The Canary Islands allocates 320,000 euros to 12 LGBTIQ+ diversity projects

The Directorate General for Diversity has published the final resolution of the call for grants for the implementation of planning and promotion projects for LGBTIQ+ diversity in the Canary Islands corresponding to the 2026 financial year. The administrative act, dated 6 August 2026 and signed by the Director General Celso David Mendoza Negrín, appears in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands No. 164, of 17 August 2026, in Section III “Other Resolutions” of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Equality, Youth, Children and Families.

The call is framed within Order of 5 July 2023, published in BOC No. 142, which approved the regulatory bases of indefinite validity for this type of aid. The formal opening of the call for 2026 took place through Order No. 273/2026, of 19 March, whose extract was published in BOC No. 63, of 1 April 2026. The application period ended on 28 April 2026 at 23:59.

Result of the call: 31 applications processed and 12 grants awarded

Of the total 35 applications received through the electronic procedure No. 6580 of the single electronic headquarters of the Government of the Canary Islands, 4 were declared duplicates, leaving 31 valid applications processed. The Grant Assessment Committee, meeting on 26 June 2026, evaluated all admitted applications and issued its report with the scoring result for each entity.

The provisional resolution was published on 16 July 2026 in BOC No. 142, granting interested parties a period of five working days to expressly accept the grant or submit allegations. Of the 12 provisionally granted applications, 12 acceptances and 1 allegation were submitted, all duly considered for issuing the final resolution.

Distribution of credit by action lines

The total credit allocated to the call amounts to 323,000 euros, distributed across five budgetary action lines:

• Support for diversity (Line 234G0767): 90,000 euros — 80,000 euros awarded.
• Prevention of LGBTIfobia (Line 234G0768): 90,000 euros — 113,592.69 euros awarded, with 23,599.82 euros injected from other lines.
• Support for LGBTI families (Line 234G0770): 44,000 euros.
• Eradication of discrimination in educational settings (Line 234G0771): 94,000 euros — 127,250.89 euros awarded, with 44,924.81 euros injected.
• Outreach activities and format and support for LGBTI diversity (Line 234G0903): 5,000 euros.

The total executed amounts to €320,843.58, representing 99.3% of the initial credit. The lines for preventing LGBTIfobia and eradicating discrimination in educational settings received additional funding from lines with surplus credit, in accordance with the provisions of base nine of the regulatory bases.

Beneficiary entities and funded projects

The 12 entities with applications definitively deemed admissible are:

• Asociación LGBTIQA+ Diversas Canarias (Tenerife): three projects — “Espacio Cero” (Line 1, €40,000), “STOP odio” (Line 1, €40,000) and “ESS: Espacio para tu salud mental” (Line 4, €35,404.77).
• ONGD ALTIHAY (Gran Canaria): two projects — “Fuerteventura preparada para atender la diversidad LGBTIQ+” (Line 2, €22,129.30) and “2.ª Ed. Erradicar la discriminación LGTBIQ+, educando con memoria” (Line 4, €25,337.35).
• Asociación Lánzate LGTBI+ (Gran Canaria): two projects — “Migrantes LGTBI+: Jornadas canarias de promoción y visibilidad” (Line 2, €24,418.45) and “PrevenForm Diversidad” (Line 2, €15,150.36).
• Pluma, asociación de personas feministas y LGBTIQ+ de Canarias (Tenerife): “La Gomera para todes, compromiso de todes” (Line 2, €28,294.76).
• COGAL – Colectivo LGTBI+ de Lanzarote (Gran Canaria): “Charlemos: Programa de acompañamiento entre pares de/para mayores LGTBI+” (Line 2, €23,599.82).
• Asociación para la cooperación al desarrollo e inclusión social Amanay (Gran Canaria): “Diversidad conectad@: Jornadas técnico-educativas de prevención de la LGTBI+fobia” (Line 4, €21,583.96).
• Asociación cultural y social TRIB-ARTE (Gran Canaria): “LGTBIQ+RV” (Line 4, €29,569.09).
• Asociación Garoé de Lesbianas, Gays, Transexuales, Bisexuales y más (Tenerife): “Garoé Diverso: Educación, respeto y convivencia en El Hierro” (Line 4, €15,355.72).

Rejected and excluded applications

Three entities were definitively rejected due to insufficient credit, having obtained scores of 71.9, 62 and 49.6 points respectively. Additionally, several applications were excluded from the procedure for reasons such as failure to submit through the established electronic channel, failure to prove formal requirements, failure to obtain the minimum score of 38 points in the assessment, or submission of duplicate applications.

The resolution provides for the advance payment of 100% of the grant amount to the entities in Annex I-A, requesting the Ministry of Finance and Relations with the European Union to make the corresponding payments. The execution period for the projects generally runs from 1 January to 31 October 2026, although, exceptionally, projects with advance payment may be extended until 28 February 2027. The resolution may be appealed through a voluntary reconsideration appeal before the Minister for Social Welfare, Equality, Youth, Children and Families within one month, or through an administrative contentious appeal before the High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands within two months.

Source: Official Gazette of the Canary Islands, No. 164, 17 August 2026, Section III “Other Resolutions”, p. 31885 (official reference: boc-a-2026-164-2950).