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Several devices exist to benefit from financial aid on vacation, and are often overlooked. In general under resource conditions, they allow children to go to colony, or elderly people to go see the sea.
The sea, she had not seen her for several years. With 1,300 euros of retirement, Claude-Marie Lallement does not often benefit moments of escape. For this stay in Beg Meil (Finistère), the 79 -year -old Alsatian received financial assistance entitled “Seniors on vacation”. It is reserved for over 60s subject to income. It was his town hall that told him about it. “”I go into a real vacation maybe once a year, and maybe in children “ she said.
The grant allowed him, for eight days, all inclusive on site, to lower the bill from 617 euros to 358 euros. Even excursions are included, such as in a cider. These subsidized stays are also intended to combat the isolation of the elderly. “There is an emulation, we discuss, at the meal, even if you do not know each other. Me, that week, for me, it is sacred”, says Claude-Marie Lallement. Nearly 100,000 people benefited from the “Seniors on vacation” program in 2024.
Scores can also concern students, such as departure 18-25 years, reserved in particular for scholarship holders or alternating: up to 200 euros paid. For the youngest still, there is the “Colo Pass”. A family benefited. That day, Victor is preparing for departure. Direction for him Guingamp (Côtes-d’Armor) in Brittany, for a week in summer camp. “I can’t wait to be there. (…) to go with my friend. And we’re going to play together“He says.
The CAF program is intended for children aged 11 only, for a parenthesis before entering college. The aid is between 200 and 350 euros and depends on income. “”The price was displayed at 380 euros. And with the ‘Colo’ pass’ of 250 euros, I paid from my pocket 130 euros. And these are things that we would not necessarily have been able to afford. This colo pass, anyway, allows, I think, of a lot of families to enjoy the holidays“, Details Antonia Belov, Victor’s mother.
Without the “Pass Colo”, Victor would have spent one more week at the leisure center this summer. For each of the aid devices, a multitude of stays are offered, in France but also abroad.
