ChiFRA

Age Concern, Costa de la Luz Sur

It appears that we at Age Concern (AC) have been a bit remiss in getting the word out about how we´re doing…and what we do.  It may seem like you´ve been hearing about a local AC branch here in Chiclana for years, but haven´t seen anything develop, and you´d be right.  A bit of history:  a little over two years ago, as a result of a recommendation by Yvonne Ferrier, ChiFRA hosted a community meeting regarding Age Concern.  We had guests from Madrid (the embassy) and Estepona (the president of the Federation of Age Concern Organisations and a colleague).

After the meeting a group of volunteers agreed to take on the task of organising a branch of Age Concern in Chiclana.  This group (headed by Edwin Cherry) was first tasked with fund raising and over the next couple of years they collected more than twice the 3,000€ needed to start up an Age Concern Organisation (ACO).  A fantastic accomplishment.  A few months later the new President (elect), Bob Hamilton, attended the ¨Federations¨ Annual General Meeting and Age Concern, Costa de la Luz Sur, was accepted as a member.  There is a one year probation period, after which we will be full members.

Click here to read/download in pdf format issue one of "AD HOC" the newsletter from AGE Concern CLS.

This newsletter will be published on a bi-monthly basis  bringing you news and information about your local branch of Age Concern.

Here is the March update from Age Concern (Costa de la Luz Sur) or “Age Concern CLS” for short.
Firstly, our new president Bob Hamilton attended the Age Concern España AGM; he presented our business plan and we were granted a provisional one year observer member status. We are in the process of setting up our own bank account (not an easy task to get all the necessary pieces of paper) so we can obtain all the monies we paid into the Age Concern (España) bank over the last couple of years.

Our next big step is to recruit and train volunteers; we need people to step forward to be trained to be able to respond to the calls for help we will be receiving. Full training in all aspects will be given in English locally, and will include what Age Concern CLS can and cannot help with. If you would like to volunteer, please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

I perhaps should add that we are in talks with a local telephone company to set up a single telephone number for all requests for help; this number will be manned weekdays during office hours and will be published just as soon as we have people that can help.

Even if you cannot volunteer to help others, you can become a “Friend of Age Concern CLS” by donating what you can afford; in return you will receive our monthly newsletter, and discounted priority for our forthcoming events. Once more please write to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Please support the following events, as some of the proceeds will be donated to Age Concern CLS:

*  Sunday 1st April; a Boot Sale near Popeyes restaurant in La Barrosa at 10 a.m.  
*  A Quiz night at Casa Blas / Venta Sorpresa in Pago del Humo on Monday 9th April, starting at 2015.

Dave Fisher
Press Officer
Age Concern Costa de la Luz Sur

On Wednesday 15th February at Hôtel Antonio in El Colorado, there was a “grand signing” of the legal documents necessary to set up “Age Concern Costa de la Luz Sur” – the proposed title for this branch of the association. Two people had pre-signed, and one person will sign in the solicitor´s office tonight. That will complete the official tasks to become certified.

These papers will be forwarded to the Age Concern solicitors in Mallorca and then they will be presented by Bob Hamilton, the Prospective President, at the Age Concern Europe AGM towards the end of March.