Hafnarfjörður has the highest leisure allowances.
Hafnarfjörður has the highest leisure allowance in 2020 at 54,000 kr. per year, according to an analysis by the Price Surveillance Department of the Consumer Association of Iceland (ASÍ) of leisure allowances in 16 municipalities across the country. The allowance applies to children aged 6-18.
Hafnarfjörður has the highest leisure allowance in 2020, at 54,000 kr. per year. according to an analysis by the ASÍ price monitoring authority on leisure grants at 16 local authorities across the country.
Leisure grants equalise children's opportunities for leisure activities.
Many local authorities support children's leisure activities with so-called leisure grants, which is usually a set annual sum of money allocated to each child to subsidise their leisure activities. Research shows that participation in leisure activities has an impact on the well-being of children and adolescents, and the preventative value of such activities has also been demonstrated, so it is in society's interest that children have access to them. Leisure activities, whether sports, music lessons or otherwise, serve both as entertainment for children and young people and have educational and preventative value. Hobbies can be expensive, and families are in different positions to afford them. The grants help ensure that children can take part in hobbies regardless of their economic and social circumstances, equalising opportunities for children to engage in such activities.
The highest leisure grants in Hafnarfjörður
Of the 16 largest municipalities in the country covered by the survey, Hafnarfjörður has the highest grant, at 54,000 kr. per child, but the grant is divided up monthly, making it possible to pay for leisure activities at around 4,500 kr. per month. The grant is for children aged 6-18. This review is limited to leisure activity grants that parents can use to subsidise their children's leisure activities. Other forms of support for children's leisure activities, such as lower course fees, free transport, or travel allowances for parents who drive their children long distances to their activities, are not taken into account. The comparison covers the 16 largest municipalities in the country.
