October 29 MABS 2023 Race for Life
Join in MABS 2023 Race for Life and support this well known and much appreciated charity
MABS Race for Life 2023 takes place on Sunday October 29. There will be 4km and 8km circuits around Camposol Sector B, entry fees are €10 for adults and €5 for children under 12 years of age. Entry forms are now available from:
Camposol Sector A
Cat´s Bar, Rendevous, Tel´s Bar
Camposol Sector B
MABS Respite Home (Avenida de los Covachos), Branded, The Diner, Best Wishes, Alley Palais, Trevi Bar
Puerto de Mazarrón & Mazarrón
Autos al Mazarrón (Citröen), Decklid Autos, Best Wishes
Totana
MABS Charity Shop
Proceeds go to MABS Cancer Support Foundation to fund help and support for people locally diagnosed with cancer. This group has been working for 9 years to help cancer victims and Mazarrón Town Hall has once again voiced its full backing for the work they do and all of their fundraising activities.
MABS has also been formally recognised by the Murcia Regional Government. Servicios Murcianos de Salud (SMS) the Murcia Regional Healthcare Authority has formally recognised the excellent care and support and agreed to continue to work in conjunction with MABS MURCIA in an agreement signed by Francisco José Ponce Lorenzo, Managing Director of SMS and Beverley Thompson BEM, President of MABS MURCIA
For more local news, events and other information go to the home page of Camposol Today.
Address
The MABS Respite Centre, Avenida de la Covachos 278, Camposol Sector B4, 30875Tel: 620 422 410 – Helpline
Mobile: 620 582 418 - General Enquiries
Mobile: 620 582 418 - General Enquiries
MABS Cancer Support – Mazarron (Fundación)
620 422 410 – Helpline
615 016 035 - General Enquiry Line
689 052 123 - Zue Burgess (Fundraising Co-ordinator)
966 490 780 - Respite Home and general office number
634 362 954 - John; volunteers co-ordinator
968 425 761 - Totana shop
660 819 533 - Totana shop manager, Sue.
MABS Mazarrón provides care and support for all those touched by the hand of cancer in the south-west of the Murcia region. Volunteers provide a wide range of services to help those who are undergoing treatment for cancer in a multitude of practical ways, helping with both the physical and the mental challenges of dealing with cancer. The group operates from a cancer centre on the Camposol urbanisation, and fundraises from its shop in Totana, as well as receiving donations from businesses and individuals who support MABS with a wide range of fundraising activities.
Cancer Support Foundation (MABS) is a registered charitable foundation and is funded via donations and fundraising activities within the local community in Spain. They are a strictly non- profit making group who rely totally on donations and fundraising events, MABS does not receive any financial assistance from local or regional governments. All funds raised by the Mazarrón group remain in the Mazarrón area and are used to help local people at this very difficult time in their lives.
The Cancer Support Group (MABS) Mazarrón offer:-
Transport to and from hospital/clinic appointments
Translators
Patient escorts to hospital and clinic appointments
Support and befriending to patients and their families
Leaflets on various types of cancer and treatments available
Information on where you can obtain assistance in Spain and the UK.
Information on where you can purchase wigs, prosthesis or medical aids.
The Group also has branches with co-ordinators in Costa Blanca North (Valencia), Costa Blanca South (Gran Alicant and La Marina, Orihuela/Torrevieja and Mutxamel), Murcia Region (Mar Menor San Javier, Murcia North West and Mazarrón).
They always need Volunteers
Do you have some time on your hands? Could you offer friendship and support to someone in need? Could you take a cancer patient to the hospital for treatment or a consultant’s appointment? Could you do some light housework or ironing? Could you walk a patient’s dog? Could you do some shopping or collect a prescription for a patient? Are you fluent in Spanish and able to help with spoken and written translations?
If you said ‘Yes’ to any of these questions then you could become a volunteer for Cancer Support Foundation (Mabs) Mazarrón. There are no special skills necessary to become a volunteer, just a desire to help those less fortunate than ourselves. The group have volunteers from all backgrounds, some whose lives have been touched by cancer others who have not. Initial training is provided and ongoing support is available to all volunteers.
WHATEVER YOUR SKILLS - THEY NEED YOU!
The MABS Information Centre on Camposol
The MABS Respite Home and Hospice opened in April 2018 and is the focal point for MABS activity offering information, counselling and support to those affected by cancer in the Mazarrón area. In addition, the centre offers respite care for carers and provides end of life support in its comfortable environment as well as providing storage facilities for MABS equipment.
The Drop in Centre will be open Monday to Friday, from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm. Visitors are welcome or you can call 620 582 418 to make an appointment.
Situated in Avenida de la Covachos, number 278, Camposol B4, the centre is on the right hand side heading from the commercial centre towards sectors C and D. The Centre is funded by the MABS shop in Totana
MABS shop in Totana :
The shop in Totana provides a great source of income in order for us to continue our work in the Mazarrón area, but we need your donations of furniture , books, clothes, CDs and bric-a-brac, so please bring them along.
The shop is open Monday to Friday from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm
Avenida Juan Carlos I, number 50, Totana.
Telephone: 660 819 533
