Online booking

ASPE sports fans will be chuffed to hear that as from April 1 a new tool for booking sports facilities and activities online will be implemented.

Aspe now has greater accessibility to its sports facilities where those interested can carry out online transactions related to municipal sports facilities. It will soon be possible to book paddle and tennis courts, events and classes among other facilities, through the town hall website deportes @aspe.es or on the website: aspe.deporsite.net. For more information, email instalacionesdeportivas@aspe.es or or call (+34) 965 494 092.

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DUE to port works, the Torrevieja Amusement Fair is set to move to Antonio Soria Park.

All the stallholders have finally decided to move the amusement fair in order to start working on the port as soon as possible, with the city council itself bearing all the costs of conditioning the land and the installation of light for the operation of fairground attractions.

The park has a surface area of approximately 200,000 square metres and the area has been set up for the Friday market.

The park has also recently become the

Betty Henderson LOCAL charity, Elche Acoge opened a new centre designed to provide refuge for families and individuals fleeing wartorn countries on Thursday, March 23. The new site is located in the former ‘King’s College’ building, in El Travalón.

The building has been renovated and adapted to accommodate the needs of refugees arriving from wartorn areas or facing discrimination. This centre now has space to house up to five families with children.

Through the new centre, Elche Acoge develops one of its key objectives: providing refuge to asylum seekers. Currently, the Foundation manages three accommodation sites for refugees in different neighbourhoods in Elche.

With 30 years of experience in welcoming refugees to Spain, Elche Acoge has also been selected by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migration as a partner organisation, to which refugees can be referred for support.