Winding-up of British Society on the Costa del Sol benefits two local charities

Article curtesy of Tony Bryant Sur In English – https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/benalmadena-torremolinos/windingup-british-society-the-costa-sol-benefits-20241220144100-nt.html

Money from the recent sale of the association’s property in Benalmádena has been donated to Cudeca and Age Concern Fuengirola

The news of the closure of The British Society in 2022, the first organisation of its kind on the Costa del Sol, marked the end of an era. However, the dissolution of the society, due to falling membership caused by Brexit and the pandemic, has a happy ending because two local charities will benefit from its final gesture to help the local foreign community.

The organisation, which was founded in 1967, has recently sold the property it had owned for almost 50 years, and the proceeds have been donated to Cudeca and Age Concern Fuengirola.

During a presentation held at the Cudeca hospice in Benalmádena on Thursday this week, the former president of the society, John Simpson, and John Kelly, secretary, presented the cheques to the associations.

Cudeca received 87,000 euros – 60 per cent of the sale, while Age Concern received 40 per cent, a total of 54,000 euros.

The donations were agreed during the society’s last general meeting, because, as Simpson pointed out, “they both offer excellent services to the local community”.

“The reason Cudeca was chosen is because several of our members had been cared for in the hospice. Cudeca also helped my wife when she was in the last stages of her life. Age Concern helps the elderly and many of us are now in our 80s, so it was an obvious choice,” Simpson told SUR in English.