Altea Council Grants €6,000 To Charity Programme Supporting Vulnerable Families

Altea Council has allocated €6,000 to nan parish-based kindness Nuestra Señora del Consuelo to support its ongoing assistance programmes for families successful need. The Church-run kindness provides assistance to astir 532 people, distributing a full of 21,312 nutrient parcels.

Appreciation for organization support

Caritas has expressed its gratitude for this and immoderate different collaboration, aid aliases economical publication it receives to prolong its work.

Agreement signed pinch Social Welfare

The publication is made nether a practice statement signed pinch nan Department of Social Welfare. Councillor Anna Lanuza precocious formalised nan archive pinch nan president of Caritas Altea, Reverend Francisco R. Morató.

Soaring request successful 2025

Although nan 2025 financial twelvemonth is yet to beryllium closed, Caritas Altea reports overwhelming figures regarding nan level of assistance required by families successful nan municipality.

Hundreds of families assisted

Preliminary information bespeak that nan number of families requesting thief varies passim nan twelvemonth betwixt 180 and 230, representing an estimated full of 532 people. By nan extremity of nan year, nan organisation expects to administer much than 21,000 nutrient parcels.

Tens of thousands of kilos of nutrient distributed

In 2025, Caritas Altea has delivered astir 30,000 kilos of food, operating pinch an expenditure fund of astir €20,000.

Food donations from aggregate sources

Of nan 30 tonnes distributed—worth importantly much than nan organisation’s yearly budget—one 3rd comes from nan Alicante Food Bank. Around 3,000 kilos are collected done nan nationalist nutrient drive, a further 10,000 kilos are donated play by section supermarkets Más y Más and Consum, and betwixt 2,000 and 3,000 kilos travel from individual donations. Notably, galore high-demand items specified arsenic babe food, hygiene products and cleaning supplies are donated by groups of overseas residents successful nan area.

Additional societal programmes

Beyond nutrient distribution, Caritas Altea runs respective complementary initiatives, including nan “No kid without a patient breakfast” run during schoolhouse holidays, financial assistance for textbooks and schoolhouse supplies, and nan acquisition of clothing and sports instrumentality for children. These initiatives are funded by a backstage philanthropist and nan CaixaBank Foundation.

Support from section foundations and businesses

The Caixaltea Foundation has besides contributed by financing uniforms for Caritas volunteers and assisting pinch nan acquisition of nutrient parcels. Local businesses, including pharmacies, security brokers and different companies, collaborate successful supporting nan municipality’s astir susceptible families. A group of 10 families from Altea has besides been providing monthly nutrient donations since 2020, nan twelvemonth of nan pandemic.

Emergency assistance for basal needs

In summation to nutrient support, Caritas provides emergency assistance for lodging rent, electricity, water, drugstore costs and basal travel. The organisation besides covers impermanent accommodation aliases nan acquisition of captious family items specified arsenic glasses, wheelchairs and mobility aids, and has moreover helped get proceeding devices for residents successful need.

Guidance and support for susceptible individuals

A cardinal portion of Caritas’ activity focuses connected accompanying and advising individuals seeking employment, charismatic documentation, aesculapian support aliases lodging solutions.

Dedicated unpaid team

The charity’s 15 volunteers are afloat committed to supporting families and overseeing Caritas’ regular operations wrong nan parish.

Council support for ongoing societal work

Altea Council’s €6,000 subsidy contributes straight to sustaining each these programmes and ensuring continued attraction for susceptible residents.