Registrations
Registration for this year’s campaign begins on Monday, 13 April at 9 am. However, some organisations may decide to open registration after 13 April. You will find the date when registration starts on each activity’s web page.
To formally register for each one, you will have to check the procedure with the organisation concerned, using the contact details that you will find in each of the activities that appear on this website. Most organisations offer the possibility of pre-enrolling online for their activities.
If your family has been assigned a financial support level that includes subsidies for extracurricular activities, you must notify the activity organiser when registering, and they will give you the activity code you will need for the subsidy application procedure.
You can sign up your children for as many activities as you like. However, you can only request the subsidy for one activity per child.
The campaign activities are aimed at children aged 1 to 17, but children and young people with a disability can take part up to the age of 19 (for ordinary activities) or 21 (for adapted activities).
Important! Some activities may vary. You will be able to get up-to-date information by calling the free number 010.
Payment
Payment for the activities can be split so users pay 50% of the total amount when they formally register and the rest when the activity organisers decide, but always before the activity starts.
If a family has applied for recognition of the right to receive financial assistance for extracurricular activities, which include the Summer Holiday Campaign, and then registers for the activity before a final decision on the financial support application has been made, the activity organiser may request an advance as follows:
- Up to 10% of the price of the activity for families with a financial support level of up to 90%;
- Up to 20% of the price of the activity for families with a financial support level of up to 60%;
- Up to 30% of the price of the activity for families with a financial support level of up to 30% or for families who have applied for a financial support level but have been denied it in the provisional decision.
If the activity organiser requests this advance payment, the applicant will have up to 10 working days to pay it. If this percentage is not paid within that time, the activity organiser may release the place.
Once the final decision on the financial support level (maximum percentage) has been published, the activity organiser may demand payment of the difference. If the household is assigned a higher financial support level in the final decision, the activity organiser must refund the amount of the overpayment.
Families whose right to receive the subsidy was denied in the provisional decision and who have paid 30% of the price of the activity in advance will have 10 working days to cancel the registration and request a refund if the right is denied again in the final decision. In such cases, the activity organiser must refund the advance paid. After this time, the activity organiser will be under no obligation to refund the advance paid at the time of registration.
Cancellations
Activity organisers reserve the right to cancel an activity if the minimum number of places has not been filled. In any event, the cancellation must be made at least 15 days before the activity start date. Activity organisers must inform the people who have registered for the activity. If a participant cancels their registration, provided they do this at least 15 days before the activity start date, the activity organiser must refund at least 50% of the amount already paid for the activity (in instalments or otherwise) unless the participant has only paid 10% of the price of the activity, which will not be refunded.
Organisers must notify families of the cancellation policy for their activities in writing during the registration period.
Support for including children and teenagers with a disability
All the activities that are part of the campaign must ensure that all city children and teenagers are included. They must therefore have a programme and the right technical and human resources so that all children and teenagers can participate, regardless of whether or not they have a disability. Should a child require intensive support, an activity organiser may apply for an IMPD (Municipal Institute for People with Disabilities) subsidy to enable the child to take part in the summer campaign activities.
The activity organiser must keep at least 5% of places for children with disabilities. If there are ten places, at least one place must be kept. Places must be reserved until 1 June. After this time, any places not taken up by children with disabilities may be allocated to children on the waiting list.
In order to receive financial support for the inclusion of children and teenagers with disabilities, the child or young person with disabilities must be registered in the municipal register as a resident of the city of Barcelona.
However, registration in the municipal register is not required in the following cases:
- Children with special educational needs (SEN) registered as living outside Barcelona but who attend school in the city.
- Children who are not on the Barcelona municipal register of residents but whose parents are divorced or legally separated and the parent applying to register is a registered resident of Barcelona, provided they submit the divorce ruling or any official document that provides proof of the visiting arrangements or shared custody of the child.
Tips
It is advisable that children:
- Always bring a cap and sun cream.
- Bring a beaker with water every day (better than a bottle of water as it is reusable).
- Bring a sandwich or fruit for breakfast (avoid industrial pastries).
- Don’t bring money in their pocket (avoid the use of vending machines).