the work La Bohème de G. Puccini with a cast headed by Celso Albelo, Miren Urbieta- Vega, Massimo Cavalletti, Helena Abad, and with music from the Symphony Orchestra of Galicia directed by José Miguel Pérez- Sierra where he wanted to put in the Young Cultural Bonus as an aid that allows access to youth to this type of cultural events
This measure from the Ministry of Culture has already received 7,112 applications until the month of July in Galicia, which represents 29.9% of the potential beneficiaries. This is reflected in the Balance Sheet “Complying”, which reviews the commitments made by the Executive since the beginning of this legislature.
The Government’s Young Cultural Bonus can be requested until September 16 through the page http://www.bonoculturajoven.gob.es/, so he encouraged to take advantage of the last days of the call remembering that it is aimed at the fairies and boys who turn 18 years old in this 2024.
In the city of A Coruña, where the premiere of the Lyric Season of Friends of the Opera takes place today, there are 1,971 people born in 2006, the only requirement to be able to be beneficiaries. In the province as a whole, there are 8,985 young people and girls born in 2006 who could obtain their voucher, with which - if the total number of possible applicants is reached - the amount could reach 3,578,000 euros.
The 400 euros with which the Young Cultural Bond is endowed is divided into 3 sections to promote access to various cultural expressions. Specifically, they are:
- 200 euros for living arts, cultural heritage and audiovisuals
- 100 euros for cultural products in physical support such as books, magazines, press, video games, disks, among others
- 100 euros for digital consumptions such as subscriptions to music platforms, audiobooks, digital press, online video games, download of podcasts, among others
The subdelegate indicated that, last year, in the province of A Coruña, 66% of the possible beneficiaries accessed the Bono Cultura: 6,474 out of a total of 8,816. In Galicia, the Young Cultural Voucher issued by the Ministry of Culture reached 15,339 people in 2023, all born in 2005.
María Rivas indicated that this initiative has a very positive impact both on youth and on cultural industries. As indicated by the data of the last edition in which its scope multiplied both in the number of beneficiaries and in the number of entities and businesses adhered that in this third edition reached the 115 establishment in the province of A Coruña of the 282 that joined in Galicia.