Estepona Town Hall Tenders New Family Support Initiative

Estepona Town Hall is tendering a new Plan Corresponsables, offering free childcare and educational activities for children under 16 to support families with work-life balance

Estepona families with children under 16 could soon benefit from free childcare and activity programmes designed to help balance work and family life. Estepona Town Hall has initiated the tender process for a new edition of the Plan Corresponsables, an initiative designed to help families balance work and personal life while promoting shared care responsibilities.

The programme is backed by a €112,213 grant from the Consejería de Inclusión Social, Juventud, Familias e Igualdad of the Junta de Andalucía. Set to run until September 2027, the project will continue to provide a free resource for families in the municipality with children under 16 years old.

Support for Children and Families

The Plan Corresponsables includes a childcare and custody service for children aged between 6 and 16, including those with or without functional diversity. It also features a programme of socio-educational, sports, leisure, and training activities tailored to their needs and interests.

Planned activities encompass school reinforcement, healthy leisure and personal development initiatives, sports programmes, workshops, and excursions to various points of interest within the municipality and its surroundings. Furthermore, the programme incorporates awareness and education actions focused on equality, aiming to foster values such as respect, coexistence, and co-responsibility from an early age.

This initiative aims to particularly support families where parents work and face difficulties in reconciling their professional and family responsibilities, offering children a safe, educational, and inclusive environment outside school hours.

The programme also places special emphasis on promoting equal opportunities for boys and girls through activities that encourage equitable participation, teamwork, cooperativism, and the visibility of female role models.

Priority Access

The Plan Corresponsables also sets out priority criteria to facilitate access for families with greater needs for work-life balance and care support. These include single-parent families, large families, victims of gender violence, long-term unemployed women, women over 45, individuals with disabilities, and family units with other care-related burdens. Factors such as income level and family responsibilities are also taken into account.