UK Ambassador visits Faro children's home

Later in the afternoon the Ambassador visited the offices of the Algarve Resident to meet the management and staff of the newspaper, then, in the delightful setting of the Le Meridien Penina Hotel, the Ambassador and Consul joined a group of British residents active in charity work in the region for afternoon tea. The Ambassador heard about the splendid work done by Alison Blair, founder of the Madrugada end of life charity, who was accompanied by Helen Jones and Dr Jonas Miller. Also present were Patricia Clifford, a long term Algarve resident who was invited to Her Majesty the Queen’s Maundy Money event in London this year, and her husband Tony, Father Haynes Hubbard, senior chaplain at the St Luke’s Anglican Chaplaincy in Praia da Luz, and Mrs Susan Hubbard.