Postal company delivers boxes for charity
CHARITY DONATIONS to help fight poverty and social exclusion will be accepted at Portuguese postal company CTT’s network of offices from December 1. Five million letters explaining the campaign are
Thirty years of serving the community
By: DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@the-resident.com LOCAL RESIDENT Val Johnstone was honoured at celebrations held by the Lagoa Bombeiros on October 18 for her fund raising efforts. At a ceremony to mark
Charity run
A FOUR kilometre run, Corrida Sempre Mulher, to raise money for a breast cancer research charity in Portugal is due to take place on November 9 at the Parque das
Charity AGM
THE ANNUAL general meeting of the British Charitable Fund is to be held on Wednesday May 7 at 6.30pm at the Lisbon Casuals clubhouse in the grounds of St Julian’s
Support for region’s disabled celebrated
By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com TO MARK International Day for the Disabled on Monday, an association for disabled children and young adults opened their annual Christmas bazaar in Faro. Isilda Gomes,
Sir Bobby Robson helps children’s home in Faro
By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com LEGENDARY FOOTBALL manager, Sir Bobby Robson, will be returning to the Algarve this summer, to lend his support to The Mackenzie Sir Bobby Robson Golf Classic
Summer Fair in aid of Refúgio Aboim Ascenção
THE QM Garden Centre has organised a Summer Fair on Saturday, June 2, from 11am to 4pm. Many activities will be on offer including a crazy golf competition costing only
IN AID OF THE BOMBEIROS IN SILVES
Dinner with live music by Fernando Oliveira with raffle, tombola and auction Friday September 29, 8pm At Restaurant Ponte Romana, Silves. 4 course dinner: different starters, vegetable soup, fish cataplana,
Over 50s International Friends – (The IF Club)
• Every Friday evening at Hotel Oura Praia, Albufeira, from 9.30pm, get a few folk together to enjoy an evening of country music and Sixties hits, with Black Stetson (club
Pearl Jam – still alive in Europe
AFTER SIX years of waiting, Pearl Jam fans will finally get to see the band return to Portugal this September. With the release of their new self-titled album Pearl Jam,