Greetings everyone, I wanted to take a few minutes of your time to explain a bit about your local Age Concern Organization (ACO) as we’ve had a couple of difficult situations in the past few months that may have resulted, … Continue reading →

Hi Folks, Well our new storage facility is coming along nicely; perhaps taking longer than we envisaged but don’t all building projects take longer (especially in Spain). We are looking forward to seeing all the wheelchairs etc. in one place; … Continue reading →

Once more we have the opportunity to write about Age Concern in Chiclana; we normally only have a couple of people needed to help people each week, and a lot of phone calls are for information from our extensive database. … Continue reading →

Firstly, our thanks to Chris Cody for the gig at the Venta Florentina; our “Age Concern Party Night” raffle swelled our funds and it was good to see everyone dancing.  We have always had a problem storing items we loan … Continue reading →

Hi Folks, As I write the Age Concern committee are discussing the kind offer of Chris Cody to do a gig on behalf of Age Concern when the warm weather comes. Our next Quiz night’s at the Venta Florentina will … Continue reading →

Hi Folks, Firstly some breaking news - Chris Cody has offered to do a gig for Age Concern at the Venta Florentina when the warmer weather comes - more details nearer the nice warm Spring weather. Our Quiz night raffles … Continue reading →

Hi Folks, Last month I wrote about how some other parts of the world have organised travel help for pensioners and disabled persons. Here in Chiclana we are still in our infancy really and it is always a problem to … Continue reading →

Hi Folks, Well as I write this from Canada, the summer has almost past. It is still warm here in Toronto, unseasonably so. Ontario has a number of volunteer drivers that take people around to hospital appointments and GP visits; … Continue reading →

Hi Folks, We held our branch AGM just after the Age Concern España AGM; nothing of any interest came out of either - but they are necessary to keep us legal and serve as a moment in time when we … Continue reading →

Hi Everyone, While I’ve been away in the UK, not a great deal has happen. By the time you read this article, we will have had our AGM but there shouldn’t be any surprises, just business as usual. There were … Continue reading →