Stitchers Group

The Stitchers Group will be using the Community Centre once a month on a Wednesday afternoon between 3 and 5 pm. The next meetings will be on:Wednesdays –  Sept 16th and Oct  21st.   The host is Claire, who is a keen stitcher with various skills.  She would define ‘Stitching’ as anything with needle(s), thread, hooks, […]

Careful Planning for your latter years

Careful planning for later life is something which we should all do. Now that old age is upon us it´s best to have a plan on what we’re going to do in the event that we can no longer remain at home and more to the point what can we afford to do.. Many of […]

Mental Longevity

Mental Longevity – 3 paths for more Emotional Fulfilment in later life Dr. Horst-W Reckert has kindly shared his positive way of looking at the world before on different subjects. Horst is a renowned Psychotherapist and Life coach. He is also an international expert in Hypnosis/NLP, an author with an accredited 136 publications and a […]

Don’t forget about the Eclipse later today

Don’t be surprised when it goes dark early this evening, if only for a couple of minutes.  There will be an eclipse of the sun, starting at around 19.30pm, with maximum darkness around 20.30pm. For us in the south it will not be a total eclipse.  In the north of Spain it will be total […]

How to recognise a Scam

Nowadays, unfortunately, there are an increasing number of criminals trying to con people out of their hard-earned savings. With the growth of the internet and Artificial Intelligence these scammers are becoming more and more sophisticated and often target the vulnerable and the elderly, who they consider may not be as `computer savvy` as those who […]

We have a new President – Meet Ophelia

My name is Ophelia Smith I took over the presidency of Age Concern Marbella & San Pedro on 17 July 2026. As your new president I’m sure you’d like to know a bit about my background and what my plans for the future of your organisation are.   Starting with who I am, I have a […]

Dealing with a Wildfire Outbreak

Spain has so far this year seen the arrival of heatwave after heatwave and at Age Concern Marbella and San Pedro, we have already issued some advice on how to stay cool. Possibly more dangerous than suffering from the heat is the fact that wildfires are once again springing up all over the country and […]