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The Councilor for Beaches, Antonio Vidal, has announced that the city of Torrevieja will celebrate this coming Friday, June 23, the traditional night of Bonfires of San Juan on its beaches. Vidal has reported that there are many citizens of Torrevieja who enjoy this popular festival on our beaches and which serves as the starting signal for summer, becoming a special party enjoyed by both young and old.

The councilor secretary of the Local Government Board, Federico Alarcón, together with the councilor for Beaches, Antonio Vidal, reported this morning that JGL has approved the contracting of the Integral Beach Maintenance Service, excluding plant elements, for an amount of 531,132.61 euros per year, with a four-year contract, which represents a total investment of 2,124,530.44 euros. A contract that has the possibility of being extended for another year.

The Councilor for Beaches of the Torrevieja City Council, Antonio Vidal, has informed that tomorrow, Saturday, April 1, the new Surveillance, Rescue and Lifeguard Service begins on the beaches, which was awarded to the company EULEN for an amount of 736,920 euros per month. year (VAT included), the contract being four years plus one extension, which represents a total investment of 3,684,600 euros.

This coming Sunday, April 2, marks World Autism Awareness Day. For this reason, different activities will take place in Torrevieja organized by the Association of Parents of Students with Special Educational Needs (APANEE), with support, for the third consecutive year, from the Torrevieja City Council.

The AGAMED Board of Directors, held yesterday morning, reported on the application of the Social Fund executed as of December 31, 2021.

Representatives of 22 local NGOs have participated in a meeting convened by the Torrevieja City Council to coordinate the reception of humanitarian aid that is going to be sent to the Ukrainian people, who are suffering from the current armed conflict. The Councilor for NGOs and Volunteers, Concha Sala, together with the councilors of International Residents, Gitte Lund; of Citizen Participation, Inmaculada Montesinos and Social Welfare, Tomás Ballester, has announced that the City Council is going to provide a place in which the arrival of all the material that is delivered for this purpose will be centralized and that it will be attended by volunteers from the different NGOs ´s of Torrevieja.

The Councilor for Education of the Torrevieja City Council, Ricardo Recuero, the president of Rotary Club Torrevieja, Luis Andreu; The representative of the Humanitarian Foundation of Spanish Rotarians, Ricardo Molina, and the deputy manager of AGAMED, Gemma Cruz, have presented this morning the second call for the Comedor Scholarships for children in the city who have not been able to have access to scholarships granted by the Ministry of Education of the Generalitat.

The Councilor for Education, Ricardo Recuero, has presented the aid of the "Child Bonus". It is about financial aid for students enrolled in the first cycle of nursery school.

The Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, and the Councilor for Social Welfare, Tomás Ballester, have visited, together with the ASAFAN delegate in Torrevieja, Óscar Urtasun, this information point which offers all the information on the aid and benefits with the that have, in addition to managing and processing scholarships, FN degrees, etc. The hours of attention to the public are in August: Tuesday and Thursday in the morning, and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from the month of September. Among the advantages for large families are discounts on the urban contribution, electricity and water bills, sports activities, all kinds of transport, museums, ..., as well as discounts on school fees and university fees, on the Social Security fee by home caregivers, etc. To contact ASAFAN Torrevieja you can call: 686 083 054 or 661 348 048. Also by email: torrevieja@asafan.org.

The Department of Education of the Torrevieja City Council, in collaboration with ROTARY CLUB, AGAMED, LA CAIXA FOUNDATION, ASIVEGA, CAJA RURAL CENTRAL and different individuals, launched a project in November 2020 to grant Dining Scholarships to boys and girls from the city that did not have access to them in the normalized process of the Ministry of Education.