Eight psychologists, four therapists, four nurses, a physiotherapist, four social workers, two speech a neuropsychologist, a clerk and concierge with volunteer staff members will serve socio and cultural associations of the town housed.
NGOs Councilmember City of Lorca, Antonia Lopez, has reported that "during this course a hundred people each day will benefit the services to be provided in the House of NGOs of Lorca, which welcomes first 15 groups the municipality, which are those that offer these benefits to their members. "
The mayor explained that "we have coordinated the facilities so that all groups have their own office and can use common areas such as the gym, the auditorium, boardroom and workshops, dividing half the building in response to minor, which is expected to be about 40 a day, and one for adults. "
The Councillor said "between all groups staying at this community center will provide information, while be tested, group and individual therapy, lectures, consultations, parents schools, workshops and other activities. Eight psychologists, four therapists, four nurses, a physiotherapist, four social workers, two speech a neuropsychologist, a podiatrist, a clerk and concierge alongside volunteers will serve members of these groups. "
"Specifically, they already have their headquarters in the House of NGOs Multiple Sclerosis Association of Area III (EEA III), ADIFILOR (Lorca without barriers) Diabetic Association of Lorca (Adilor), the Fibromyalgia Association of Lorca ( AFILOR), Association Attention Deficit Disorder with or without hyperactivity (TDH), the Association of Parents of Early Warning, the Association for the care of people with pervasive developmental disorders (Astrada), the association of autism spectrum disorders ( ASTEAMUR), Active Murcia, Epileptic Association of Murcia (APEMUR), and the group of Friends of Egyptology and the Family Solidarity with the People Belarusian, Family Guidance Center and the Federation of Associations of Parents and Mothers of Students (FAMP), among others, "said the mayor.
Antonia Lopez recalled that "in the last term the city built this building with high quality, which allowed provisionally accept Municipal Center for Early after the damage to his former headquarters by May 11 earthquake to construction of new facilities. So it is from this course when we use the facilities almost complete ".
Lopez stressed that this building, located next to Ana Caicedo public school has meant to give this area a city amenity that will invigorate the neighborhood and savings for the city coffers as rentals, as well as promoting interaction and collaboration NGOs, there is also avoiding citizen groups requiring facilities to develop their business and do not have them.
"The creation of the House of NGOs was conceived with the aim of promoting citizen participation, solidarity, partnership, coordination between groups, as well as the optimization of resources, objectives, without doubt, have already begun to be fulfilled "said the councilman.
The House of NGOs is a new building with ground floor of 701 m2, fully accessible to people with disabilities, built on a municipal plot of 2,000 m2, located next to the new College Ana Caicedo, and representing an investment of 482,059.52 euros, and its structure if necessary prepared for future expansion.
This new facility has a hall of 84 m2, two meeting rooms of 20 and 30 m2, a gym of 65 m2, two rooms for workshops and 50 m2, toilets male, female and disabled, store, welcome and 22 offices, with which demand answers a broad and diversified historical associations tissue Lorca.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca