The new Active Participation Centre, located in the southern area of San Pedro Alcántara, has involved an investment of nearly €500,000 and will begin operations on 17 August. The mayor, Ángeles Muñoz, highlights that the locality already has around 11,000 users of this service.
Marbella has launched a new Active Participation Centre in San Pedro Alcántara, the third in this urban area and the tenth in the municipal network aimed at elderly people. The facility, situated in the southern part of the town, has required an investment of close to €500,000 and has been completed in six months.
The mayor, Ángeles Muñoz, accompanied by the Councillor for Social Rights, Isabel Cintado; the deputy mayor of San Pedro Alcántara, Javier García, and representatives from the boards of the two existing centres, explained that the aim is to “expand the capacity to serve the community in light of the increase in users recorded in recent years.” Currently, the municipal network totals around 11,000 users across the municipality.
The new facility occupies a municipal space of over 300 square metres. It includes a café, multipurpose rooms with movable panels, and areas designed to allow the simultaneous development of different activities, making the most of the available space. Muñoz emphasised that the project has been conceived with maximum functionality in mind: “We have tried to utilise every last metre to create a versatile centre, capable of hosting different workshops and becoming a true meeting point for our seniors.”
The demand for these spaces has grown significantly. The two previous centres in San Pedro have nearly 2,800 members: 1,598 registered at the San Pedro I Centre and 1,171 at the San Pedro II Centre. “We needed to offer a new alternative in the southern area to continue responding to a growing population that demands these types of spaces for socialising and activity,” the mayor pointed out.
In recent years, the Marbella City Council has built six new active participation centres and made improvements to the existing ones to adapt to increasing demand. “We continue to expand resources because more and more people are participating in municipal activities, and we want to offer them modern, accessible facilities tailored to their needs,” Muñoz added.
The new centre will start its activities on 17 August. It will offer workshops in gymnastics, pilates, ballroom dancing, sevillanas, memory, and choir, although the programme may be expanded based on demand. Additionally, it will provide a café service, meals, and breakfasts at affordable prices, celebrations linked to the festive calendar, trips, and cultural activities, following the same operation as the other centres in the network.
As a new feature, the weekly dance will be held on Saturdays, allowing users to also attend the Sunday sessions organised at the other two centres in San Pedro. “Elderly people in the municipality will be able to access this new space regardless of the area in which they reside and participate in both its activities and the services it offers, promoting mobility between centres and expanding interaction opportunities,” the mayor explained.
The centre joins a network that seeks to promote active ageing and socialisation among the elderly in Marbella, a group that represents a significant part of the population and increasingly demands meeting and leisure spaces. With this opening, the City Council reinforces its commitment to the care of elderly people, with an investment exceeding half a million euros in this new facility.
Those interested in registering or learning more details about the activities can contact the active participation centres in the municipality or visit the Marbella City Council website. The opening is scheduled for mid-August, coinciding with the summer period when many seniors take the opportunity to participate in the leisure and free time activities offered by these facilities.
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