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From lunch to travel: how young people can save with one app

From Delo · () Slovenian

Translated from Slovenian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A refreshed European Youth Card app offers pupils, students and young people up to age 30 access to more than 30,000 discounts and benefits in Slovenia and across Europe.
  • The offers cover everyday expenses such as food, transport and personal purchases, as well as travel, accommodation, culture, education, sport and leisure.
  • The Slovenian agency SLOAM says the card can help young people with limited incomes manage rising living costs while also providing information about volunteering, internships and training.

A meal, a bus ticket or a weekend trip can put pressure on a young person's budget. With the new school year, the refreshed European Youth Card app is presenting a way for pupils, students and people up to 30 to reduce those costs through more than 30,000 benefits in Slovenia and across Europe.

Young people are often still treated as children at 16, 18 or 20, even as they are expected to become independent and find their first student jobs. Those who study away from home may also be living alone for the first time, in a student residence, rented flat or room. Along with that independence come everyday responsibilities: buying meals, personal-care products and transport tickets, while occasionally finding room for clothes, books, cosmetics or other small treats.

For students whose schedules leave little time for work, paying standard prices can be stressful and sometimes impossible. Inflation adds to the pressure. โ€œYoung people are not too young to successfully take care of themselves, they are only too young for full prices,โ€ says SLOAM, the agency for young people that manages the card in Slovenia.

The app puts coupons on users' mobile phones and offers savings across several areas. These include food and everyday shopping, transport and mobility, travel and accommodation, culture, sport and leisure, education, and various services. Students and pupils can also find information about volunteering, internships and educational opportunities.

The card is intended to be useful beyond Slovenia, including during student exchanges elsewhere in Europe. SLOAM says its wider work includes developing young people's skills, connecting them with international opportunities and supporting the development of future leaders. For young people with limited income, the card can reduce routine expenses while making cultural events, social activities and affordable trips more accessible.

Young people are not too young to successfully take care of themselves, they are only too young for full prices.

· SLOAM, Slovenian youth agencySLOAM uses the line to frame the card as a response to young people's limited incomes and rising everyday costs.
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Originally published by Delo in Slovenian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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