The government delegate in Galicia, Pedro Blanco, encouraged the more than 24,300 young people of Galicia born in 2007 to apply for the Young Cultural Voucher from today, when it opens its call of 2025, the fourth. Starting today, people born in 2007 can apply for this aid of 400 euros that can be used for the acquisition and enjoyment of cultural products, services and activity.
Pedro Blanco highlighted the double and positive aspect of this government measure that boosts cultural industries while benefiting young people. “Both the creators and creators of our culture, be it books, films or performing arts, among others; as well as booksellers, cinemas, or theatres, are benefiting from the measure,” said the delegate, who also pointed out the benefits for young people, “who access the culture at the hands of the Government by facilitating the economic outlay that this can entail.”
To apply, people who reached or will reach the age of 18 in 2025 must register and carry out the application procedure on the web https://bonoculturajoven.gob.es/ until next October 31. It will be essential that, previously, the interested parties obtain one of these three forms of digital identification: Cl@ve with basic registration (which can be requested and obtained by video call), Cl@ve with advanced registration (face-to-face and for those who were not yet 18 years old) or the Digital Certificate. Young people interested in applying for the Young Cultural Voucher can carry out the procedure on their own behalf or through the representation of an adult, for which it is necessary to attach the downloadable representation form on the website, correctly signed by the beneficiary. In these cases, the family book is not a document accrediting the representation.
Young people who reach the age of 18 in 2025 who are of Spanish nationality, have legal residence in Spain, are asylum seekers, temporary displaced persons or former guardians are entitled to this assistance. According to data from the National Institute of Statistics, there are 24,330 potential beneficiaries in Galicia, out of 534,526 potential beneficiaries throughout the country.
About the Young Cultural Bonus
From the granting of the aid, young people have one year to use the 400 euros in cultural products or services in the affiliated establishments, 3,700 throughout Spain, 322 of them in Galicia. The Young Cultural Bonus works with a prepaid card that the beneficiary can have virtually on his mobile or receive physically at home. With this card you can enjoy cultural experiences and products, which are divided into three categories to favor the diversification of spending, with the following distribution:
- 100 euros for physical products, for example, books, press or discs.
- 100 euros for digital products, such as subscriptions to platforms, digital press, podcast or online video games.
- 200 euros for performing arts: theater, opera, cinema, dance, museums...
The Young Cultural Bonus is regulated by the Royal Decree, with indefinite validity, which the Council of Ministers approved on March 21, 2023, the proposal of the Minister of Culture. It has an endowment of 170 M€ in the General Budgets of the State extended. In 2022, the first year of validity of this initiative, a total of 277,607 people obtained the Chico Cultural Voucher throughout Spain; in 2023, the figure amounted to 319,237 and in 2024 there were 334,435 beneficiaries.