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BABYSITTING GRANT Boat Show 23 MURCIA’S town hall has launched a new programme to support families and help reconcile family and pro fessional life. One of the services of fered in this new programme is a babysitting service. You can already apply for this service if you have children aged from 0six years old. The service supplies a babysitter for a maximum of four hours per day and a maximum of 40 hours per year. The service is available be tween the hours of 8am and 8pm and they can care for a maximum of two children at the same time. Within this programme, another service is being trialled in the towns of Lobosillo, Beniján, Alquerías, and Murcia. They will open schools from 4pm to 8pm to provide afterschool care for children. All of the services are free and are part of a pilot pro gramme. The town hall will use this pilot programme to gather informa tion with the intention of expanding it depending on the demand. The mayor of Murcia, José Anto nio Serrano, highlighted that this is
THE 11th edition of the nautical fair is to be held in San Pedro del Pinatar in the Region of Murcia. The boat show will take place in ‘Ma rina de las Salinas’ and will run from Thursday, April 6 until Sunday, April 9. The boat show is part of San Pe dro del Pinatar’s Easter pro gramme called ‘San Pedro Te Mueve’. Access is free for all members of the public and the timetable will be from 10am until 8pm, with no break for lunch or siesta for the four days.
NEW PROGRAMME: Supporting local families.
the first programme of its kind. More than €456,000 were invested into this programme. The funds were provided by the Spanish gov ernment and the Murcian govern ment.
During the Easter holidays, there will also be a number of ‘holiday camps’ available for children, you can check with your town hall to see if your town is running one. They are also free of charge.
Semana Santa Murcia SEMANA SANTA or Holy Week is a major religious and cultural event in Spain. It is the most important religious event, commemorating the last week of Jesus’ life. The Catholic religious brother hoods (cofradía) perform proces sions through the streets of all Spanish towns during the last week of Lent, the week leading up to Easter. Likewise in the Region of Mur cia, you can attend the proces sions in your local area but the most popular processions are held in Cartagena City and Murcia City. Make sure to look up the timetable of the processions as the processions in Cartagena have their own particular order. The main processions in Murcia during Semana Santa are held on Holy Wednesday, Holy Thursday the silent procession, Good Fri
Approximately, 15,000 visitors are expected to the boat show during the four days with visitors expected from other regions of Spain and even some visi tors from other countries like France and Belgium. The Nautical Fair of Ma rina de las Salinas along with the Nautical associa tion of the Region of Mur cia (ANAM) will also offer a restaurant and leisure area with shops and a number of catering stands available to make it the perfect fam ily day out.
PROCESSIONS: Are carried out in most towns in Spain over Easter.
day, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. Each town hall will have the schedule of their processions and will usually point out the starting point. In some regions of
Spain Easter Monday is a bank holiday but not in Murcia. Mur cia’s bank holidays during Semana Santa are on Thursday, April 6, and Friday, April 7.
BOAT SHOW: The perfect family day out.