Spring / Summer Cross Gates & District Good Neighbours Scheme CIO Working with and for older people

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1 Spring / Summer 2016 Cross Gates & District Good Neighbours Scheme CIO Working with and for older people Call

2 Contact us A word from the office... If you are over 60 and live in the area shown on the map on the back cover of this newsletter you can join our mailing list for FREE. Call in or telephone with your details. Alternatively or visit our website. Telephone Visit us at Cross Gates & District Good Neighbours Scheme CIO, Station Road, Leeds LS15 7JY admin@crossgatesgns.org.uk Visit Like us at Follow Coming up... Beautiful front cover artwork created by Wendy Beaumont at our Friday afternoon Painting and Drawing class. Living well in retirement We have a free taster session coming up with Life Coach, Geoff Ashton. Geoff will be coming to see us on Wednesday 13 April at 5.30pm. We expect the event to be very busy so booking is essential. To book a place please see Janet on reception, call us on or the office admin@crossgatesgns.org.uk. Thank You! Since our last newsletter we have had an increase in regular donations which we really appreciate. If you donate occasionally or regularly and are a tax payer please ask for a Gift Aid Form to maximise the benefit of your gift. Thank You! To those of you who support us via the 100 club your money is returning to you as prize money AND covering all of the minibus insurance, road tax and maintenance costs as we hoped it would. Together with Leeds City Council Fleet services, you are helping to keep our minibus on the road and our members out and about! Lifecycle Grand Drop-In Départ on Friday 29 April Staff and volunteers are cycling to York and back at a leisurely pace and with an overnight stop, making a 50 mile round trip in total. If you would like to sponsor one of us, that would be great. We have a rider for each decade of life from the 20s to the 70s and intend to have fun as we pedal. For those of you who used to cycle over hill and dale for double that mileage in a day please understand we are on a journey towards fitness - we haven t all arrived there yet, so be kind to us! Finally, are there any more aspiring Ukulele players out there? We have spaces in our Beginners Class on Fridays at 11.30am - cost is

3 Events at Cross Gates Conversation, Company and Cake Tuesday 26 April 2-4pm Free Over 90 this year? Join us to celebrate with the Queen! Come and enjoy an afternoon with other people of a similar age. Swap stories, watch a short film guaranteed to bring back memories and share wisdom from your long life experience. Space for a friend or carer if you need help. Some transport available, please book with the office Save the Date! Summer Special Wednesday 27 July 12-3pm More information soon Priority booking for Wednesday groups Mini-Break to Stratford & Cotswold Villages* Saturday 23 July - Sunday 24 July 69 Included: Return reserved seat coach travel, one night s dinner, en suite bed and breakfast, swimming pool, visits to Stratford upon Avon, Stow on the Wold and Bourton on the Water For more information please contact the office. *The trip is aimed at independent people who need no assistance Drop-In special events All the events below take place during our Drop-In coffee mornings from 9.30am-12pm Tuesday 19 April Tuesday 26 April Friday 29 April Friday 13 May Friday 27 May Tuesday 14 June Tuesday 28 June Tuesday 26 July Visit from Arthritis Care Care & Repair with information on their current services Sponsored Lifecycle fundraiser Grand Départ at 11.30am! Dying Matters Awareness Week Special - Emsleys Solicitors Chris O Connor from Action for Hearing Loss The Barnbow Story A talk from Bob and Jacki Lawrence Pamper Session Summer fun! Why not join our new Food & a Film group! Find out more on page

4 Regular events Sandwich and a Song First Tuesday of the month Tuesday 5 April Tuesday 3 May Tuesday 7 June Tuesday 5 July 12pm-2pm 4 Please call Carers Group Run by Carers Leeds First Wednesday of the month 2pm 4pm Please call to confirm we are meeting as usual. We sometimes go out on a trip. Call Angie on or info@ carersleeds.org.uk Good Orchard Croft Fourth Tuesday of the month Tuesday 26 April Tuesday 24 May Tuesday 28 June 2pm 3.30pm Cost 1 Tea, biscuits & a chance to chat Birds of a Feather group for people living with dementia and their carers 19 April Easter Special with art Activity 17 May May Day Special with reminiscing 21 June Summer Sing-a-Long with ice-cream sundaes 19 July Holiday Special Third Tuesday of the month 2pm-4pm Cost 2.50 per person No exercise class on Wed 18 May Memory Lane Entertainers 1.30pm-3pm 5 Inc. tea & cake New Group! Regular events Food and a Film Fourth Tuesday of the month 12pm - 3pm 26 April Over 90s event - attendees only 24 May Spectre, the latest James Bond 28 June Lady in the Van 26 July Billy Elliot New Group! Lunch at midday. Cost 4 Tickets in advance Theatre trips West Yorkshire Playhouse 27 April 7.30pm The Government Inspector 4 May 7.30pm Laila:The Musical 20 May 7pm KES 2 June 7.30pm Into the Woods 20 June 7.45pm The Barnbow Canaries Sorry no transport available Tickets 10 in advance from the office Stepping Out Second Wednesday of the month getting out after bereavement or mental ill health 13 April Golden Acre Park 11 May Middleton Park 8 June The river at Ilkley 13 July Valley Gardens, Harrogate Booking and payment in advance please. 11am-3pm Cost 3 Bereavement Support Drop-In Fourth Wednesday of the month Wednesday 27 April Wednesday 25 May Wednesday 22 June Wednesday 27 July 3pm-4pm Cost 1 6 7

5 Monday Minibus trips Wandering Wednesdays As the days get longer and the sun shines warmer (hopefully!) Why not get out and about with our regular Monday minibus trips, supported places are available. Home pick up and drop off 2 extra. A deposit must be paid at the time of booking and will not be refunded if you cancel, unless we are able to fill your place. Date Location Depart Return Cost 25 April Wentworth 10.30am 3.30pm Castle Gardens 16 May Elvington Air Museum 10.30am 4pm 12 plus lunch 13 June Wentworth Garden Centre 10.30am 3.30pm 8 plus lunch and Historic Gardens 27 June Charlotte s Ice 10.30am 3pm 5 Cream Parlour 11 July Burnby Hall 10.30am 3.30pm Gardens & Pocklington 25 July Yorkshire Sculpture Park 10.30am 3.30pm 5 If a Monday trip doesn t fit in with your diary and you do not need any assistance, why not join us on one of our Wandering Wednesdays instead? No home pick up or support available Date Location Depart Return Cost 18 May Cannon Hall 10.30am 3.30pm 5 15 June Return train travel to Leeds. Three hour boat trip departing from Granary Wharf followed by a cream tea. TBC TBC Boat Trip 12.95, cream tea 6.95 plus train 20 July Hebden Bridge by train with option for bus to Blackshaw Head TBC TBC TBC 17 August Golden Acre Park 10.30am 3.30pm 3 For more information or to book a place please contact the office, admin@crossgatesgns.org.uk or call August Middleton Park 10.30am 3pm 3 & Visitor Centre

6 Regular activities Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Computer Lessons with Joe and Kathy, including laptops and tablets 10am-4pm Individual lessons. Please book with the office. Cost: 2 Walking group 12pm-3pm Walks of approximately 3-4 miles led by qualified leaders. Meet at Cross Gates & District Good Neighbours. Cost: 1 / 2.50 minibus Our activities take place in a variety of locations. Please check before attending. Drop-In Coffee Morning 9.30am-12pm See Friday details T-Days Short Walks with Gayle 10pm-12pm Cost: 2 for transport Ukulele (Intermediate) 11.30am pm Cost: 5 per week Food and a Film 12pm - 3pm Fourth Tuesday of the month. Cost: 4 Sandwich and a Song 12pm-2pm First Tuesday of the month Cost: 4 Birds of a Feather pm-4pm Third Tue of the month. For those living with dementia and their carers Good Orchard Croft 2pm-3.30pm Fourth Tuesday of the month Cost: 1 Art and Craft Group 9.45am-11.45pm Arts, crafts and games. Includes tea and coffee. Cost: 3 Stepping Out 11am-3pm Second Wed of the month for the recently bereaved Cost: 2 Luncheon Club 12pm--1.30pm Cost 4 T-Days Exercise class 9.45am am Cost: 2 Creative Writing Group 10am-12pm Cost: 2 T-Days Coffee Morning 10.30am-12pm Cross Gates Working Men s Club Cost: 1 Joan s Flexicise T-Days Light lunch 1.30pm-3pm Gentle 12pm Crossgates Working exercise suitable for those Men s Club with osteoarthritis Cost: 3 Cost: 3 Table Games 2pm-3pm Cost: 1.50 Leeds Carers Support Group 2pm-4pm First Wednesday of month Bereavement Support Drop-In 3pm-4pm Fourth Wednesday of the month Cost: 1 Cryptic Crossword Club 1.30pm-3pm Cost: 1 Halton Activity Group 1.30pm-3.30pmArt&Craft, Games, knitting, chat and refreshments.christ Church, Chapel St.Cost: 3 Drop-In Coffee Morning 9.30am-12pm Opportunity to call in for a chat. Tea, coffee & biscuits. Information, events and advice. All welcome. Cost: 2 Beginners Ukulele 11.30am 12.30pm Cost: 5 Painting & Drawing 1pm-3pm Places Limited. Cost: 3 New Groups! IT Support Drop-In with Joe and Robert 1pm-3pm Cost: 2 In addition we offer a befriending service to older people who are housebound, bereaved, lonely or feeling isolated. Please contact us for more details

7 T-Days Celebrations On Thursday 25 February T-Days celebrated the end of the two year People s Health Trust project with a party. We enjoyed singing and planting flowers to take away as a keepsake. All the participants were positive in their feedback and delighted that we are continuing the group into the foreseeable future. The total number of sessions delivered over the two years is 292. This figure includes minibus outings that participants have attended which are outings that have taken up most of the day. This exceeds our original target. A big thank you to Gayle and Dee who have run the T-Days project so successfully over the last two years. We hope to continue running as many of our T-Days activities as possible - see p10 and p11 for details of what we re currently up to. Lifelong Learning Hello, my name is Jo Koszel. I am currently working with the IT tutors, Kathy Cooper and Joe Birch (pictured below) on a pilot scheme called Expanding Horizons. The six month scheme is funded by Leeds City Council working in partnership with ourselves and Ashfield surgery. It is for people whose health prevents them visiting the centre for IT tuition. The tutors will visit weekly and ipads are provided for the duration of the project. We hope that the project will be fun and give participants new ways of connecting with other people, particularly friends and family. It is an opportunity to explore existing interests or develop new ones and hopefully to promote and support independence too. At the end of the project I will find out how the tuition and using the ipad has benefited participants. For more information about Expanding Horizons please ask the office, admin@crossgatesgns.org.uk or call

8 Reducing Loneliness & Isolation Shared Tables Our Shared Tables project brings single people together to eat as a group at a local restaurant. A Bookings will be made through the office and all participants need to be registered with the Scheme. Upcoming Shared Tables Events volunteer host coordinates the Date Location Time outing, and also helps to break the ice since people often don t Saturday 2 April Travellers Rest 12.30pm know each other beforehand. The activity has been running for four months and recently Saturday 9 April Sunday 17 April The Devon The Station 12.30pm 12.30pm they got together to reflect on how it s going. People talked Saturday 23 April The Harvester 12.30pm of not wanting to go into a pub by themselves, but they Saturday 30 April Skyliner 12.30pm would happily go if they could be part of a group. One woman who is 83 said, You don t go anywhere on your own because you might feel embarrassed or Saturday 7 May Sunday 15 May La Cantina The Devon 2pm 12.30pm because there used to be a stigma against women going Sunday 22 May Travellers Rest 12.30pm out by themselves. This way you have someone to talk to and you can learn what s going on. Saturday 28 May The Station 12.30pm Another diner said, I came along because I d just lost my husband and so it was the right time for me. Everyone Tuesday 7 June Saturday 11 June Bistro Mokka Tesco Café Seacroft 5pm 11am was really friendly and you leave feeling like you ve known Saturday 18 June The Harvester 12.30pm each other forever. Sunday 26 June La Cantina 2pm If you d like to know more about Shared Tables please contact the office. Shared Tables is part of our More Than Saturday 2 July Cielo Café 11am a Mealtime - Time Together Project, a Time To Shine Sunday 10 July The Station 12.30pm project funded through the Big Lottery Fund s Ageing Saturday 16 July The Harvester 12.30pm Better programme. Sunday 24 July Leodis 12.30pm A big thank you to Emily Axel at Time to Shine for this article. Thursday 28 July Bistro Mokka 5pm 14 15

9 Keeping Healthy Volunteering Jane Robinson recently met up with one of our members, Melvin Lamb to find out why he visits Cross Gates & District Good Neighbours Scheme CIO. I retired at 65 and have lived alone since I was in my twenties. Apart from my friends in Bradford all my social contact used to be through work. About a year ago I bumped into Moira at a local event and she suggested I come along to join T-Days short walks on a Tuesday with Gayle. I came along and it s just snowballed from there. I now enjoy the Monday walking group, Tuesday short walks, the Thursday T-Days exercise and the Cryptic Crossword class. I m also going to take part in the Lifecycle sponsored bike ride in April and I m really enjoying the training involved. I ve always enjoyed keeping fit and exercising but before I came to Cross Gates I had no-one to do it with. I thought when I first came I might be too young and I might not fit in but I was wrong. The human contact I get through coming to Cross Gates has replaced the contact I used to get at work before I retired. I know if I hadn t come along I would have gradually become more and more alone. Now the balance is just right. it all away, remaining good humoured throughout! Lunch club wouldn t be lunch club without the help of our brilliant volunteers who help in the kitchen, set the tables, serve up the food and clear Sylvia Bartlet, Lunch Club volunteer (above) said: I heard about this place through a friend at bowling and now work with her at the Lunch Club. I recommend volunteering as it is a good feeling giving something back to the community who knows when I might need it myself! John Fardell, another volunteer (below) said: I started volunteering for an outlet and a bit of involvement, I m not sure what I expected. I enjoy the hustle and bustle when I come here and think its amazing how much goes on. *Hot off the press* We were recently visited by the Food Standards Agency and are thrilled to announce we received five stars in the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme - the highest award possible. A big thank you to A big thank you to all the shoppers at Asda Killingbeck who voted for us with their green token. We received a cheque in March from the Asda Foundation for 50 Thanks Melvin! If you d like to know more about the activities we offer at Cross Gates take a look at our Activities on pages 10 and 11 or contact the office. everyone for all their hard work

10 Spring Summer Quiz In this edition we re focussing on Spring and Summer - hopefully the sun is shining as you fill it in! 1. Which holiday does not occur in Spring? a. Easter, b. St Patrick s Day, c. Father s Day, d. Mother s Day 2. What does Spring Symbolise? a. Love, b. Rebirth, c. Death, d. Faith 3. What day does Spring begin in Australia? 4. Crocuses are grown from? a. Seeds, b. Bulbs, c. Corms 5. Who wrote the music The Rites of Spring? 6. In which month does Midsummer occur? 7. In which US State is the town of Summerville? 8. In what country were the 1968 summer Olympics held? 9. Which two legendary Hollywood actresses starred in 1959 film, Suddenly, last Summer? 10. When should you apply sunscreen? Useful contacts Organisation Action on Elder Abuse Helpline Adult Social Care Age UK Alzheimer s Society (Leeds) Care and Repair Carers Leeds Cruse Bereavement Care Contact Out of hours: leeds@alzheimers.org.uk Housing Leeds or Leeds Safeguarding Adults Fire Safety Out of hours: Please ask us for more information 10. Thirty minutes before sun exposure 9. Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn 8. Mexico City, Mexico 7. South Carolina 6. June 5. Igor Stravinsky 4. Corms 3. 1 September 2. b. Rebirth 1. b. St Patrick s Day Answers Leeds Directory NHS Direct 111 Police non-emergency 101 The Silver Line thesilverline.org.uk 18 19

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