The participants in the 'Donar veu a les persones majors' project of Portals Nous, Bendinat and Costa d'en Blanes have presented the conclusions of their debates in the Town Hall.
Calvià 13th December 2016
THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF PORTALS NOUS, BENDINAT AND COSTA D'EN BLANES ARE HEARD
The participants in the project 'Donar veu a les persones majors' have presented the conclusions of their debates in the Town Hall
A group of people who have participated in the 'Donar veu a les persones majors' project have presented this morning, in the plenary hall of Calvià Town Hall, the conclusions after the sessions in which 16 elderly people from the areas of Portals Nous , Bendinat and Costa d'en Blanes have participated.
The participants presented before the Mayor of Calvià, Alfonso Rodríguez Badal, and the Insular Director of Dependència del Consell de Mallorca and Vice-president of the Observatori de Persones Majors de Mallorca, Regina Moll, the problems they have to face with in their daily life and the possible solutions, which they have been debating and analysing in the meetings they have held.
Eight issues have been put on the table for discussion:
Respect and social inclusion
Transport
Housing
Outdoor spaces and buildings
Social participation
Labour and citizen participation
Communication and information
Social services and health services
Today, they have presented some proposals and suggestions such as: encourage volunteering amongst the young people, offer services at home as psychological support to avoid loneliness, carry out actions to encourage coexistence between different generations, establish a specific telephone for elderly people in the Town Hall, promote civility actions (noise, speeding of cars, etc.), improving municipal information addressed to the elderly and public transport, investing in public protected housing, install more toilets in public areas, placing anti-sonic barriers, provide more police presence, hold conversation workshops to learn languages and cognitive stimulation, amongst many other proposals that both Ajuntament and Consell de Mallorca have collected.
The Mayor thanked the proposals of the people who have participated in the project. He has committed to 'do the homework' and to continue working so that life in Calvià gets better and better. He advanced that they are already working in some of the proposals such as a mobility plan and with the Regional Government for when the current public transport administrative concession expires, and stressed that in January will begin to operate the Community Police, closer to the citizen and with officers highlighted by zones. After hearing the conclusions drawn by the people participating in the project, the Mayor and the Insular Director have handed out diplomas to the participants.
The reading of conclusions was also attended by the Councillor of Senior Citizens of Calvià, Mayte Albertí; The Deputy Mayor for Social Cohesion and Equality, Nati Francés; the Councillor for Citizen Participation, Fernando Alcaraz; the Councillor of Esquerra Oberta, Alfonso Rodríguez Sánchez; the General Director of Social Development and Equity, Ana Pérez; the Insular Director of Dependency, Regina Moll; the coordinator of the Observatori de les Persones Majors de Mallorca working group, Mª Isabel Cuart; and the technique of Social Welfare of the Ajuntament, Cristina Gamundí.
'Donar veu a les persones majors' is a project fruit of the participation of the Ajuntament in the Observatori de Persones Majors de Mallorca. The purpose of this project is to establish an information system to know and analyse the reality and the psychosocial and economic needs of the elderly, to reorient and formulate proposals for improvement in the different administrations and entities that offer attention and support to this group of people.
The Programme's first edition was held in the area of Son Ferrer and next year it will continue in other areas of the municipality.