They thrive in the open Center of San Diego, social centers Alfonso X, Marchena, La Paca, Pulgara, Puri, Coy, Zarcilla, Morata, Ramonete, Listening, Campana, La Hoya, Tercia, Campillo, Torrecilla, La Vina and La Parroquia, and at the Civic Center of San Cristobal Francisco Mendez, level crossing, and sports halls of San Jose and Las Alamedas.
Councilwoman Policy Staff in the City of Lorca, Fátima Mínguez, has reported that a total of 607 seniors across our municipality are benefiting from the wide range of 40 courses being developed this area of ​​work of the Consistory in extensive network of local civic and community centers.
This is a program that covers 22 workshops health education (528 hours), 2 stimulation and memory work (40 hours), 9 field of artistic creation (160 hours) and 7 other grounded in learning and expanding knowledge of new technologies and information society (180 hours).
Silvente Mínguez explained that the courses are designed based on the demand that arises from the different groups of elderly people, so that the persons concerned are those who determine the workshops that best suit their interests and concerns.
Thus a total of 908 hours of courses of gymnastics, computer, creation and stimulation taught.
Our goal is to respond to what they want to major in their spare time, they are the protagonists.
Thus, in addition, we identified that older and involved in these courses, contributing to the effectiveness of the program for the elderly.
The courses are free, in response to the commitment expressed by the City Council with our elders.
The activities that have a higher demand from the biggest Lorca are gerontogimnasia, bringing together nearly 400 people, while the artistic character involved 121, 63 in new technologies and in the memory 27.
They can involve all people over 65 with registration in the Department of the Mayor, located in Alameda de Cervantes No 32.
The mayor of Major Policy thanked the cooperation of Cajamurcia, whose generous financial contribution enables both gerontogimnasia conduct workshops and health education.
Similarly it underlined the special sensitivity that has demonstrated La Caixa, which contributes to the development of this program by funding two courses of new technologies.
Scheduled activities include workshops modalities such as ballroom dancing, yoga-tai chi, internet, creative classroom, adapted gymnastics, storytelling and crafts.
Develop from October until the end of the year in the open Center of San Diego, social centers Alfonso X, Marchena, La Paca, Pulgara, Puri, Coy, Zarcilla, Morata, Ramonete, Listening, Campana, La Hoya, Tercia, Campillo, Torrecilla, La Vina and La Parroquia, and at the Civic Center of San Cristobal Francisco Mendez, level crossing, and sports halls of San Jose and Las Alamedas.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca