Baroness Golding meets volunteers
Charles Betty, President of Age Care Association, welcomed our Baroness Llin Golding, one of the patrons, to a dinner to meet some of the volunteers who work for the Association. The dinner took place in the Great Wall Restaurant in Fuengirola and was also attended by the President of La Cala Lions Club. Baroness Golding is a working member in the House of Lords and has been a patron of Age Care Association for the past two years. She was pleased to meet the different volunteers and spoke to them about the different aspects of their work for the Association.
Carers’ Self Help Group is now being held at a different venue. The group meet on the second Monday of the month at the Bar Viva Espana in the Los Jarales Complex, Calahonda at 4.30 pm. It is just few shops along from the Age Care Association Charity Shop. If you are a carer and would like to meet other people in a similar situation or want to discuss the problems you have to deal with please come along to the group or contact Sandra on 600 332886.
About Age Care Association
Age Care Association is a fully registered, non-profit making organisation staffed entirely by volunteers. Our Spanish registration number is 6282 – CIF – G92487602 (Registro de Asociaciones de Andalucia). The majority of our work is helping older British people living in the Province of Malaga, but we do not exclude other nationalities that speak English. We provide welfare information, practical support and two help lines (Telephones: 691761088, and 655903182). The Association also has a hospital and home visiting team. Other volunteers visit people in Care Homes when necessary. As part of our work we have repatriated some individuals to the UK, where there are more caring facilities and access to benefits unavailable in Spain. Some of our volunteers have had careers in nursing, education, psychology and other caring professions and are accustomed to listening in a sympathetic and kind manner. We work closely with the British Consulate, Royal British Legion, and branches of the International Lions.
