Current Activities and Services
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Here is the latest Healthy Ageing Directory from the London Borough of Southwark
www.southwark.gov.uk/healthy-ageing-directory
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Warm Space / Social Thursday Spring 2024
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Southwark Pensioners’ Action Group (SPAG) meetings have been taken place on the first Friday of each month. They take place both at Southwark Pensioners’ Centre and online using Zoom meeting software. All are welcome.
Usually 10.15am start until 12.30pm. Please contact Southwark Pensioners Centre for more details about how you can take part in the SPAG meetings. Phone 020 7708 4556 or email: info@southwarkpensioners.org.uk
Forthcoming SPAG meeting dates: The next meeting is scheduled to take place on Friday 1st March 2024
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Local History Group
The next Hybrid meeting of the Local History Group will take place at Southwark Pensioners’ Centre, 305-307, Camberwell Road, SE5 0HQ and on Zoom.
You can join the meeting on Zoom from your home by clicking on the link you are sent.
Please contact Sally Lynes or contact SPC – 020 7708 4556 info@southwarkpensioners.org.uk
It’s a good idea to join our meeting on Zoom a few minutes early. When you log in, you will be asked to enter your name as this invitation is coming from the Zoom account of Southwark Pensioners’ Centre under the Director’s name, Cathy Deplessis.
Spring / Summer 2024 Schedule:
HYBRID LOCAL HISTORY GROUP at SOUTHWARK PENSIONERS’ CENTRE OR VIRTUAL on ZOOM
2-4pm on Tuesdays 30th April to 23rd July 2024
30th April “An Update on Southwark’s Archaeology”
Chris Constable Borough Archaeologist
14th May “Dr Lettsom’s Cottages”
Tristram Sutton, Camberwell Resident and Researcher
28th May “Peckham’s Heritage – Past, Present and Future”
Claire Hegarty, Independent Chair, Peckham Heritage Regeneration Partnership
11th June “Why Canonbury in Islington?” – A guided walk
Anne Tickell, Walk Leader for Friends of City Churches
Meet outside Denmark Hill Station at 1.30pm and we will travel to Canonbury by overground. There will be a charge of £10 per head.
25th June “Pictures of Peckham”
Judy Aitken, Curator, Southwark Libraries and Heritage Team
9th July “Books and Bohemians In Bloomsbury” – A guided walk Jill Finch, Guide in City of London, St Paul’s Cathedral and the Guildhall Art Gallery
Leave the Pensioners’ Centre at 1.30pm to meet Jill outside Russell Square tube station at 2.30pm. There will be a charge of £10 per head. Jill enthused us by her virtual tour of Bloomsbury on 12th March and we wanted to go in person.
23rd July Guided Tour of the new Salvation Army UK Headquarters building opposite Denmark Hill Station, Champion Park
Major Julie Johnson, Territorial Headquarters Chaplain
Meet in the Hope Café on Ground Floor of the new Salvation Army building at 2pm
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Southwark Explorers Club
Southwark Pensioners Centre, 305-307 Camberwell Road, London SE5 0HQ
Explorers’ telephone number: 020 7708 4556
Southwark Explorers Club
Southwark Pensioners Centre, 307 Camberwell Road, London SE5 0HQ
Explorers’ telephone number: 020-7708 4556
Supported by grant from Southwark Council
Our programme for April 2024
Friday 2nd April at 12noon East Dulwich Picturehouse, 116A, Lordship Lane, SE22 8HD: Screening of “Madame Butterfly” – Royal Opera House 2022 production of Puccini’s opera – 195mins. Tickets are £15 but the Club will charge £13. To book, please return payment of £13 with the enclosed slip by Tuesday 12 March
Thursday 11th April at 10.30am: “Hidden Hyde Park” – John Turpin will guide us on this walk. We will visit surprising statues, buildings and vistas on this walk starting at the Queen Mother Gates at Hyde Park Corner and ending at the Kensington Gardens fountains. We will leave the Pensioners’ Centre at 10.30am. Free but numbers required. Please return the attached slip by Tuesday 12th March.
Thursday 18th April at 10 for 10.30am:
Our Annual General Meeting at Inspire in the Crypt of St Peter’s Church, Walworth, Liverpool Grove, SE17 2HH. Please see attached letter and nomination papers.
Sunday 28th April at 10.30 for 11am
Community Preview of “Michelangelo: the last decades” at the British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG. This new exhibition will offer powerful insights into the faith, experiences of old age and relationships of the remarkable artist’s later life. There is likely to be a curator’s introduction to the exhibition. Having experienced the queues for the last community preview, it’s recommended you arrive early ie 10.30 to meet our group in main foyer of the Museum at 11. Free but numbers required. Please return the attached slip by Tuesday 12th March.
For Information Only: At East Dulwich Picturehouse – Royal Opera House encore screening of Macmillan Triple Ballet – 195mins. Tues 9th April at 19.15pm Tickets £17.50 or Tuesday 16th April at 12noon Tickets £15.
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Wise Age would like to know about the experiences of over-50s trying to find work & the barriers facing them. This short, anonymous survey will be used to inform the media & govt. about what is actually happening, so that resources are properly targeted.
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East Dulwich Picture House shows a film every month adapted for people living with dementia. £4 per person and carers get in free. contact www.picturehouses.com or 02072947908 for tickets.
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Watch our video presented by King’s Health Partners
“How can community organisations make a difference to population health?”
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Presentation on Falls Prevention
http://www.southwarkpensioners.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Falls-Prevention-Presentation.pdf
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Clear here to see the Active At Home leaflet from Public Health England. It suggests ways to stay active at home.
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Our Chi Kung exercise sessions takes place via Zoom and in the Centre on Wednesdays at 10.00am.
The link which we give you can be used every week. If you would like help with accessing these online sessions or need any further information, then please don’t hesitate to contact us. This can be done by calling us on this number, 0207 7708 4556 or alternatively, by using the following email addresses with any queries info@southwarkpensioners.org.uk
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Southwark Today
Please visit https://syrupmagazine.co.uk/Southwark-Today and register for the online workshops. On the website, you can also help us to capture Southwark Today by answering a few questions in the survey.
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The Great Get Together has connected once again with Marmalade Trust, producing this Understanding Loneliness Toolkit. It provides resources and advice on how to face loneliness this winter. Click Here
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Do you have a working Apple iPhone (5 and above) or Samsung Galaxy smartphone going unused? Free it from lockdown and gift it on with a message of hope to help others get connected with family, friends and essential support in Southwark. Hubbub.org.uk/CommunityCalling is working with Southwark Council, Community Southwark and local groups to reach those who are most isolated. Every phone gifted will be data-wiped and sterilised by specialists Recono.me, and O2 will be providing SIM cards with 15GB data, unlimited texts and unlimited minutes for 30 days. Recipients will also be supported with remote assistance and tech support to get up and running so that they can learn how to use their new devices with ease. https://www.hubbub.org.uk/communitycalling
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Peckham Pantry is a membership scheme that will make your money go further. For a small weekly subscription of £4.50, members of Peckham Pantry will be able to buy food – including fresh fruit and veg and store cupboard favourites – to the value of £15.
https://www.pecan.org.uk/peckham-pantry?gclid=CjwKCAjw0On8BRAgEiwAincsHG_fDF7ma7go-5ixCOodNwwyazwgO7E5VZffrxIiy_Yo3isZ1kupTxoC12AQAvD_BwE
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Since March 2020 Borough Food Cooperative has been running a food redistribution service from their church kitchen! During lockdown, they offered a free grocery delivery service for those in the local community, helping people receive fresh fruit and vegetables as well as pantry staples. They have also been delivering meals prepared by fantastic volunteer chefs too! Starting in October 2020, they have expanded their efforts and set up the Borough Food Cooperative. With help from organisations like FareShare, the Borough Food Cooperative will be acting as a subsidized supermarket, offering members to stop in and pick up £15 worth of groceries for £4.50. https://www.stgeorge-themartyr.co.uk/page/42/borough-food-cooperative
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Volunteers’ Week: A huge thank you to our wonderful volunteers!!!
We see you, we appreciate you and we are grateful for all that you do for older people in Southwark. Here are some quotes and figures from the survey.
“Everything has been great from my side as a volunteer”.
“Good communication from the volunteer coordinators”.
“I very much enjoy speaking to my new friend”.
64 % willing to continue supporting new older friend post Covid
64% willing to support the Centre post Covid
We admire the friendliness and dedication of the whole team. We have also appreciated the checking in to make sure volunteers are happy with work allocated them, that everything has been explained and is manageable, and that the level of commitment is not too much of an ask.
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Here are some useful links to advice websites Citizens’ Advice www.adviceguide.org.uk
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The official Government website www.gov.uk
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Turn2us is a national charity helping people when times get tough. We provide financial support to help people get back on track. www.turn2us.org.uk
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Rightsnet stays up to date with the latest social welfare law developments, to get casework support, and to test their ideas, share their experience and network with others with a shared interest in using the law to do good things. www.rightsnet.org.uk
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Some publications from Independent Age
Independent Age Blogs – HERE http://www.independentage.org/news-media/independent-age-blog
Independent Age Support – HERE https://www.independentage.org/get-support
Independent Age Get Involved – HERE https://www.independentage.org/get-involved
Independent Age Campaigning – HERE http://www.independentage.org/campaigning
Independent Age Information and Advice – HERE http://www.independentage.org/information
Independent Age News Media – HERE https://www.independentage.org/news-media
Independent Age Scamwise Booklet https://independent-age-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2019-01/Advice-Guide-Scamwise_0.pdf
You may find these useful – guides on how to get NHS help when you need it during coronavirus. Click here for the easy read version and here for the regular version.
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