15 Mar, 2020 @ 20:16
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Helplines for elderly British expats in need of shopping, medicines or company during coronavirus lockdown in Spain’s Marina Alta

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HELPLINES are available for elderly English-speaking expats in need of help during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown.

The numbers of volunteers, organised through charity Help of Denia and the Marina Alta (DAMA), are for those in need of food shopping and medicines who can’t get out as a state of alarm develops across Spain

The assistance is intended for expats in the Marina Alta of Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca. (In particular Denia, Ondara, Javea, Benitachell, Pego, Vergel , Benidoleig, Gata de Gorgos, Pedreguer, Calpe, Jalon and Benissa.)

  • +34 686320435
  • +34 679182622
  • +34 695193925
  • +34 616202273
  • +34 634388446
  • +34 676079045
  • +34 659568995
  • +34 639176812 (Orba)
  • +34 659624643 (Jalon)
  • +34 633130526 (Javea)

“From the 14th of March we are in a State of Alarm; people will not be able to move about between towns without a reason,” Help of DAMA president Candy Wright told the Olive Press.

“We will only be assisting people who can’t get out and people who are infirm.”

Joshua Parfitt

Joshua James Parfitt is the Costa Blanca correspondent for the Olive Press. He holds a gold-standard NCTJ in multimedia journalism from the award-winning News Associates in Twickenham. His work has been published in the Sunday Times, Esquire, the Mail on Sunday, the Daily Mail, the Sun, the Sun on Sunday, the Mirror, among others. He has appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss devastating flooding in Spain, as well as making appearances on BBC and LBC radio stations.

Contact me now: joshua@theolivepress.es or call +44 07960046259. Twitter: @jjparfitt

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