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Playgroups and indoor spaces for young and older kids in Madrid

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] There are plenty of places in Madrid to meet other parents, help your kids socialise and also just have a fun indoor place for when the weather gets bad. Here we give you the best options out there… Great indoor places for younger kids Espacio Crisálida On Saturday mornings youngsters from 6 months to 4 years old enjoy Kindermusik sessions with their parents at family-friendly indoor play centre Espacio Crisálida. You can sign up to just one session or come along regularly every week, as you and your child wishes. Age: from 6 months Day: Saturdays Where: Espacio Crisálida on Calle de Juan de Austria, 24, Madrid, Spain Time: 10:15h-11:15h (2-4 year olds); 11:20h – 12:20h (6 to 23 months) Price: 12 euros Booking (required as places are limited): Tel: 915919750 or Email: info@espaciocrisalida.com Little Kingdom Families with children aged 6 months upwards find Little Kingdom’s bilingual leisure centre their number one go-to place on cold, winter days. In a vibrant atmosphere where workshops are happening in one corner whilst in the other corner youngsters are enjoying soft play, this informal social club welcomes everyone. Parents can sit in the cafeteria and watch their children or they can get stuck in with the English language activities such as magic, rock’n’roll or dinosaur painting. Age: from 6 months Day: Saturdays and Sundays Where: Little Kingdom, Paseo de las Acacias 67, 28005 Madrid Time: 11h-14h; 17h-21h Price: free entry; cafeteria menu prices vary and workshops range in price depending on activity Booking (workshops): Tel or Whatsapp: 636373021 or Email: info@little-kingdom.com Grey Elephant 3 – 10 year olds can go along to Tic Tac Toe English Club at Grey Elephant for two hours of fun activities solely in English. Snacks, arts & crafts, recycling, dancing, music, rhythm, storytelling, and guided play are at hand for this group of intrepid fun-seekers.   Ages: 3-10 Day: Saturdays Where: Grey Elephant, calle de los Mancebos 17, local, 28005 Madrid Time: 10h to 12h Price: 285 euros a term More information: Tel: 692556227 or Email: info@greyelephant.es Great indoor places for older kids MAD Escape Room How about getting a group of six friends together for an hour’s fun at the MAD Escape Room close to Islas Filipinas? “Finding the right planet” is a role play game designed to entertain and make the children think about finding alternative planets to live on once we abandon Planet Earth. This activity is carried out in English, and they can even organize events at your home or any other location. Ages: 6-12 Day: Saturdays & Sundays Where: MAD Escape Room, calle Donoso Cortés, 36, 28015 Madrid Time: workshops run every two hours over the weekend Price: 13 euros Booking (required as places are limited): Tel: 911014544 or Email: info@madescaperoom.com Mr Willbe Mr Willbe is a creative arts centre for children with a strong focus on stage and screen. From 6pm to 7:30pm every day they offer afterschool classes – some in English – in various new technologies and techniques such as stop motion, sound and music production, illustration and sound effects. On the weekends they offer incredible monthly courses (4 Saturdays in a row) to write, produce, act in and record a short film. Although this short course is taught in Spanish, English is spoken by everyone involved and results are often multi-lingual depending on the children who have signed up to the workshops.  Ages: 7-12 or 13-16 years old Day: Saturdays Where: Mr Willbe, C/ General Lacy 58, 28045 Time: 10:30 to 14h Price: 190 euros/ month Booking (required as places are limited): Tel: 681130938 or Email: info@mrwillbe.com What is your number one indoor activity when it is wet and cold outside? Kids in Madrid are keen to find out! Check out our Activities section for some recommendations. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Volunteering opportunities for English-speaking adults in Madrid

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Whether you are relatively new to Madrid and seeking ways to make new friends or have been here a while and want to find out where you can give something back to the city, you will be surprised by the wide range of volunteering opportunities available to you. Serve the City Serve the City can be found in big cities all around the world. It is a non-profit organization of volunteers who carry out practical work in the city that they live in or are spending time in.  Madrid’s branch of Serve the City has partnered with homeless shelters, refugee rehousing schemes and marginalized communities to provide support in simple ways, from helping with meals at soup kitchens to doing sports with teenagers. Contact the English-speaking head of volunteers for more details about what you can do to help:  info@servethecity.es British Benevolent Fund The British Benevolent Fund helps British citizens in need that live in Spain or are passing through. It provides financial support to partner organizations around Spain to care for those British citizens in their vicinity in need of practical assistance. Their main office is in Madrid and they are always keen to talk to people interested in volunteering as fundraisers, awareness raisers, case support workers and partner contact liaisons. If you are interested in finding out more, please do not hesitate to contact: info@britishbenevolentfund.org Costa Women Costa Women is a free nationwide social network for female English-speaking long-term residents of Spain. Called “Costa” because it originated on the “costas” of Andalucia and Murcia, it has since mushroomed across the country and right into the heartland of Madrid capital city. Costa Women Madrid is keen to fundraise for charities, as is Costa Women elsewhere in Spain. Contact Ali Meehan at: ali@costawomen.com to find out how Costa Women in Madrid is branching out. St George’s Guild Library Located in the grounds of St George’s Anglican Church on calle Núñez de Balboa 43, this lovely library with an eclectic mix of English language titles is open every Wednesday from 11-13:30h and on Sunday mornings too. Two Tuesdays a month it also opens to coincide with the talks offered by the Guild and the British Ladies Association. They are keen to hear from willing volunteers who would like to help out. Contact guildlibraryteam@gmail.com  for more information. British Scouts Madrid The British Scouts of Madrid hold meetings once a month, in English, for children aged 6-18 years old. They follow the British Scouting Overseas programme and are affiliated with the Iberia and France District. If you enjoy a challenge, have a skill you think you could share with young kids, are good at admin or have a few hours on your hands once a month to help with logistics, please get in touch! The email address is: leadership@britishscoutsmadrid.com British Cemetery Nestled in the unassuming southern Madrid neighbourhood of Carabanchel there is a small cemetery with a long history. Property of the Crown, it is currently looked after by a small group of volunteers who would be delighted to receive a helping hand. The resting place for more than 600 people from over 50 nationalities, of all faiths and denominations, this cemetery is a peaceful oasis with a mine of historical interest.  If you are interested in helping document the stories of the families of those who are laid to rest here or can lend some support to weeding and clearing the grounds, please contact  Monica: monica_segoviana27@yahoo.es Take a look at Kids in Madrid blog to find out about more events happening in the capital.

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