Programme of Events. August Event/Activity Time Venue Cost For further information Tap Dancing Blackfriars Hall, New Bridge Street

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1 Programme of Events August 2017 Regular Weekly Events: Monday: Tap Dancing Blackfriars Hall, New Bridge Street 1.50 Age UK Newcastle Art Club for over 55s St Martin s Centre, 1 St Martin s Centre Line Dancing Blackfriars Hall, New Bridge Street 4 Age UK Newcastle Flower Arranging (fortnightly) Cornerstone, Benwell 2 Search Project Beginners Tai Chi for over 50s Broadacre House 4.50 Age UK Newcastle Creative Writing Venue in Newcastle 3 to cover expenses Mary or Ali on or Lunch Club Byker Community Centre 2 Byker Community Centre Community Lunch St Martin s Centre, 3.50 St Martin s Centre West End Local History Programme (monthly) West End Library Condercum Road Free Search Project

2 Carpet Bowls Robert Stewart Memorial Church, Wingrove Road Annual Fee 5 then 2/session (1 st session free) Helen Tea Dance Byker Community Centre 2 Byker Community Centre Yoga Broadacre House Market Street East 4.50 Age UK Newcastle Adult Art Class Jesmond Community Library TBC Jesmond Library Tuesday: Current Affairs Discussion Jesmond Library 3 Tel Group Walking Football Grainger Boys Club Scotswood Sports Centre Free Search Project Unite Social Club Tyneside Irish Club Gallowgate Free Bob Pinkerton Tai Chi Fenham Association of Residents 2 Search Project Senior Fitness Group Jesmond Community 4 Tel Leisure Tai Chi Sure Start Children's Free Tel Centre, Woodlands, Newton Place, High Heaton, NE7 7HD Social Lunches Harissa Starbeck Ave Sandyford TBC

3 Arts and Crafts Sure Start Children's Centre, Woodlands, Newton Place, High Heaton, NE7 7HD Free Tel Coffee and Crafts Byker Community Centre 1 Byker Community Centre Music Appreciation Group 1.30 (every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of Fawdon Community Centre Donation Fawdon Community Centre the month) Church Tea Club St Martin s Centre, TBC St Martin s Centre Knit and Natter Cornerstone, Free Search Project Bollywood Dance (last Tuesday of the month) Alzheimer s Society Dementia Café nd Tuesday of month Armstrong Road Robert Stewart Memorial Church, Wingrove Road Tesco Kingston Park Community Rooms, 1 st Floor, NE3 2FP Afternoon Tea Club Dementia Friendly Group All Saints Church Hall West Avenue, Gosforth Camera Club Jesmond Community Library Play Reading Group Jesmond Community Library Wednesday: 1 Search Project Free Alzheimer s Society TBC 3 Jesmond Library Jesmond Library Elderberrries nature activities Scotswood Natural Community Garden Free Leanne Art Class West End Library, TBC Workers Educational

4 (enrolement each term) Condercum Road Association Tutor-led Computer Session and Search, 74 Adelaide Tce., Benwell Free Search Project Mile Castle Drop-in Session (3 rd Wed of Mile Castle Public House corner of Grainger Street/ Free Elders Council month) Westgate Road Singing for your brain (fortnightly) Riverview Lodge, Armstrong Road TBC Search Project Line Dancing & Blackfriars Hall, New Bridge Street 4 Age UK Newcastle Wednesday Walks Meet (monthly) From various points lasting 2-3 hours Free Search Project Grainger Writers Upstairs in Old George Public House, Bigg Market TBC Ciss Robinson Tai Chi Broadacre House 4.50 Age UK Newcastle Wellbeing for Life (1 st Wed of month) Singing for your Brain Silverline Memories Day Club for people living with dementia and their carers Market Street East Jesmond Library Free Elders Council River View Lodge Free Search Project 10 includes refreshments (fortnightly) Great Park Community Centre Roseden Way Art in the Afternoon Parish Hall, Holy Cross Church, Whittington Grove Tai Chi Gosforth Garden Village Association, Rosewood Ave, Gosforth Tai Chi Denton Burn Community Association Towards cost Barbara Bailes of hall Age UK Newcastle 3 Age UK Newcastle

5 Board Games Club (2 nd and 4 th Wed of month) Jesmond Library Carpet Bowls Robert Stewart Memorial Church, Wingrove Road Thursday: 2 includes refreshments Annual Fee 5 then 2/session (1 st session free) Helen Fancy painting for fun on Balliol Youth and Free Kim on Thursdays? Community Centre, Chesters Avenue, Longbenton Coffee Morning St. James Church, Benwell Lane TBC Search Project Even Fitter Broadacre House 4.50 Age UK Newcastle Tyneside Retired Members Group Open Air Yoga with ParkLives (last Thursday of month) Market Street East Brunswick Methodist Church TBC David Musgrave noon Gosforth Central Park Free TBC Arts and Crafts St Martin s Centre, 1 St Martin s Centre Senior Fitness Group Jesmond Community 4 Tel Leisure Chair-based exercise St Martin s Centre, 1 St Martin s Centre The one O Clock Club St Martin s Centre, 1 St Martin s Centre

6 Tea and Strategy Board Games Social Afternoons Social area of Great Park Free Mark Graham Community Centre, Roseden Way, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE13 9BD Mature Movers St John s Church, Ferguson Lane 1.50 Search Project Crafts Cornerstone, Armstrong Road TBC Search Project Exercise for Men Jesmond Pool 4 Age UK Newcastle Tea Club Holy Name Parish Centre, off Towers Avenue 2 Tel Friday: Yoga for over 50s Heaton Acupuncture Clinic, 182 Portland Road 6 or 5 for state Vicky pensioners) Tutor-led Computer Session Search, 74 Adelaide Tce., Free Search Project Open Air Tai Chi with ParkLives Benwell noon Jesmond Dene Free TBC Standing Taller Exercise Class for over 50s Jesmond Pool 4 Jesmond Pool Tai Chi (over 55s) St. Martin s Centre, TBC St. Martin s Centre Carer Support Group St. John the Evangelist, Kingston Park Free Silverline Memories (Mon-Thurs

7 Super Seniors: Seated Gentle Exercise Class St. George s Reformed Church, Newton Road, High Heaton Film Club West End Library, Condercum Road Saturday: 8.30am-2.30pm) 3 Ann Free Search Project Art and Crafts Market nd Saturday of the month Jesmond Dene Visitors Centre (next to Pets Corner) Free Visitor Centre Sunday: Sunday Social 2.30pm Laing Art Gallery Free Jude Mindfulness Jesmond Community Library 2 Jesmond Library

8 Other Events: GOLF GROUP FOR MEN When: Tuesdays, pm Where Parklands Golf Course, High Gosforth Park, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 5HQ. Ever wanted to try golf? Then why not join the Get into Golf group for men, organised by the Active Health team! Cost: 5 per session, with tuition from a PGA coach, along with equipment. Refreshments are provided. For further information: Telephone Matty or Noel on ACTIVE FOOTBALL FOR MEN ON TUESDAYS OR THURSDAYS EACH WEEK When/Where: Sessions start on Tuesday 18 July from 2-3 pm at Walker Activity Dome. When/Where: Sessions start on Thursday 20 July from 2-3 pm at Soccerworld (adjacent to Westgate College Campus). Join at any time! For further information: Telephone Matty or Noel on HOUSEBOUND EUCHARIST AND AFTERNOON TEA, The Church of the Holy Cross are offering housebound Eucharist and afternoon tea. The service lasts for forty minutes followed by tea. When: on the 2nd Monday of each month at 2.30pm. It may be possible to offer a lift as well. Where: Holy Cross church, 16 Whittington Grove, Fenham, NE5 2QP For further information: Telephone Sheila McVinnie on

9 GUIDED PUBLIC TOURS OF SIKH GURUDWARA Over the summer the Sikh Gurudwara at the Big Lamp in Newcastle is offering free guided public tours. When: Visit on Monday-Thursday at 10am, 2pm and 6pm, and Fridays at 10am and 2pm. Where: Cottenham Street, Newcastle NE4 5QU No need to book. NE1 S SCREEN ON THE GREEN has returned from July to September in the City Centre. There will be films for the family and two open air Operas broadcast directly from the Royal Opera House in London AUGUST: 80 YEARS OF CINEMA A whole weekend of films celebrating the history of the cinema. Where: Tyneside Cinema For further information: Telephone AUGUST: THE MELA FREE event, based around Pakistani, Bengali, Indian and oher South Asian cultures, as is oepnt to anyone who wants to learn more, be entertained and meet new people as well as enjoy different music, art ad food in the heart of Newcastle. When: noon to 8.00pm Where: Exhibition Park 31 AUGUST: DEMENTIA FRIENDLY CINEMA - OLIVER The popular screening programme for people living with dementia and their families and carers returns with this classical musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' much-loved book. When: 1.30pm Where: Tyneside Cinema Cost: 4.50 (carers go free) For further information: Telephone

10 7-10 SEPTEMBER: Heritage Open Days A great opporutniyt to see interesting local buildings which may not be normally open to the public. Where: throughout Newcastle upon Tyne For further information: Telephone SEPTEMBER: NEWCASTLE ALLOTMENT AND GARDEN FETE 2017 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF GROWING IN THE CITY Buddiing gardeneers and green fingered enthusiasts are invited to show off their gardening skills. Organised by Newcastle City Council, working in partnership with the city s Allotments Working Group. When: 11.00am-4.00pm Where: In a marquee in Leazes Park SEPTEMBER: DISABILITY NORTH S EXHIBITION Disability North's exhibition returns again this September to bring the latest in equipment, technology, activities and information around Independent Living. Where: Newcastle Race Course For further information: Telephone NOVEMBER: DEMENTIA CONFERENCE Where: St. Hilda s Church, Jesmond For further information: Telephone

11 Produced by Elders Council of Newcastle, Room 2.36, 2 nd Floor, Biomedical Research Building, Campus for Ageing & Vitality, Nuns Moor Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5PL. Tel , info@qualityoflife.org.uk.