The Equiland Equestrian Club, located in Bela Mandil, Olhão, is organising a fundraising event for the benefit of ‘Their Voice Portugal,’ the rescue association for mistreated horses,

A talk followed by a charity auction will take place at the Real Marina Hotel & Spa in Olhão on February 22 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., presented by the internationally acclaimed animal communicator Jackie Weaver, who is flying in from the UK.

At their first meeting of the New Year, Almancil International Rotary Club admitted four new members, Fran & Alan Wallace, Padre Jorge Cavalho and Gustavo Lima. taking their total membership to 40, the largest Rotary Club in the Algarve and the largest Rotary Club in Portugal using English as the common language.

Santa and Mrs Claus paid their annual visit to Estoi Casa do Povo to assist in the distribution of the food packs provided by the Faro Food Bank. The Rotary Club of Estoi Palace International was fortunate to have received many donations during the year of toys enabling us to give all the children registered with the food bank an extra Christmas present.

Rotary Club Estoi Palace International (RCEPI) has been helping the local Estoi School EB2/3 Poeta Emiliano da Costa for many years. Portuguese/English dictionaries are given annually to year 5 pupils. The Club also arranges yearly career talks for the older students.
The Club recently bought a new oven for the catering department and helped purchase equipment for the Special Needs students. Another annual event is the presentation of Merit Certificates to the 3 best students in years 5, 6, 7 and 9, and 1 certificate recognising the most improved student according to teachers.

The Academia de Ballet Contemporâneo (ABC) opened its doors in 2016 at the hands of its Artistic Director Ana Dias, former professional dancer, who danced in several national and international companies and participated in tours in Brazil, Spain, Holland, France, a Professor Licensed by the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon - School of Dance and by Fontys University (The Netherlands).

On Saturday 1st of December 36 members and guests of the St.Patrick's Society of the Algarve joined leader, Joe Goodwin, for a delightful walk around the estuary in Alvor.
Afterwards, the group had an enjoyable lunch in the Restinga Ria restaurant on the promenade,where the wine flowed freely and an impromptu sing-song occurred.

No rain but a bit chilly for the ASB November ride through the hills around Salir starting in Paderne.
The ride was well attended and with so many bikers it was decided by organisers Steve Wills and David Shirley to split the riders into two groups.

The Saint Andrew’s Society of the Algarve held its annual Saint Andrew’s Ball at the Penina Hotel on Saturday 24 November. This was highly successful with around 100 participants. Our piper Malcolm MacGillivray greeted guests into the hotel and then led the parade into the ball after the champagne reception.