• People who have reached the age of 18 this year can request it on the external website www.bonoculturajoven.gob.esEnlace, opens in a new window from today until September 16
• The beneficiaries will have a prepaid card with 400 euros that can be used for cultural products in physical format, digital products and performing arts
• From the date of award, they will be able to use the Bonus for a whole year in the establishments adhering to the program, more than 3,300 throughout Spain

The Young Cultural Bonus, a program promoted by the Ministry of Culture, kicks off its third edition. From today, people born in 2006 can apply for this aid of 400 euros that can be used for the acquisition and enjoyment of products, services and cultural activities. To apply, young people who have reached or will reach the age of 18 in 2024 must register and carry out the application procedure on the web www.bonoculturajoven.gob.es until next September 16th.

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 (in person and for those who have not yet reached the age of 18) or Digital certificate. Young people interested in applying for the Young Cultural Voucher 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 the beneficiary. In these cases, the family book is not a document accrediting the representation.

Young people who reach the age of 18 in 2024 who are of Spanish nationality, have legal residence in Spain, whether they are asylum seekers, temporary displaced persons or ex-guardianship foreigners are entitled to this assistance. According to data from the National Institute of Statistics, there are more than 525,000 potential beneficiaries throughout the country.

On the Young Cultural VoucherFrom the granting of the aid, young people have one year to use the 400 euros in cultural products or services in the affiliated establishments, which already exceed 3,300 in all of Spain. 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 sections 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 objective of the Ministry of Culture 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.

Call 2024The Young Cultural Bonus is regulated by the Royal Decree, with indefinite validity, which the Council of Ministers approved on March 21, 2023, at the proposal of the Minister of Culture. As in the previous two calls, it has an endowment of 210 million euros 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 Young Cultural Bonus throughout Spain and in 2023, it amounted to 319,237 beneficiaries.