The City of Totana will transfer the facilities of the Municipal Citizen Participation Center to the Collective for Social Promotion "El Candil" for its management and dynamism, after it has been closed during the last years.
These premises located in Calle Menorca, 23 bajo are an infrastructure of a single plant with a useful area of 364.36 square meters composed of 10 offices, multipurpose room with capacity for 25 or 30 people, meeting room with capacity for 10 people , Room equipped with network connections, reception, waiting room, 4 toilets and file-warehouse.
The Local Government Board recently approved the collaboration agreement with "El Candil" to carry out activities and non-profit programs aimed at different groups (children, youth, family, etc.) in the field of information, training, employment, Reconciliation of work and family life, socio-educational intervention, social participation and volunteering.
The Collective for Social Promotion "El Candil" must cover the costs of light and water of the center as well as others (telephone, internet, cleaning products and so on) that the use of the premises are derived.
The Consistory totanero, through the Department of Citizen Participation, collaborates with the social fabric of the municipality in the transfer of municipal social infrastructures for the development of non-profit activities that impact on improving the quality of life of neighbors and In the dynamization and improvement of the districts and districts of the municipality in which they are developed.
For its part, the Collective for Social Promotion "El Candil" since its constitution has been developing actions that contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of the neighbors of the municipality, as well as to the dynamization of municipal infrastructures as spaces for participation, meeting And neighborhood activity.
On March 13, this entity presented a brief stating the initiatives, programs and activities that are being carried out by the association, such as non-profit-making programs and activities that are carried out based on established social objectives In the statutes, these being complementary to the own powers of the local Administration.
It was also noted that, due to the implementation of the programs, the number of people being attended had increased considerably, as did the number of classrooms for students in training, as well as staff (both voluntary As contracted) involved in the development of all activities.
In this sense, they requested the assignment of the use of the Municipal Citizen Participation Center in order to be able to locate the technical and volunteer staff and the development of programs and activities.