Free Babysitting Services and Camps in Malaga: How to Apply Now

The City Council of Málaga, through the Department of Social Rights, Diversity, Equality, and Accessibility, has activated this Monday the procedure for families to request access this summer to three free services designed to facilitate family and work-life balance in households with minors up to 16 years old: one for at-home childcare, another for sociocultural camps, and a third for sports camps.

These three actions are launched through the II Málaga City Co-responsibility Plan for the development of actions and measures that promote co-responsibility with the goal of advancing towards real work-life balance. For this purpose, the City Council has a grant of 993,009.57 euros provided by the Regional Government, funded by the Co-responsibility Plan initiated by the Ministry of Equality aimed at establishing mechanisms to support the specific reconciliation needs of families with minors up to 16 years old.

Access to these resources can be requested from this Monday, preferably through the Equality transactions folder on the electronic headquarters of the City Council at https://sede.malaga.eu/ or from the link available on the website of the Málaga City Co-responsibility Plan at https://malagaciudadcorresponsable.eu/.

Additionally, it can also be processed in person at the Registration Offices, at the various Municipal Citizen Attention Offices (OMAC), or through any of the means established in the current regulations, as indicated by the City Council in a statement.

In any case, it will be necessary to have 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 for applications.

The three offered resources can be requested, and the beneficiaries will be mothers, fathers, or other persons holding the guardianship of minors who are registered in the municipality of Málaga and have demonstrable occasional and extraordinary reconciliation needs or difficulties in meeting these needs through ordinary municipal services or other public institutions.

Specifically, there is the 'We Take Care' at-home care service. This is a service of home care for minors aged between four months and ten years, or up to 16 years in the case of minors with special needs. It is configured as a non-structural, occasional service that will address needs not prolonged over time from Monday to Sunday from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM, with beneficiaries receiving between three and seven hours per day. The execution period is planned from July 16 to September 28.

Also, the sociocultural camps, which is a daytime care service for minors from three to 16 years old, in public spaces, through the realization of playful, educational, cultural camps, and the promotion of co-responsibility and diversity. It will take place during the summer period, from July 28 to September 5, 2025, Monday to Friday from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM according to the needs of the requesting families, in two-week shifts.

The total number of places to be provided throughout the service amounts to 750, although this number may be increased. These camps, which will be held in the Luis Buñuel (Teatinos district), Parque Clavero (East), and El Torcal (Carretera de Cádiz) schools, will also include a series of workshops, activities, and cultural and educational experiences in city museums (Picasso Birthplace Museum, Russian Museum Collection, Centre Pompidou, and Mucac La Coracha) and libraries, with the participation and collaboration of the Department of Culture and Historical Heritage.

Similarly, the sports camps, which consist of a daytime care service for minors aged between 13 and 16 years in municipal sports facilities provided by the Sports Department, through the realization of camps with sports activities and the promotion of co-responsibility and diversity. It will take place during the summer period, from July 14 to August 29, 2025, Monday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, distributed in two-week shifts.

The total number of places to be provided throughout the service amounts to 500, although this number could also be increased. These camps will be held during July at the Tiro Pichón (Cruz del Humilladero district) and José Paterna (East district) sports centers, and during August at the Ciudad de Málaga Athletics Stadium (Carretera de Cádiz).

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

Priority will be given to the following circumstances: single-parent families, persons with disabilities, large families, family units with other caregiving responsibilities, women victims of gender violence and other forms of violence against women, persons at risk of social exclusion, and the level of income and family burdens.

In the event of more applications than service hours available, priority will be given to family units with lower income in the month prior to the application. In any case, it is a punctual service aimed at facilitating family reconciliation and extraordinary needs and circumstances, not something structural.