Summer of 2021, a time to fully enjoy it

After the good experience last summer when, despite the pandemic situation, a lot of leisure, educational and sports activities were opened throughout Catalonia with total safety, this year they will be held again, so that children and young people can fully enjoy themselves.The city councils once again demonstrate their commitment, and with the technical, material, and economic support of the Barcelona Provincial Council, they work to ensure thatchildren and young people have a sufficiently broad and diverse offer availableto guarantee fairness and equal opportunities in all educational and leisure activities organized in the territory. As last year, the local world is fully committed to preparing the leisure offer for children and young people during the holidays. At this point, many city councils already have a wide catalog of summer resources and servicesand design activities, provide aid and cede spaces and materials to leisure and sports entities in their municipalities, in addition to supporting families through scholarships, price reductions and even free access. Although the current health data is better,everything suggests that this summer will not be entirely "normal" and that many of the security measures will be maintainedthat still today must be applied. And, it is for this reason, that the Barcelona Provincial Council continues to work on several lines of support to accompany the municipalities of the province in the organization of activities. In addition, the spaces for interaction with municipal technical staff and political leaders of the province's municipalities have been intensified and strengthened. And contacts with educational, sports and leisure agents continue to be promoted to share proposals and criteria that help foster and promote the organization of safe and quality activities. Along with this work, the Barcelona Provincial Council once again makes available to the local world and the entire citizenry the website For a safe summer for everyone: summer activities 2021, where professionals in the fields of sport, leisure, youth, and education can find a series of regulatory and educational resources and recommendations with the aim of contributing to planning and organizing local activities for children and young people, from a municipal, equitable, and quality perspective.This website will be updated when there are new developments, and in it, in addition to health and hygiene measures and recommendations, you can also find educational, sports, and leisure materials organized by topics of interest, such as self-knowledge and orientation, healthy habits, sexuality and gender, sports activities, and emotional support; or by age groups, from 6 to 9 years old, from 10 to 14 years old, or over 14 years old. The Provincial Council encourages the use of the resources and guidance on this website, which aims to become a reference point for updated information.for a summer in which everything is possible again.And once summer is over, the Barcelona Provincial Council will continue to offer training and resourcesto guide, accompany, and help city councils and the educational, sports, and youth communities in the design and preparation of the new academic year.

More information at www.diba.cat/es/web/activitats-estiu/.

This action by the Barcelona Provincial Council responds, especially, to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) number 3 "Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages" and number 4: "Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all". The 17 SDGs were proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2015, and are part of the global Agenda for 2030. The Barcelona Provincial Council assumes compliance and deploys its action to support local governments in the province in accordance with these SDGs.