Summer at Age Care Association

Sat, Jul 24 2010

The Age Care Charity Shop has a good selection of clothes for the summer season which is now upon us. Why not go along to the shop and choose some beach wear or light summer clothes; whilst there choose some books for reading by the pool. Whether you are here on holiday or a permanent resident there is always something interesting to be found in the shop in the Centro Comercial Las Jarales, Calahonda (just past Mercadona), and is open Monday to Friday from 10 – 4 and Saturday from 10 – 2. Funds raised in the shop are used to further the work of Age Care Association on the Costa del Sol.

Due to the success of the Charity Shop Age Care Association are pleased to announce that they are moving to larger premises situated in El Zoco, Calahonda in September. Please watch for further information in the newspapers or at the shop.

The drop-in centres will be operating throughout the summer as follows. Monday afternoons from 4.30 – 6.00 at Whelan’s Bar, (on the paseo in front of Hotel Barracuda), Montemar, Torremolinos. On Tuesdays at Harleys Café Bar, Los Jarales, Calahonda from 11 – 1. Thursdays at the Manila Bar, Paseo, Los Boliches, from 10 – 12-30. Age Care has a Carers’ Group which is held on the second Monday of every month in the Bar Viva Espana, Los Jarales Complex, Calahonda and starts at 4.30 pm.

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.