The application period for free summer camps for children in Malaga is now open.

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The Málaga City Council, through the Department of Social Rights, has opened the process for families to apply for the free service of ... sociocultural summer camps. This service aims to facilitate family and work-life balance in households with minors up to 16 years old, or up to 21 in case of disability.

This initiative, along with another free service of home childcare, whose application period will be activated in the coming weeks, is part of the Málaga Ciudad Corresponsable Plan, which has a budget of more than 680,000 euros, most of which (566,000) will be funded through a grant awarded by the Junta de Andalucía, charged to funds from the central government's Ministry of Equality.

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The camps will take place from June 29 to August 28, Monday to Friday, from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM, in two-week shifts. They will be held at the El Torcal (Carretera de Cádiz district), Luis Buñuel (Teatinos-Universidad), and Miguel Hernández (Este) schools and will include workshops, activities, outings, and excursions to museums, cinemas, natural parks, beaches, or sports facilities. Additionally, they will have a morning classroom, cafeteria, and afternoon classroom. The total number of places available is 750.

Access to this summer camp resource can be requested, preferably at the Equality procedures folder of the electronic headquarters of the City Council; or from the link available on the website of the Plan Málaga Ciudad Corresponsable. Additionally, it can also be processed in person at the Registration Offices, and at the various Municipal Citizen Service Offices. In any case, the consent of all persons legally responsible for the minors, who will be selected by a technical team following the preference criteria set out in the call, will be necessary.

Locations, shifts, and schedules

These summer camps offer a daytime childcare service for minors from 3 to 16 years old, or up to 21 in case of disability, in public spaces, through the performance of recreational, educational, cultural activities, and the promotion of co-responsibility and diversity.

It will take place from June 29 to August 28, Monday to Friday, from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM, according to the needs of the applicant families, in two-week shifts. They will be held at the El Torcal (Carretera de Cádiz district), Luis Buñuel (Teatinos-Universidad), and Miguel Hernández (Este) schools and will also include a set of workshops, activities, outings, and excursions to museums, cinemas, natural parks, beaches, or sports facilities. Additionally, they will have the provision of complementary services of morning classroom, cafeteria, and afternoon classroom. The total number of places available is 750.

Reasons for applying include attending work, an occupational training course or job interviews, mandatory attendance at any public or private entity, social, cultural, or sports participation; or other duly accredited personal needs or circumstances, which will be assessed by the municipal technical team.

For access to these services, income level will be considered as a preferential criterion, giving priority to the following circumstances: single-parent families, persons with disabilities in the family unit, large families, family units with other care-related responsibilities, women victims of gender violence and other forms of violence against women, people at risk of social exclusion, and the level of income and family burdens.

This service is complemented by a new call for grants for access to the 'Educa en verano 2026' urban camp program. Through this initiative, which the City Council has been promoting since 2011, families with children between 3 and 12 years old (inclusive) are helped to partially or fully finance the registration and enjoyment of urban minors' camps, organized by both public and private entities, during the summer vacation period (between June 24 and September 4).

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