Public Health calls for 25,800 euros for the transport of deceased persons

The Canarian Health Service has announced the 2026 grant intended to cover the cost of transporting deceased persons—bodies or ashes—to their island of origin or residence, with a total budget of 25,800 euros. The call is formalized through the extract of the Resolution of October 5, 2026, from the General Directorate of Public Health, published in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands (BOC) no. 208, dated October 19, 2026. The application period extends throughout the month of November.

The announcement is disseminated under articles 17.3.b) and 20.8.a) of the General Grants Law 38/2003, of November 17, which require the publication of an extract of the call with the full text accessible in the National Grants Database. In this case, the call is identified by the code BDNS (Identif.): 934194, available on the state grants portal.

The regulatory bases for this line of aid are the Order of July 21, 2020, published in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands no. 154, dated July 31, 2020, along with its correction of errors appearing in BOC no. 164, dated August 14. That order, in turn, modified the Order of November 11, 2009, published in BOC no. 234, dated November 30, 2009, which is the original regulation for this grant regime.

Who can apply for the aid

Natural persons or non-profit legal entities who have paid the expenses incurred by the transport of the body or ashes to their island of origin or residence may apply for the call. The status of beneficiary therefore requires having already assumed the cost of the transport and lacking a profit motive, which includes both families and third-sector entities.

• Non-profit natural persons who have paid the transport expenses.
• Non-profit legal entities in the same situation.
• Covered cases: transport of the body or ashes.

What expenses are covered and in what period

The purpose of the grant is the provision of aid by the Canarian Health Service for the transport of deceased persons, whether the body or the ashes, to the island of origin or residence of the deceased. The eligible period is limited to transports that took place during the calendar year immediately preceding the year the application is submitted.

This temporal criterion implies that applications submitted in November 2026 must correspond to transports carried out throughout 2025. The extract of the call does not detail individual amounts per beneficiary, but only the global amount allocated for the entire line.

Amount, deadline, and processing

The financial allocation for the call amounts to 25,800.00 euros, an amount that will be distributed among the applications that meet the requirements of the regulatory bases. The period for submitting applications opens during the month of November, without the summary specifying a closing date other than the month itself.

• Total amount of the call: 25,800.00 euros.
• Application period: month of November.
• Identification in the National Grants Database: 934194.
• Competent body: General Directorate of Public Health of the Canarian Health Service.

The summary is signed in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on October 5, 2026, by the Director General of Public Health, José Fernando Díaz-Flores Estévez. The full text of the call can be consulted in the National Grants Database, via the address associated with code 934194.

The measure has a direct impact on families residing in the archipelago who must face the transfer of a deceased person between islands, an expense that in the Canary Islands involves maritime or air transport and which the regional Administration partially assumes through this line of grants. The call thus maintains a financial support mechanism limited in time—one calendar year of transfers and a one-month deadline—and limited to those who have already paid for the service, so that the aid operates as a reimbursement and not as an advance.

Source: Official Gazette of the Canary Islands, no. 208, of October 19, 2026, section V. Announcements (Other announcements), page 37503 (official reference: boc-a-2026-208-3595).