Redondela opens a 10,000 euro call for social service programs

The Redondela City Council opens the application period for grants destined for social service programs for the 2026 financial year, with a global credit of 10,000 euros. The call is published via an extract in the Official Gazette of the Province of Pontevedra (BOPPO) number 216, dated November 9, 2026, under the reference BDNS 939885. The full text of the bases is available in the National Grants Database.

The extract is disseminated under articles 17.3.b and 20.8.a of the General Grants Law 38/2003, of November 17, and refers to the complete regulatory bases published in BOPPO number 213, dated November 4, 2026. The reference municipal regulation is the General Grants Ordinance of the Redondela City Council, published in provincial bulletin number 99 on May 23, 2008. The document is signed by the mayor, Digna Rivas Gómez, dated November 4, 2026, with the secure verification code QXCH1GXJJ0ZABIMY.

Lines of action and beneficiary entities

The grants are managed by the Department of Community Social Services, Equality, Elderly People and Childhood and aim to finance activities that complement those of municipal competence, without covering those already offered by the council itself. The lines of work included in the bases are:

• Prevention of social exclusion and promotion of social inclusion and accessibility.
• Promotion of social volunteering.
• Childhood care with groups working with girls and boys in the municipality.
• Prevention of social isolation of elderly people.
• Prevention and promotion of healthy habits.

The extract published on November 9 details, for its part, four priority areas: accompaniment in loneliness, intergenerational and/or intersectoral social volunteering, interaction in diversity with the eradication of racism and xenophobia, and childhood care and socialization.

All legally constituted, non-profit associations and collectives, previously registered in the Municipal Registry of Associations of the Redondela City Council and with statutory purposes linked to the called lines, may be beneficiaries. It is also required to have justified grants from previous calls and to be up to date with tax obligations to the local administration.

10,000 euros and scoring scale

The credit of 10,000 euros will be charged to item 2311A/4890000 of the current budget. Each entity may request aid for a maximum of one activity and the procedure is one of competitive bidding, with the global amount distributed in proportion to the score obtained.

The evaluation criteria and their maximum scores are:

• Impact in the municipality, according to the number of participants: from 10 points (between 1 and 12 people) to 40 points (more than 35).
• Duration of the activity: from 10 points (less than 25 hours) to 40 points (more than 100 hours).
• Type of activity: 20 points for prevention of exclusion and social volunteering; 30 points for childhood, elderly people, and healthy habits.
• Composition of the board of directors: 5 points with up to 20% women, 10 points between 20% and 40%, and 20 points from 40% onwards.

The guidelines expressly exclude investments, current expenses of the entities, leisure trips, popular festivals, publication of prints, gifts, and any action with sexist content.

Deadline until November 13 and electronic processing

The deadline for application and justification ends on November 13, 2026 or, where applicable, five business days from the publication of the extract in the BOPPO. Submission is exclusively electronic through the headquarters of the Concello de Redondela, and the supporting documentation must be provided along with the application.

The instruction corresponds to the official of the Social Services department M.ª del Carmen Fernández Dopazo. The evaluation commission is chaired by the mayor Digna Rivas Gómez, together with councilwomen Iria Vilaboa Álvarez and M.ª Rita Pérez Táboas, with Antonio Cabaleiro Covelo and Alberto Alvarez Pérez as substitutes. The maximum period for resolution is three months from the end of the application period, and the resolution of the Mayor’s Office exhausts the administrative route.

Impact on the associative fabric

The call provides Redondela collectives with a stable framework to finance accompaniment, volunteering, childhood, and healthy habit programs this year, with a distribution proportional to the evaluation and a very short time limit: anyone wishing to opt for the 10,000 euros must formalize the application this same week. The weight granted to the parity of the boards of directors also introduces a direct incentive for the internal equality of the associations.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Pontevedra (BOPPO), no. 216, November 9, 2026, Local Administration (official reference: 2026077534; BDNS 939885).