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Well, looks like fall weather is in winding down and we’re starting to see cloudy, rainy weather more familiar in the winter… temperature is still nice though and who knows what the true winter will bring. Hope it’s as good as last year.

We at Age Concern are back at it after a short summer break. We are beginning to see a few more requests for information and help and we’re pretty happy with the way things are going. We are in various stages of training of about 15 volunteers and continue to search for more, especially in outlying areas where we don’t have coverage. So if you’re interested, let us know.

We currently have pages on www.chifra.org, mycadiz.biz, and regular updates in Baywatch and the mycadiz.biz e-zine. Thanks to you all for your support. We have just added an Age Concern Costa de la Luz page on the Age Concern Espana website – click here to check it out  - they did a very nice job putting it together.

We had a successful booth at a boot sale earlier this month and continue to get support from the local quiz nights (thanks Julia and Colin). These small events are just barely paying our monthly bills so we are always looking for other opportunities. If you or anyone you know would be interested in sponsoring us or an event for us, we’d be greatly appreciative. Additionally, we’re happy to take donations of equipment, e.g. wheelchairs, walkers, etc. that are no longer being used. We’ll make them available to folks in need.

Also, we’ll be starting a drive to find “Friends of Age Concern Costa de la Luz.” These folks will support us with an annual donation (of whatever one would like to give) and will receive routine updates on what we’re doing and discounts on any of our events.

As a reminder, our Lifeline telephone number is: 634 315 289, or we can be emailed at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Reckon that’s about it for now. Let us know if there’s anything we can do for you, or anything you’d like to do for us.

Dave Fisher

Press Officer

Age Concern Costa de la Luz Sur 

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.