Asociación Cultural y Social Alborea

What Asociación Alborea is

Asociación Cultural y Social Alborea is an Albacete non-profit operating since 1990. Its program spans science, art, literature, ideas and solidarity, with regular lectures, workshops and volunteering open to members and the wider public.

Cultural program

• Lecture series: monthly talks from January to May by speakers in philosophy, anthropology, law, architecture, journalism, medicine and biology, held at Casino Primitivo de Albacete, C/ Tesifonte Gallego 3.
• Literary workshop and reading group: monthly meetings in two sessions at the State Public Library, led since 2013–14 by educator and Romance philologist Pepita García Payer; the activity began in 2009–10.
• Annual cultural activities: themed events, cultural trips, concerts, literary competitions and Christmas-season decoration and cookery workshops.

Community work

The association directs volunteers toward Albacete organizations including FADE, AECC, Banco de Alimentos, Institución del Sagrado Corazón, Residencia de Ancianos San Antón and projects in the La Milagrosa neighbourhood. This work supports older and ill people, migrants and those facing social exclusion.

Alborea Award

The Alborea Award recognizes people whose unpaid work has served residents of Albacete city and province. The source material records an edition in 2019.

Membership and fee

Membership is open regardless of age or social or cultural background. The source profile recorded an annual fee of €50, with discounts on cultural and literary activities; this should be checked before joining. The board includes a president, vice-president, secretary and ordinary members.

Contact information

• Address: C/ Rocinante 19, 02006 Albacete
• Phones: +34 620 836 482 and +34 610 788 039
• Email: contacto@asociacionalborea.es
• Office hours: Monday–Thursday, 9 a.m.–7 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Confirm the current program, office hours and membership fee directly with the association.