The monthly meetings to support & follow up the care volunteers are a venue where they can exchange experiences, feelings & questions; they also get to know each other. In September’s meeting, following a dynamic “fishing for emotions” exercise, the volunteers had the opportunity to reflect on what they thought their work in Cudeca gave […]

Sensara, the beautiful development especially designed for people over the age of 55, in Benalmádena Pueblo, organised a Fashion Show in aid of Cudeca on the 24th October 2009. Our two shops in Arroyo de la Miel provided lots of lovely outfits for what turned out to be another successful and very enjoyable evening. There […]

The training sessions at each of the 13 charity shops concluded satisfactorily. All who participated said that they found the sessions valuable & voiced their worries about Cudeca’s difficult financial situation which is mirrored in the shop takings. Many shops will be organising special fund-raising activities to boost income. The volunteers who work in the […]

The grant applied for at the beginning of the year has been approved by The Andalucian Agency for Volunteers. It will support the Cudeca Home Care Volunteer programme by funding recruitment & training.

At the end of April Pepe Martinez, one of our volunteers & friends had to take a break from volunteering due to health reasons. We were thrilled when he was able to renew his Thursday morning activities on 22nd October. He has been helping for more than 7 years. We want to take this opportunity […]

The International Palliative Care Day consists of a collective movement to celebrate and support the World Wide Palliative Care movement.  The act took place this year on the 9-10th October 2009. Voices for Hospices, celebrated every two years, is the largest simultaneous musical event in the world and in 2007, more than 500 different performances […]