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  Cudeca Hospice & Knitted Knockers of Spain Association

  Cudeca Hospice & Knitted Knockers of Spain Association
   
  Benalmádena, 31 July 2020
   
  On 30th July, the Knitted Knockers of Spain association visited the Palliative Care Centre of Cudeca Hospice to donate their breast prostheses, hand-...

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  • August 16, 2020
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  Lorraine Williamson - Admin wrote a new blog entry:

  

  COSTA WOMEN FIRST EVER ONLINE POP UP SHOP SUCCESS STORIES

  TWO ORGANISERS - TEN WOMEN – TWENTY DAYS – EIGHT TONS OF FOOD
  At the beginning of June during a brainstorming session, we came up with the idea of running a Costa Women Online Pop Up Shop.   How difficult can it be we thought? ...

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  • August 3, 2020

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  Asociación Conciencia Magnifica

  Conciencia Magnifica or The Magnificent Consciousness offers FREE local Creative Projects in local community centre, Parque Innova, Benalmadena. They bring our young children together to paint, dance, sing and act and adults struggling with Mental Health ...

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  • June 2, 2020

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  Food banks in Spain and how you can support them

  Did you know that 1.5 million people per year are provided with basic foods by food banks in Spain? 
  Sadly, these vulnerable people are unable to put food on their tables and without the important work of the national network of food banks they woul...

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  • December 14, 2019

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    Kate Blank Hi - When I lived in other countries, food banks and kitchens often posted requests for cash donations instead of food, as the organisations could often negotiate better-than-wholesale prices on bulk foods, reduce storage requirements, reduce carbon...  moreHi - When I lived in other countries, food banks and kitchens often posted requests for cash donations instead of food, as the organisations could often negotiate better-than-wholesale prices on bulk foods, reduce storage requirements, reduce carbon footprint (transporting donated foods), and reduce waste (unwanted or unusable donated foods). Is this the same in Spain, and if so, do you know how we can donate cash to our local food banks? Thank you!  

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    Ali Meehan Hello Kate - here's their donations page https://bancosol.info/colabora/haz-una-donacion/ Thank you for donating! Makes a difference x

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  Georgina Shaw wrote a new blog entry:

  

  Food banks in Spain and how you can support them

  Did you know that 1.5 million people per year are provided with basic foods by food banks in Spain? 
  Sadly, these vulnerable people are unable to put food on their tables and without the important work of the national network of food banks they woul...

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  • December 2, 2019

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    Kate Blank Hi - When I lived in other countries, food banks and kitchens often posted requests for cash donations instead of food, as the organisations could often negotiate better-than-wholesale prices on bulk foods, reduce storage requirements, reduce carbon...  moreHi - When I lived in other countries, food banks and kitchens often posted requests for cash donations instead of food, as the organisations could often negotiate better-than-wholesale prices on bulk foods, reduce storage requirements, reduce carbon footprint (transporting donated foods), and reduce waste (unwanted or unusable donated foods). Is this the same in Spain, and if so, do you know how we can donate cash to our local food banks? Thank you!  

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    Ali Meehan Hello Kate - here's their donations page https://bancosol.info/colabora/haz-una-donacion/ Thank you for donating! Makes a difference x

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  Ali Meehan wrote a new blog entry:

  

  Costa Women Meet ... Luisa Machen

  This week, I talked to Luisa Machen, one of the AECC Pink Ladies team, a new department run by foreign volunteers of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC - Asociación Española Contra el Cancer).  
  The Association can help ...

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  • #cancer
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  • September 14, 2019
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  HELP Vega Baja make dreams come true

   
  For many families they are unable to take their children on a day out to places such as Terra Mitica and to build memories together that will last a lifetime.
  HELP Vega Baja decided that they would step in and on Wednesday 4thSeptember, volunte...

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  • September 9, 2018

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  Michele Masson wrote a new blog entry:

  

  HELP Vega Baja make dreams come true

   
  For many families they are unable to take their children on a day out to places such as Terra Mitica and to build memories together that will last a lifetime.
  HELP Vega Baja decided that they would step in and on Wednesday 4thSeptember, volunte...

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  • #Torrevieja

  • September 9, 2018

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