Dénia works to join the European Healthy Cities Network

Promoting the practice of physical exercise, offering a healthy tourist offer and improving the quality of life of its inhabitants and visitors is the goal pursued by Dénia with its entry into the European Network of Healthy Cities.

And all thanks to the project of the students of the Training Cycle of Sports Activities (ADAFE) of the IES Chabàs, which has received the support of the consistory to recognize Dénia as a healthy city.

Vicente Gil, one of the drafters of the project, and Pura Higueras, professor of the cycle, explained that the objectives will be achieved through talks to schoolchildren, seniors and all types of groups to raise awareness of the importance of the practice of physical exercise daily In addition ADAFE students will protect the healthy parks that the city has to guide users in their exercises and will create the figure of the promoter of physical activity in health centers to advise people through the sports offer from the city.

Juan Carlos Signes, concejal de deporte y medio ambiente del consistorio dianense, se reafirmó en el apoyo a este proyecto, facilitando además la inserción de toda la oferta deportiva con la que cuenta la ciudad en el portal web del departamento de turismo. Signes agradeció la implicación del profesorado y los alumnos del IES Chabàs, que además de crear el proyecto lo han autofinanciado gracias, entre otras cosas, a los premios 100×100 Fundació que anualmente entrega la Fundació Dénia.

Vicente Gil, for his part, recalled that belonging to the European Network will allow Dénia access to the financing of the European Common Funds for the promotion of projects.

According to the creators of the project, Dénia fully meets the requirements to belong to the European Network of Healthy Cities to which 110 belong Spanish cities such as El Campello, Silla or Alicante.