Amovate are supporting the Piranha Bar in their Surf Summer Fest this Saturday 18th August starting at 20:00 hrs.
The stage will be outside the bar, so plenty of room for all to enjoy the Music and of course get access to the bar.
Good luck to Hugo and his team for this lively event
Following the very successful crime prevention seminar recently held by Safe Communities Algarve and GNR Faro in São Brás, another seminar is planned for those living in the Western algarve and will be held in Lagos This will take place on Wednesday 26th September 2012 from 1600 to 1800 hrs at the Centro Cultural de Lagos“. It is being organized by Safe Communities Algarve; Destacamento da GNR de Portimão and PSP Divisão Policial Portimão and will be in English.
The seminar is aimed at promoting safer communities through crime prevention and will include the work of the GNR including the Safe Residence Program, PSP and Safe Communities Algarve. The seminar will also include presentations by the British Consulate and the Night Guard Association (ASPGN). This will be the first occasion that these five organizations have come together at a single event to share their experiences with the public as well as providing a unique opportunity for questions and answers on matters of public interest.
The full program and details of presenters will be published in due course together with registration details. Other crime prevention seminars are also planned during October in other parts of the Algarve. Details and venues will be published by Safe Communities Algarve shortly. Details can be found on the Events page at www.safecommunitiesalgarve.com“
Vale da Telha’s annual Music Festival, scheduled for Saturday August 25th, has been cancelled.
Amovate’s committee has decided to take this step with extreme reluctance to avoid the risk of heavy financial losses on the event.
It was felt that many people would not wish to travel, or be able to travel, to the Old School House, whose somewhat remote location from the main residential areas makes it pretty much impossible to get there for such a social event other than by car.
As most residents are aware there has been an increase recently in the block stopping of drivers at GNR checkpoints in the area to combat instances of drink-driving , with heavy fines and instructions to present themselves at court as a direct consequence.
Our feedback suggests that many people who would normally attend the Festival feel they would rather not risk driving there—and those who would will not be using the bar facilities. Also, a fair proportion of people attending past Music Festivals have travelled by car from the far edges of Aljezur or even from outside the municipality’s boundaries.
Clearly, as we make no admission charge to the Music Festival, we try and make up our outgoings from bar takings, which would need to be in excess of €1,800 to cover the €1,200 costs incurred to stage the event, with fees for the musicians etc., even with a donation from the Câmara.
Amovate fully accepts that the GNR are doing their job and we are not attaching any blame to them for the action we have taken.
But as there is no other transport available to VDT, taxis are few and far between and, with no verges or footpaths on the road from VdT to Vales—and no street lighting—it is too dangerous to walk to Amovate (in the unlikely event that anyone should wish to travel that distance on foot) we think this is the best course of action.
Movement to another venue would not help either as these people still need to travel by road.
We will be meeting in the next week or so to discuss the issue and, hopefully we can arrange events in the future that are more central to VDT, as with the Summer Ball.
Here are a selection from the Summer Ball which was enjoyed by many residents and friends of Vale da Telha, and the local areas. Our thanks to all those who helped with the organisation, and of course to all who supported the event to make it such a huge success.
