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The guide contains eight councils that manage services of all kinds, from transport subsidies, the use of new technologies, tax benefits or the promotion of sports

More than 61,000 people over 65 who live in neighborhoods and districts Murcia and directs them new guide for the first time, brings together all the resources that the City makes available to the elderly.

The manual, which was presented this morning by the Mayor, Miguel Angel House, along with Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Pelegrin, has been coordinated by the Social Welfare Concejlía but in its preparation involving all municipal services that develop programs or actions of interest to this group.

The role of the elderly in municipal politics is evident in the quality and quantity of services, facilities and projects developed by the City.

Now take a step further with the creation of this guide can be found on page www.murcia.es and http://murcia.es/ServiciosSociales/ssociales.asp.

We opted for the digital format for easy reference and ensure constant updating.

The goal that has developed the manual is to gather all the information of municipal resources of interest to seniors, both designed exclusively for this group, as other general, aimed at the whole population, and that undoubtedly are also used and demanded by the elderly.

Eleven municipal services assigned to eight councils are involved in some way in the welfare, care and improving the quality of life of the elderly:

- Department of Social Welfare and Health, through Social Welfare Services, Social Services and Municipal Health Services: network of municipal assistance programs, groups 4/40, food shops, etc..

- Department of Political Equality and Development Cooperation, through the Women's section: network of women

- Department of Sports, Youth and Tourism, through the Sports Department: sporting activities aimed at older

- Department of Traffic and Transportation: Bonus Card 100

- Department of Environment, through service and German Environment: the leisure gardens, parks biosaludables apparatus, system of public bike rental, etc..

- Department of Culture, through the service of Informatics: Classrooms free Internet access and telecentres

- Department of the Treasury, through the Tax Management Service: Fee rate zero waste

- Department of Safety and Human Resources through Local Police: Information campaigns crime prevention

Also included is information of interest from other government or municipal services are also of interest to older people, such as water special rates for pensioners, the Bonotaxi, cultural activities and libraries, among others.

In particular, the information contained in the guide is structured around the following themes:

- Information, Guidance and Counselling.

- Social Care, Psychology and Law.

- Accessibility in conducting municipal procedures.

- Services and Programs for Care and Care Environment.

- Promoting Associations, Training, Social and Cultural Activities.

- Health Promotion.

- Development and use of new technologies.

- Promotion and development of sports.

- Grants for Public Transport.

- Waiver of Fees.

- Actions of Awareness and Environmental Education.

- Prevention campaigns and citizen security.

In short, all the information contained in the guide have in common that are promoted with the aim of contributing to the improvement of quality of life, maintaining the usual environment of coexistence, social participation, equal opportunities between women and men , lifelong learning and active aging, so that older people have the option to live intensely this stage and make the most of every opportunity.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia