Lope Afonso, candidate of the Popular Party for the Presidency of the Cabildo de Tenerife, calls for a stable financing framework for Third Sector entities, those that bring together volunteers to carry out work to help vulnerable people. Afonso announces that his government program establishes the need to “work together with the Town Halls of the Island to give an agile response to any situation of social need”.
The candidate of PP He highlighted this measure during a visit to the Acamán Day Center, in the municipality of Arona, where he went with the popular candidate for mayor of the southern municipality, Fátima Lemes. Afonso stressed that his will is to “turn the Cabildo into a backbone of the Social Services in Tenerife, responding, hand in hand with the Island’s Town Halls, to social needs, in an agile way, that mitigates situations of vulnerability”.
In this sense, lope afonso He insisted on highlighting the role of voluntary organizations, which “during the pandemic were decisive in all areas of care.” On this issue, he assured: “Our vision of social services revolves around the concept that Third Sector groups cover needs on a permanent basis.”
For this reason, Afonso stressed that for this reason “the administration has to guarantee a stable financing framework, which offers guarantees in the provision of the service and in the job stability of the personnel, since their activity results in the protection of the most vulnerable groups.” vulnerable in our society.
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“The Third Sector -said Afonso- must have a leading role in the development of social policies, both to contribute their knowledge when guiding them and to accompany their implementation when it occurs in the private or concerted sphere”. From this perspective, the candidate concluded: “Our intention is to promote specific measures of recognition and promotion of alliances between the administration and Third Sector entities, with the aim of jointly addressing the challenges that lie ahead.”
