11/05/2026
Meetings
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 19th May
10:00 for 10:30
Club de Tenis, Calpe
A talk will be given on what help can be obtained from the local social services and those of the Valencian Generalitat social services
New members welcome!
For further information call Carole on 639 637 520, or email calcalpe@gmail.com.
Last Meetings
Tuesday 17th February
Representatives from Pellicer and Heredia Lawyers gave a talk on Reverse Mortgages and making Wills in Spain.
The full minutes of this meeting can be read in our members’ area.
Tuesday 14th October
Club de Tenis, Calpe
The speakers were from the Calpe Cruz Roja, who introduced members to many First Aid procedures.
The full minutes of this meeting can be read in our members’ area.
Centro de Salud
Christmas 2025
AFPO run a translation service in the Calpe Centro de Salud (details on this website). The photograph shows members of AFPO giving a box of chocolates to the staff of the Centro de Salud at Christmas.
If you would like to help as an interpreter call Noel on 620 687 633.
UK Embassy: older Brits in Spain
February 2026 update
The Foreign Office has updated its survey of the things that we need to take account of when growing older here.
In a page on the government website, they cover everything from medical care to finances to wills to funeral plans to going back to the UK.
AFPO recommend that you call up the page: Planning for later life as a British person in Spain. It's well worth reading!
Calpe elections (2023)
New Council (to 2027)
The new Calpe Council has now voted. For the next 4 years (in principle) Calpe will be run by a coalition of 3 parties, and Ana Sala, the current mayor, will continue in post.
The party with the most individual votes, the Partido Poplular, who wanted to force Ana Sala out, have instead been forced into opposition.
Up-to-the-minute news, togther with detailed analysis of the results of the elections (held on the 28th of May) can be found in our members’ area.
From the members’ area
In this section, we provide extracts from the announcements, news items and updates which our former President, Keith Wildman, publishes every day. To read the complete posts, you need to join the Association.
Announcements
Tourism companies meeting
(Notice posted: Sunday, 10th May 2026)
The 9th Meeting of Tourism Companies of La Marina will take place on May 19th The PACTE’MA meetings continue to consolidate themselves as a reference platform to promote collabouration between tourism companies and local producers in the Marina Alta. The next event will take place on May 19, at 10 a.m. at the Espai Senieta […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Calpe hosts a new edition of CALPESULAS on 19th and 20th June
(Notice posted: Friday, 8th May 2026)
The cycle will offer 15-minute shows for small groups in the old town on June 19 and 20 The Council of Calpe will celebrate a new edition of CALPESULAS, a cultural proposal that is committed to the proximity between artist and spectator through a format based on the so-called “rule of 15”: 15-minute shows, with a maximum capacity of 15 […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Photographic exhibition – May 5th to 31st
(Notice posted: Tuesday, 5th May 2026)
The Casa de Cultura hosts the photographic exhibition “As you look” by Nazario Martínez The exhibition can be visited from May 5 to 31 with free admission. The exhibition poses a direct question to the visitor: “what do you prefer?”, proposing a visual journey in which different photographs present contrasts between colour and black and white, different […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Calpe promotes its first municipal summer camp with 290 places and affordable prices
(Notice posted: Friday, 1st May 2026)
June 29th to August 28th The initiative, aimed at children from 4 to 13 years old, seeks to facilitate family reconciliation during the summer period. The Council has announced the launch of the first Municipal Summer Camp, an initiative that will take place in 2026 and that is a new public offer aimed at families in the […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Street art – the first Sunday of every month
(Notice posted: Thursday, 30th April 2026)
The ‘Calle del Arte’ returns this Sunday to the old town of Calpe with a new edition The cultural initiative turns Santísimo Cristo Street into a space for live creation and artistic exhibition The old town of Calpe will host this Sunday, May 3, a new edition of ‘La Calle del Arte’, a cultural proposal that […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
News items
Atomic debate
Sunday, 10th May 2026
Nuclear Yes, or No Thank You? Voices in favour of the nuclear extension are growing among Valencian business and experts due to the vulnerability of the energy system in the face of an environmental movement that warns of the problem of waste General view of the Cofrentes nuclear power plant The Valencian Community has begun […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Good news
Sunday, 10th May 2026
The woman admitted to Alicante tests negative for hantavirus in the first PCR The Health Ministry will repeat the PCR test within 24 hours to ratify this result The woman is stable and has no new symptoms San Juan University Hospital in Alicante. The 32-year-old woman, admitted to the Sant Joan hospital in Alicante, already has the […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Restoration
Sunday, 10th May 2026
These are two units of the 2300 MAN series that have been on the popular Navy train since 1969 At the end of last year there was already controversy over the delivery of six wagons of the mythical Limón Express de la Marina to Bierzo The train that FGV has just restored and that will […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Teachers strike
Sunday, 10th May 2026
Three demonstrations in the streets and pickets in schools: this is what the indefinite teachers’ strike will be like in the Marina Alta The assembly approves taking to the streets of Dénia, Jávea and in principle Pedreguer during the general strike that starts next Monday, in addition to marching to the demonstrations in Valencia and […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Calpe rowers
Sunday, 10th May 2026
The Real Club Náutico Calpe is measured against the best in the Autonómico de Llaüt Mediterráneo in Valencia Valencia becomes, this weekend, the capital of regional rowing with the celebration of the Llaüt Mediterráneo Suma de Banco Fijo Regional Championship, an event that will bring together more than 350 athletes from all over the Valencian […]