Canonical URL: https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/ourem-2026-student-shopping-vouchers-local-commerce-campaign/ --- description: The September 22 announcement sets EUR50, EUR30 and EUR15 student vouchers. The roughly EUR95,000 overall campaign budget also covers a separate prize-draw branch, rather than student vouchers alone. title: Ourém approves student shopping vouchers for annual local-commerce campaign image: https://giftcard.news/images/social/v1/ourem-approves-student-shopping-vouchers-annual-local-commerce-campaign-fdaca78ef0805f311ef02d0efb248ffa.jpg --- 1. [Home](https://giftcard.news/) 2. [Gift Cards](https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/) # Ourém approves student shopping vouchers for annual local-commerce campaign The September 22 announcement sets EUR50, EUR30 and EUR15 student vouchers. The roughly EUR95,000 overall campaign budget also covers a separate prize-draw branch, rather than… By [Emma Carter](https://giftcard.news/author/emma-carter/) September 22, 2026 2 min read [ Google News ](https://google.com/preferences/source?q=giftcard.news&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news) Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fgift-cards%2Fourem-2026-student-shopping-vouchers-local-commerce-campaign%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=Our%C3%A9m+approves+student+shopping+vouchers+for+annual+local-commerce+campaign&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fgift-cards%2Fourem-2026-student-shopping-vouchers-local-commerce-campaign%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=Our%C3%A9m+approves+student+shopping+vouchers+for+annual+local-commerce+campaign+https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fgift-cards%2Fourem-2026-student-shopping-vouchers-local-commerce-campaign%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "WhatsApp") ![Ourém town hall in an archival photograph](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/ourem-approves-student-shopping-vouchers-annual-local-commerce-campaign-town-hall-archival-w1280.webp) Ourém town hall, photographed March 14, 2017, shown for municipal context. Threeohsix / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0\. Image adaptations and derived social image retain the same licence; resized and cropped. Photo: Threeohsix / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 The [Municipality of Ourém](https://giftcard.news/organization/municipality-of-ourem/) has approved fixed-value shopping vouchers for students as part of the seventh edition of its annual local-commerce Christmas campaign. The September 22 announcement follows a council decision September 21\. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1) ## Student awards and a separate draw Students attending schools in the municipality are to receive EUR50 in school-social-assistance band A, EUR30 in band B, or EUR15 where no such band applies. The vouchers are to be usable at participating businesses from December 1, 2026 through January 31, 2027\. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1) The data behind the story ### Student voucher face value follows the school-assistance band Approved award per eligible student, announced September 22, 2026; voucher spending is planned for December 1, 2026 to January 31, 2027. EUR per student EUR per student Tap or hover for details. All values are also available in the data table. Source Original reported values Published entitlement amounts, not actual issuance or redemption. The municipality did not disclose recipient counts by band. The approximately EUR95,000 campaign allocation also covers the separate shopping draw and cannot be assigned wholly to student awards. Show data tableHide data table Scroll left or right to see all columns __Student voucher face value follows the school-assistance band (EUR per student)__ | Category | EUR per student | | ------------------ | ------------------ | | Band A | 50 EUR per student | | Band B | 30 EUR per student | | No assistance band | 15 EUR per student | The municipality approved about EUR95,000 for the overall campaign. That amount also covers a separate branch involving a draw for three EUR50 shopping vouchers per participating establishment; it should not be presented as the value of student vouchers alone. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1) The wider shopping campaign runs from December 1 through January 6, with its draw scheduled January 12\. The student-voucher spending period extends later, to January 31\. These are distinct deadlines within the same annual programme. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1) Ourém says the campaign is intended to stimulate local purchases during the Christmas period. The announcement gives no completed issuance or spending results and does not establish a final merchant count, student-voucher subtotal or electronic balance mechanism. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1) Photograph: Threeohsix / Wikimedia Commons, March 14, 2017, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Archival geographic context, resized and cropped. 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