Bages opens the call for adapted transport grants with 187,451 euros

The Bages County Council has opened the 2026 call for financial aid for adapted and assisted transport in the region, with a budget of 187,451.88 euros. The measure was approved by the presidential resolution of September 17, 2026, and published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona on September 29, 2026, with the CVE reference 202610145034 and the BDNS identification number 931457. The deadline for submitting applications is from November 2 to 16, 2026, and late requests will not be accepted.

The call is processed under a competitive bidding regime, in accordance with Law 38/2003, of November 17, General Subsidies Act, and the full text can be consulted in the National Subsidies Database. The regulatory bases were initially approved by the Plenary of the Bages County Council on July 27, 2026, and were definitively approved by Presidential Decree 2026/552, of September 3, 2026, published in the provincial gazette on September 10, 2026. The president of the corporation, Eloi Hernàndez Mosella, signs the summary of the call in Manresa.

An allocation of 187,451.88 euros

The maximum budget allocated to subsidies this year is 187,451.88 euros, charged to budget application 231.3.489.01. The amount of each grant is calculated taking into account the cost of the service from December of the previous year to November of the calendar year of the call.

The grants are subject to budget limitations and do not create a right to continuity in successive financial years. If there are increases or reductions in the allocation, a proportional distribution will be made among all beneficiaries, local entities, and organizations.

Who can apply for the grants

Three types of beneficiaries can opt for the subsidies:

• Natural persons over 18 years of age with reduced mobility and/or a need for accompaniment, registered in municipalities of fewer than 20,000 inhabitants in the Bages region.
• Local entities of the Bages Basic Social Services Area that organize the service through collective transport.
• Day centers for the elderly and specialized centers for people with disabilities that organize this collective transport.

In the case of natural persons, they must have a recognized disability and exceed the reduced mobility scale; those who do not have it may apply under the companion’s scale. Elderly people using a day center without either of these scales may access it if they have a specific diagnosis of dementia, and people with a resolution of degree of dependency or with a permanent disability pension in the degree of total, absolute, or severe disability are also admitted. Additionally, they must have a recognized place in a specialized social service of the public network.

Maximum amounts and calculation of the subsidy

The amounts vary according to the means of transport and the type of beneficiary:

• Own vehicle: up to 600 euros, at a rate of 0.19 euros per kilometer up to 1,315 km annually and 0.095 euros per kilometer plus 125 euros from 1,315.01 km onwards.
• Collective transport or taxi: up to 60% of the justified cost, with a maximum of 1,100 euros.
• Entities and city councils that organize the service: up to 60%, with a maximum of 15,000 euros.
• Entities and city councils with individual social aid or transport agreements: up to 60%, with a maximum of 7,500 euros.
• Entities and city councils that share the taxi cost with the user: up to 60%, with a maximum of 9,000 euros.

Excluded are trips in own vehicles when transport from the center or the local entity can be used, those that do not exceed 200 annual kilometers, grants with a resulting amount of less than 30 euros, and cases covered by other programs with the same purpose, such as the PUA aid.

Admitted services and resolution

The grants cover transport to day care services such as day centers for the elderly, comprehensive care for elderly people in rural areas, specialized day care centers for people with disabilities, occupational therapy services (STO), occupational insertion centers (SOI), social clubs, pre-employment services, and assimilated centers with day care functions.

The award will be made before the end of December and will be resolved in a single administrative act, published on the notice board of the Consell Comarcal del Bages. Payment will be made once the corporation has received the subsidy from the Generalitat, as the execution period is subject to the Program Contract with the Department of Social Rights and Inclusion. Application forms and further information are available on the website tadaptat.ccbages.cat.

The call provides financial coverage for an essential service so that elderly people and people with disabilities from small municipalities in Bages can travel to day care centers and maintain their integration into the environment. With 187,451.88 euros at stake and a deadline of only fifteen days, the city councils and entities of the region have until November 16 to process the applications of the users.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, no. of September 29, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-6 (official reference: CVE 202610145034).