March Activities for Over 50s Monday Tuesday Wednesday Hatha Yoga Low Impact Exercise Iyengar Yoga (9:50 – 10:50, St. Helen’s Church Hall, , £4) (10 – 10:45, St. Joseph’s Church Hall, , £3.80) 8 WEEK FREE TASTERS START 4 MARCH (9:30 - 11, Aiki Martial Arts & Fitness Club, Ryton, Dave Low Impact Exercise Men’s Hydrotherapy Group 07779 342183 for details) (10 – 10:45, Indoor Bowling Centre, £3.80) 6 WEEK FREE TASTERS FROM 20 MARCH (10 – 11, Chase Park Rehabilitation Centre, , Dancercise Line Dancing Allison 0191 420 1302 to book) (10 – 10:45, Village Hall, £3.80) (10 – 10:45 Absolute Beginners and 11 – 12 Intermediate, St. Joseph’s Church Hall opposite Gateshead Interchange, Joyce Close Social Group Low Impact Exercise £3.50) (10 – 12, Joyce Close Communal Lounge) (10 – 10:45, Barmoor Hub, Ryton, £3.80) Exercise Group / Prize Bingo Craft and Chatter Group Mental Health Support Group (from 10 am, McErlane Square, , Lynda 07712 695403 (10 – 12, Sunniside Methodist Church, £3.50) (10 – 12, AgeUK Resource Centre, 341-343 High Street, for info) Gateshead) Coffee Morning Art Diamonds Drop-in Group (13 March, 10 – 12, Central Library Coffee Shop, Prince Art Diamonds Drop-in Group (10 - 12, Leam Lane & Birtley Libraries, Rachel Horton 0191 Consort Road, Versus Arthritis, Allison 0191 420 1302 for info) (10 - 12, Library, Rachel Horton 0191 433 3864 for 433 3864 for info, FREE) info, FREE) Art Diamonds Drop-in Group Chair-based Exercise (10 - 12, Blaydon Library, Rachel Horton 0191 433 3864 for Walking Group (10:15 – 11:15, Pleasant Place, Birtley) info, FREE) (10:30, Gateshead Interchange) Men’s Fitness Classes Deckham Social Group Easy Does It (gentle exercise) 10 WEEK FREE TASTERS FROM 2 APRIL (6 & 20 Mar, 10:30 – 12:30, Deckham Village Hall) (11 – 11:45, Deckham Village Hall, £3.80) (10:30 – 11:15, One Take Fitness & Nutrition, Road, Martin 0191 447 9300 for info) Walking Football Coffee Morning (11 – 12, Cleveland Hall FC, Ashley Lowe 0344 372 1892 for (11 – 1, Boltons Bungalows, ) Tai Chi info, FREE) (10:30 – 11:30 and 11:45 – 12:45, SOSA Dance Fitness Deckham Village Hall, £3) Pilates (11:15 – 12:15, Millennium Centre, £4, Trudy (11:30 – 12:30, Deckham Village Hall, £6) 07787419022 for details) Wardley Gate Social Group (10:30 – 11:30, Wardley Gate Care Centre) Woollen Tops (knitting/crochet) Low Impact Exercise (10:30 – 12:30, Christ Church Hall, Felling) (11:45 – 12:30, St. Joseph’s Church Hall, Blaydon, £3.80) Birtley Social Group (5 & 19 March, 10:30 – 12:30, Birtley Fire Station) Get-together Group Men’s Group (alternate Wednesdays, 10:30 – 12:30, (alternate Mondays, 12 – 2:30, Friendship Group Kells Way, ) Garesfield Golf Club) (alternate Tuesdays, 10:30 – 12:30, Civic Centre) Low Impact Exercise Low Impact Exercise Pilates (11:30 – 12:15, Lobley Hill Community Centre, £3.80) (12:10 – 12:55 and 12:55 – 1:30, FACT, Denise Robertson (11 – 12, St. Helen’s Church Hall, Low Fell, £3.50) House, Swalwell, £3.80) Cosy Crow Community Café Tai Chi Pay-what-you-can, open to public Friendship Group (11 - 12, Hertfordshire House Community Centre, Pelaw, (12:30 – 2:30, Deckham Village Hall) (alternate Mondays, 1 – 3, Blaydon Library) 0191 469 1860 for info) Connect Social Group Chair-based Exercise Domino and Lunch Group Refreshments & games (1:15 – 2:15, St. Joseph’s Church Hall, (11 – 1, Boltons Bungalows, Chopwell) (12:45 – 2:15, Sunniside Methodist Church, £1.50) Blaydon, £3) Low Impact Exercise St. Helen’s Social Group Denewell Social Group (11:15 – 12, Methodist Church, £3.80) (13 & 27 Mar, 1 – 3, St. Helen’s Church Hall, (11 March, 1:30 – 3, Denewell Ave. URC Church, Low Fell) Low Fell) Next Steps Bereavement Support Drop-in (alternate Tuesdays, 1 – 3, AgeUK Resource Centre, 341-343 True Colours LGBT Silver Screen Film Club High Street, Gateshead) (alternate Wednesdays, 1 – 3, AgeUK Resource Centre, 341 (alternate Mondays, 1:30 – 3:30, Rosewood Care Centre, – 343 High Street, Gateshead) ) Low Impact Exercise (11:45 – 12:30, Community Venue, £3.80) Dancercise Low Impact Exercise (1 – 1:45, Deckham Village Hall, £3.80) (2 – 2:45, Whickham Community Centre, £3.80) Cosy Crow Singers Group (1 – 2:30, Deckham Village Hall) Chair-based Exercise Watercolour Painting (from 3 pm, McErlane Square, Pelaw, Lynda 07712 695403 (2 – 4 pm from 18 March, St. John’s Community Hall, Silver Matinee Film Club for info) Greenside, Gordon Lamb 01434 675 415 for details) FREE (26 March, refreshments from 1, Community Move Easy Low Level Exercise Class Easy Does It (gentle exercise) Church, 0191 491 1015 for info) (5:30 – 6:30 and 6:40 – 7:40, St. Helen’s Church Hall, Low Fell, (3:15 – 4, Wood Green, Bill Quay, £3.80) James/Mark 07568367278 for info) Tai Chi Zumba (1:30 – 2:30 and 2:45 – 3:45, St. Paul’s Church Hall, Bingo (6:30 – 7:30 pm, Hertfordshire House Community Centre, Winlaton, £3) (7 to 9:30 pm, Wood Green Community Lounge, Bill Quay, Pelaw, 0191 469 1860 for info) Lynne 0191 469 6255 for details) Get-together Group Iyengar Yoga (1 – 3, William Morris Avenue, Rowlands Gill) Craft Group (7 – 8:30 pm, St. John’s Community Hall, Greenside, £6, (alternate Wednesdays, contact AgeUK Gateshead for Dave 07779 342183 for details) Watercolour Painting details) (2 – 4 pm, St. John’s Community Hall, Greenside, Gordon Runabouts Group (monthly) Lamb 01434 675 415 for details) Day Centre Contact AgeUK Gateshead for details (Callendar Court, Beacon Lough, contact AgeUK Art Diamonds Drop-in Group Gateshead for details) Day Centre (2 - 4, Chopwell & Pelaw Libraries, Rachel Horton 0191 433 (St. Mary’s, Heworth, contact AgeUK Gateshead for details) 3864 for info, FREE) Ryton Friendship Group (alternate Wednesdays, Barmoor Hub, Ryton, contact Late Bloomers Gardening Club Boccia AgeUK Gateshead for details) (Monday to Saturday, weather dependent, House on the (from 2 pm, McErlane Square, Pelaw, Lynda 07712 695403 Hill, Felling) for info)

Social Evening (7 to 9:30 pm, Wood Green Community Lounge, Bill Quay, Lynne 0191 469 6255 for details)

Day Centre (Blackhall Mill Community Centre, contact AgeUK Gateshead for details)

March Activities for Over 50s Thursday Friday Saturday

Easy Does It Coffee Morning Adult Tap with Eileen Pine (10 – 10:45, Chopwell Methodist Church, £3.80) (9 – 11 term time, Hertfordshire House Community (9:45 – 10:45, Hertfordshire House Community Centre, Pelaw, 0191 469 1860 for info) Centre, Pelaw, 0191 469 1860 for info) Knit and Natter (from 10 am, Bill Quay Community Church, Low Impact Exercise Iyengar Yoga 0191 491 1015 for details) (10 – 10:45, Barmoor Hub, Ryton, £3.80) (10 – 11:30, Greenside Community Centre, Dave 07779 342183 for details) Weekly Walk Pelaw Friendship Group (from 10 am, Teams Medical Practice, 0191 460 (alternate Fridays, 10 -12, 4239 for info, FREE) Mcerlane Square, Pelaw)

Art Group Tai Chi

(7 & 21 Mar, 10:30 – 12:30, (10 – 11, St. Joseph’s Church Hall, Deckham Village Hall) Birtley, £3.50)

Reminiscence Group Walking Football (14 & 28 Mar, 10:30 – 12:30, (11 – 12, Cleveland Hall FC, Ashley Lowe 0344 372 Deckham Village Hall) 1892 for info, FREE)

Long Walking Group Boccia (alternate Thursdays, 10:30, Gateshead (from 11 am, Wood Green Community Lounge, Bill Interchange) Quay, Lynne 0191 469 6255 for details)

Craft Group Knit and Natter Group

(11 – 3, Deckham Village Hall) (11 – 1, Boltons Bungalows, Chopwell)

Easy Does It (gentle exercise) Lunch Club 10 WEEK FREE TASTERS START 21 FEB (alternate Fridays, 11 -1, Boltons Bungalows, 11:30 – 12:15 Chopwell) Stargate & Crookhill Community Centre Low Impact Exercise

Tai Chi/Qi Gong 10 WEEK FREE TASTERS START 15 FEB (11:30 – 12:30, St. Joseph’s Church Hall, opposite 11:30 – 12:15 Gateshead Interchange, £3.50) St. Mary’s, Church Chare, Whickham

Low Impact Exercise Tai Chi (12 – 12:45, St. Helen’s Church Hall, Low Fell, £3.50) (11:45 – 12:45, Pelaw Bowls Club, £3)

Cosy Crow Community Café Low Impact Exercise Pay-what-you-can, open to public (11:40 – 12:30, Deckham Village Hall, £3.80) (12:30 – 2:30, Deckham Village Hall) Tea Dance Lunch Group (1 – 3, Deckham Village Hall, £2) (12:30 – 2:30, Strathmore Avenue Community Centre, Rowlands Gills) Get-together Group (1 – 3, High Spen Primary School) Dancercise (1 – 1:45, Barmoor Hub, Ryton, £3.80) Men’s Group (alternate Fridays, contact AgeUK Gateshead for Whickham Social Group details)

(7 March, 1 – 3, Whickham Community Centre) Walking Group Friendship Group (last Friday of month, Versus Arthritis, contact (1 – 3, Eighton Lodge Care Home) Allison 0191 420 1302 for info)

Bereavement Support Group (1st Thursday of month, 2 – 4, AgeUK Resource For more information, please contact: Centre, 341-343 High Street, Gateshead) AgeUK Gateshead – 0191 477 3559 or Art Diamonds Drop-in Group [email protected] (2 – 4, Gateshead Central Library, Rachel Horton 0191 433 3864 for info, FREE) Gateshead Older People’s Assembly 0191 438 1721 or [email protected] Wellbeing and weigh-in group (from 3 pm, McErlane Square, Pelaw, The LIFE Programme – 07999500951 (Richie) or Lynda 07712 695403 for info) 0793048179 (Emma)

Day Centre MHA – 01207 563 825 (Priory Court, Wardley and Conifer Close, (Sue Mould or Katherine Nichols) Winlaton, contact AgeUK Gateshead for details) Sunniside Methodist Church – Women’s Institute [email protected] (1st Thursday of month, from 7 pm, Bill Quay Community Church, 0191 491 1015 for info)