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A campaign to collect used orthopaedic equipment to respond to the increasing needs of the poorer residents in the Vila Real de Santo António area has been launched by the

Vilamoura golf pro Ricardo Santos teed off at the season-ending Apulia San Domenico Grand Final safe in the knowledge that his place on next year’s PGA European Tour proper was

Charity group Castelo de Sonhos, an organisation that helps underprivileged people in the Algarve, is appealing for donations of balls of wool. Volunteers intend to knit warm clothes for babies

A record number of shoe boxes, 1,361, have been donated this year for Operation Christmas Child, 12 more than 2010. Organisers The Samaritan’s Purse send the boxes full of small

Remembrance Services led by the St Vincent’s Anglican Church of the Algarve will be held on Sunday, with the main one being at St. Luke’s Church, Monte da Palhagueira, starting

A gala dinner for members of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce is taking place at Couleur France restaurant in Almancil on Thursday, November 24. There will be a drinks reception

Silves Câmara has organised free dance classes, which run until June 2012. Genres will include Salsa, Kizomba and Ballroom, presented by teachers Inês Pereira and Pedro Casanova. Classes take place

Hundreds of shoppers attended the 3 Charities Christmas Market fundraiser held in Vale do Lobo at the weekend. A total of €1,750 was raised for the Wolf Valley Charity Fund,

A ‘ladies afternoon get-together’ in aid of Madrugada is being held at Bar Bacchus in Porches on Tuesday, November 8, at 4pm. There will be tea, coffee and cakes for

Movember, the month of the moustache, is here and a group of Algarve-based men will be joining others worldwide in putting their razors away to raise funds and awareness of