Portimão has cultural and sporting proposals “for all tastes and ages” that can be enjoyed by the population from their homes.
At a time when a large part of the population is sheltered at home and there are strong restrictions on the movement and concentration of people, the Portimão municipal services "adjusted their schedule and keep some of the usual activities online", according to the Portimão City Council.
Under the motto “Portimão Stays at Home”, the municipality invites residents “to counteract the inertia resulting from the quarantine that they must respect, with emphasis on virtual visits to the Portimão Museum or to deepen their knowledge of books and writers at the Manuel Library Teixeira Gomes, not forgetting the possibility of practicing different sports without leaving home».
In the cultural field, the Portimão Museum «continues to exercise its activity in these adverse circumstances, in a creative and digital way, providing other forms and interaction strategies to fulfill its mission and objectives».
Adaptation to the pandemic was achieved "with the strengthening and centralization" of the offer of online content, through the online channel “The Museum at Home” and Facebook page of this cultural space.
«Some characters will be able to enter the users' homes, with games, stories, games, movies and challenges so that they can have fun and learn more about local history, not missing a set of playful and educational activities prepared by the Portimão Museum team», added the municipality.
The Manuel Teixeira Gomes Municipal Library, in turn, is in contact with readers through from your website and page on Facebook – «whose page beat all the viewing records last March» -, and can be contacted by email at [email protected].
«There are available online various shares of different areas of knowledge, with proposals for music, cooking, educational games, news, theater, movies, children's entertainment, etc., while readings of the present are suggested, among many other proposals. In addition, readers are challenged to send photos of their books and home readings», described the municipality.
While the activity within the scope of World Poetry Day had numerous participations by people from Portimo, who shared readings of poetic excerpts, «Passos em Volta and “Startings” are also examples of good acceptance. encouragement for those who are at home, as well as “Home Bibliotherapy” and the traditional “Story Time”».
Portimão Chamber also challenges everyone to do sport without leaving their home.
To this end, « online yoga, pilates, pop dance kids, zumba, hiit, localized, mindand body, ballet and maintenance classes are available to all interested parties, under the motto “Keep Active”».
Classes take place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, always from 9:30 am, and can be followed on the page “Portimão More Sport for all” and on the Youtube channel of the Municipality of Portimão, where it is located accessible the full list of classes.
On the other hand, and following the recommendations of the Directorate-General for Health, the Sports and Youth Division of the Portimão Council contacted the municipality's students enrolled in the “Diabetes in Motion” Program «for the maintenance of regular exercise and exercise. control of blood glucose, as well as the reinforcement of hand hygiene. These practitioners, considered people at risk, also received three personalized weekly exercise plans, monitored by duly qualified professionals».
Meanwhile, the municipality is working on a solution that will allow the municipal classes of Exercise & Health, Portimão Gym, Municipal School of Ballet and the “Diabetes em Movimento” program to be restarted online, aimed at users who already attended them at the Pavilhão Gimnodesportivo de Portimão, at the Alvor Sports Complex and at the Mexilhoeira Grande Sports Complex, The date of this restart will soon be announced. In the case of swimming lessons, they will be replaced by moderate physical activity classes.
All classes will work on an online platform and users of municipal classes will now have the possibility of taking them at home, accompanied by the respective teacher and, whenever possible, within the usual hours. Furthermore, the Sports and Youth Division of the municipality is available for any suggestion, question or advice on physical activity, via the email [email protected].
Another objective of the municipality is to keep young people active. The younger ones can consult the Youth Division Facebook of the autarchy and the instagram Generation XXI Portimão, “where it is possible to participate in XXITalks, with first-person testimonies of young people from Portimo about their experiences of exchanges or participation in community projects”.
The municipality also suggests films under the heading “Tuesday is a day of cinema”, among other sections on cooking recipes, physical exercises, gardening and various current topics.
«These are some of the proposals prepared by the Municipality of Portimão, which seeks to fulfill its mission and objectives by adapting to this new reality in order to help citizens stay at home during the health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, which will represent an attitude of personal protection and responsibility towards the community», concluded the Chamber.
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