Vilanova de Arousa allocates 31,000 euros to sports clubs for the 2025/26 season

The City Council of Vilanova de Arousa opens the competitive call for grants aimed at non-profit sports groups and clubs in the locality for the 2025/26 season, with a global credit of 31,000.00 euros. The guidelines were published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Pontevedra (BOPPO) no. 220, Friday, November 13, 2026, in the Local Administration section, with the official reference 2026078674. The resolution granting the aid will correspond to the Local Governing Board, following the instruction of the file and the report of the valuation commission.

An allocation of 31,000 euros charged to the 2026 budget

The economic allocation appears in the second base and is charged to item 3410/489.12 “Current transfers to sports associations and clubs” of the 2026 municipal budgets. The text signed in Vilanova de Arousa on October 26, 2026, justifies the call based on the need to alleviate the deficits that occur in the training of athletes and the practice of sports, given the difficulty of managing entities with scarce economic resources.

The regulatory framework consists of article 25.2.l) of Law 7/1985 regulating the bases of local regime, articles 23 and following of the regulation of services of local corporations, the Law 38/2003 general law on subsidies, and base 31 of the execution bases of the 2026 municipal budget.

Non-profit sports associations and clubs legally constituted that carry out sports promotion work of social interest may apply. The requirements are:

• To be duly federated and registered in the corresponding official registry.
• To be non-profit.
• To have no pending justification for any grant awarded by the City Council.
• To be up to date with tax obligations to the City Council, the State Tax Administration Agency, Social Security, and the Ministry of Finance.

Entities that sign a specific agreement with the City Council, which will be governed by that agreement, are excluded.

Ten business days and mandatory electronic processing

Applications shall be submitted according to the model in Annex I through the municipal electronic office, in accordance with article 14.2 of Law 39/2015, as they involve legal entities, within a period of ten business days from the day following the publication of the extract of the call in the BOP. Along with the application, among other documents, the descriptive report of the purposes, the detailed budget of expenses and income (Annex II), the statutes, the certification of bank details, and sworn declarations regarding other aid and compliance with tax and Social Security obligations must be provided. If the application does not meet the requirements of article 66 of Law 39/2015, an amendment will be requested within another period of ten business days, with the filing of the case in the event of non-compliance.

The instruction corresponds to Javier Piñeiro Escudeiro, local development agent, who also chairs the valuation commission, composed together with David Vidal Paz as member and Rosana Nogueira Piñeiro as secretary, both municipal officials.

Scale: youth teams, category, licenses, and seniority

The comparative evaluation applies four objective criteria:

• Number of teams in youth categories: up to 7 points, with proportional distribution relative to the entity with the most teams.
• Category of the association or club: up to 4 points, from the regional level to teams in national and autonomous categories.
• Number of federated licenses: up to 4 points, with a correction coefficient of 1.25 for female registrations with federative certification.
• Seniority of the entity: from 1 point up to five years to 6 points for more than thirty years.

The amount for each entity is obtained by dividing the maximum amount of the call by the total points of all accepted applications and multiplying that value by their own points. The grants are compatible with others received from other bodies for the same purpose, but may never exceed 100% of the actual cost of the activity; after six months without an express resolution, the request shall be understood as rejected.

Season expenses and justification before December 22

Current expenses for the 2025/26 season, from August 1, 2025, to July 1, 2026, directly related to sports and competition activities, are eligible for subsidies; investment expenses are excluded. The payment will be a single installment, subject to prior justification, which must be presented before December 22, 2026, with invoices, payrolls, insurance receipts, and federative certificates for refereeing and travel.

The relevance of the call lies in its almost structural nature for the local sports fabric: some thirty thousand euros distributed by points among small clubs that maintain youth categories, federated licenses, and travel, with an application period of only ten business days that forces boards to have the documentation ready from the publication of the extract in the bulletin.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Province of Pontevedra, no. 220, November 13, 2026, Local Administration, Vilanova de Arousa (official reference: 2026078674).