With the click of a button and in “real time”, older people in Castile and León will have access to “thousands” of active aging activities promoted by public administrations and associations as well as resources developed to combat unwanted loneliness. … Among this group in society. They can do this through the new “Enacyl” application, which began its journey yesterday and can be viewed on a mobile phone or computer.
This was made clear yesterday by the Minister of Family and Equal Opportunities, Isabel Blanco, during her presentation in the town of Soria in El Burgo de Osma de. This is a “pioneering” initiative in both Castile and León As is the case in Spain. As detailed, through “ease of access” they will be able to know “where, when and how” these initiatives are being implemented, both those developed by city councils and regional councils and those of the Junta of Castilla y León itself. They are all already part of this digital catalogue Will be integrated “gradually” With entities and associations associated with the elderly in society.
Enacyl offer in Burgos de Osma
In an updated way, interested parties will be able to find out If an activity has “places or no places”, how can they register? The Vice Chairman explained that they will also have the forms that will enable them to make this registration. “It is about connecting all the people who might need it in the simplest way and through their mobile phones,” the Chancellor insisted. According to him, this will be an “essential tool” against unwanted loneliness among the elderly and will also be essential for rural areas, the ministry noted. This new platform will therefore seek to “improve coordination” between organizers and participants in an autonomous community of 2,248 municipalities.
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“Enacyl” will make available to seniors a “map” of resources of this kind that can be accessed through the website of the regional government. This way it will become visible and More than 6,200 workshops and 8,300 activities will appear in a geographic location Specific events take place every year in the community in which more than 190,000 people participate, according to data referring to 2024. The initiatives will be grouped into four categories: promoting healthy habits, independent living skills, relationship with the environment and enhancing knowledge.
In addition, the platform will also be useful for social services professionals. “When an older person comes to see them and has to tell them what activities they can do, they can use it,” Isabel Blanco said. He noted that Enasel also comes “to make daily life easier for the professionals themselves as well.” The launch of this application is a “first step” because it will be expanded “gradually” with more measures. But, he said, it is “important” for Christmas “that older people can seek out those resources that they may need at a particular moment.”
In this regard, he pointed to some initiatives such as the “Meeting Spaces” with eighty points of this kind to develop collective activities in the community, or the so-called “Network of Friends” against unwanted loneliness or the “Cerca de ti Navidad” so that people who spend the holidays without company can come for dinner and lunch during the main days of the Christmas season.